No Time To Cook
If you are like most busy peo
ple, you may feel there are not
enough hours in the day to get
your work done, run your house
hold, and still cook nutritious
meals.
With the following tips, you
and your family can enjoy healthy,
delicious, varied meals with a
minimum of fuss.
Where do you begin? Shop
smart, purchasing nutritious foods
that cook quickly. Enlist the aid of
all your kitchen “helpers” that
make traditionally time
consuming jobs go faster. Then
get creative!
Time is a precious commodity,
but a little preliminary planning
will save time in the kitchen. You
can save time on meal preparation
and grocery shopping if you-plan
your menus and keep a ready
reference of quick recipes. It may
seem daunting to sit down and
determine what you will have to
eat for the week, but it is worth the
effort.
Use the weekly ads to help plan
your menus around featured meat,
seafood, and poultry items and
seasonal, foods. Planning ahead
allows you to make only one or
two trips to the grocery store each
week, which saves a considerable
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amount ot time and money.
After you have planned your
menus, make a written shopping
list. Make your list according to
the layout of the store to save
time, and buy fewer impulse
items. Don’t forget to take the
shopping list with you when you
go to the supermarket
To make your shopping trip
smoother, try not to go at peak
hours when you will be rushed
into unwise selections by impa
tient shoppers. By shopping early
in the morning or later at night you
willa void waiting in long, slow
lines.
Bring your kitchen up to speed
by making sure you have the
equipment and foods staples on
hand for quick cooking. Designate
a place for each piece of kitchen
equipment, so you can reach for it
automatically, almost without
thinking.
The three main work areas in an
efficient kitchen are within the
triangle formed by the refrigera
tor, range and sink. Stock each
area with the equipment most used
at that work station and you will
immediately begin to save time
and extra steps in the kitchen.
. Also, take time to streamline
your kitchen and get rid of the
clutter of equipment you are not
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using or at least get it out of the
mainstream of everyday kitchen
tools.
Sharpen your culinary skills.
Learn the basic cookery methods
and techniques and use them to
reduce both preparation and cook
ing time. Also be sure to thor
oughly read your recipes before
you start to cook.
Look for meat cuts that can be
cooked quickly. Learn which cuts
can be broiled or panbroiled, or
use in quick stir-fry dishes. Sug
gested beef cuts are ground beef,
rib or rib eye, sirloin, tenderloin,
top loin, flank, eye round, and lop
round steaks.
Use quick-cooking methods,
such as broiling, panbroiling,
sauteing, microwaving, steaming
or stir-frying.
Broil potatoes or other veget
ables on the same broiler pan with
meat or poultry for a quick veget
able side dish and easier cleanup.
Make individual meat loaves
rather than one large loaf. And to
save more time, cook them in the
microwave.
Practice complementary cook
ing. Use the microwave for one
recipe or part of the preparation
and the range top for another.
Soon you will discover other time
saving techniques on your own.
Three types of rice are grown
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cooked, the grains remain separate
and are light and fluffy. Medium
is plump in shape but not round.
When cooked the grains are more
moist and tender. Short grain rice
is almost round in shape and tends
to cling together when cooked.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 7, 1992-B7
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fIL, Societies
Berks Society 6
The Berks County Society of
Farm Women, Group #6, had a
Halloween social for their October
meeting in the home of Anne Luft,
Boyertown. Richard Schlegal,
judged the costumes. A prize was
awarded to the ugliest, prettiest,
and the most original. Eight mem
bers answered the roll call ques
tion, “Do Trick or Treaters” usual
ly stop at your house?
Eleven members enjoyed the
breakfast at the Tri Star Restaur- The Christmas party will be at
ant to celebrate Farm Womens die Stagecoach Stop Restaurant,
Day on October 14. December 4. A gift exchange will
The Farm City Banquent will take place.
Lancaster Society 9
Eight members of Farm
Women, Group 9, met in the home
of Hope Steppler. After the Bible
reading. Lord’s Prayer, and flag
salute. Tippy Oxenford reported a
balance of $132.14. She also col
lected dues from each member.
The November meeting will be
at Tippy’s house, for a Thanksgiv
ing craft. It was decided that our
Christmas party would be Decem
ber 4 (first choice) at 7:30, or Dec.
11 (second choice).
For Ways and Means, Kim
showed a money-raising calendar
received from Co. Board. The
group agreed to do a February
calendar.
Kim brought a request from
be November 5, at the Riveredge
Restaurant
Bingo night for the residents at
the Berks Heim Annex will be
November 12.
The November 17 meeting,
will be a cookie exchange at the
home of Sallie Hauseman, Boyer
town. Members are asked to bring
cookies and the recipe to the
meeting.
Berks-Heim for clothing needed
for very heavy residents. Farm
Women cookbooks are still being
sold. New county officers are Fem
Phillipi, president, Wendy Lingle,
vice president, Marie Goetlle,
secretary.
New officers for society 9 are
Kim Casner president, Karen
Schrierer vice president, Winnie
Hayik secretary. Joan Hafer trea
surer. As there were no opposing
candidates, the slate will be
installed in January.
Halloween safety tips were read
and discussed, and the meeting
was adjourned for Halloween
wreath making and refreshments.
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