Time-Saving Tactics For Speed TOWSON, Md Home cook ing is alive and well, and family dinners are the norm in millions of households, said Delia Hammock, associate director of the Good Housekeeping Institute and direc tor/editor of “Nutrition and Fit ness." In fact, almost 80 percent of Good Housekeeping readers poll ed in a 1994 survey said they are still home-on-the-range five to se ven evenings a week. But while the symbolic meaning of dinner may not have changed much, the preparation of it certainly has. Convenience is now a prere quisite for both the novice cook and the experienced culinary whiz, and no one is apologizing for it. Hammock said. Women see choosing foods that are easier to prepare, to serve, to eat and to clean up as “smart,” because it al lows them to woik outside the home and still get the evening meal on the table. But while convenience is king (or queen) in the kitchen, this doesn’t necessarily mean that con sumers want more packaged con venience foods to zap in the mi crowave, Hammock said. In fact, there has been a definite retreat from such heat-and-eat fare. “In the past three years, we’ve tmjuylh* Cnmm »t tk» Cr»pl Abe Stoltzfus Gap, PA 44’xl 21 ’ 3 Row Slated Free Stall Barn & 45x85 Milking Center Maple Lawn Farms, Fulton, MD Martin Dairy Farm, Waynesboro, PA Wilmer Shertzer, Columbia, PA 48’x108' Slatted Free Stall & Parlor Renovation 601 Overly Grove Rd., New Holland, PA 17557 „ custom Design And construction 0t... # ’ Pole Barns,Dairy Barns, Heifer Facilities, JJgph 717-354-4740 Horse Barns Equipment Sheds, Etc. S&P Phil Van Lieu Home: 717-259-9077 Authorized Dealer For Keystone Wqffle Slats t#l ril seen sales of many well-known microwaveable brands shrink, and the number of new entries in the microwaveable category decline,” she said. Instead, women are rethinking meal preparation with an eye to ward shortcuts that don’t require a major sacrifice in quality or taste. The result is a new style of cook ing which has been dubbed “speed scratch” by trend watchers. Speed-scratch bears little resem blance to the traditional “cooking from scratch” which often meant spending hours in the kitchen, or to the old straight-from-the-can cooking which never fooled any one. The *9S version of home cook ing is characterized by a combined use of ready-to-use and readily available fresh and processed con venience products. These include pre-packaged and ready-to-cook fresh vegetables, pre-washed let tuce mixes, meat pre-cut for stir fry or kebabs, pre-seasoned beef cuts, marinated chicken cutlets, rotisserie chicken, jarred sauces, spice blends, frozen vegetable medleys (or stir-fry vegetable and sauce combinations), and high quality canned foods. 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Flavored cheeses also make it easy to give a meal an ethnic flair without buying special ingredients. A taco-flavored combination of shredded Cheddar and Monterey Jack is perfect for giving a dish a Tex-Mex twist, or buildng a goi<- met pizza in minutes by teaming up a ready-made pizza shell and tomato sauce with one of the shredded pizza cheese blends on the market Cheese also appeals to the in creasing number of “part-time” vegetarians who are interested in consuming more meatless meals but still want taste, convenience and nutrition. Speed-scratch cooking doesn’t necessarily start with a traditional -Scratch Cooki step-by-step recipe. Instead, it may originate with a meal kit which includes the exact amount of each necessary ingredient. Or it may be as simple as pairing a pre pared product with a fresh product and adding a creative garnish. Speed-scratch recipes are streamlined ingredient lists are short, steps are few, and prepara tion utensils are held to a mini mum. This short-cut cooking al lows the cook to customize the dish to meet the family’s needs and taste preferences. Hammock said, and it also offers the emo tional involvement and payoff of “homemade” with a minimum of effort. The bottom line? More control, less guilt Shopping Tips During your next shopping trip, look at the shelves with an eye toward streamlining your time in the kitchen. There’s a palate pleasing assortment of conveni ence foods including; On the Grocery Shelves... - The wide variety of pasta sauces from the standard marinara to Italian, regional varieties; from creamy to extra-chunky, seasoned with pesto, sun-dried tomatoes, peppers, garlic, etc. • Stewed tomatoes, seasoned in Scott & Laura Shores, Towanda, PA 43x132 3 Row Slatted Free Stall Barn & 24x94 Milking Center Windy Knoll Farm, Rockville MD 36’x184’ 2 Row Free Stall Barn Red Knob Farm, Peach Bottom, PA 47'x152’ Free Stall Barn Howard Twaddel, Peach Bottom, PA 36’x100’ Parlor & Holding Area Lloyd Oberholtzer, Bethel, PA 59’x190’ 3 Row Free Stall Barn & 36'x48’ Milking Center Wilmer Breckbill, Annville, PA 48’x80' 4 Row Free Stall Barn Lancastar Fuming, Saturday, Juna 3,1996-835 n 9 a variety of ways, the start of quick soups and casseroles as sauces for meat and poultry. • Canned soups and beans in countless varieties— the basis of quick meals. • Flavored vinegars, croutons, packaged salad fixings all for speedy salad making. • Condiments like mustards, chutneys and relishes to quickly add flavor to super-fast meal preparation. • The large assortment of sal sas, barbecue sauces and marinades. • The seemingly unlimited assortment of seasoned rice, pasta and potato mixes, ready to be turned into a main dish with chunks of cheese, meat or poultry. In the Dairy Case... • The broad array of cheeses, sliced, cubed and shredded; others spiced for tacos and pizzas as well as blends of two or more shredded cheeses, packed in easily reseal able bags. • Seasoned soft cheeses shaped in logs or balls for instant party food or snacks. • The many new flavors and packages of cottage cheese and yogurt. (Turn to Pago 836)
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