Sunday, November 30, 2008

Apricot Nutmeg Turnovers

Watkins Organic Nutmeg

1 cup/250 mL all-purpose flour
1/8 tsp/.06 mL salt
1/2 cup/125 mL butter
8 ounce/225 g cream cheese
1/2 cup/125 mL apricot preserves
1/2 tsp/2 mL Watkins Organic Nutmeg
1 egg
1 tbsp/15 mL water

In medium bowl stir together flour and salt. Cut in butter and cream cheese. Stir together to form soft dough. Refrigerate 1 hour. On lightly floured surface roll out dough to 1/8-inch/3 mm thickness; cut out with 2–1/2 inch/6.5 cm round cutter. Stir together preserves and nutmeg. Spoon about 1 tsp preserves on center of each round. Fold in half and seal with fork. Whisk together egg and water. Brush egg mixture on turnover. Bake at 400 Fº/200º C for 12 to 15 minutes. Garnish with dried apricot pieces, or sprinkle with powdered sugar. Makes 2 dozen.



Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Watkins Christms List


Don't forget to add Watkins products to your Christmas list for you loved ones! Watkins products makes fantastic gifts and stocking stuffers!

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Don't be left out in the cold Watkins specials!



Get these incredible values before it's too late!

US SPECIALS

05702 Cream of Tartar
Regularly $4.99, Special Price $4.49, Save 50¢

05803 Turkey Rub
Regularly $6.99, Special $6.49, Save 50¢

20225 Pucker Up 2 Pack — Great stocking stuffers!!
Regularly $9.98, Special, $7.49, Save $2.49

20536 Holiday Sink Set — No house should be without one or two!
Regularly $17.99, Special $16.49, Save $1.50

05310 Cinnamon Cream Sprinkles
Buy one at $4.99, second one at $1.99!

05300 Pumpkin Bread Mix
Buy one at $5.99, second one at $2.89!

05400 Snickerdoodles Cookie Mix
Buy one at $5.49, second one at $2.89!

05543 Orange Spice Bread Mix
Buy one at $5.49, second one at $2.89!

05623 Apple Spice Bread Mix
Buy one at $5.49, second one at $2.89!

05707 Baked Potato Soup
Buy one at $8.49, second one at $4.29!

CDN SPECIALS

05702 Cream of Tartar
Regularly $6.39, Special Price $5.49, Save 90¢

20536 Holiday Sink Set — No house should be without one or two!
Regularly $21.99, Special Price $19.49, Save $2.50

05310 Cinna–Cream Sprinkles
Buy one at $5.99, second one at $2.99!

05300 Pumpkin Bread Mix
Buy one at $6.99, second one at $3.49!

05400 Snickerdoodles Cookie Mix
Buy one at $6.99, second one at $3.49!

05543 Orange Spice Bread Mix
Buy one at $6.99, second one at $3.49!

05623 Apple Spice Bread Mix
Buy one at $6.99, second one at $3.49!

05707 Baked Potato Soup
Buy one at $9.99, second one at $4.59!


Pricing effective November 18, 2008.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Copy Cat~Sara Lee's Carrot Square Cake

2 Eggs
1 ts Watkins Vanilla
6 oz Oil
1 ts Salt
1 1/2 ts Watkins Baking powder
2 ts WatkinsCinnamon
1 c Sugar
1 1/4 c All-purpose flour
1 c Carrots; grate fine
1 c Walnuts; well-chopped
1/2 c Light raisins; optional
Cream cheese icing
6 oz Cream cheese; softened
1/4 lb Butter
1 lb Powdered sugar
1 1/2 ts Watkins Orange extract
1 ts Watkins orange peel
1 tb Light corn syrup or pancake
1 tb Cornstarch or flour

Combine first 8 ingredients with electric mixer on medium-high.
Beat 3 minutes scraping down sides of bowl often. Remove beaters.
Stir in last 3 ingredients. Grease and flour 9" square pan.
Spread batter evenly in pan. Bake at 325~ about 50 minutes. Cool
in pan about 30 minutes. Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting and
sprinkle with additional walnuts. ICING-Cream the cream cheese
with the butter until light and fluffy, using med-high spped of
electric mixer. Add half of the sugar, increasing speed to high.
Add extract and peel and beat about 1 minute. Scrape down sides
of bowl often. Resume beating adding remaining powdered sugar.
Beat smooth. Frost sides and top of cake.


