| Busy people tend to fix the same meals day | | | | 1/4 teaspoon salt, 2 cups boiling water, 1/4 |
| after day. What's more, busy people may | | | | cup raisins, 2 tablespoons butter, 2 |
| panic at the thought of having guests for | | | | teaspoons rum, or 1 teaspoon rum |
| dinner. You may be one of these people. | | | | extractCombine sugar, Splenda, cornstarch, |
| Worry no more, because these sweet and savory | | | | nutmeg, and salt in saucepan. Using a whisk, |
| sauces turn basic food into restaurant fare. | | | | gradually stir in boiling water. Add |
| Better yet, you can make these sauces in | | | | raisins, butter and rum. Cook over medium |
| minutes.I made up the Warm Apple-Cinnamon | | | | heat, stirring constantly, until sauce boils |
| Sauce recipe when my grandkids were coming | | | | and thickens. Serve over frozen vanilla |
| for dinner. "This tastes like apple pie | | | | yogurt, low-fat vanilla ice cream, plain |
| without the crust!" my grandaughter | | | | cake, or apple pie. Yield: 8 servings.PASTA |
| exclaimed. My teenage grandkids liked the | | | | ALFREDO WITH MUSHROOMS AND PEAS4 ounces fresh |
| sauce so much they ate dessert twice. | | | | mushrooms (half a box), 1/4 cup frozen petite |
| Instead of maple syrup, you could serve this | | | | peas, 1 cup skim milk (warm), 2 tablespoons |
| sauce with whole grain pancakes and | | | | butter or margarine, 2 tablespoons Wondra |
| waffles.The Rum Sauce With Raisins is perfect | | | | flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, garlic powder to |
| for the holidays. Serve it over frozen | | | | taste, black pepper to taste, 1 1/2 |
| vanilla yogurt, low-fat vanilla ice cream, or | | | | tablespoons low-fat cream cheese, prepared |
| plain yellow cake made from a mix. Buy a | | | | wheat pasta (warm)Clean and slice mushrooms. |
| frozen pound cake if you don't have time to | | | | Put in microwave dish with frozen peas. |
| make a box cake. You could also serve the | | | | Microwave on high until vegetables are barely |
| sauce over dessert waffles and you'll find | | | | tender. Drain off any liquid that may have |
| recipes for them on the Internet.I love pasta | | | | accumulated. Cover vegetables and set |
| of all kinds, especially pasta with Alfredo | | | | aside.Melt butter or margarine in small |
| sauce. But Alfredo sauce is high in fat and | | | | saucepan. Add Wondra flour and cook for a |
| calories, so I devised this low-fat recipe | | | | few seconds. Add seasonings. Using a whisk, |
| for Pasta Alfredo With Mushrooms and Peas. | | | | gradually add the warm milk to flour mixture. |
| It's a satisfying meal and a perfect meal for | | | | Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, |
| vegetarians.Finally, I've included a Savory | | | | until mixture boils and thickens. Add |
| Curry Sauce recipe. Add sliced, cooked | | | | vegetables and cook two minutes more to blend |
| mushrooms to the sauce for extra flavor. | | | | flavors. Garnish with chopped parsley and |
| I've made this sauce with mushrooms and beef | | | | serve over warm pasta. Yield: 4 servings. |
| bouillon (instead of chicken) and served it | | | | Note: This recipe may also be garnished with |
| over hamburgers. Double the recipe, add | | | | cooked chicken, turkey, or shrimp.SAVORY |
| cooked chicken, shrimp or lamb, and you'll | | | | CURRY SAUCE2 tablespoons butter or margarine, |
| have enough for a family of four.WARM | | | | 2 tablespoons Wondra flour, 1/2 teaspoon |
| APPLE-CINNAMON SAUCE2 large Granny Smith | | | | curry powder, 1 cup water, 1 chicken bouillon |
| apples, 1 large can frozen apple juice | | | | cubeMelt butter or margarine in small |
| concentrate (defrosted), 3 tablespoons honey, | | | | saucepan. Add flour and curry powder and |
| 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 1/2 tablespoons | | | | cook a few seconds. Using a whisk, gradually |
| cornstarch, 1 tablespoon waterPeel and core | | | | add water to flour mixture. Add chicken |
| the aples. Cut apples into thin slices and | | | | bouillon. Cook over medium heat, stirring |
| put them in a medium size saucepan. Pour | | | | constantly, until mixtures boils and |
| defrosted juice over apples. Add honey and | | | | thickens. Serve over baked fish, cooked |
| cinnamon. Cook apple mixture over medium | | | | shrimp, or chicken. Yield: 1 generous cup, |
| heat for about three minutes, or until apples | | | | or about 3 servings.Copyright 2005 by Harriet |
| are barely tender. Combine cornstaarch and | | | | Hodgson. To learn more about her work go to |
| water in a measuring cup, stirring until | | | | Hodgson has been a nonfiction writer for 27 |
| smooth. Add to apple mixture and cook until | | | | years and is a member of the Association of |
| thickened. Serve warm. Yield: 10 | | | | Health Care Journalists. Before she became a |
| servings.RUM SAUCE WITH RAISINS1/2 up | | | | health writer she was a food writer for the |
| granulated sugar, 1/2 cup Splenda, 2 | | | | former "Rochester Magazine," in her hometown |
| tablespoons cornstarch, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, | | | | of Rochester, MN. |