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Friday, January 7, 2011

I use my Silpat everyday! Healthy Tips . . .


Even if it's just to throw some chicken fingers on the Silpat®, using my Demarle At Home products reduces waste and provides an easy alternative to fast food!

Here are some other ways these products make a healthy impact on our lives:

Never use oil, flour, or spray again. Not only does Demarle make everything come out perfectly, you save calories and/or reduce fat every time. Plus, take a look at your Pam cooking spray: the last ingredient is propellant. Do you really want to feed that to your family? Demarle at Home products also replace aluminum foil, wax paper, and parchment paper.
à      Cook roasts and chicken in the Sunflower Mold.  Drippings fall below the meat = not cooking in fat.
à      Roast veggies on the Flexipat® or Silpat®.  Make extra— use in future meals like stir-fry, soup, stew, casseroles, tacos, etc., adding veggies to every meal. 
à      Pop Popcorn with no oil, food dye, or chemicals.  More economical and better for our environment since there are no bags to throw away.  Place ¼ cup popcorn kernels in your Large Round Mold and cover with Octagonal Silpat®.  Microwave for about 3 minutes or until popping slows.
à      Steam vegetables in the microwave.  Place washed, cut vegetables in Round Mold.  Use Octagonal Silpat® as a "lid" to create tight seal over mold.  Microwave times may vary, but use the following as a guide:
*         Broccoli, Green Beans, Cauliflower ~ 3 min.
*         Corn on the Cob ~ 3 min. per cob
*         Potatoes (cut into 1" cubes) ~ 10 min. for mashed potatoes or 7 min. for firmer potatoes to use in a potato salad.
à      Cook ground beef or ground turkey in the microwave.  Place thawed beef or turkey in any mold and cover with Octagonal Silpat® (tight seal is not needed).  Microwave for ~ 4 minutes or until meat is thoroughly cooked.  When cooled slightly, twist mold and squeeze to drain grease.
à      Use the Roul'Pat® when rolling out any dough. No extra flour needed; that’s important because 1 cup of flour = 440 calories. 
à      Freeze fresh berries on the Silpat®.  When frozen, pour individually-frozen berries from the Silpat® into freezer bag and store in freezer.  Savor the flavor of fresh berries all year round.
à      Cook brown or wild rice in our Demarle Difference Stainless.  Make a large batch and keep in the fridge to go with veggies throughout your week.  Add veggies on top of rice during the last 4 minutes of cooking, and you have cooked two things at the same time using one pan.
à      Cook eggs in Demarle Difference Stainless without adding fat.


Enjoy Built-in Portion Control and Save Money by Freezing Leftovers!
à      Pour leftover stews, soups, casseroles, into an 8-oz. tray (Round Tray, Texas Muffin Tray). Place the tray on top of the Perforated Baking Sheet, cover with Silpat® and place in the freezer. When each portion is frozen, pop them out and put in a plastic baggie. 8-ounce portions make perfect homemade lunches or dinners; preservative-free and less cost than prepackaged foods.
à      Make your own baby food. Steam or roast your veggies; before seasoning, puree a portion.  Pour into Mini Muffin Tray and freeze to have ¼- cup portions of fresh baby food.
à      Freeze any broth, pesto, or sauce in one of our ½- cup or 1-cup portion Flexipan® Trays.
à      Make fruit smoothies. Freeze any leftovers in Muffin Tray; use as a “starter” for your next smoothie.
à      Eat just ONE Mini Muffin brownie when you need a sweet pick-me-up. Or even better, make them in the Mini Tartlet Tray and have a brownie bite. You can also substitute applesauce or canned pumpkin for the oil.  It is a 1-1 ratio.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Tip from a Customer - Kara Kaufman

I just received this email . . .

"I just had to share:

I tried making fondant for the first time tonight and was starting to get frustrated because it was sticking to everything and I didn't see how I would ever move it onto my cake. Then I remembered that the cake decoraters on Food Network always have their Silpats!!! I pulled mine out, rolled the fondant on that, flipped it over on the cake and pulled the Silpat right off--perfect!

Take care,
Kara"

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Silpat/Roul'Pat Storage Tip:


Store your Silpat and/or Roul'Pat around the Beechwood Rolling Pin to put in a drawer OR wrap it around an empty paper-towel roll!

