| If you have kids, you will realize the obvious value of a | | | | Tossed a jar or two in there and I had an instant |
| cheap recipe; however, you will love the value of a | | | | vegetable stew. |
| fast and easy recipe! | | | | Let me explain. One small jar of baby food costs bout |
| Well, I have got something for you that should really | | | | fifty cents or less. I would not use this idea to create a |
| help out. | | | | sauce for three pounds of baked chicken or anything |
| First, I love cooking. I have cooked since I was 8, and it | | | | like that. You could, but you might lose the savings, as |
| has always been a passion of mine. So much that I | | | | that would get a little pricey. |
| spent the better part of my professional career in | | | | Since my discovery, I have used it strictly on boiled, |
| corporate restaurant management. I got out of it | | | | sauteed, or steamed veggies. Just before serving. I |
| several years back because I was tired of the hours, | | | | drop 1 or to jars of bay food over them, stir them in |
| but my passion for cooking remains. | | | | and almost immediately remove from heat. |
| But alas, with the addition of our young son to the | | | | The possibilities are endless, especially since there are |
| household, my days of spending extra time in the | | | | about a million flavors of baby food. |
| kitchen trying out a new gourmet recipe came to a | | | | So far, I tried a jar of Peas and Brown Rice over |
| shocking halt. Since his birth almost that has turned into | | | | sauteed mushrooms and peppers (quite a unique |
| "run in there and throw something together as fast as | | | | taste). |
| possible"-and hopefully something that will make a lot | | | | I also did a sweet potato baby food mixed in sauteed |
| of leftovers. | | | | streamed squash and zucchini. |
| Well, recently, I had gotten the urge for some different | | | | Again, you can really try about any combination at all. It |
| stuff. I can't remember exactly how it happened, but I | | | | turns any cooked veggie dish into a fast and easy |
| was sautéing some vegetables and I was | | | | vegetable stew. |
| trying to figure out a way to jazz them up a little. | | | | One more quick secret-I even served this when |
| I took one look into the pantry, saw quite a few flavors | | | | entertaining friends a few nights ago. Guess what? |
| of baby food that my son was no longer interested in, | | | | They were dying for the recipe!!! |
| and voila! | | | | |