Frozen seafood instead of fresh

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Vacuum-packaged salmon, flounder, and tilapia fillets and bags of frozen shrimp cost 20 to 40 percent less than their counterparts at the fish counter. Most fresh fish has been previously frozen during transport, so you are often not really getting “fresh” fish, just “thawed” fish.

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Spicy Bean Salad for 6

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SPICY BEAN SALAD

1/3 cup Olive oil
1 ¼ Tbl. Wine vinegar
¼ tsp. Ground coriander seeds
¼ tsp. Ground cumin
¼ tsp. Chili powder
1 clove Garlic, crushed
1 cup Cooked red kidney beans, warmed and drained
1 Cucumber peeled and cut into chunks

Blend the olive oil, vinegar and spices together.

Pour the mixture over kidney beans.

Add the cucumber and combine well.

Adjust spices as desired.

Let beans and cucumber marinate in the dressing.

Before serving, drain off any excess liquid.

Yield: 6 servings

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Replace chicken fat & mayonnaise

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Soak skinless chicken in low-fat buttermilk before cooking (anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours). Because it's acidic, it tenderizes the poultry and saves chicken from cooking up dry.
Greek-style yogurt is a great substitute for mayo in slaw dressings and in dips. It is incredibly creamy.
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Sweet Potato Fries

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Cut a medium-size sweet potato into 1/4-inch thick strips. Saute the strips in a tablespoon of vegetable oil over medium high heat until lightly browned about 5 minutes. Then sprinkle them with cinnamon or salt to taste.

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Natural Pot Cleaner

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To clean your copper kettles, etc. make a paste of lemon juice and salt, and rub it on copper to remove oxidation. Rinse well and dry completely.

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Help for Tea Bitterness and Antioxidants

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To improve the flavor and reduce the bitterness of tea, add lemon to your green tea. It will also help increase your body's absorption of antioxidants.

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Green Beans Deluxe

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Green Beans Deluxe
4 slices Bacon
1 lb.Green Beans, stem end removed
Optional:Lemon slices
Optional: Bacon twist

In a medium saucepan, cook the slices of bacon until crisp. Remove from the sauce pan and drain on paper towels. Crumble the bacon and set aside. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the bacon drippings in the pan.

Cut beans into 1-inch pieces. Stir into bacon drippings in pan. Cut onion into 6 wedges, cutting to, but not through, the bottom. Place onion in center of pan. Add the water. bring just to boiling. Reduce the heat. Cover and cook for 12 to 14 minutes or until beans are crisp-tender.
Remove onion and set aside (separate into slivers,if you like). Drain water from the green beans. Stir bacon into beans. Turn into serving bowl with onion. Garnish the beans with lemon slices and a bacon twist, if you like
Serves 6

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Natural Window Cleaner

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To clean windows inexpensively, add a small handful of cornstarch to 3 or 4 quarts of water. Wash the windows with this solution and dry with a paper towel. It cleans and dries them faster than store bought cleaning solutions.

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Basic Salad Dressing and Variations

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BASIC SALAD DRESSING

2/3 cup Vinegar
2/3 cup Salad oil (vegetable oil of your choice – I use canola)
2/3 cup Sugar, granulated

Blend well by shaking or use wire whip and refrigerate.

Variations:

Garlic Dressing Add one clove of garlic to basic dressing

Onion Dressing Add 2 tablespoons dehydrated (dried) onion

Herb Dressing – To 1 cup basic dressing, add 1 tablespoon snipped parsley, 1 tablespoon dried basil

Blue Cheese To ½ cup dressing, add 2 tablespoon crumbled blue cheese

Parmesan Cheese To ½ cup basic dressing, add 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan
cheese

Curry & Onion To ½ cup basic dressing, add 1 tablespoon curry powder, 1 tablespoon fresh minced onion

Creamy Dressing To ½ cup basic dressing, add ½ cup mayonnaise and shake well

Poppy Seed Add 2 tablespoons poppy seed to creamy dressing

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Yogurt for mayonnaise in recipes

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Substitute Greek-style yogurt for mayonnaise in slaw dressings and in dips. It is very creamy.

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