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cat lover
07-04-2006, 07:03 AM
Top your hot cereal with preserves.

Warm preserves or jam for a topping on pancakes, french toast, and waffles

Sweeten a grapefruit half with a couple teaspoons of your favorite flavor jelly. Serve as is or broil.

For a quick "coffeecake" spread palin store bought coffeecake with preserves and slide under the broiler till bubbles appear.

A lowfat dressing for fruit salads-blend together 2 parts lowfat sour cream and 1 part preserves or jelly

Top a serving of cottage cheese with a couple sapoonfuls of preserves or jam

Perk up vegetables such as cooked carrots or sweet potatoes by adding 1/4 cup apricot, peach, or pineapple preserves before serving

Baste ham steaks or canadain bacon or glaze a ham with strawberry, apriocot, or cherry preserves

Prepare a quick fruit relish by stirring 1 cup grape jelly into 1/2 cup each sweet orange marmalade and chopped walnuts. Serve with turkey or chicken

Fill butternut or acorn squash with apricot or pineapple preserves before cooking

For a sauce for fish, mix quince jelly with hot prepared mustard

For a Sweet and Sour Sauce combine 1/2 cup jelly, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp worcestershire sauce, and 1/2 cup white vinegar. Simmer 5 minutes stirring constantly

Barbecue Sauce, mix 1/4 cup sweet orange marmalade, apricot, peach, plum, or pineapple preserves with 1/2 cup chili sauce and 2 tbsp steak sauce


Use preserves to top plain cheesecake

Frosted grapes are easy; dip red or purple grapes into melted grape jelly then into granulated sugar fill sponge desssert shells with preserves or jam and top with fresh fruit and whip cream

Top angel food cake with warm preserves or jam