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
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