Mauston Festival's Upcoming
Sales and Events
February 2-8 Super Game Savings Event
February 5 - March 3, 4 week coupon mailer
February 14th, Valentine's Day-Order Early!! Call DJ's Floral at 608-847-4779
Feb. 20-26 Lent Seafood Sale
New/Seasonal Items at Mauston Festival Foods
Produce Department
T. Marzetti Garlic Hummus
T. Marzetti Red Pepper Hummus
T. Marzetti Sweet and Salty Caramel Dip
Taylor Gold Pears
Sickel Pears
Comice Pears
Bolthouse Farms Salad Dressing-New Lower Prices!! Salsa Ranch Yogurt Dressing, Zesty French Yogurt Dressing and Raspberry Merlot Vinaigrette Dressing
Kitchen Kleen Potatoes
BIG BAKERS 15# Extra Large Baking Potatoes,From Plover, WI
Deli Department
Hot Cobblers
Jalepeno Dip
Buffalo Chicken Dip
Green and Gold Tortilla Chips, Great with our homemade dips for Packer Games
Harvest Corn Salad
Orange Cranberry Relish
Cranberry Almond Pasta Salad
St. Louis Style BBQ Ribs
Bakery Department
Cupcake Tower Cakes
Cakes with Stuffed animal on them
Pretzel Crisps
Creme Stuffed Cookies
24ct Cupcake Pull-A-Part Cakes
4" Baby Cakes
36ct Cookie Platters
Donut Hole of the Month
Better Chips
Hot Vienna bread in the evenings
Bettercreme Filled Long Johns
Meat Department
That's Pats, Italian Beef & Gravy
Fast Bites Cheese Burger or Breaded Chicken Sandwich
Meals To Go, Catfish or Chicken Tenders
Simply Potatoes
Ball Park Black Angus Bun Length All Beef Franks
Turkey Breast Tenders
Full Service Meat Case
Smokey BBQ Chicken Breasts
Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts are back!!
31-40 ct marinated cooked shrimp: Garlic & Herb, Cajun, Sherry Teriyaki, Lemon Pepper, Chili Lime
Dairy Department
Kemps Orange Cream Dream 1/2 gallon milk
Kaukauna Spreadsable Cheese with Almonds in sharp cheddar and port wine
Kemps Holiday Golden Eggnog
Kemps Holiday Beverages: Chocolate Truffle, Chocolate Mint, Irish Creme
Coffeemate Coffee Creamers: Gingerbread latte, pumpkin spice, warm cinnamon sugar cookie, eggnog latte, sugar free peppermint mocha, brown sugar maple latte
Simply Potatoes: O'Brien Hashbrowns, Garlic and Herb hashbrowns, steakhouse seasoned diced potatoes
International Delight Coffee Creamers: Ginger bread latte, peppermint mocha, white chocolate raspberry, vanilla spiced rum, pumpkin pie spice
Westby lite sour cream
Sargento Cheese Cube Snacks
Lia Marie's Original Garlic and 5 Cheese Garlic Spreads
Kraft Grated parmesan cheese: Grated parmesan & romano, Shaved parmesan
Crystal Farms light cheese spread: Garlic & Herb, Creamy Swiss, Jalapeno Pepper
Mrs. Gerry's Cranberry Orange Relish
Mrs. Gerry's Spreads: Sun-dried tomato and fontina, garlic and herb, pumpkin spread, brie and blue spread, peppadew & cheddar spread, cranberry spread
Frozen Foods
Nancy's Appetizers: Petite Quiche, Champagne Collection, Deli Swirls, Mushroom turnovers, seafood crabcakes
Tom and Jerry's Mix
Blue Bunny holiday ice cream sandwiches: Sugar cookie, hot cocoa, perfectly peppermint
Blue Bunny ice cream holiday squares: peppermint stick, cinnamon
Blue Bunny spumoni ice cream
Kemps holiday ice cream: Holiday vanilla, candy cane
Kemps assorted holiday ice cream cups (mint fudge and candy cane)
Kemps Holiday Novelties: Winter snowmen, Frosty Trees
Helados mexico ice cream bars
Ben & Jerry's ice cream schweddy balls
Dole fruit smoothie shakers: Strawberry, strawberry banana, mixed berry
Pepperidge Farm red velvet 3 layer cakes
Pepperidge Farm stone baked artisan rolls: multi grain, French
Shopper's Value single pizzas: original, supreme, pepperoni
Fiber One muffins: banana chocolate chip
Hot Pockets Snackers: Five cheese ravioli, Nacho bites, italian style, potato skins
General Merchandise
Halloween Candy and Merchandise
Packer and Bears Football Decor and Partyware
PINK Breast Cancer Awareness Items
Betty Crocker Holiday Scented Candles
Holiday Items: Toilet Lip Decals, Lite up flashing necklaces and pins, candy cane lipgloss, fragrance sets, soap on a rope, holiday scented body wash and bubble bath, stetson collection, snow paint, plate and server sets, slipper socks, car reindeer decoration, Christmas ornaments, window clings, baking items