Copy Cat~Sonic® Ocean Water

3 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon Watkins coconut extract
2 drops blue food coloring
2 12-ounce cans cold Sprite
ice

1. Combine the water and the sugar in a small bowl. Microwave
for 30-45 seconds, then stir to dissolve all of the sugar.
Allow this syrup to cool.
2. Add coconut extract and food coloring to the cooled syrup.
Stir well.
3. Combine the syrup with two 12-ounce cans of cold Sprite.
Divide and pour over ice. Add straws and serve.
Makes two 12-ounce servings.




Thursday, November 13, 2008

Chocolate Coconut Crunch Cookies

2 c Flour
1 ts Watkins Baking soda
1/4 ts Salt
1 c Butter; unsalted, softened
3/4 c Brown sugar
2 Eggs; lightly beaten
2 ts Watkins Vanilla
1 ts Watkins Almond extract
2 c Coconut; shredded
12 oz Chocolate chips
1 1/2 c Almonds; lightly salted
-dry roasted, finely chopped

Preheat the oven to 300. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. In a medium bowl with an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugars. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and almond extract. Mix on low speed until blended. Add the flour mixture and mix just until blended; do not over mix. add the coconut, chocolate chips, and almonds and stir just until blended. Drop the dough by rounded tbsp 2" apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes.

Yield: 4 dozen


Copycat Bailey's Irish Cream

1 c Light cream
1 14-oz can sweetened condensed milk
1 2/3 c Irish Whiskey
1 ts Instant coffee
2 tb Hershey's chocolate syrup
1 ts Watkins Vanilla
1 ts Watkins Almond extract

Combine all the ingredients in a blender set on high
speed for 30 seconds. Bottle in a tightly sealed container
and refrigerate. The liqueur will keep for at least 2
months if kept cool. Be sure to shake the bottle well
before serving.
Makes 4 cups.


Almost Snickers

12 ounces Low fat ice cream -- softened
1 cup Low fat Cool Whip
1/4 cup Crunchy peanut butter
1-2 servings Watkins Chocolate pudding mix
3 ounces Grape Nut cereal

Mix together ice cream, Cool Whip, peanut butter and pudding.
Fold in Grape Nuts.
Spread in 8x8 inch pan and freeze.

About The Summit Group with Watkins!

The Summit Group logo

The Summit Group is the largest, most award-winning team of independent work-from-home business people who represent the Watkins company. Our associates use this site for 24/7 access to free training, free business tools, and free coaching that helps them maximize their income.

If you're considering earning income as a Watkins associate, be absolutely positive that your sponsor (the person you join under) is already a Summit Group associate. If you choose to join under a Watkins associate who is not a member of our Summit Group team, we are prohibited by company policy from ever allowing you access to our training and support.

History of the Summit Group

The Summit Group was founded in 1990 by Ginny & Steve Bretzke, a couple experienced in the Network Marketing and Direct Selling industries. After years of searching for the perfect home-based business, they discovered Watkins, a quiet yet solid company with more than 100 years of providing high quality products for home and health. The Bretzkes have since helped thousands of individuals create a better life for themselves and their families with the flexible schedule and ongoing residual income that this kind of business offers.

The Bretzkes started off just like all new associates, with no other members on their team. Because of their knowledge and expertise, however, their Summit Group team has blossomed into the quickest growing, largest, and most-award winning team in all of Watkins. Besides solid incomes, successful Summit Group team members have received recognition at the annual Watkins conference and have earned free travel to all parts of the world.

