“Scratch Cooking” as defined in Scratch Cooking 2 is a hands-on approach to the way we prepare our daily meals. Cooking from scratch is a style that derives from home made foods using fresh ingredients that capture the original flavors of the recipe contents.
In doing so, we should avoid pre-cooked and or pre-packaged products that include unhealthy limits of additives & preservatives. This way, we are simply incorporating a home-style method of cooking that will surely make for a healthier lifestyle.
Try this Benita McCoy-Lyons surprise.
For a quick & easy salad dressing the next time company arrives unexpectly, take some strawberry preserves and mix with a bit of poppy seed dressing, olive oil, a few spoonfuls of heavy cream, and a packet of sugar substitute. Stir together and pour over fresh salad greens & toasted pine nuts. You talk about a treat? Yummy. It's fresh, tasty and your guests will know just how very clever you are in the kitchen.
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Definition: A preserve is different from jam and jelly in that it is fresh fruit crushed and prepared using a different canning technique.