Grocery Department
Union Street Liquor Depot
Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum 1.75 liter
Rum Chada 1 liter
Qream Strawberry or Peach Liqueur
Yahara Bay Apple Brandy
Yahara Bay Whiskey
Yahara Bay White Whiskey
Twisted Shots 4 packs
J. Lohr Pinot Noir
Flip Flop Wines
Broke Ass Red & White Wine
Conquista Malbec
Manyana Temperenillo
Nature's Way Natural Foods
Silk Pure Coconut Milk: Vanilla, Original
Silk Pure Almond Milk, Chocolate
Real Coconut Water: Plain or with Pulp
Earth Balance Vegan Buttery Sticks
DJ's Bouquets & Baskets
My Own Pet Balloons
Long Creek Candle Company Soy Candles
Memorial Plaques
Willow Tree Angels
Festival Foods Facts and Tips
You can use 1 beef bouillon cube mixed with 1 tablespoon of dried onion flakes to make an inexpensive substitute for the dry onion soup mix that is called for in many recipes and Did you know frozen or whole kernel corn has a fresh summertime flavor when milk is substituted for cooking water and a teaspoon of sugar is added? Or that you can when mashing potatoes use milk and a few drops of imitation butter flavoring to give the buttery flavor without the extra calories.
You can use the leftover juice from canned fruit as a base for powdered drinks like Kool-Aid, just add more or less sugar depending on how much sugar is in the fruit juice. Do you have homemade sweet pickles at home, next time you finish a jar don’t pour out the leftover juice, cut up an onion and green pepper and let those marinate for a couple days, makes a great snack or a good salad dressing and instead of throwing away those stale potato chips try putting them on a cookie sheet in a 200 degree oven for about 30 minutes and you’ll have fresh chips.
Do you hate soggy reheated pizza? Heat up your leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove on med-low heat until warm; it will keep your crust crispy. When reheating biscuits, pancakes or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in the microwave with a cup of water, this will keep them moist, When you buy a container of cake frosting whip it with your mixer for a few minutes, you can double it in size so you can frost more and you get less calories and sugar per serving.
Grocery shopping is supposed to be easy. Get in, find what you need and check out. But with more than 40,000 items, it can be difficult to identify what the healthier options are to feed your family. That’s why I’m proud to introduce Healthy Elements®, a new nutritional tagging program that puts important information about a product’s healthy attributes on an easy-to-read shelf tag. Whether you are looking for low-calorie or Gluten free, maybe a good source of calcium or fiber, or low cholesterol, fat or sodium or maybe something organic or made with whole grains, Healthy Elements helps easily identify those products on the shelf so shoppers can find them quickly and easily. The program is rolling out this month.
Time saving tip for Tomatoes. Did you know that you don’t have to spend all that time boiling and canning your tomatoes? You can simply freeze them whole. All you need to do is clean and de-stem the tomatoes and put them in freezer bags whole. When you are ready to use them, simply take them out of the freezer, defrost them in the microwave and the skin will come right off. Then you can either puree them in a blender or dice them up and they are ready for your tomato recipe.
Choose the perfect wine to serve with your dinner. Chardonnay is a dry white wine that goes well with chicken, seafood and fish, (Ca-burr-nay So-veen-yawn) is the classic wine to serve with red meats, it is a full bodied red wine. Another red wine also great with beef is Syrah (Sah-ra) also called shiraz. This is the wine to choose if you are serving wild game or duck as well. Pick up a bottle of pinot grigio if you are serving seafood or salmon. If you are serving steaks or a tomato based recipe pair them with a zinfandel.
Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Chicken Breasts. Fact is that all seven varieties are boneless chicken breasts stuffed with cheese and fixings then wrapped in savory apple-wood smoked bacon. There is a mushroom and Swiss, a Hawaiian with pineapple& ham, a Broccoli & medium cheddar, or the Asparagus with pepper jack cheese, if you enjoy spicy foods try the jalapeno with pepper jack cheese, or on the milder side the gourmet stuffed breast, Last but not least we have the Colorado, wrapped in apple wood smoked bacon, seasoned with Lawry’s season salt and stuffed with green and red peppers, onion and ricotta cheese. Are you getting hungry yet? Stop by Festival Foods meat department today.
Do you know that simmering our Oktoberfest brats actually tenderizes the bratwurst skins? Try this recipe for your family and friends. Grill bratwurst over medium heat, turning occasionally for about 20 minutes. Combine 1 cup beer, 1 and ½ cups water and 1 cup of ketchup in a large saucepan. Simmer the grilled brats in the beer mixture for 15-30 minutes for added flavor and tenderizing. Another great take on our bratwurst is to create a Philly brat, simply grill your brats, sauté yellow, red and green peppers along with a large onion in olive oil until tender and simply place a brat in a fresh baked club roll, top with peppers and onions and a cheese sauce of your choice. There you have it, 2 great ways to make brats even better.
A few great tips for the holidays for you to give a try. For an extra moist and colorful stuffing, add 1 diced unpeeled apple to your favorite recipe, For extra rich tasting homemade cranberry sauce, add a teaspoon or more of vanilla extract after cooking, Did you know fresh cranberries are easier to grind in a food processor if you freeze them first, just ground berries to drain well before using and if you add a cup of whole cranberries to your favorite apple pie recipe you get a rosy red color and a delightful sweet-tart taste.
Facts to help you with your turkey dinner, A great way to roast a turkey is in a shallow pan with a tent of aluminum foil over it, just roast at 325 degrees for 15-20 minutes per pound, for a moister white meat, turn our turkey on its breast when roasting, or to avoid the last minute rush just roast the turkey the day before, carve it and store the meat and stuffing separately in the refrigerator. Here’s A quick casserole you can make from you holiday leftovers, Layer turkey, add gravy, then leftover mashed potatoes add a layer of cranberries them more mashed potatoes. Dot with butter, top with chopped onion and shredded cheese and Bake until heated thru.
I am going to share a personal recipe everyone is sure to enjoy. For anyone who likes pumpkin pie they are going to LOVE this Pumpkin pecan crunch cake. Combine 1 can pumpkin, 1 can evaporated milk, 3 eggs, 1 and a half cups sugar, 4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice and a ½ teaspoon salt in a large bowl and mix. Pour into a 9 and a half by 11 inch pan. Sprinkle a box of dry yellow cake mix over the pumpkin mixture then top with 1 cup chopped pecans. Melt 1 cup of butter and drizzle that over the top and bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes. Serve with whipped topping.
Facts to help you with your Holiday desserts, When making an apple pie, add the required amount of sugar to the apples right after slicing, this prevents them from browning ,,and to keep your apple pie crust from getting too brown, cook the apples in the microwave for 8-10 minutes 1st so they don’t need as much time in the oven, to keep pie crusts from getting soggy, sprinkle the bottom crust with sugar before adding fruit filling or for custard or pumpkin pies pre-bake the crust for 5 minutes. For a unique and pretty garnish, frost green grapes by dipping a small bunch in slightly beaten egg white then coat with granulated sugar and let them dry.
A few fast appetizer recipes for you to give a try. Combine ketchup and brown sugar to taste, add cocktail sausages or slices of hot dogs. Heat n serve in a slow cooker. Spread cream cheese on a large plate or cookies sheet, top with cocktail sauce then sprinkle flaked imitation crab meat or top with frozen or canned shrimp and serve with crackers. For Another easy appetizer spread cream cheese combined with dill weed on party rye slices. Top each with a cucumber slice and sprinkle lightly with dill weed.
A few great tips for you to give a try. For an easy sauce to serve on broccoli just thin some mayonnaise with milk and mix in a little mustard, the flavor is delicious and tangy. You can revive wilted lettuce and limp celery by soaking it in the refrigerator overnight in water with 2-3 teaspoons of granulated sugar in it, are you doing any ice fishing this year?, try coating any fish with finely crushed onion or garlic flavored potato chips before frying or try some of the new spicy flavored chips that out, and if you have an abundance of paper bags at home, cut them into good sized pieces to drain bacon and other fried foods on, they are very absorbent.