Facts about Watkins and the Summit Group

Watkins Logo and Summit Group Logo

  • You can create a better life for yourself and your family by joining the Summit Group and starting your own Watkins business.
  • This business can allow you to have a perfect income that won't interfere with your family, your current job, your social life, or any of your other priorities.
  • One thing that helps the Summit Group stand out head and shoulders above other Watkins teams is our exclusive 9-4-1 materials. These free tools can help you build an ongoing monthly income through team-building and personal use of the products—with no selling required (you aren't required to focus on the traditional business method of retailing products to customers).
  • Almost anything you want to achieve is possible. People from all walks of life, all ages, and all types of background experience have benefited from this business.
  • Watkins is perfect for those people who need a second source of income during these tough economic times. The Watkins business gives you the flexibility for your family and other priorities... and you can never get that if you're trying to work a second part-time hourly job where a boss designs a schedule that requires you to clock-in late nights and weekends.
  • Our team is made of up stay-at-home parents, retirees, college students, and many people working full-time careers who just need a little extra (including people with backgrounds in teaching, engineering, marketing, insurance, computer programming, automotive repair, restaurant and food service, music, construction, and virtually every other career imaginable). Regardless of your background, you'll be a welcome member of our team, and you can succeed.
  • Watkins is a solid company with over 140 years providing superior products used in homes across North America, which means it's a strong company to be affiliated with today, and it will be around for years to come to provide you with a long-term, reliable income opportunity.
  • The Summit Group is an organization of thousands of associates across the United States and Canada. These are friendly, family-oriented people who help others learn the benefit of the Watkins products and business.
  • Summit Group associates use the Watkins business opportunity as the vehicle that allows them to move toward their goals of having fun, helping friends, creating wealth, and reaching dreams.
  • You have total flexibility. There are no ongoing requirements. You control how you build your business and can change your involvement level at any time. You choose your business strategies based on your personal goals and what feels most comfortable for you.
  • The primary role of associates is to spread the word about the quality, value, and beneficial aspects of the Watkins business and products. You can communicate with people yourself, or establish a group of other associates who can help you communicate with many more people than you could alone.
  • Our top-earning associates work primarily from home, by phone and computer. They are on a totally flexible schedule that they choose. They can change their involvement level at any time, to fit around the needs of their family, without fear of being pressured or shunned. They simply use the Watkins products that make sense for them, and they always get the associate's discount of at least 25% off, so it saves them lots of money over buying similar products weekly at their local grocery store. Then they use the computer and phone to build a team of associates who do the same. In a nutshell, it's really that simple.
  • Establishing your own group of associates in that manner can help you create residual income, which means you can earn ongoing income month-after-month, even when you choose not to work. It gives you total flexibilty.
  • The compensation plan with Watkins is excellent.
  • If you focus on the a strategy of team building and personal use, you'll typically earn between about 5% to 10% of the volume generated by your group as residual/bonus income. Average annual incomes for mid- to high-level leaders, most of whom work part-time, range from $16,562 to $236,124 (in U.S. dollars), with some individuals earning much more.
