Diane's Watch

Food Tips

dwatch — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:11:29 +0000

Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert.
Simply chop them up with the food choper. Peel, core and slice a few
apples. Place them in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy
bars over the apples. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes!! Serve
alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!
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Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with
your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to
frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less
sugar and calories per serving.
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For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt chocolate
mint patties in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set
for a wonderful minty frosting.
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Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all
broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up
mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg.
Just throw bag away when done for easy clean up.

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Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil.
It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!
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Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated,
place them in a microwave with a cup of water.
The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.

MORE . . . DID YOU KNOW?

dwatch — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:00:19 +0000

Flexible Vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty
paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent
or flattened to get in narrow openings.
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Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a
clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when
wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and… ta da!… static is
gone.
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Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It’s cheaper than shaving
cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It’s also a great way to use
up the conditioner you bought but didn’t like when you tried it in your
hair.
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Info About Clothes Dryers
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things
around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something
and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean.
(I always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) He told
us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over to the
sink and ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material…
I’m sure you know what your dryer’s lint filter looks like. Well … the hot
water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn’t go through it at all! He told us
that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh and that’s what burns out
the heating unit. You can’t SEE the film, but it’s there. It’s what is in the
dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free… that nice
fragrance too. You know how they can feel waxy when you take them
out of the box ..well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint
screen. He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very
longtime (and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out
and wash it with hot soapy water and an old toothbrush (or other brush)
at least every six months. He said that doubles the life of your dryer!

DID YOU KNOW?

dwatch — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:34:03 +0000

Peel a banana from the bottom and you won’t have to

pick the little ’stringy things’ off of it. That’s how the primates do it.
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Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store.
If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.
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To really make scrambled eggs or omelettes rich -
add a couple of spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese,
or heavy cream in and then beat them up.
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Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.
Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
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Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove,
set heat to med-low and heat till warm.
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Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.
It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
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Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic
and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.

No Mosquitoes For Your Outdoor Party

dwatch — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:00:32 +0000

Having an outside party? Keep those mosquitoes away for 2 days by spraying your yard around the area your guests will be with straight (not diluted) Listerine mouth wash.

Heart Attacks and Drinking Warm Water

dwatch — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:11:04 +0000

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this ‘sludge’ reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will then line the intestine and very soon will turn into fat. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A friend’s father was told years ago to leave ICE out of his drinks because it caused a shock to the system. Cold drinks from the frig should be drank slowly.

The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold water. This could be why some European countries serve warm beer.

No Charge for Directory Assistance

dwatch — Fri, 30 May 2008 05:25:19 +0000

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