My former neighbor, Mary Young, a relatively new exhaust nester, remarked on how free she feels with her nine youngsters out of the house. This belief is common. Joy Smith, writer of “The Empty Nest Cookbook,” encourages folks to take advantage of it: “For the premier time in years you may prepare since you want to, not since you must. You have fewer folks & palates to please, so prepare in styles you have never dared.”
1. Try new recipes. A majority of exhaust nesters state they enjoy exploring foods that their children would not eat, according to the July 2005 Pillsbury Empty Nester Survey.
2. Think smaller. With just the 2 of you at home, there is tiny want for family-size packages.
3. Buy perishables with care. To reduce spoilage, purchase only a couple of pieces of yield & little quantities of vegetables at a time. Choose dairy merchandises & fresh meats with the newest expiration date.
4. Maximize nutrition. Pick foods that deliver the most nutrition for the bite. For example, broccoli (vitamins A & C), legumes (fiber) & fortified whole grain cereals like Whole Grain Total. As you get older, you want fewer calories but the same, or sometimes greater, quantities of key nutrients.
5. Stock up on synthetic containers. Prepare recipes that assist four or six & split up up the additional into two-serving portions. Label, appointment & refrigerate or freeze.
6. Swap homemade crockery with a friend. It’s a fine path to enlarge assortment to your menu.
7. Get a new gadget. A emptiness sealer seals out air & preserves the moisture & flavor of the original dish. “I seal & freeze leftovers in one-meal components for fresh-tasting dinners anytime,” advocates Smith. “Reheat in the microwave or boil in the purse on the stovetop.”
This recipe makes four servings, 2 for today & 2 for tomorrow.
Crunchy Garlic Chicken Breasts
11/3 cups Whole Grain Total cereal
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 cupful skim milk
2 teaspoons chopped fresh chives
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
4 boned skinless hen boobs (about 11/4 lb)
Cooking spray
1. Heat oven to 425F. Spray 13×9-inch pan with preparing spray.
2. Crush cereal. In superficial dish, stir conjointly cereal, parsley & paprika. In different superficial dish, stir conjointly milk, chives, salt & garlic powder. Dip hen into milk mixture, then coating softly & equally with cereal mixture. Place in pan. Spray top of hen with preparing spray.
3. Bake uncovered twenty to twenty-five minutes or till juice of hen is understandable when middle of thickest section is cut.
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