Simple tips to experience the health benefits!

Try these simple tips to experience the health benefits Watkins array of spices have to offer.

• Sprinkle Watkins Cinnamon on oatmeal, yogurt, French toast or in muffin batter.
• Add a dash of Watkins Thyme to scrambled eggs, omelets or soufflés.
• Stir Watkins Oregano into your favorite soup base, chicken, tuna salad or dressing.
• Try a sprinkle of Watkins Ground Ginger over fresh fruit for a refreshing dessert.
• Add Watkins Rosemary Leaves to mashed or roasted potatoes.
• Curry Powder can be added to rice dishes.

Mmmmm Watkins spices make everything taste so much better!

A Slippery Solution!

Did you know that a can of Watkins Cooking Spray in your cupboard has other uses you may have never considered? You can spray it on measuring spoons before measuring sticky foods like molasses and honey and they will easily slide off. You can also spray your knives before chopping dates or other dried fruits. Also, it can be sprayed on cheese graters to prevent the cheese from sticking.

Watkins Dip Hints

Mix Watkins Snack & Dip Seasoning with sour cream,
light sour cream, fat free sour cream or yogurt and serve
with chips, wheat thins, crackers and raw vegetables.

Mix Watkins Snack & Dip Seasoning with sour cream,
light sour cream, fat free sour cream or yogurt and serve
with chips, wheat thins, crackers and raw vegetables.
**** More Snack & Dip Tips ****
Bacon-Cheddar: Flavor deviled or scrambled eggs or on a
baked potato.
Bacon-Horseradish: Spread on prime rib, roast beef or
pork chop. Better than steak sauce!! Great as a sandwich
spread, to flavor deviled eggs or on a baked potato.
Bacon-Onion: Use to season vegetables, on a baked
potato or to flavor scrambled eggs.
Blazin’ Cajun: Use to add a “kick” to vegetables, soups
and stews. Awesome Spicy Dip!!!
Cucumber-Dill: Sprinkle on cottage cheese or a tossed
salad. Great as a dip and a sandwich spread.
Crab: Great in your favorite casseroles, crab cakes and
crab soups.
Garden Vegetable: Best dip ever!!!
Garlic-Dill: On a baked potato, or a sandwich spread or
sprinkle in your vegetables when cooking.
Mexican: Great for tacos, soups and seasoning. Great dip!
Salsa and Sour Cream: Great topping for tacos or
burritos, and a creamy dressing for taco salad. Great in
scrambled eggs, too!!
Six Onion Soup Base: Add to mashed potatoes or meat
balls, sprinkle on a roast. Makes a great cheese ball!
Tomato Horseradish: Great as a sauce for the bloomin’
onion, on salmon or as a sandwich spread.
Creamy Salad Dressing: Combine ½ cup mayonnaise, 1/3
cup low-fat milk, 2 tsp. vinegar, and 2-3 tsp (to taste) of any
of the following mixes: Cucumber-Dill, Garden Vegetable,
Garlic-Dill.
Spinach Dip: Add either Garden Vegetable or Bacon-
Cheddar mix into your favorite Spinach Dip recipe. Serve in
a hollowed out bread bowl.

Warm & Inviting Smell!

Looking for a way to have the warm inviting smell in your home. Try this!

Place 1 cup of water & 2 tsp of Watkins Pumpkin-Pie Spice into a large microwave safe bowl. Heat on high until the mixture boils. Cook for 3 minutes, then let sit for 15 minutes, and your home will smell wonderful.

Peppermint Tea

Peppermint is great for stomach upset. So try sipping on a cup of peppermint tea next time you have a tummy ache.

1c        Hot tea, freshly steeped
1/4ts  Peppermint extract

Artificial sweetener to taste
 
   In teacup, combine tea, peppermint extract and
   sweetener.  Makes 1 serving

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!!

FREE Christmas Presents!

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Watkins Cream Soup Ideas!

Follow the directions on the container for the thin sauce recipe, then try one of the following ideas.

Seafood Chowder ~ add some crab, shrimp or any of your favorite seafood.
Corn Chowder ~ add a can of drained niblet style corn.
Cream of Cauliflower or Broccoli soup ~ added 1-2 cups of 3/4 cooked vegetables
Cream of Celery ~ add 1/2 cup of sauteed celery and onions.
Leftover Creamy Turkey Soup ~ sauté celery and onion. Then add to cream base along with frozen vegetables, left over turkey and Watkins Black Pepper to taste.

Enjoy!