Saturday, October 17, 2009

MONEY SAVING IDEAS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

*Make something like fudge, rice crispy treat or peanut brittle in the large Tree Mold.

Let it set up and then peel out. Wrap in saran and tie a bow around it as a delicious gift.

*Or you can use your creation as an “edible plate”. Wrap it up in saran then put your other baking goodies on top. Wrap the whole thing in cellophane and top it with a bow.
Perfect gift for teachers, neighbors, school bus driver, co-workers or even family.

*Make your favorite dessert or even a quiche in the tray or mold for Christmas morning.


KELLOGG’S RICE KRISPIES TREATS (MICROWAVE)

Ingredients:
3 Tablespoons butter

1 package (10 oz) regular marshmallows or 4 cups mini-marshmallows

4 dashes of green food coloring (not needed if using the special red and white Holiday Colored Rice Krispies)

6 cups Rice Krispies

· Using a glass bowl, heat butter and marshmallows on HIGH for 3 minutes, stirring after 2 minutes. (Watch closely to make sure it doesn’t burn.) Stir until smooth. Add food coloring and stir again.

· Add Kellogg’s Rice Krispies cereal. Stir until well coated.

· Transfer to the Tree Mold and use the Silpat® (or waxed paper) to press mixture evenly. Allow to cool completely. Unmold onto serving tray. Decorate with red hot cinnamon candies to resemble ornaments. Best if served the same day.

*Kids project-
Make the tree’s and then let your kids decorate them using rope licorice and candy to make garland and ornaments.

MICROWAVE PEANUT BRITTLE

Ingredients

1 cup sugar

½ cup light corn syrup

1 ½ cup Spanish peanuts

1 Tbsp butter

½ tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

Preparation

Combine sugar and corn syrup in the Mold. Stir in peanuts. Microwave on high until light brown (8-10 minutes) stirring after each 3-minute interval. Stir in remaining ingredients until light and foamy. Cool. Wrap in plastic wrap and decorate with ribbon. A perfect gift for anyone!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Candy Corn Cake

This cake was made in the Christmas Tree Mold. The branches were cut off to create the candy shape.

Thank you to Jodie Rindlisbacher for sharing her sister in law Jill’s creation.

1/2 cake mix baked according to package directions in the TREE mold…trim tree edges and trunk off.

FROSTING HINTS Candy Corn Cake

One tub of white frosting---frost top

Add Yellow food coloring to frost bottom

Add more yellow and red to make orange for middle.

Use the rest of the tub of orange frosting on cupcakes made with the rest of the cake mix in the TREE TRAY.

IDEA---Use actual candy corns to create face of pumpkin on orange cupcakes.

This candy corn cake would be great for a Thanksgiving cake as well

OR---create a horn of plenty.

Have Fun....Jodie

Pumpkin Jigglers

This creation was made by my brilliant friend, Dee Putnam. She took two jigglers made in the Petit Four Tray and set them together to make the pumpkin shape and then used a twig of a grape stem for the pumpkin stem. So cute!

Friday, July 3, 2009

Ice Cube Recipe

By Holly Klees

1- 12 oz frozen 100% fruit juice concentrate--you pick flavor. Dilute with one filling of the 12 oz. container with water or other juice, mix.

Put berries in bottom of mini muffin 20 tray that is on a Baking Sheet.

Slowly pour juice mix into the mini muffin tray 3/4 full.

Top with Medium Silpat to keep from sloshing around while taking to freezer.

Can layer multiple trays with Silpat in between layers. Freeze till solid.

Pop out frozen muffin juice cubes into your favorite cold drink.

4TH OF JULY IDEA---freeze red juice with blueberries and blackberries and serve in white grape or Sprite in a see through cup for RED-WHITE & BLUE DRINKS!!

Delicious!!

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Tips for Baking Bread

1) Use good yeast (I was using an old jar of yeast and when I got a new one, life was beautiful again) and refrigerate it after opening. I'm not familiar with using "packages" of yeast.

2) I preheat the oven on the lowest temp (around 130 deg) and then turn off the oven. This is where I set my dough to rise so that there is no ventilation and it's warm. So, when my dough is done mixing, I spray or grease a bowl for it to rise in and then cover it with a Silpat (or saran wrap - sprayed) and set it in the oven. My dough rises beautifully - it did not do this previously when I had it on the counter.

