December 28th 2005
Dine Without Whine's Weekly Newsletter
An Extension of our Menu Planning Service
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Publisher ~ Christine Steendahl
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This Issue:
A Personal Note
Sponsor
Pizza Burger Recipe
Bread Machine Tips A Personal Note
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! We had five activity packed days in a row
and are exhausted now that we are back into town. Matt and I both agreed
that next year we are going to make it a point to stay home and enjoy our family
time. I have some great things in store for Dine Without Whine this year.
Why not a make a New Year's Resolution to enjoy family meals this year - the
easy way! I would like to offer you half off your first month's
subscription to entice you to give DWW a try! Simply enter coupon code
76AF at checkout when you purchase a monthly subscription. That's
7.5 cents a day for me to prepare a weekly menu and shopping list for you!
Hurry coupon expires January 5th.
Christine
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Recipe of the Week
Exerted from this week's family friendly menu plan
and convenient grocery shopping list.
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Pizza Burgers
Makes 4 servings
1 pound ground beef
1 8-ounce can tomato sauce
1/4 cup pepperoni chopped (about 1 1/2 oz.)
3/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning dried crushed
1/2 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
4 hamburger buns
1. Adjust oven rack 6 inches from heat source. Preheat broiler. Coat a broiler
pan and rack with non-stick spray.
2. In a medium bowl, mix ground beef, 1/2 cup of the tomato sauce, pepperoni
and 1/2 teaspoon of the Italian herbs until well blended. Shape mixture into
four patties, each about 3/8 inch thick.
3. Stir remaining 1/4 teaspoon
Italian herbs into remaining 1/2 cup tomato sauce; set aside.
4. Broil patties for 7 minutes or until almost desired doneness (do not turn
over). Top patties with remaining 1/2 cup tomato sauce and sprinkle with cheese.
Broil 1 to 2 minutes longer or until cheese melts.
5. Serve on hamburger buns.
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Kitchen and Cooking Tips
Bread Machine Tips
I haven't used my bread machine in so long!
Time to pull it out again - it is so easy and I love the results! Not to
mention the smell of fresh baked bread is the best!
* Use bread flour, not all-purpose flour.
* Measure ingredients precisely. The machine cannot adjust to slight variations
the way an experienced baker can.
* Bread machine recipes usually call for yeast by the teaspoonful rather than by
the packet.
* Jarred yeast is handier and easier to measure than envelopes of yeast, and if
you use a bread machine regularly you probably will go through a jar of yeast
before it expires. Yeast will last longer stored in the refrigerator.
* Remove the baked loaf from the pan promptly to avoid sogginess.
* Some machines cannot handle whole-grain flours or heavy doughs; others can.
Check your manual.
* Do you have a question you would like answered in this area?
If so, send me a note and I will try to get to it in the coming weeks.
christine@dinewithoutwhine.com
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