Navel Orange Juice Can Brighten a Dull Recipe

When you make the same foods all the time it can become rather dull and uninteresting. Even your family can become bored when you serve the same meals, prepare them the same way and use the same ingredients. How can you change things? You can begin by adding some navel orange juice to the recipes you use for main dishes. The way all recipes began is someone developing a special way to prepare meats, vegetables and one dish meals. Most people do not follow recipes exactly but add their own touch. The problem is cooks have a tendency to perfect a specific recipe and are afraid to vary any of the ingredients in that recipe.

One of the ways you can use navel orange juice is to use it in place of lemon juice on fish and other meats. Since navel oranges are sweet you will give those dishes a completely different flavor when you use navel orange juice instead of lemon juice. For a different variation you might even use a combination of lemon juice and navel orange juice in orange to give the dish a combination of sweet and sour.

Baking is an area where you have many options regarding ingredients. Many bakers have developed their own recipes by adding additional ingredients to recipes that are already available for their use. You can give all your baked goods a different flavor by adding a small amount of navel orange juice. It doesn’t matter whether it’s cake, pie or cookies; a small amount of navel orange juice isn’t going to change the flavor enough to change it completely. You don’t want to completely change the flavor of your favorite recipes-you want to enhance them and make them more exciting.

It doesn’t matter how long you have used the same recipe; time will cause boredom to set in, and then it’s time to try something new. Navel orange juice and even grated navel orange peel are excellent places to start. You can experiment by starting with a small amount and adjusting it until you achieve the flavor you seek. Being willing to experiment will reduce the boredom in the foods you serve your family as well as the treats you serve at parties. Don’t be afraid to try something new, including mixtures of navel orange juice in your holiday drink mixes.

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