3) When adding water mixtures, make sure it's not too hot - you can "kill" the yeast if it's too hot. The Honey Oatmeal Bread recipe from Shelley says to make sure the mixture is between 120 and 130 deg. Use a candy thermometer to know for sure.

4) Remember that when kneading dough (before you set it to rise), it needs to scrape the sides of the bowl clean; you really cannot over-knead bread dough; the more kneading the better (I've been told). If it's too sticky, keep adding flour until it forms a good ball and scrapes the sides clean.

5) Don't give up! You will find a recipe that works for you and your family and you will perfect it and love it!! I promise!! There's nothing like fresh bread from your own kitchen . . .

Friday, March 20, 2009

Microwave Kettle Corn


Ingredients:
3 Tbsp Water
1/3 Cup Sugar
1/3 Cup Popcorn Kernels
¼ tsp. Salt

Demarle Tools:
Large Round Mold
Octagonal Silpat

Heat Resistant Spatula

Directions:
Pour water and sugar in Large Round Mold and swirl around until mixed together well. Cook in microwave for 2 minutes on High. Add popcorn kernels to hot sugar syrup and swirl around again to coat all the popcorn. Place the Octagonal Silpat on top of the Large Round Mold and cook for approx. 4 minutes on High. Every microwave cooks different, so be sure to listen to the popcorn and as soon as it slows down remove from the microwave. (It will burn if left in too long.) Quickly sprinkle salt while mixing with your Heat Resistant Spatula to evenly coat. Enjoy!

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

What is IT?

IT has been used by professional chefs internationally for over 30 years, in over 100 countries. IT is truly unique – the ONLY flexible bake ware in the industry designed with the perfect combination of woven glass and food grade silicone, an absolute must for unmolding and browning. IT is totally nonstick, and requires no grease, no oil, and no spray because nothing sticks to IT! Clean up is a breeze, allowing you to cook healthier and clean up quickly and easily. IT is the silicon bake ware the others are trying to copy. IT is the patented Silpat® nonstick baking sheet manufactured by Demarle! You may have seen Martha Stewart bake cookies on it, but did you know there are also nonstick flexible molds called Flexipan®? Most likely, you’ve already eaten products baked in the Flexipan®…Subway bakes their bread in them and the Cheesecake Factory makes those yummy cheesecakes in them! Now YOU can have professional results with little effort. Make any entrée, side dish, or dessert with ease and simplicity.

How do you get IT?

Join My Team! Ask me for more information. There are approximately 4000 Representatives in the United States, making this a Ground-Floor business opportunity!

Have a Rendez-vous Home Demonstration! Hosting is Simple! Friends, food, shopping and FUN are what Demarle at Home is all about! Be the first to show your friends this awesome product AND receive FREE and discounted product with Demarle’s Host Rewards.

Place an Order! You may place a catalog order with me at any time – you don’t need to wait for a home party! (My contact info is below.)

Share this information with a friend! Who do you know that wants to make their dinner hours less stressful in the kitchen? Is there someone who needs to make some extra income alongside their family and other activities? Please pass along the opportunity and Share this information with a friend. Ask me about my referral program . . .

Help Wanted!!!
Demarle is a new company to the US home market and we need more REPS! We have about 4000 in the entire US! Have you wanted to work your own hours? Make what you want? Looking for that ground floor business opportunity with a unique product? Do you want to make an extra $500, $1000 or even $5000 a month? Or just make the car payment? Your dreams can come true with a Demarle At Home Business! It is $149.95 for the Demarle Business Kit -- a $350 value.

View our online catalog at http://www.heather.demarleathome.com/ , then call or email me (you can also place your order online). My contact information is:


Heather M. Wang
541-961-5068
WangAtHome@gmail.com

What Can You Do with Your Demarle?

