Thrifty Recipes

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Usually it’s only bad boys and girls who find a rock in their stocking on Christmas morning. But, there is one kind of rock that is perfect for GOOD boys and girls (or rather women and men) who love to cook and bake – The Recipe Rock.

Not surprisingly, over 70 percent of cooks said that they prefer using the internet over cookbooks.  If you print out those recipes for use in the kitchen, they can be a little unwieldy and get in your way as your trying to cook and may be hard to read when laying flat on the counter. That’s where the Recipe Rock can help.

This small 2-inch, sculpted, concave “rock” can hold up up to eight pages of printed recipes upright at the ideal viewing angle.  You just remove the metal ball from the magnetic rock, place the pages upright in front of the rock and replace the ball on the rock with the papers in between – super simple!  It also prevents pages from sauce splatters and dirty hands.  It can also hold those cherished old recipe cards you got from mom and grandma without getting any extra splatters on them.  At a $9.99 price point it makes a perfect stocking stuffer or gift for your favorite cook. 

I received a Recipe Rock to review and passed it on to my sister who is always cooking from internet printed recipes.  She was thrilled with it!  Not only does it make the recipes easy to read, it takes up so much less counter space than those pages sitting flat on the counter.  It’s design also blends nicely into the kitchen.  It’s small enough to be stored in a drawer, but it looks nice enough to keep on the counter all the time.

The Recipe Rock and other Architec Housewares products are available at Crate & Barrel and specialty boutiques

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Holland House Cooking Wine is wine MADE for cooking. Holland House uses premium quality wine stock and has a perfectly balanced taste and aroma. The salt that is added makes it stable in your pantry. This gives you a consistency of flavor you can depend on from the first time you open it to the last drop. Cooking wine is used as an ingredient; it is not meant to be consumed as a beverage. Its very convenient to use because it doesn’t require refrigeration after opening, so you can just store it in your kitchen cabinet.

You can find lots of great recipes using Holland House® Cooking Wines or Premium Vinegars on the Mizkan web site.  Explore to find Quick & Easy ways to make flavor come alive!  Check out the yummy Chicken Cacciatore recipe below.

 Chicken Cacciatore

This is a robust, quick-to-make combination of chicken, onions and bell peppers in a wine-sparkled spaghetti sauce. If you prefer, use skinned chicken breasts to eliminate excess calories.

2 Tbsp. oil
1 lb. boneless chicken breast halves
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 medium onion, sliced
1/2 each red & green bell peppers, chopped
1 jar (16 oz.) prepared spaghetti sauce
1/2 cup HOLLAND HOUSE White Cooking Wine
1 can (3.8 oz.) sliced ripe olives, drained
1/2 lb. spaghetti, cooked, drained

In medium skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken; sprinkle with pepper. Cook until chicken is light brown, about 2 minutes on each side. Add onion and peppers; cook 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in spaghetti sauce, cooking wine and olives. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer until chicken is tender and no longer pink, about 10 to 15 minutes. Serve over cooked spaghetti.

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