Ellen S. of Commerce Towns, Michigan dresses up sliced cooked beets by drizzling a bit of bottled sweet-and-sour sauce over them before serving.
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My husband and I eat a lot of salads, so I try to come up with quick, easy ideas for dressing them up. Instead of adding croutons, I sprinkle our salads with stuffing mix for some extra crunch. We…
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Keep dry lemonade mix on hand to enhance the flavor of apple, rhubarb or other fruit pies. It also helps perk up iced tea and even frosting. It’s less expensive and quicker than using fresh lemon.…
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When a recipe calls for dusting the pan with flour and the batter is chocolate, I “flour” with baking cocoa instead. The cocoa enhances the chocolate flavor and eliminates the white flour dust!…
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“For a delightful change, I mix a can of cherry pie filling into my brownie batter,” conveys Myrna A. of Idalia, Colorado.
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“I stir 1/4 cup of raspberry juice into each tall glass of iced tea,” reports Faye B. of Alexandria, Virginia. “We love that refreshing beverage.”
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“I had some extra Italian bread crumbs that I added to scrambled eggs one morning,” relates Carolyn Ragno of Irvington, New Jersey. “They were zesty, and I didn’t have to use salt and pepper.”
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“Before baking meat loaf, I make a deep depression lengthwise down the center with a spoon,” reports Ruth T. of Senecaville, Ohio. “In it, I lay peeled hard-cooked eggs end to end, cover
them…
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To make instant mashed potatoes pass for “from scratch,” use more milk than water, more butter than the directions call for and a pinch of sugar, instructs Charles D. of Annandale, Virginia.
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To enhance the flavor of blueberry pie, Anne J. sprinkles the berries in the pie shell with a tiny bit of white vinegar. “It gives ordinary berries wonderful zest,” remarks this Toms River, New…
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