Watkins Soup and Gravy Bases Bring Warmth

Baked Potato Soup Mix

Watkins has taken the fuss out of homemade potato soup with our Baked Potato Soup Mix. This rich, creamy baked potato soup will make a delicious quick and easy first course for your holiday meal.



Serving Suggestions:
Add boiled, chopped potatoes
Top with onion and shredded cheese
Add fully-cooked chunks of bacon
Serve with a side salad for a complete meal
Serve at holiday meals as a vegetarian alternative



Country Gourmet Gravy Mix

There’s nothing like homemade! Watkins makes that old-fashioned homemade taste perfect for any meal. Enjoy this rich and comforting mix any time of day; just add water, simmer and taste. It will turn your biscuits and mashed potatoes into a delight!

Serving Suggestions:

Use to make your own breakfast casserole
Combine prepared gravy with chipped beef and serve over buttered biscuits
Use as a base for spicy dips
Pour over fried pork for an authentic, down-home southern dinner.

Soup Bases - Versatile!

If you've never tried any of the Watkins Soup and Gravy bases, you need to! They might look similar to any old can of soup, but these are NOT the same as typical condensed soup that makes one or two servings. These are dry mixes, that make up to 50 servings or more. So they are very economical. Plus, they have so many uses for flavoring all kinds of dishes other than soup and gravy.

You can get these Soup and Gravy Base flavors:

* Beef
* Cheese
* Chicken
* Cream
* Mexican
* Mushroom
* Onion
* Six Onion

And these two Gourmet Gravy Bases:

* Country Gourmet
* Roasted Turkey

Additionally, Baked Potato Soup is part of this year's Seasonal Favorites line.

Here is how your fellow associates use these bases:

* I don't make much soup, so this may sound strange, but my favorite Watkins cooking products are the soup bases. I use them for so many things, sprinkling on chicken when I bake it, simmering it with rice, tossing it in with roasted potatoes. The uses are endless, and the results make the simplest dish seem like you really know what you're doing.

* I love the Chicken Soup mix! It got my kids to eat veggies after my mother-in-law used it in the cooking water.

* One of my favorite products is the Beef Soup Base. Before trying this product my children would not eat roast and after several days we would have to throw away left overs. Now we're lucky to get one meal out of a roast with my kids.

* The Mushroom Soup Base is a huge time saver for making homemade spaghetti sauce. Instead of cooking my sauce of hours I know add a few tablespoons of Mushroom Soup Base. It thickens my sauce and adds a lovely light mushroom flavour that even my picky step-daughter can deal with.

* My single most favorite product is the onion soup. I like being able to fix a cup of good soup instantly. My favorite soup is a pack of ramen noodles (throw away their seasonings), some pepperoni (turkey is best, less fat) and two teaspoons of the onion soup. It's delicious and ready in a couple of minutes.

* I take a bag of frozen green beans or green peas and I mix in 1 Tbsp of butter/margarine, 1/2 tsp of cinnamon, 1 Tbsp splenda (or sugar if you prefer), a couple shakes of Garlic Liquid Spice, 2 Tbsp of water and 2 Tbsp of the Six Onion Soup base, then microwave for about 5 minutes, and sprinkle with Minced Green Onion right before serving.

* We have a customer who's step-dad recently had part of his tongue amputated due to cancer. Due to the chemo, his taste buds are about shot. My customer said that she needs more Beef Soup base, that she is almost out. You see, the only thing that the family found that "dad" will eat is our Watkins Beef Soup Base, because, it is the only thing that he can taste and he LOVES the flavor.

If a recipe calls for a "cream" soup, like cream of mushroom or cream of chicken, just whip up one of the Watkins bases according to the "gravy" directions, which would typically be about the same consistency as a cream-style soup.

Watkins 2008 Seasonal Favorites&Gift Giving Ideas

Anise Extract

Use in making holiday anise cookies or springerle cookies (one
of Germany’s most famous holiday sweets).
Use in making biscotti.
Recipe · Crystal Cut Candy

Gift Idea: Wrap Crystal Cut Candy in cello bag and give as a gift, along with Anise Extract and recipe card. Wrap in festive cello with raffia or in a festive tin with bow.

Gift Idea: Fishermen put Anise Extract on bait to attract fish. They tell us it works like magic! Place Watkins Anise Extract, Lemon Pepper, Insect Repellent and Sun Block in a tackle box, or wrap them in netting (like a fish net) and attach to a fishing pole.