  • Although you're never required to focus on traditional retailing activities, we realize that some associates enjoy and prefer activities such as catalog sharing (gathering order from friends, family, or co-workers, kind of like an Avon representative), presenting Watkins Good Tastings parties (similar to a Tupperware or Tastefully Simple party plan business), booth sales (such as at church bazaars, county fairs, and trade shows), or online retailing. If you choose to use any of those optional retailing methods, you can easily and immediately begin earning from 25% and 39% of the retail price as your profits on your customer's orders.
  • Even as a brand new associate, you can immediately profit from either the Team Building approach or the traditional Retailing model.
  • For team builders, there's a new Watkinize Your Home bonus program and other incentives, including cash bonuses and all-expense-paid trips to exotic locations.
  • Three areas of support come together for you: 1) Watkins is there with great products, order processing, and computer systems; 2) The Summit Group's associates and leaders are available to encourage you and provide assistance; and 3) the Summit Group's business tools and systems give you proven business building methods you can easily duplicate.
  • You'll receive plenty of encouragement and recognition from other Summit Group associates who want to help you succeed.
  • You don't need previous experience. The Summit Group provides excellent training and support.
  • The initial investment is not a burden.
  • Realize that you're starting your OWN business as a Watkins associate (not getting a job as an employee)... and being a "business owner" can get many benefits (that you'd never get if you tried to supplement your income with a part-time hourly job as an employee) . For example, as a member of our Watkins team, you'll reap the rewards for your efforts, rather than having a boss or employer get credit for your hard work. Also, you won't be relying on some bosses' opinion of whether you deserve a raise and how much—your efforts and results determine your income with Watkins. Your income is unlimited—as you achieve more success, your income checks can continue to increase indefinitely. And, of course, you can get tax breaks that are only available to business owners.
  • Watkins was the first company of any kind to offer a money-back guarantee, back in 1868. Today, all Watkins products are fully guaranteed, even your membership package.
  • Watkins is a company that offers environmentally-friendly and health conscious products: USDA certified 100% organic spices, natural seasoning blends, all-natural gourmet grapeseed oils for cooking, natural personal care and facial care items, natural plant-based home care and cleaning products, and earth-friendly high-performance laundry detergent.
  • The company is most famous for high-quality, reasonably priced gourmet foods like Watkins Vanilla, Watkins Black Pepper, and Watkins Cinnamon. These let people cook great-tasting meals at home on a budget.
  • Also, the company's home remedies have been favorites for years, including Watkins Petro Carbo Salve, Watkins Menthol Camphor Ointment in the U.S. (called Medicated Ointment in Canada), Watkins Red Liniment, Watkins White Cream Liniment, and a whole line of complementary dietary supplements and vitamins.
  • Personal care items are popular, too, including hand and body lotions, shampoo, and more.
  • These are the kinds of products that virtually all families buy and use in the homes every month. Why not become a Watkins associate on our Summit Group team... you'll get the associate's discount of at least 25% off everything you purchase for your own use... and if you simply choose to help spread the word to others who do the same, it can create significant extra income for you.
  • It's easy to get started by phone or online. Just contact a Watkins associate on the Summit Group team for details...
  • Important: Again, when you are getting ready to join... ask and be positive BEFORE you join that the associate you are joining under is part of the Summit Group, otherwise you will never be able to get support, training, or encouragement from our team.


