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ISBN: 978-1-61765-026-0
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Contents
Cooking withMixes
With the hectic schedules so many families have these days, its difficult to serve a sit-down meal night after night. But with the help of prepared mixes, you can whip up a home-style meal in minutes. The secret is that the mixes provide shortcuts that reduce prep time without sacrificing taste!
In Taste of Home Fast Fixes with Mixes , youll discover 314 time-saving recipes created by the readers of Taste of Home, the #1 food and entertaining magazine in the world. You wont have to search high and low for these flavorful mixes some may already be in your kitchen, waiting to enhance a meal. For example, savory dishes make use of taco seasoning, Italian and ranch salad dressing mixes, or pasta and potato mixes. Desserts use cake and pudding mixes as well as flavored gelatin. All you need to do is add a few items, and dinner is started. Youll be out of the kitchen in no time !
LOOK INSIDE
Here is what youll find in the chapters that follow:
Breakfast & Brunch starts the day off with a filling meal without making you rise and shine at an earlier hour. You can serve up Eggs Benedict Cups or Bacon and Cheese Waffles.
Main Dishes provides you with family-pleasing choices for beef, pork, poultry and seafood. Choose from Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes, Chicken Marsala with Pasta or Puffed Pizza Casserole.
Salads & Side Dishes, Soups and Breads rounds out dinner with delicious extras, such as Creamy Italian Noodles, Simple Taco Soup or Zucchini Cheddar Biscuits.
Cakes, Cookies & Bars and More Sweet Treats make a delightful ending to suppertime. Satisfy your sweet tooth with such desserts as Pecan Butterscotch Cookies, Raspberry Oatmeal Bars or Candy Bar Brownie Trifle.
Snacks & Beverages are wonderful for after-school munchies, casual get-togethers or just for nighttime snacking. Ranch Pretzels, Pepperoni Pinwheels or Coconut Fruit Dip are sure to satisfy your snackin craving.
With Taste of Home Fast Fixes with Mixes , you wont have to resort to a dash through the drive-thru. Its never been easier to put fast, fabulous food on the table in a flash!
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