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Celebrating Dad: The Champion In Your Family

(NAPSI)-If you’ve ever spent time on the links with your Dad, you know that golf creates a more intimate experience between fathers, sons and daughters than just talking about doglegs and bunkers. If this rings true, you may want to tee up a new Web site-one that celebrates this emotional connection.

Recognizing this unique bond, the Golf Channel is honoring fathers everywhere through an initiative that gives Dad his due. The network has established a place where people can celebrate special connections with their fathers (or father figures), as well as give them a chance through a special contest to send their Dad on a dream trip to the home of golf-St. Andrews, Scotland.

“If you’ve ever played the game of golf, chances are it was your father who placed that golf club in your hands for the very first time,” said Golf Channel President Page Thompson. “And, most likely, it was your father who taught you the lessons that have not only served you well on the golf course, but also in life.”

The site, www.GolfChannel.com/FathersDay, offers a FREE place where people can post recollections and lessons learned from time spent on the golf course with their fathers.



For many professional golfers-and even the hundreds of Hollywood celebrities who are hooked on the game-it was their father who first sparked their interest. Golf Channel asked some of them to share stories about their Dads and the life lessons they learned through golf, or about passing along that same love of the game to their own children.

“By the sheer nature of the sport, golf has played such an important role in starting or enriching father-son and father-daughter relationships,” added Thompson. “Through a Dad’s wisdom and guidance, you learned about honor, tradition, respect, sportsmanship, perseverance and patience. And because of golf, you shared time and memories with your father that will last forever.”

In essence, the network’s celebration of Dad demonstrates that while he was teaching you how to swing a driver, he was really trying to build confidence, and while he was lecturing about the rules of the game, it was really about learning integrity.

The dedicated site allows users to send Father’s Day cards, enter the contest, view other entries, watch videos and even take a video tour of St. Andrews, where more memories will be made for a Dad and his lucky kid.

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Thrifty And Tasty Tips To Help Stretch Your Meat Dollar

There’s good news for consumers who are trying to cook up ways to cope with higher food prices. By doing their homework before they shop, many are finding that it’s possible to identify values in the supermarket meat case that are tasty and can help save money.

Why are prices rising? Corn to feed livestock and poultry is being made into ethanol to fuel our cars. High corn demand means high feed prices, which in turn means high food prices.

To help consumers enjoy delicious and nutritious meat on a budget, experts at the American Meat Institute offer these tips:

Start With A Plan

• Every shopping trip should start with a plan-a meal plan that leverages sale items and coupons. Get organized with a shopping list, weekly promotions and coupons. This triple effort will result in real savings if you are able to coordinate the use of coupons with weekly advertised meat specials. Plan at least a week’s worth of entrées so you can profit from the weekly specials.

• Use coupons from a variety of sources, such as newspapers and magazines, online grocery coupons from popular coupon Web sites, and in-store coupons that are dispensed throughout the supermarket on double and triple coupon days.

• Join frequent-shopper programs at each of the grocery stores where you shop. The stores’ incentive programs can slice a percentage off your total food bill.

Stock Up And Save

• Stock up on sale meat items and value/family packs to fill your freezer.

• If you purchase a large meat value pack, be sure to portion the meats in quantities suitable for your household and freeze the packages individually.

Plan For Leftovers

Plan dinners so you will have leftovers to use for later meals. You’ll save time, energy and supermarket dollars when you plan ahead to buy and prepare enough servings for more than one meal.

It’s also possible to make the leftovers more inviting by incorporating them into another recipe-a “planned-over.”

• Leftover roast beef or steak can become “planned over” beef quesadillas. Leftover hamburgers can be crumbled into spaghetti and lasagna sauces.

• Leftover pork chops can become pork fried rice with the addition of cooked rice, ginger, scallions, vegetables and eggs.



Shop For Value Cuts

Cuts of meat from the shoulder and leg are well-exercised muscles, are more lean and have a coarse grain. These cuts are very flavorful and are generally considered a “value cut” because they cost less but deliver good flavor and a large amount of meat. These less tender cuts can be tenderized by several methods:

• Marinate in a liquid containing an acid such as vinegar, wine, or lemon or lime juice. As the meat stands in the liquid, the acid breaks down the less tender cuts of meat. The formula for liquid to meat is ½ cup of liquid per 1 pound of meat. Since marinades only penetrate about ¼ inch into meats, it is key to use a cut that is relatively thin.