Here’s some Festival Food facts to help you with your Holiday desserts, When making an apple pie, add the required amount of sugar to the apples right after slicing, this prevents them from browning,and to keep your apple pie crust from getting too brown, cook the apples in the microwave for 8-10 minutes 1st so they don’t need as much time in the oven, to keep pie crusts from getting soggy, sprinkle the bottom crust with sugar before adding fruit filling or for custard or pumpkin pies pre-bake the crust for 5 minutes. For a unique and pretty garnish, frost green grapes by dipping a small bunch in slightly beaten egg white then coat with granulated sugar and let them dry.
A few great holiday baking tips for you to give a try. If chilled cookie dough crumbles as you slice it, warm your knife in hot water, wipe it dry and slice. For an extra moist cake, put a pan of water in the oven while the cake is baking. To keep your cut out cookies in the perfect shape by not touching them, roll the dough out on a sheet of waxed paper, cut out the cookies and remove the extra dough then invert a cookie sheet over the cookies and pick up the ends of the waxed paper. Flip the paper and cookie sheet over. The cookies will fall onto the sheet in perfect shape.
Facts to help you with your Holiday baking, An economical substitute for chopped nuts in a cookie recipe is to use quick cooking oats browned in a bit of butter or margarine instead, Try Placing a paper doily on top of an unfrosted cake and sift confectioners’ sugar onto the doily until all spaces are white, carefully lift off the doily to reveal a pretty snowflake pattern. A fun way to decorate shortbread cookies is to dip one end into melted chocolate, and to store Christmas cookies as you bake them line a large coffee can with waxed paper, layer the cookies with waxed paper in between and cover and put in the freezer.
A few common cooking mistakes and how to avoid them. Always read the entire recipe before you start cooking, you should taste as you for incase flavor adjustments are needed, it is better to soften butter at room temperature not in a microwave so you don’t over-soften, don’t overcrowd the pan when browning foods, leave room for steam to escape so your food doesn’t get soggy, don’t turn over breaded foods too early when cooking you’ll lose your breading, to prevent sticking pre-heat your pan and let the meat you cook rest at room temperature so the juices distribute more evenly throughout the meat.
A few common cooking mistakes and how to avoid them. One of the most common cooking errors is boiling when you should simmer, Simmering means a bubble breaks the surface of the liquid every second or two, anything more than that is boiling. It is very easy to overheat chocolate so the best way to melt it is to go slowly, heat gently and remove from heat before it is fully melted and simply stir until smooth. To ensure foods don’t cook too quickly or slowly put an oven thermometer inside of your oven to ensure correct temperature. You should also use a meat thermometer to ensure proper cooking temperature and avoid under or over-cooked meats.
A few dieting tips for you to try. Eat a balanced diet combining protein, carbohydrates and healthy fats…don’t underestimate your calorie intake, track it on paper, diet with a buddy to help each other’s motivation, visualize yourself healthy and stay positive, don’t expect a quick fix and dedicate yourself to eating better. Exercise before a big meal to jump start your metabolism and eat a healthy lighter first course a salad with low calories and fat will help you eat less of the other foods.
A few dieting tips for you to try. Start every day out with a healthy breakfast; it is one of the keys to successful weight control. Don’t focus on the scale, focus on yourself, don’t rely on dietary supplements, instead eat healthy well balanced meals, keep a food journal and review it to help break bad habits, brush your teeth after every meal to give your mouth a fresh clean feeling and to help deter you from eating anymore. Make sure to take baby steps, don’t try to do too much at once instead Do smaller more manageable changes and you’ll find them much easier to live with.
Using marinades with beef. Always marinate in the refrigerator, never at room temperature, Marinate in a food-safe plastic bag or in a nonreactive container such as glass or plastic. Turn or stir the beef occasionally for even exposure. Never save and reuse a marinade, and marinade that has been in contact with uncooked meat must be brought to a full rolling boil for at least one minute before it can be used for basting or as a sauce. Marinate tender cuts of beef for 15 minutes to 2 hours and less tender cuts for at least 6 hours but no more than 24hours. Remove beef from marinade and pat dry before cooking and enjoy.
