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Ready, set, cook. (Right Stuff).


It washes. It dices. It slices. It chops.

Some new, high-tech Vegamatic? Nope. Just Ready Pac, the California company that's trying to corner the market in no-fuss vegetables. What a brilliant idea: Wash and package fresh-picked vegetables, and get them to market quick enough to stay fresh and appealing for days.

You've probably seen the company's bagged lettuces and salads (some of them organic) in the produce section of your supermarket. And you may have tried its microwave-right-in-the-bag leafy greens blend and spinach.

Now come resealable plastic tubs and bags of Diced Celery and Onion, Diced Peppers, Diced Red Onion, Sliced White Onion White onion is a type of dry onion that has a pure white skin and a sweet, mild white flesh.

This onion is used in Mexican foods or complementing the flavors of other ingredients.
, Salad Confetti, Shredded Carrots, Soup and Stew Mix, and Stir Fry Verb 1. stir fry - fry very quickly over high heat; "stir-fry the vegetables in a wok"
cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in
.

Ready Pac calls them "convenience vegetables." They ain't kiddin'.

Breakfast: Scramble the peppers and onions with egg substitute or use them to stuff an egg-white omelette. Lunch: Mix the Salad Confetti with bottled dressing or light flavored mayo for instant homemade coleslaw cole·slaw also cole slaw  
n.
A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise or a vinaigrette.
. Toss some with a bowl of mixed greens for a not-your-everyday salad. Or use some red onions to liven up Verb 1. liven up - make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"
liven, enliven, invigorate, animate

energize, perk up, energise, stimulate, arouse, brace - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't
 your tuna or chicken salad sandwich. Dinner: Saute the Stir Fry with some sesame oil Noun 1. sesame oil - oil obtained from sesame seeds
vegetable oil, oil - any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants

benniseed, sesame seed - small oval seeds of the sesame plant
, garlic, and ginger.

Prepwork panic? Not in your house.

Ready Pac: (800) 800-7822.
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Publication:Nutrition Action Healthletter
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jul 1, 2003
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