Sauces (collection)
        - White Sauce
        - Low-Calorie White Sauce
        - Almond Sauce
        - Cheese Sauce
        - Curry Sauce
        - Herb-Garlic Sauce
        - Lemon-Chive Sauce
        - Mexicali Sauce
        - Parmesan Sauce
        - Sherry Sauce
 
(all recipies taken from 'Better Homes and Gardens', "New Cook 
Book", 1989, ISBN: 0-696-00826-2)       
 
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- White Sauce
 
1 tbs margarine or butter
1 tbs all-purpose flour
1/8 tsp salt
    Dash pepper
3/4 cup milk
 
In a small saucepan melt margarine or butter. Stir in flour, 
salt and pepper. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir over 
medium heat till thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 1 minute 
more. Makes 3/4 cup (twelve 1-tbs servings). Calories: 18
 
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- Low-Calorie White Sauce
 
Prepare as above, except omit margarine or butter and 
substitute skim milk for the milk. In a screw-top jar combine 
flour, salt, pepper, and milk. Shake till blended. Cook as 
above. Calories: 8
 
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- Almond Sauce
 
Prepare as above, except toast 1/4 cup slivered almonds in 
melted margarine or butter. Omit salt and add 1 tsp instant 
chicken bouillon granules with the flour. Serve with vegetables 
or fish. Makes 1 cup. (sixteen 1-tbs servings). Calories: 25
 
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- Cheese Sauce
 
Prepare as above, except omit salt. Over low heat, stir 3/4 cup 
shredded process Swiss, American or Gruyere cheese or 1/4 cup 
crumbled Blue chees into cooked sauce till melted. Serve with 
vegetables. Makes about 1 cup. (sixteen 1-tbs servings). 
Calories: 32
 
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- Curry Sauce
 
Prepare as above, except cook 1/2 to 1 tsp curry powder in the 
melted margarine or butter for 1 minute. If desired, stir 1 tbs 
chopped chutney into the cooked sauce. Serve with fish and 
poultry. Calories: 21
 
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- Herb-Garlic Sauce
 
Prepare as above, except cook 1 clove garlic, minced in the 
melted margarine or butter. Stir in 1/4 tsp caraway seed or 
celery seed, or dried basil, oregano, or sage, crushed with the 
flour. Serve with vegetables or poultry. Calories: 19
 
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- Lemon-Chive Sauce
 
Prepare as above, except stir in 1 tbs snipped chives and 1/2 
tsp finely shredded lemon peel with the flour. Serve with 
vegetables, poultry, or fish. Calories: 19
 
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- Mexicali Sauce
 
Prepare as above except cook 1/2 tsp chili powder in melted 
margarine or butter for 30 seconds. Stir 2 tbs diced green 
chili peppers into cooked sauce. Serve with beef or pork. 
Calories: 19
 
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- Parmesan Sauce
 
Prepare as above except omit salt. Over low heat, stir 1/4 cup 
grated parmesan cheese into cooked sauces till melted. Serve 
with beef, pork, poultry, or vegetables. Calories: 28
 
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- Sherry Sauce
 
Prepare as above except stir 1 to 2 tbs dry sherry or dry white 
wine into cooked sauce. Serve with veal. Calories: 20