Demarle Molds, Trays, Silpats and Roul’Pats make life easier because they are:
~Lightweight, Simple Storage, Easy Clean-up
~Healthier, No need for grease, oils, flour
~Non-Stick, NSF, Kosher and USDA Certified
~Microwave, Freezer and Oven Safe

SILPAT:
~Roasted Vegetables (Asparagus, Squash, Carrots, Zucchini, Garlic, Potatoes, etc.)
~Chicken Strips, Fish Sticks
~Nachos, Pizza, Quesadillas
~Cookies, Scones, Biscuits
~Fish, Chicken, Pork, Steak
~Parmesan Cheese Crisps

TRAYS:
Individual servings, portion control, refrigerate or freeze unused items, time saving meal solutions
~Individual Pot Pies
~Muffins
~Individual Quiches
~Individual Meatloaves
~Breads
~Brownies
~Jello-O
~Appetizers
~Flavored Ice Cubes

MOLDS:
~Chili Relleno Quiche
~Cakes
~Jello-O Salads
~Casseroles (meat, rice, breakfast, Egg, vegetarian, etc.)
~Potatoes Au Gratin
~Macaroni and Cheese
~Enchiladas
~Rice Crispy Treats
~Crustless Quiches
~Corn Souffle’
~Stuffing
~Corn Bread
~Frozen Desserts (even Ice cream cakes)
~Roast, Steak, Chicken, Pork, Fish, etc.
~Cheesecake
~Monkey Bread

ROUL’PAT:
~No flour needed, Kosher preparation, adheres to counter, can withstand high temperatures, no more use for parchment paper/wax, ~ The ideal art mat as fingernail polish, permanent markers etc. will wipe right off.
~Play dough surface for kids
~Kneading, rolling, beating dough
~Sugar and Shaped Cookies
~Pizza Dough
~Candied/Caramel Apples
~Setting Chocolates, candies

25 Ways to Use Your Silpat

(By Cassie Woodbury)
Grilled cheese sandwiches
• Quesadillas
• Cheesy nachos
• Chicken strips
• French fries
• Fish sticks
• Tater tots
• Cookies
• Biscuits
• Scones
• “Rustic” apple tart
• Baked potato
• Caramel corn
• Butter toffee
• Dried fruit
• Pumpkin rolls—in your jelly roll pan
• Pizzas
• Calzones
• Shaped breads/ pretzels
• Dinner rolls/ cinnamon rolls
• Stuffed chicken breasts
• Breaded shrimp/ scallops
• Garlic bread
• French toast
• Roasted veggies
Potatoes, garlic, peppers, onions, squash, asparagus, yams, carrots, green beans, etc.

How Do I Use my Demarle Products

Silpat
“grilled” cheese sandwiches for the whole family at once!
quesadillas
tacos
chicken strips
French fries
Fish sticks
Tater tots
Cookies
Biscuits
Scones
“rustic” apple tart
roasted veggies – asparagus, broccoli, carrots, yam, potato, sweet potato
caramel corn
dried fruit

Mini-Tartlet Tray
Tartlets!
Brownie buttons
Tiny pies
Lemon “bars”
Deviled egg transportation
Mini-quiche
Baked egg bites
Finger jello bites
Teeny baked pancakes

Mini-Muffin tray
Meatballs
Perfect brownies
Muffins (makes a whole mix)
Cupcakes (makes half a mix)
Ice cubes - strawberries and orange juice, left over coffee

Large Round Mold
Any roast
pan roasted veggies
Whole chicken
stuffing
any casserole
whole cake mix
cheesecake
ice cream layer cake


Muffin Trays
Individual servings meatloaf
Quiche
Jello (less water)
Custard
Cheesecakes (serve on cookies for a crust)
Pot pies
Biscuit dinners
Cupcakes
Muffins
Ice cream for a party
Frozen desserts (peanut butter pie!)
Pesto (freeze for later in 4oz portions)

Flower mold - cut into ¼’s, makes 4 heart shapes!
Shamrock
8 “ice cream cone” shapes
Whole cake mix
Valentine meatloaf
Turkey breast and parmesan mashed potatoes
Baked chicken

Fluted Bundt Mold
Cake
Ice ring
Jello mold (¼ cup less water)
Coffee cake
Monkey bread

Sunflower Mold
Crustless Quiche/ baked eggs
Scalloped potatoes
Corn bread (cut out center for honey butter)
Deep dish pizza (frozen bread dough)
Garlic butter breadsticks (center marinara sauce)
Apple cinnamon cake
Any cake mix

Flexipat
Bar cookies
Fudge
Jelly-roll style anything
Bacon
Oven “fried” chicken
Hamburgers
Jello “jigglers” to cut into shapes

Don’t wait for a “special occasion” to make fancy food for your family. Do it any day – the easy way – with Demarle, and make them the special occasion.

