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Streamline Meal Preparation For Busy Spring

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Spring gets busy. As well as the usual busyness on the farm, after a long winter with often unknown weather conditions, the arrival of warmer weather brings more meetings, conferences, concerts, graduations and all sorts of activities prior to summer. Busy schedules can lead to erratic mealtimes. Erratic mealtimes, in turn, can lead to people
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Consumers Have A Role In Beef Safety

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The safety of our beef supply starts in the pasture and ends at the dinner table. That means that consumers have a role to play, as do producers, packers, retailers and food service vendors. The vast majority of food-borne illness occurs at the consumer level due to inadequate handling, cross-contamination of raw meat products and
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Stay In Touch!

We love receiving readers’ favourite recipes and recipe requests, and, more recently, hearing about your community cookbooks too. Watch for more community cookbook stories and recipes this month. If you’d like to contact us: Manitoba Co-operator Recipe Swap Box 1794 Carman, Man. R0G 0J0 or email [email protected]
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Follow Microwave Standing Time Directions

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When preparing a frozen dinner in the microwave, you will see that the directions always include a final statement such as, “Let stand two minutes in microwave.” This is followed by, “Carefully remove as product will be hot.” Yes, the product is hot, so the directive to let stand in microwave is a personal safety
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Who Said Hospital Food Wasn’t Good?

RECIPE SWAP 813 favourite recipes from Tiger Hills Health Centre staff are contained in this community cookbook For years the staff at Tiger Hills Health Centre in Treherne swapped recipes back and forth. They talked recipes at coffee breaks, jotted down recommended ones, posted tried and much-approved recipes on bulletin boards to share. As 2000
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Conquering The Clutter

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A study was done involving 20 busy moms who participated in 45-minute telephone interviews. Overall, they cited limited or poorly used storage space, lack of time and “family members who mess it up” as barriers to keeping their kitchens organized. In another part of the study, moms tried out educational packets that helped them analyze
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Grandma’s Kitchen

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Warm and inviting With the sun streaming through lace curtains Tiny rose-pink flowers on garlands of green vines and leaves adorn the walls Aromas enticing those who cross the threshold A pot of chicken stew bubbling on the stove Loaves of freshly baked bread on the table Waiting for the evening meal With family members
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Tips For The Kitchen

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Here’s some hints that will come in handy when cooking: Use muffin tins as moulds when making stuffed peppers. A few drops of lemon juice added to the water will result in whiter potatoes. Add a little milk to the water when cooking cauliflower. It will remain attractively white. More juice is obtained from a
Beef cattle, Country Crossroads

Test Your Grilling Knowledge

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Safe food handling is always important, but grilling can bring special challenges. Take this quiz to see if you are doing all you can to prevent foodborne illnesses while grilling up those summer meals. Q. Is it safe or unsafe to marinate meat and poultry on the kitchen counter? A. Bacteria grows rapidly at room
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Get Ready For Grilling Season

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Use a food thermometer every time you grill. If you haven’t used your grill in a while, give it a good spring cleaning. Scour the grate with a wire brush. Save future cleaning time by using a non-stick cooking spray to prevent food from sticking to the grill. Keep safety in mind. Place your grill

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