• Always marinate meats in a covered container and place in the refrigerator. Use a sealable food-grade plastic bag or a glass or stainless steel container, so the acid marinade does not react with the container.

• Use a low-heat and moist-cooking method to soften the connective tissues that run through the muscles. Both the slow cooker and braising cooking methods are perfect cooking techniques for value cuts.

• For more information on stretching the meat dollar or for a series of recipes that use value cuts, visit www.MeatMattersInfo.org for a brochure called “Stretching Your Meat Dollar.” Or send a stamped, self-addressed, business-size envelope to Stretch Your Meat Dollar/AMI, 1150 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC, 20036.

Every shopping trip should start with a plan-a meal plan that leverages sale items and coupons. Get organized with a shopping list, weekly promotions and coupons.


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How To S-T-R-E-T-C-H Your Food Dollar

Guest Article: by Heidi Diller, RD - Albertsons Corporate Nutritionist

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, a family of four spends $80 more a month on groceries than it did two years ago. Yes, it’s the worst case of food inflation we’ve seen in 20 years. Try having two teenagers at home that drink more gallons of milk than I use in gasoline. Funny that a gallon of milk is currently the same price as a gallon of gasoline. Gives new meaning to the phrase “food is fuel.”

I’ve never been much of a coupon user. And I rarely watched the ads. Not anymore. The challenge I now face is still providing my family with healthy meal options but at a price I can afford. Some simple tips like not shopping hungry and using a list have helped keep unneeded items out of my cart. But this journey has taught me to find ways by which I can stretch my food dollar without my family even noticing the difference. Here are my tips:

• Use the weekly food ads to create a weekly dinner menu. I create a five-day menu that uses the meat that’s on sale along with fresh and frozen produce. I never use coupons for items I don’t regularly buy. Remember, fewer store visits equals fewer dollars spent.

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• Herbs and spices are expensive. So I add flavor and moisture to my cooking by using healthy salad dressings. For example, you can sauté chicken breasts in a tablespoon of Italian dressing and add veggies and rice for a flavorful but low-cost dinner.

• Know how to shop the produce department. Buy apples, oranges, grapefruit, potatoes and onions by the bag-not the piece. It’s cheaper and will fill more lunch bags and cover more meals.

• Did you know that frozen turkey and eggs are the most economical sources of protein per ounce in the store? Yes, eggs are at an all-time high, but at only 50 cents per serving, they are still a protein bargain.

• Two nights a week, save money by trying meatless alternatives. Canned beans provide a good source of protein, fiber and nutrients without the added fat. Add beans to salads, casseroles and soups.

• Use private-label brands and save 15 to 25 percent compared to name-brand labels.

Tex Mex Dinner Salad

A perfect meatless meal for a hot summer night for less than $15.

Serves 4

Ingredients:

1 (15-ounce) can Wild Harvest pinto beans, drained and rinsed

1 (15-ounce) can Wild Harvest black beans, rinsed and drained

11/2 cups shredded Cheddar and Monterey cheese blend

1 head of romaine lettuce, rinsed and chopped

3 tomatoes, chopped

½ cup Catalina Free salad dressing

2 cups corn chips (optional)

Directions:

Drain and rinse the beans. In a large bowl, combine the pinto beans, black beans, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes. Add ¾ bottle dressing and mix well. Add corn chips before serving.

Nutrition Info (per serving)

Calories 450; Fat 12g; Cholesterol 22mg; Carbohydrate 59.5g; Fiber 17g; Protein 26g

Recipe adapted from www.allrecipes.com.

by Heidi Diller, RDAlbertsons Nutritionist

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Inexpensive Graduation Gift Ideas

The country is in a recession (well some are debating this) and gas prices are near $4 a gallon or more. Now is not the time to spend an ridiculous amount of money on graduation gifts. Shop online to save on gas and use coupons to save more. Here are few picks for graduates:

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