Thursday, November 6, 2008

Grandma only used Watkins quality Cinnamon...

...in her pumpkin pie and banana bread, continue the tradition with award-winning high-oil Korintje cassia cinnamon. Our cinnamon contains 3.5% essential oil, while many others on the market contain only 1 to 2%, and inferior brands as low as .5%.


Make Gourmet Liqueurs with Watkins


Make a base of 2 ½ cups Vodka (cheapest on market) and ½ cup sugar (sweetness to taste). Add one of the below suggested flavors to the base. Blend on low speed in blender until the sugar is dissolved. Stop the blender and top the blender up to 30 oz. with distilled or filtered water. Blend again & then bottle. Let stand over night to fully develop flavor.

  • AMARETTO - 3 tsp Watkins Almond Ext, 4 tsp Watkins Rum Ext & 1 tsp Chocolate Ext.

  • BANANA - 1 tsp Watkins Banana Extract

  • BUTTER PECAN - 2 tsp Watkins Butter Pecan Extract

  • CHERRY - 1 ¼ tsp Watkins Cherry Extract

  • COCONUT RUM - 2 tsp Watkins Coconut Extract and 1 tsp Watkins Rum Extract

  • GRAND MARNIER - 1 ½ tsp Watkins Orange Extract

  • PEACH - 1 tsp Watkins Peach Extract

  • PEPPERMINT - 1 tsp Watkins Peppermint Extract and a little green food coloring

  • PINEAPPLE RUM - 2 tsp Watkins Pineapple Extract and 1 tsp Watkins Rum Extract

  • RASPBERRY - 1 ½ tsp Watkins Raspberry Extract

  • SAMBUCA - 2 tsp Watkins Anise Extract*

  • STRAWBERRY - 1 ½ tsp Watkins Strawberry Extract

  • SWISS ALMOND CHOCOLATE - 1 ¼ tsp Watkins Almond Extract and 1 tsp Watkins Chocolate Extract

* Other flavors available only until Christmas are: Irish Cream, Hazelnut, and Anise *

Use liqueurs for flavoring coffee, pouring over ice cream, adding to coolers, flavoring whipping cream or when a recipe calls for liqueur.



Facts, Tips & Ideas to Save You Money!

  • Watkins Baking Powder is "double-acting" - so what does that mean? That means that the leavening gases are released once on contact with moisture - and then again during baking. This double-rising feature results in lighter, higher and fluffier cakes and baked goods. Watkins Baking Powder is aluminum free which is great for you since aluminum has been linked to many health ailments - such as Alzheimers and even some cancers.
  • Watkins Baking Cocoa does more than you think! In recipes calling for unsweetened chocolate, substitute 3 tbsp/45 ml of Baking Cocoa plus 1 tbsp/15 ml unsalted butter for each 1 oz/30 g of unsweetened chocolate; to equal one 6-oz/170 g bag of semi-sweet chocolate morsels, substitute 6 tbsp/90 ml Baking Cocoa, 7 tbsp/100 ml granulated sugar, and 1/4 cup/60 ml solid vegetable shortening. But don't stop there - unsweetened cocoa is a terrific addition to chili! This may seem a little strange, but chocolate actually has a long tradition of similar uses in Mexico!
  • Watkins Snack & Dip Seasonings are convenient and versatile! Mix with regular, lowfat or nonfat sour cream, puréed cottage cheese or plain yogurt for a variety of dips; thin with buttermilk for cream salad dressings; add to cream cheese for appetizer or bagel spreads or even a deliciously different cheese ball.

  • Watkins Chai Tea is guaranteed to be just about the BEST tasting Chai you've ever had! It's a blend of black and green teas so the caffeine level is lower than most Chai's you will find elsewhere - and the flavour is such that if you do go back to your "other" brand after trying Watkins, you will come back really quickly! Watkins Chai Tea along with a handy Infuser make a wonderful gift idea. Add it to a basket with a large mug, a good novel and a warm, snuggly lap blanket!
  • Watkins Liquid Spices are definitely not only a 'money-saver', but a flavour booster! Only the pure extract of garlic, ginger, onion and chipotle are used and infused into a grapeseed oil base. And talk about concentration - one teaspoon/5 ml of our Garlic Liquid Spice is equal to EIGHT cloves of garlic!! Do you know someone who loves garlic bread? Team up a bottle of Watkins Liquid Garlic Spice in a rustic basket with a loaf of Watkins Good Tastings Bread Mix and a bottle of wine!
  • Watkins Meat Magic is perfect for anyone you know who like the more 'exotic' or 'game' meats. It not only brings out the natural flavours, but it also helps to retain more of the natural juices as well so the meat will be tenderer. This would make a wonderful gift when teamed up with a selection of Watkins Gourmet Peppers and Pepper Blends! ... and speaking of ...
  • Watkins Gourmet Peppers and Pepper Blends - did you know that many 'pepper' blends you find on store shelves contain salt??? It's true! At Watkins, we don't need to 'enhance' the flavour of our peppers - they are superb all by themselves!!





Holiday Bake with Watkins!


Tis the season to bake,eat and be merry!
So if you are going to be spending all the time and energy into holiday baking make sure it is the best it can be with high quality award wining products!

Use Watkins and have your family and friends begging for more!

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