44 Uses for Your Flexipat

(By Gina French)
v Baked Stuffed Salmon
v Parmesan Crisps
v Frozen Hamburgers
v Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
v Pizza
v Calzones
v Dried Fruit
v Turkey Burgers
v Peppermint Chocolate Bark
v Almost Almond Roca
v Bacon/Sausage
v Biscuits
v Grilled Vegetables
v Bar Cookies
v Rice Krispie Treats
v Energy Bars
v Chicken Strips
v Chicken Parmesan
v Pumpkin Roll
v Jelly Roll Cake
v Roasted Potatoes
v Cheese Straws
v Cookies
v Stuffed Chicken
v Pork Chops
v Cinnamon Rolls
v Crescent Rolls
v Baked Asparagus
v Meatballs
v Peanut Brittle
v BBQ’d Meats
v French Fries
v Scrambled Egg Roll
v French Toast
v Oven Hash Browns
v Strawberry Crostata
v Cranberry Bliss Bars
v Oven Fried Fish
v Oriental Chicken Skewers
v Roasted Nuts
v Freezing Berries
v Oven Quesadillas
v Homemade Pita Chips
v BBQ Ribs
v Sticky Wings

35 Ways to Use Your Roul'Pat

1. Roll out pie dough
2. Roll out and cut cookie dough or biscuits
3. Knead bread
4. Baste sauce on chicken before grilling
5. Fill tortillas for enchiladas
6. Make sandwiches
7. Lay in sink and wash fine china
8. Surface for decoupage and other gluing projects
9. Cool and shape candy
10. Surface for fixing things with small parts
11. Dry fruit leather
12. Lay hand-washed dishes on to dry
13. Bead projects (beads won’t roll)
14. Play dough or modeling clay fun
15. Placemat for two on a picnic table at the park.
16. Pat out pizza dough
17. Surface for turning out jelly roll, then rolling it up to cool.
18. Finger-painting
19. Tiny scrapbook projects
20. Roll out and cut cinnamon rolls (use dental floss)
21. Dip and cool strawberries in chocolate
22. Roll and shape Parmesan crusts
23. Dry herbs
24. Cool fresh-baked cookies
25. Crush cornflakes and Oreo cookies for crumbs
26. Dry bread cubes for stuffing
27. Work a jigsaw puzzle, then roll up until ready to work it again
28. Set canning jars on to fill and set hot canning jars on to cool
29. Play surface for small toys, i.e. Lego’s, blocks, and cars
30. Press flowers
31. Place under child’s mixing bowl for less slippage and easy clean up
32. Surface to build appetizers on
33. Surface to set rosettes made from icing for cake decorating
34. Clean cover to protect food from bugs at a picnic
35. Surface for spelling or math practice using washable markers

47 Uses for Your Flexipan Trays

This can be for your muffin tray or any other Demarle tray!
(By Caren LeMark)

1. Ice cream cakes
2. Jello cups
3. Individual rice servings
4. Cornbread
5. Freezing individual portions
6. Granola
7. Baked apples
8. Cinnamon buns
9. Rice pudding
10. Bread pudding
11. Cupcakes
12. Polenta
13. Mini-meatloaves
14. Mini-casseroles (freeze for later!)
15. Tapioca cups
16. Brownie muffins
17. Fruit studded ice cubes
18. Sorbet cups
19. Crustless Quiche
20. Flan
21. Pumpkin pie custard cups
22. Poached eggs
23. Stuffing
24. Cobblers
25. Rice Krispy treats
26. Baby food
27. Freeze your Beef and chicken stock
28. Cheese cakes
29. Scalloped potatoes
30. Shepherd’s Pie
31. Chocolate-covered frozen mousse
32. Quick breads
33. Chile Rellenos
34. Berry buckle
35. Fruit pies
36. Pot pies
37. Herbed butter
38. Carmelized sugar cups (turn the tray upside down and pour molten sugar on it….)
39. Individual breakfast stratas
40. Hashbrowns
41. Cinnamon rolls
42. Add cheese or egg to leftovers and they aren’t leftovers anymore!
43. Freeze your marinara sauce in them—convenient measuring!
44. Chocolate cups (paint the inside with candy coating chocolate, freeze and pop—easy elegance!)
45. Lemon bars
46. Roasted tomatoes
47. Oh, and you can make Muffins too . . .
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