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Easy Basic Stir Fry Recipe

admin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:17:38 +0000

Stir Fry vegtables

I have just whipped up a new stir fry recipe. Since I cook mostly by flavor everytime I cook it tastes a little different. When friends say “can I have the recipe for your stir fry?” I usually say toss in a little of this and a little of that and they all look terrified to try cooking by taste. I made a stir fry last night and actually wrote down the recipe while I cooked. This stir fry recipe can be changed just by adding different vegtables. The stir fry sauce can also be changed just by mixing different ingredients in a small bowl then tasting them. If you make a boo boo in the sauce just dump it out and start again. You won’t ruin the whole dish if you mix the sauce in a seperate bowl and then taste it as you add spices and different things.

http://www.simplifymyfoodchoices.com/stirfry-recipe.html

Saffron Rice Recipe

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:57:27 +0000

A little saffron spice goes a long way. Adding saffron to rice releases golden color and a fragrant flavor. This low cost, delicious Saffron Rice Recipe serves 4 and only takes 25 minutes to cook. Saffron rice dish is excellent served with indian dishes, stir-fries and asian dishes.

Saffron Rice
Ingrediants:
1 cup long grain white rice
2 cups water or chicken stock
1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp finely minced onion (optional)
1/2 Tsp salt
1 small pinch of saffron crumbled
Directions:
Place butter and minced onion in a quart saucepan. Saute over medium heat until onion is transparent. Add rice, saffron, water or chicken stock and salt. Cover, reduce heat to simmer, cook until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed (about 18 minutes).

Save Money on Bread at Bakery Outlets

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:14:20 +0000

You can save lots of dough on bread if you shop at the outlets. Most supermarkets order their bread from a local bakery. So what do they do with the overstock when they order too much? Thats where the outlet stores get their bread. You can find regional and national bakery outlets in the phone book. We love artisan bread and the take and bake breads that are about $4-$6 in a regular store. On average the bakery outlets sell their overstocks for 50 – 75% off.

Here are some of our favorite Bread Outlets in the Minnesota Twin Cities area:

Lofthouse Bakery

Fridley, MN – Artisan Bread $1

Franklin Street Bakery

Minneapolis, MN – Buy one at 99 cents get one free from the overstocks

New French Bakery

Minneapolis, MN – Check daily specials

Hopkins Thrift Bakery Outlet

Hopkins, MN – 3 loaves of bread/rolls/buns for $1.50, huge boxes of donuts $2. They also have all the overstock of Atresian breads, cookies and pastry from Cub and Jerrys foods stores.

Country Hearth/Pan-O-Gold

Plymouth, MN – Check daily specials

Sara Lee/Tastee Bakery Outlets

in Blaine, Eagan, New Brighton, Richfield and White Bear Lake, MN.

Wonder/Hostess Bakery Outlets

Burnsville, Maplewood, Minnepolis, Moundsview, New Hope and St. Paul, MN

We like to ask the outlets what their specials are on each day and what their delivery schedule is so we can go early to stock up. We usually buy extra and put it in the freezer. The take and bake bread is especially good for this. If you eat lots of bread products you can save lots of dough shopping at local bakery outlets.

New Herb Recipes – herb butter – herb cheese

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:51:40 +0000

Its time to harvest the herbs in the garden so I’ve added some fresh and dried herb recipes. If you are looking for ways to use herbs in your recipes visit: www.simplifymyfoodchoices.com/herbed-cheese-recipe.html

Warm bread tastes great with the herbed butter recipe so try some and let me know what you think.

Make Your Own Salad Dressing From Scratch

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:06:53 +0000

If you have ever bought store brand salad dressing and looked at the ingredients? Besides the preservatives and high fat content there are artificical ingredients, artificial flavors and high fructose corn syrup. I thought the idea of eating salads is to be healthy.

Leave the store brand on the shelf and make your own healthy salad dressings. We have added 7 of our favorite homemade salad dressings to the website. After the recipes we have included a section on helping you learn to experiment making your own recipes. http://www.simplifymyfoodchoices.com/salad-dressing-recipes.html

Try the salad dressing recipes and let us know what you think . If you have a favorite homemade sald dressing and would like to share we’d be honored to have you post it.

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admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:14:08 +0000

Sprouting Seeds at Home

goodfood — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:13:30 +0000

Growing Sprouts at Home

The cost of sprouting your own seeds cost substantially less than buying them fully grown from a store. Prices on fully grown alfalfa sprouts at a supermarket can cost anywhere from $1.69 to $2.99 for a plastic pint container. Alfalfa seeds are lightweight and an 8 oz bag of organic alfalfa seeds only costs $5. Non organic alfalfa seeds cost $5 for about 16 oz.

Read more on how to sprout seeds for less at www.simplifymyfoodchoices.com/sprout-seeds-for-less.html

Seed Sprouter