Hazelnut Extract

Add to coffee (best when extract is added to coffee grounds before brewing).
Add to iced coffee or cappuccino.
Add to whipped cream, cream cheese or whipped topping for a dessert, coffee topping or fruit/bagel spread.
Add to oatmeal.
Add to fudge and brownie recipes.
Recipes HERE under Gift Line recipes:
· Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse
· Chocolate Truffles
· Hazelnut Toffee Crunch Pie
· Carol’s Drop Cookies

Gift Idea: Prepare truffles and give as a gift in a decorative package along with the recipe and extract.
Gift Idea: Give extract along with coffee.

Irish Cream Extract

Add to coffee (best when extract is added to coffee grounds before brewing).
Add to iced coffee or cappuccino.
Add to fudge and brownie recipes.
Add to ice cream and ice cream drinks.
Recipes HERE under Gift Line recipes:
· Chocolate Truffles
· Irish Cream Caramels
· Irish Cream Pie
· Vanilla Custard Tarts with Irish Cream Sauce
· Carol’s Drop Cookies

Gift Idea: Prepare truffles or caramels and give as a gift in a decorative package along with the recipe and extract.

Gift Idea: Give extract along with coffee.

Seasonal Favorites Bread Mixes

The following bread mixes are simple and easy to prepare and make a great breakfast or the perfect snack for an office, class party, or a wonderful welcome to a new member of your neighborhood. Add the pumpkin butter or a compatible recipe for dip spread, along with the required Watkins ingredients, and you’ll have a lovely gift giving set.

Orange Spice Bread Mix

Gift Idea: Combine the orange spice bread mix with some ginger, rum & orange extract with the Aloha Fruit Dip recipe to use as a delicious spread.
Wrap in a festive tea towel.

Apple Spice Bread Mix

Gift Idea: Give Apple Spice Bread Mix along with Watkins Cinnamon.

Pumpkin Bread Mix

Gift Idea: Pair this delightful bread with Watkins Cinnamon and Nutmeg.

Snickerdoodles Cookie Mix

Gift Idea: Pair with anyone of the Hot Cocoa Mixes and a Mug.

Pumpkin Butter

This sweet, rich spread is wonderful on Watkins Good Tastings Bread and
anyone of the seasonal favorites bread mixes.

Gift Idea: Wrap with Pumpkin Bread Mix in a festive cello wrapper and tie
with curly ribbon.

Limited Edition Hot Cocoa Mixes

Peppermint Stick Cocoa

Gift Idea: Package with mug and chocolate dipped candy canes or peppermint sticks for stirring.
Gift Idea: Pamper with Peppermint – Place Peppermint Stick Cocoa, Watkins Peppermint Foot Scrub and Foot Cream in a decorative basket with a decorative towel.

White Chocolate Almond Cocoa

Gift Idea: Wrap White Chocolate Almond Cocoa with a DVD you know your gift receiver will love along with a small bag of almonds or popcorn. Everything needed for a perfect movie night!

Raspberry Hot Cocoa

Gift Idea: Package with mug and a small box of Raspberry Truffles.

Cinna-Cream Sprinkles

Sprinkle on toast, oatmeal, French toast.
Mix with sour cream for a perfect fruit dip.
Mix with cream cheese for a bagel spread.
Sprinkle on apples or use in baked apples.
Add to coffee or coffee grounds.

Gift Idea: Wrap Cinna-Cream Sprinkles with Watkins Hazelnut Extract and your favorite coffee. You have just treated your gift-receiver to a hot cup of coffee that only tastes expensive.

Cream of Tartar

Gives a creamier texture to candy and frostings.
Will stabilize meringues in pies and cookies.
Essential for the perfect angel food cake.
The secret ingredient for making the best gingerbread houses.
Great for making candy canes and divinity.
Bread puddings and Irish soda bread will taste even better.

Gift Idea: Wrap with Hazelnut Extract. This will be perfect for baking fans on your list!

Nutmeg, 6 oz Collectable Tin

Great value size just in time for everyone’s baking season. Convenient tin is great for eggnog, custard, hot drinks and spice cookies.

Gift Idea: The perfect host gift during the holidays.

Baked Potato Soup

Use for making potato soup and cream sauce.
Use to flavor mashed potatoes, vegetables and meat.
Use for making cream sauce and onion gravy; use for biscuits and gravy.
Use to flavor hamburgers, meatloaf and meatballs.

Gift Idea: Package Soup Base with soup bowls, Good Tastings Bread Mix, Watkins Pepper and crackers.

Gold Medal Sampler

Gift Idea: Gift giving made simple. This assortment is packaged and ready to wrap, add a bow, or give as is.

