Quick Fixin s for the Busy Cook
A microwave friendly guide highlights time saving, safety and convenience. It promotes using common staples and easy recipes like Lemony Drumstick Barbecue Stuffed Eggplant Italiano Wilted Spinach Salad Tea Limeade Punch and simple desserts, aiming to simplify meals and cleanup.
The Butcher A roast by any other name
A reader laments merchandising of 11 beef round cuts with odd names and high prices and promotes buying sub-primal cuts to save money. notes top round aka inside round, and suggests simple at-home cutting to create many usable portions.
Microwave Eggplant with Stuffed Filling
A simple recipe halves an eggplant, microwaves the shell, and prepares a filling of mushrooms green pepper onion and bran cereal with Parmesan. The mixture is stuffed into the shells topped with mozzarella and microwaved until tender and melted.
Microwave cookbook excerpt for spinach salad and lemony drumsticks
Instructions outline preparing a wilted spinach salad with bacon croutons and a lemon drumstick barbecued dish using a microwave. Steps cover bacon, drippings, croutons, spinach, and finishing tosses, plus battered chicken drumsticks coated with crumb mix and microwaved until tender.
Irish recipes travel from Ireland to American kitchen
Denise Troy recalls adapting favorite Irish dishes after moving to the United States in 1975. She swapped unavailable ingredients and adjusted measurements, turning meat paste into a anchovy substitute and substituting flake meal with oatmeal. The feature lists Gazpacho, Fish Casserole, Flakemeal Cookies, and Salad Dressing as her family’s beloved recipes with practical preparation notes.
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