For Speed-Savvy Meals (NAPSA)—A generation ago, dinner preparation averaged more than an hour. Today, cooks are working from “speed-scratch”— they’re using timesaving shortcuts to complete the evening meal in 15 minutesorless. So how do today’s cooks get good quality and taste that comes from extensive dinner preparation while spending less time in the kitchen? Research tells us that more than 30 percent of women are using pre- prepared ingredients from the supermarket to create wholesome meals for their families. Few pre-prepared items are both as easy and versatile as rotisserie chicken. It has a homecooked taste, and some brands, such as Perdue, even come preseasoned. Found in your grocer’s deli department, rotisserie chicken is ready to go—to eat as is, or to use as an ingredientin all kinds of dinnertime favorites like these examples below. Mix-and-Match Chicken Burritos Spread large flour tortillas with avocado and diced or shredded fully cooked PERDUE Rotisserie chicken. Add any of the following: black beans, canned Spanish rice, shredded cheddar cheese, salsa, or sour cream. Roll up burrito-style and serve. Asian Chicken Pizza Spread a pre-baked pizza crust Cozy up to a bowl of Harvest Chicken Soup, a Perdue time-saving twist on a classic. with bottled peanut sauce, red pepper flakes, diced or shredded fully cooked PERDUERotisserie chicken, chopped scallions and shredded mozzarella cheese. Bake at 350F. until cheese melts, about 25 minutes. Harvest Chicken Soup Peel and dice a sweet potato, and microwaveuntil soft. Combine in a pot on the stove with diced or shredded fully cooked PERDUERotisserie chicken, chicken broth, cooked white and wild rice and dried cranberries. Heat, sprinkle and garnish with chopped fresh Italian parsley. For additional recipes featuring a wide variety of Perdue products, as well as safe handlingtips, call 1-800-4-PERDUE?(1-800-4737383) or visit www.perdue.com”™.