Turkey Rub

Make seasoning your turkey a littler easier this year. This convenient pre-mixed rub is full of herbs and spices to enhance turkey’s flavor.

Gift Idea: Combine with Watkins Grapeseed Oil - makes a great
host gift for the holidays.

Food Coloring, 1 oz. trial mark
Available in red, yellow, green and blue.
Add a teaspoon into frosting mix for the perfect piping for all your holiday sugar cookies and cakes.

Gift Idea: Pair them with a frosting recipe or with Cream of Tartar and a recipe card for Watkins play dough for the “young at heart.”
Watkins Cooked Playdough
2 cups/500 mL all-purpose flour
1 cup/250 mL salt
2 Tbsp/30 mL Watkins Cream of Tartar
2 ½ cups/625 mL water
¼ tsp/1.2 mL Watkins Food Coloring
2 Tbsp/30 mL cooking oil
Watkins Extracts of choice: Anise, Peppermint, Almond, Strawberry, Orange, Banana, Coconut

Combine dry ingredients in a saucepan. Add water and oil. Heat stirring constantly until the dough comes away from the side of the pan and forms a ball. Cool. Divide in half and knead in
food coloring and 1 tsp/5 mL extract of choice until smooth. Store in a plastic bag or container in the refrigerator. Keeps for months! Makes 4 cups.

Home Care Sampler

Our #1 selling sampler kit for the season.
Gift Idea: Gift giving made simple – just add a bow or ribbon and
you’re set to go!

Pucker Up 2-Pack

The dynamic duo that’s a must for every stocking stuffer.
Combination of the Tickled Pink and Simply Mauve-lous Lip Tints that are 100% natural with a hint of color and the sensation from the peppermint oil is fantastic!

Gift Idea: Stocking stuffer, host gift, teacher’s gift. Pre-packaged
so all you need to do is add a bow or some raffia.

Total Body Gift Pack

Full size products of mango fragranced personal care. Complete with body oil, hand & body lotion and body cream.

Gift Idea: Perfect gift for everyone you know that could use some extra pampering.

Pomegranate Spice Sink Set

Complete with both natural liquid hand soap and hand & body lotion fragranced with the sweet aroma of pomegranate and a hint of winter spice. Don’t forget to replenish this sink set with
Watkins Natural Hand & Body Lotions and Liquid Hand Soaps.

Gift Idea: Combine with a bath/hand towel set.

Watkins Extracts Tips & Hints

Here are some wonderful ways you can you Watkins extracts and flavorings!

• Add them to cake batters, puddings, frostings, and whipped cream toppings;
• Add a generous dash to coffee, tea, or cocoa;
• Sprinkle on canned fruit;
• Add to cooked cereal for variety at breakfast;
• Add to pancake or waffle batter;
• Stir in 1 tsp extract to enhance fruit pies;
• Stir into cream cheese and spread onto vanilla wafers for a quick treat;
• Add to milkshakes or malts;
• Add to ice cream or ice cream toppings;
• Add to milk/egg mixture for French toast;
• Add to plain yogurt!

This Will Give You a Good Scare!

The jack-o-lantern on your doorstep may do more than just scare away a few ghosts. . .it may scare off cancer, too! Pumpkin is rich in beta carotene and other carotenoids that help your body fight cancer, including breast cancer, and help prevent cataracts. Beta carotene can also be converted to vitamin A—when the body needs it—which boosts the immune system and is essential for healthy skin and vision. Watkins All-Natural Pumpkin Butter will provide nearly 100% of your daily requirement for Vitamin A. Now, that should get you pumped!

Brenda Koth, MS, RD

Don't Spoil a Good Thing!

Spicing up your foods not only makes them taste great, it can also help to reduce the presence of bacteria such as E. coli, and slow the spoilage of leftovers. In studies, garlic, onion, allspice, clove, cinnamon, sage and oregano were found to have the greatest antibacterial benefits, killing off most of the bad bacteria present in foods. Thyme, tarragon and cumin were also very effective. While researchers caution that foods must still be cooked to the proper temperature to prevent food-borne illness, it's clear that a sprinkling of spices can help keep bacteria at "bay" and preserve your leftovers for a longer "thyme." Watkins offers over 50 herbs, spices and seasoning blends, including Poultry Seasoning with sage, onion, garlic and other spices that can help to keep your Thanksgiving leftovers from going foul.

Brenda Koth, MS, RD

Chocolate Substitute

Chocolate substitute for people with allergies:
1 tbsp/15 mL Watkins Chocolate Extract and
1 tbsp/15 mL shortening equals 1 oz. unsweetened chocolate

Gift Giving Made Easy With Watkins!

