OCR Text |
Show j Microwave oven expands options ' The microwave oven has greatly expanded options for preparing dinner in the hurried '90s. A casserole can be prepared over the weekend and then microwaved for Monday's dinner. The freezer can be stocked with frozen entrees to be microwaved for the busiest week night. Shannon Peterson Edgel, Homemakers Schools home economist, proposes quickly microwaving dinner from scratch ' using a REYNOLDS Cooking Bag to prepare Vegetable Primavera. Most everyone is comfortable with microwaving vegetables as a cside dish. But Edgel advises that, by : taking vegetables one step further, a "delicious Italian dinner can be created in the microwave. Vegetable Primavera combines fresh mushrooms, yellow squash and sliced zucchini with a packaged Alfredo sauce mix to make dinner in less time than it takes to cook the pasta. Edgel feels that diners will enjoy the change of pace when fettucini is substituted for spaghetti, and the usual spaghetti sauce is replaced with this nutritious vegetable combination. com-bination. Vegetables cook beautifully in REYNOLDS Oven Cooking Bags. The microwave-safe bags are made of nylon to take the heat of microwave cooking. They hold in just enough steam to cook vegetables and sauces quickly. VEGETABLE PRIMAVERA 1 T flour 1 regular size (10"xl6") REYNOLDS Oven Cooking Bag 1 package (1.25 to 1.6 oz.) Alfredo sauce mix 1 T margarine or butter, softened 34Cmilk 12 C water 1 tsp. basil leaves 14 tsp. garlic powder 1 C fresh mushrooms, quartered 1 small yellow squash, thinly sliced 1 small zucchini, thinly sliced 6-8 ounces fettucini, cooked and drained 6 cherry tomatoes, halved Grated Parmesan cheese Shake flour in REYNOLDS Oven Cooking Bag; place in shallow 2-12 quart microwave-safe casserole. Add Alfredo sauce mix, margarine, milk, water, basil and garlic. Squeeze bag to blend ingredients. ingre-dients. Add mushrooms, squash and zucchini. Turn bag to cos vegetables with sauce. Arrange ingredients in an even layer. Close bag with nylon tie; cut 6 half-inch slits in top. Microwave on HIGH 6 to 8 minutes or until vegetables are crisp tender and sauce is thickened. Let stand in bag 2 minutes. To serve, spoon primavera over hot cooked fettucini. Top with tomatoes and Parmesan cheese. Makes 4 servings. - f ---- W4BMt4WWW A -V, " ' ' w -"jy I : f " - - - m - IMBWb ?.4df&. "'JWU r JVX- I imifcllllllUllllHi 11 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 ! Nllllin .lyipwimni - Vegetable Primavera combines fresh mushrooms, yellow , v squash and sliced zucchini with an Alfredo sauce mix to make a good dinner. wt |