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"This recipe for Chicken Avocado Salad celebrates spring!" Sheila
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We all love delicatessan food, and we all have our favorites at our local deli. The Busy Cook, however, looks at all that food in a new way. Think of the deli case as a source for prepared ingredients that can be used in recipes, jump start your cooking and save lots of time! Vegetable salads can become quesadillas. Add some cooked leftover pasta to fruit salad for a great lunch. And prepared meats can be transformed into a hearty main dish recipe with just a few ingredients. These foods can become wonderful home cooked meals in very little time, with just a bit of imagination on your part - and the chart below.
Hints:
- Make sure you taste the salads and other foods before you buy them so you know you like the seasonings before you put them into a recipe.
- Add more of your favorite ingredient to the deli food to make the finished dish seem more home made.
- Stir some low-fat mayonnaise or sour cream, mixed with a little milk, into the salads when you add more ingredients so the salad stays creamy.
- Serve the roast chicken "as is" one night, and use the leftovers for any of these recipes the second night.
- Browse the selection at your deli and pick out some great pizza toppings. Put them on a Boboli crust with some sauce and cheese and you have designer pizza in a flash.
- Any stew or meat sauce makes a great baked potato topping.
- Toss deli meats and vegetables with pasta sauce, heat, and serve over spaghetti for a quick meal.
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