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Eight Time-Saving Cooking Tips
by Rachel Paxton - rachel@creativehomemaking.com
1. Plan meals at least a week
in advance to incorporate the use of leftovers. For
example, have baked chicken, mashed potatoes, and
gravy for dinner Sunday, and then use the leftover
gravy as the base of beef stroganoff Monday.
2. If you know you're not going to have time
to cook one evening, prepare two dinners the night
before and just reheat one the next night.
3. When preparing a meal using grated cheese,
chopped onions, etc., prepare more than the recipe
calls for and refrigerate the rest for another meal.
4. Clean your kitchen workspace as you go.
When you're done there will be little left to clean.
5. On grocery shopping day, have your children
help individually wrap their cookies, snacks, etc.,
for their lunches. Makes lunch preparation for the
rest of the week a breeze and snacks don't disappear
before lunches are made.
6. Don't hide your cookbooks away. Organize
them where you can get to them easily, and you will
use them a lot more.
7. Keep a notepad on the front of the refrigerator
for your shopping list. When you run out of something
write it on the list right away. Encourage family
members to do the same.
8. Prepare favorite beverages like lemonade,
tea, or Kool Aid in gallon-sized pitchers, and you
won't have to make them as often.
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Creative Homemaking - http://www.creativehomemaking.com.
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