Are you at a loss for new, exciting and easy gift giving ideas?

Are you tired of going to store after store to find the perfect gift?

Are you frustrated with packaging up the gift and having to mail it out?

Well if you are any of these things, I have a great solution for you!

Shop with Watkins Online…it is easy as 1.2.3!

Browse the online catalog of all the fantastic Watkins products; pick and choose what you would like to give as a gift. Don’t forget Watkins has great gifts sets also. Enter your information and the address you would like to send it (across Canada and the U.S.). That’s it! Isn’t that easy…don’t have to leave home, wait in long line ups, go to the post office or waste gas and time.

Another option is to send a Watkins gift certificate and let them decide what they want.

Both ways you will love how easy it is and they will love the Watkins products.

Watkins Products/Gift Certificate makes great gifts for:

New Home Gifts ~ Birthday Gifts ~ Christmas Gifts ~ Wedding Gifts ~ Mother’s Day ~ Valentine’s Gifts ~ Thank You Gifts ~ Teacher Gifts ~ Feel Better Soon Gifts~ and so many more!

So relax and have fun shopping with Watkins!

Watkins Chicken Soup Base Tips

Cooking can be a joy with the right ingredients; like Watkins gourmet food products. Here’s
some quick tips to spice up your meals using Watkins Chicken Soup Base.

• Replace salt with Watkins Chicken Soup Base when boiling pasta, rice or potatoes.

• Add more flavor to your meats by sprinkling them with Watkins Chicken Soup Base
instead of salt—you’ll get less sodium and more taste.

Healthy Eating with Watkins!

Since 1868 Watkins has been enhancing the lives of North American families.
Our mission is to continue this tradition of quality, trust and value
as we head into our 3rd century of business.

Here are some great (and simple!) healthy eating tips - the Watkins way!

• Reduce coffee intake to 2-3 cups per day. Slowly work on eliminating cream and sugar from your coffee. Instead, flavour your coffee with Watkins Cinnamon or one of our many great Extracts, such as Vanilla, Vanilla Nut, Black Walnut, Butter Pecan, Butternut, Chocolate, Raspberry or Rum. Drink more Watkins healthy Mint and Lemongrass or Vanilla TheraTea blends, too!

• Use Watkins healthy Grapeseed Oils instead of butter or margarine whenever you can. Create a healthy alternative to butter or margarine by blending 1/2 Original Grapeseed Oil with 1/2 butter for a delicious and healthier spread. Try Garlic and Parsley Grapeseed Oil and butter for an exciting taste sensation!

• Sauté foods with Watkins Liquid Spices. You'll be using the healthier Grapeseed Oil and adding great flavour, too!

• Rather than using butter on cooked vegetables, sprinkle with your favourite Watkins herbs such as Cilantro, Minced Green Onion, Dill, or Basil - remember, just a light sprinkle is all it takes with Watkins pure Gourmet Spices and Seasonings!

• Instead of adding oil or butter to rice, cook it with a little Watkins Chicken or Onion Soup Base. Great flavour with no fat!

• Use Watkins Garlic and Dill, Bacon and Cheddar, Bacon and Onion, Tomato and Bacon or Cucumber and Dill Dip Mix with no-fat sour cream or yogurt for an excellent baked potato topping - tastes great with perogies, too!

• For healthy low-fat garlic mashed potatoes, leave about 1/4 of your potatoes unpeeled (this adds colour and "character" to your dish); while they are boiling, sauté fresh minced garlic cloves (or 1 tsp. of Watkins Garlic Flakes) in 2 tbsp. Watkins Garlic and Parsley Grapeseed Oil. When potatoes are cooked, drain and then mash in the garlic, skip the butter, use skim milk and about 3-4 tbsp. of low or no fat cream cheese. Sprinkle generously with Watkins Black Pepper. Fabulous!

• Instead of adding salt to soup, add Watkins Lemon Peel or Watkins Lemon Pepper Blend - extra flavour without the extra sodium!

• If water isn't your favourite drink, flavour it with a drop of your favourite Watkins Fruit Flavoured Extract and add ice! We highly recommend our delicious new Mango Extract - mmm!

• Make your own "home fries". Wash potatoes and slice into strips. Precook in microwave oven on High for 5 minutes. Toss with 1 tsp./ 5 ml of Watkins Garlic and Parsley Grapeseed Oil and bake in 375ºF / 190ºC oven for 15 - 20 minutes. For added flavour, sprinkle with Watkins Seasoning Salt or your favourite Watkins Salad Seasoning Blend!