Mini Cheese Pizzas
This great snack can also be served for dinner along with a lettuce salad or some cut-up vegetable sticks.
 Ingredients you will need to make 4
pizzas:
- 1/2 cup/125 ml
canned tomato sauce
- 3/4 to 1-1/2 tsp
/ 3.75 to 7.5 ml Watkins Pizza Seasoning Blend (depending on how spicy
you like your pizza) or 1 tsp / 5 ml Watkins Italian Seasoning Blend
- 2 English
muffins, split and toasted (see tip below)
- 1/2 cup / 125 ml
shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup / 60 ml
shredded Parmesan cheese
Instructions:
- In a small bowl,
combine tomato sauce and Pizza Seasoning Blend; mix well, then set
aside.
- Place English
muffin halves cut-side-up on cookie sheet. Evenly divide tomato sauce
mixture over each muffin. Spread with a knife until even.
- In a small bowl,
combine mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses; sprinkle evenly over English
muffins.
- Broil 4 to 6
inches / 10 to 15 cm from heat for 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese is
melted. (To microwave, place muffin halves on a glass plate and
microwave on High for 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese it melted. To toast
muffins, you can use a regular toaster or place on a cookie sheet and
broil just until light brown in colour.)
The best thing about these pizzas is that you can be creative by adding additional toppings such as bacon, pepperoni, or vegetables such as chopped onion, green pepper, zucchini or olives before adding the cheese.
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What is the difference
between baking, roasting and broiling?
| Bake: |
To cook by dry heat
in the oven. |
| Roast: |
To cook meat or
poultry with hot, dry air in the oven or on an outdoor
grill.
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| Broil: |
To cook by direct
over-head heat. This can be done by placing food on a
rack under the broiler (the top heater in your oven) or by
using a toaster
oven.
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Toast Nibblers
Serve these snacks warm or cold. They are great with spaghetti or lasagna, or cut into small cubes for croutons for salads!
 Ingredients you will need to make 24 Nibblers:
- 1/4 cup / 60 ml
(1/2 stick) butter or margarine
- 2 tbsp / 30 ml
Parmesan cheese (grated)
- 1/2 tsp / 2.5 ml
Watkins Parsley
- 1/4 tsp / 1.25
ml Watkins Garlic Salt
- 1/4 tsp / 1.25
ml Watkins Minced Green Onion
- 4 slices of
bread
Instructions:
- Place butter in
a 12x8-inch / 30x20-cm glass baking dish. Microwave on HIGH 1 to 1-1/2
minutes or until melted.
- Stir in Parmesan
cheese, Parsley, Garlic Salt and Minced Green Onion; set aside.
- Cut each slice
of bread into 6 strips. Add to butter mixture, turning to coat strips of
bread with butter. Microwave on HIGH, uncovered, 5 to 5-1/2 minutes or
until strips are lightly browned and toasted. Rearrange and turn bread
strips, with tongs, once after 3 minutes.
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 What are the different kinds of
breads available?
There are
almost as many kinds of bread as there are countries in the
world! The most popular in our country is white bread, but
it's not necessarily the best. Whole-wheat bread is a light
brown in colour, and is healthier for you because it contains more
fiber and greater nutrition. "Light" bread, or diet bread, is
usually not much different than regular white or whole-wheat bread,
except it has been sliced thinner so you're eating less. Some
breads, such as rye bread, are made with a different kind of flour,
and others, such as French bread, are made in a different
shape. With the wide variety of breads available, sandwiches
never have to be boring! 
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