How to make beef kabobs at home. All you need are 12 inch skewers, a pound of top sirloin or beef tenderloin steaks an inch thick and cut into 1 and ¼ inch pieces, a package of medium whole mushrooms, a large onion cut into chunks and any color bell pepper cut into 1 inch pieces. You can season all pieces to your own taste. Alternately thread beef and vegetables onto skewers leaving a small space between pieces, place kabobs on rack in broiler pan so surface of beef is 3-4 inches from heat. Broil 9-12 minutes for medium rare to medium, turning once. Kabobs are also great off the grill.
Produce and the health benefits. Did you know that many produce items that share the same color also share many of the same health benefits? Blue items such as blueberries, eggplants or plums are for healthy aging, Green items such as asparagus, cabbage and green grapes are full of antioxidants, yellow and orange items such as carrots, corn and oranges are good for your immune system, Red items such as cherries, strawberries and tomatoes can help reduce the risk of some cancers and white items like garlic, mushrooms and onions are heart healthy and help maintain healthy cholesterol levels
Produce and the health benefits. Did you know that many produce items that share the same color also share many of the same health benefits? Blue items such as blackberries, raisins or purple grapes are for healthy aging, Green items such as Green Beans or peppers, spinach and peas are full of antioxidants, yellow and orange items such as Mangos, pineapple or sweet potatoes are good for your immune system, Red items such as cranberries, red peppers and watermelon can help reduce the risk of some cancers and white items like bananas, white potatoes and cauliflower are heart healthy and help maintain healthy cholesterol levels.
All about our Signature Meat Items. Our Homemade Oktoberfest Brats are made from 80% lean ground pork and seasonings. Our Dad’s Chicken Breasts are Plump, lean and meaty boneless skinless chicken breasts available plain or in one of our many marinated flavors. Our signature Ribs on a stick are made out of boneless center cut pork loins. They are split and skewered in plain or marinated varieties. Our Burgundy Pepper Spoon Roasts are sirloin beef bottom tips tumbled in our special marinade for 30 minutes and Our signature mom’s meatloaf is made from 50% lean pork and 50% lean ground beef with mom’s seasonings, eggs, crackers onions and milk. Stop by our full service meat case and give them a try.
An easy recipe for corned beef and cabbage to try. Ingredients are 3# of corned beef brisket w/ spice packet, 10 small red potatoes, 5 carrots peeled and julienned and 1 large head cabbage, cut into small wedges. Place corned beef in large pot, cover with water, add spice packet and cover to and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 50 minutes per pound or until tender then add the whole potatoes and carrots and cook until almost tender. The last step is to add the cabbage and cook for 15 minutes more. Slice the meat across the grain and enjoy.
An easy 4 ingredient recipe for spiced pecans, a delicious appetizer or snack that everyone is certain to love. All you need is two cups of shelled pecan halves, ½ cup of brown sugar, 2 tablespoons Cajun spice mix and 4 tablespoons of butter. Put the brown sugar, spice and butter in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring, until the butter and sugar are melted together. Pour into a bowl with the pecans and mix until coated well. Spread the nuts on a baking sheet and bake at 325 degrees for 20-25 minutes, until the coating is caramelized and browned. Serve at room temperature.
A few food safety tips for your kitchen. Your refrigerator should always be 41 degrees or colder, hot foods should be refrigerated as soon as possible within 2 hours or you shouldn’t keep them, Counters and cutting boards should be cleaned with hot soap and water and sanitized with a bleach solution or commercial sanitizer, don’t forget to sanitize your drains and disposals periodically also. When washing dishes by hand don’t let them sit too long in the water, wash with soap and let them air dry. Do not thaw meat, poultry and fish products at room temperature unless in cold water, the best method is to let meat thaw overnight in your refrigerator.
An easy ham recipe for you to try. Ingredients are one 6-8 lb half bone-in ham, 1 teaspoon whole cloves, ¾ cup brown sugar, ¾ cup orange marmalade and ½ cup Dijon mustard. In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, marmalade and mustard; set aside. Score the surface of the ham, making diamond shapes 1/2 in. deep; insert a whole clove in the center of each diamond. Place ham cut side down on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake uncovered at 325° for 2 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 140°. Brush the ham with the glaze and bake 45 minutes longer, brushing with glaze every 15 minutes. Slice and serve with remaining glaze.
