Ginger Braised Country-Style Ribs

Serves 6

75 mL soy sauce 5 tbsp

75 mL minced ginger 5 tbsp

15 mL minced garlic 1 tbsp

10 mL dark sesame oil 2 tsp

1 country-style ribs, about 2 lb 1 slab

15 mL vegetable oil 1 tbsp

250 mL chicken broth 1 cup

50 mL medium-dry sherry 1/4 cup

15 mL brown sugar 1 tbsp

15 mL corn starch 1 tbsp

For marinade, combine 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 2 tablespoons ginger, 1 tablespoon garlic, and 1 teaspoon sesame oil. Rub marinade into pork and place in a shallow covered container or in a sealable plastic bag. Marinate, refrigerated, for four hours to overnight. Heat oil in casserole or saucepan just large enough to fit pork. Over medium-high heat sauté remaining ginger for a few sec Ginger Braised Country-Style Ribs Recipe

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Use Up Those Leftovers!

by Cyndi Roberts

Managing leftovers is a challenge we all face! Throwing food away is just like throwing money away. With a little time,organization and using a little ingenuity, leftovers can be dealt with efficiently.

Be sure to refrigerate leftovers promptly and use them within one or two days or freeze. If you have any doubt about whether a food is still safe to eat, throw it out!

Keep your leftovers in a section of your fridge that you designate only for leftovers. Then it's easy to see what you have.

Leftover meat like roast beef, turkey or chicken can easily be used in sandwiches for tomorrow's lunch. Or it can be chopped, frozen and used in a casserole later in the week.

Leftover ham makes great ham salad or you can use it to make ham Use Up Those Leftovers! Recipe

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Little-known Tips for Easy Holiday Baking

by Mimi Cummins

Are you wondering if you have the time to bake homemade Christmas cookies this year? Every year at about this time we all start to get a little panicked that the holidays are coming up fast and we're not really ready yet. Here are a few little-known tips and tricks, for almost every type of cookie, to help you get the most out of the time you spend baking.

Cutout Cookies

Don't struggle with dough sticking to your rolling pin. Instead, roll out your dough between two sheets of waxed paper. This will eliminate the sticking problem.

Do your cutout cookies always seem to turn out dry, tough, and tasteless? The trick with the waxed paper will help with this. Assuming that you started with a good recipe, the problem is that you are overworkin Little-known Tips for Easy Holiday Baking Recipe

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