A few quick and easy appetizers that you can put together in a hurry. Combine ketchup and brown sugar to taste, add cocktail sausages or slices of hot dogs and heat in a slow cooker and serve. Spread cream cheese on a large plate or cookie sheet, top with cocktail sauce and sprinkle imitation crab flakes or small shrimp over top and serve with crackers or spread cream cheese combined with dill weed on cocktail rye slices, top each with a cucumber slice and sprinkle lightly with dill weed. For a quick party snack spread paper thin slices of ham with cream cheese and wrap around a pickle or green onions, Slice and serve.
Here are some Festival Foods facts for you to give a try. Remove both ends and the label from an empty tuna can to make the perfect mold for poached eggs. Don’t throw away worn table cloths, instead, make a variety of dishtowels and napkins from them. Next time you are hard cooking eggs, add a few drops of vinegar to the water, it will help keep the shells from cracking, and did you know it’s easy to get a single coffee filter out of the stack if you turn the stack inside out. You can also re-use your brown paper grocery sack, soak the entire bag in water, put your hard bread or rolls in the wet sack and place in your oven heated just to warm. Watch for the bag to dry out, it will only take minutes and remove; you will have fresh soft rolls or bread again.
A few quick and easy appetizers that you can make for your party. Precook bacon and wrap around a water chestnut, secure with a toothpick, put in a baking dish, cover with bbq sauce and bake until the bacon is crispy. Pick up some Genoa salami slices, spread cream cheese on one side and sprinkle with garlic powder then put the end of a breadstick in it and wrap the salami around it. To make the perfect sauce for meatballs, chicken wings or wieners just combine equal parts or 1 cup grape jelly and 1 cup BBQ sauce, heat to melt jelly and stir.
A few quick and easy Beverage recipes for you to try. For easy hot buttered Rum combine 1 ½ ounces dark rum, 1 teaspoon brown sugar and 1 teaspoon butter in a mug, add hot water or milk and top with nutmeg. For a super easy holiday punch just mix together 1 can each of apple juice , orange juice and pineapple juice concentrates, One 2 liter of ginger ale and a 750 ml of Vodka, in the mood for brandy slush? Just boil 2 cups of water, steep 4 tea bags in it then dissolve 2 cups of sugar in that, add 1 can each of orange juice and lemonade concentrate, 7 more cups of water and 2 cups of brandy mix well and freeze.
A few quick and easy appetizers that you can put together in a hurry. Make a pretty pizza dip by spreading cream cheese on a plate and topping with pizza sauce, add your toppings of choice then top with mozzarella cheese and serve with crackers. Canned biscuits make easy appetizers, you can flatten them for mini pizza crusts, wrap them around wieners for pigs in a blanket, or make cheesy snack crackers by adding some shredded cheddar to the dough, rolling it thin and cutting it into small squares. Just bake until crisp. And for a healthy alternative you can make Christmas bells by placing a maraschino cherry at the base of a pear half.
Here are some Festival Foods facts for you to give a try for the holidays. Having ham for dinner? Make the dressing or stuffing as usual but without seasoning. Bake it with your ham letting the juices flavor the dressing instead….and to give your green beans a pleasantly different flavor add them to the Ham an hour before done. For lighter, creamier mashed potatoes add a teaspoon of baking powder before mashing… are you making Christmas cookies? Store gingerbread and other soft cookies in a tin with an apple slice or piece of white bread to keep them from getting hard, you can also freeze clusters of grapes to float in your holiday punch, they keep it cold while adding color.
The health benefits of drinking wine, especially red wines. In moderation a glass or two can help your heart, prevent cancer and more. The amount of wine you drink matters tremendously, Men should have no more than 2 drinks per day and women no more than 1 per day. One drink is a 5 ounce glass of red or white wine. Wine can raise your good cholesterol and also has phytochemicals which act as antioxidants and can potentially improve cardiovascular health and lower the risk for coronary heart disease. Wine has also been shown to slow the progression of disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s so have a glass of wine for your health today.
A few tips for serving wine. Most people serve white wines too cold and red wines too warm, to solve this, twenty minutes before dinner you should take the white wine out of the fridge and put the red wine in. Champagne and other sparkling wines should start out totally chilled, when cooking with wine try to use the one called for in your recipe, if it doesn’t specify then use a merlot or a(peeno no-are) for light dishes with beef or for pasta dishes use a heavier wine like a (KEYaunty) or a cabernet. For cooking with white wine use a pinot grigio or a chardonnay and for chicken dishes we suggest a marsala wine.
Some time-saving tips for you to try. When cooking or baking always measure dry ingredients first then wet ones so you only have one measuring cup or spoon to wash, When you have leftover steamed vegetables, drop them in your leftover dill pickle juice and wait a couple of days. Use these marinated vegetables with pasta, salads or canned tuna. To save time never grate cheese for just one meal, grate extra and store in refrigerator or freezer, you can also chop extra onions, peppers or other vegetables to store for future use. Be ready for the whole week and wash and dry all the fresh herbs and lettuce you’ll need at once, simply wrap with a damp paper towel and refrigerate in a sealed plastic bag.
A few time saving tips for cleaning for you to give a try. To clean the window on your oven use baking soda on a damp cloth, the next time you accidently melt a bread bag on your pizza oven or toaster rub some petroleum jelly on the spot, reheat the appliance and use a paper towel to rub off the plastic, to get hairspray off a mirror simply rub with a cloth soaked with rubbing alcohol. Black scuff marks on a floor can be wiped away with a small amount of baby oil or petroleum jelly on a rag, be sure to use a cleaner afterword so you don’t leave a slippery spot. Use newspapers to clean mirrors and glass without the streaks and to clean grease from the filter above your stove just put only it in the dishwasher with extra detergent and run the full cycle.
A couple quick and easy recipes for you to try for your party. It only takes 5 minutes to prepare buffalo chicken drumsticks, mix 2/3 cup of hot sauce and a tablespoon of oil together and brush ½ the sauce onto 8 drumsticks, bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes, turn them over and brush with remaining sauce. Bake for 15 more minutes and serve with a dipping sauce. You can make easy pizza dippers by thawing and rising a loaf of frozen bread dough, stretch it to cover a greased cookie sheet, fill down the middle with the pizza meat, veggies and cheese of your choice, fold up into a pocket and pinch shut and bake at 370 degrees for 25 minutes, slice and dip in pizza sauce.
A few easy dip recipes to serve at your party. Add some cream cheese to your salsa and serve with tortilla chips, Mix 2 cups sour cream with one envelope of dry onion soup mix and ¾ cup cheddar cheese for a delicious cheddar onion dip. For a quick chili cheese dip combine a can of chili, a package of cream cheese and a cup of cheddar cheese and heat until melted, serve with corn chips. For a delicious and simple spinach dip combine 1 pkg thawed chopped spinach, 1 packet knorr vegetable soup mix and a teaspoon of dry onion soup mix or onion flakes and serve with Hawaiian bread.
All about seafood. Seafood is a rich source of protein, vitamins, and minerals, many varieties are also low in sodium and cholesterol. Fish is easy to bake, just put in a greased shallow baking dish, skin side down, season the top of the fillet and bake at 425-450 degrees for about 10 minutes per inch of thickness. When done the fillet should be opaque, moist and flaky.
All about seafood. To steam king crabs thaw them out in the refrigerator. Using a large pot, fill the pot until the water is at the bottom of your steamer basket or grate. Cover the pot and bring to boil. Place your crab legs in basket (You can bend or break the legs if needed and simply steam them for 5 minutes. Lobster tails can be cooked in the same way; steam for 1 minute per oz of tail, Snow crab legs should be steamed for 6 to 8 minutes.
All about seafood. To get the longest life out of your seafood store your seafood in the refrigerator if you intend to use it within two days after purchase. In case you will not use your seafood within two days after purchase, wrap it in moisture-proof paper or plastic wrap, placed in a heavy plastic bag, or stored in an air-tight, rigid container, and store it in the freezer. Get the best quality of your frozen fish or shellfish by using them within three to six months. When freezing fish at home, wash it under running, cold water and then dry it with paper towel. After that wrap in plastic wrap, and then overwrap it with freezer paper or foil. Another option is to use plastic freezer bags.
All about paring seafood with the perfect wine. As general rule, seafood and fish should be served with white wine, however when pairing wine with food you should also consider the seasonings of flavor of your dish. A lightly flavored fish or seafood combines well with a light white wine, like a Sauvignon Blanc or Chardonnay, while dishes with robust flavors, spices and tomatoes such as Mediterranean dishes like a paella) would combine better with a medium bodied red or a lovely rosé. Tuna or salmon which are full flavored fish can be paired with a red wine, especially if they are grilled. Avoid high-tannin red wines when pairing wine with fish or seafood. These wines tend to taste steely if combined with fish or seafood. Therefore avoid pairing Cabernet, Chiantis and full-bodied Merlots and Syrahs.