This Is A Real Picnic!

Labor Day is just around the corner; a few weeks away. As we take time to honor the men and women who labored to build this country and make our lives better, the last thing we want to do on Labor Day Weekend is labor over a hot stove. Fortunately, with Watkins Snack and Dip Seasonings, your holiday entertaining is a real picnic. With several flavors to choose from, including favorites of Crab, Cucumber Dill and Salsa and Sour Cream, we've got a flavor to satisfy everyone's taste. And the best part is, whether you're on a low calorie, low carbohydrate or high protein eating plan or you just like great food, you can prepare these dips to meet the individual needs of you and your family and guests. Just mix with low fat, regular or fat free sour cream, yogurt or cottage cheese, or make an indulgent spread with cream cheese or reduced-fat (Neufchatel) cheese. Watkins makes entertaining a breeze, so you can go out and enjoy the breeze, instead of taking the heat in the kitchen.

Brenda Koth, MS, RD

Recipes:

Crab Cheese Ball

1 package (8 oz/227 g) reduced-calorie cream cheese, softened
2 tbsp/30 mL Watkins Crab Snack and Dip Seasoning
1 tsp/5 mL Watkins Minced Green Onion
1 can (6 oz/170 g) crabmeat, drained, rinsed and drained again
Watkins Omelet and Soufflé Seasoning

Beat cream cheese until light and fluffy. Stir in Crab Dip Seasoning, Minced Green Onion and crab; mix well. Roll into a ball, then roll ball in Omelet and Soufflé Seasoning. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate several hours to allow flavors to infuse.


Salsa & Sour Cream Bundles

1 cup/250 mL sour cream
3 tbsp/45 mL Watkins Salsa & Sour Cream Snack & Dip Seasoning
16 slices bread (white or pumpernickel)
16 slices center cut bacon (not thick cut)
1/4 cup/60 mL sliced green onion
1/4 cup/60 mL diced red and green bell peppers

Mix sour cream and Snack & Dip Seasoning and refrigerate at least one hour to enhance flavor.
Trim crust off of bread, keeping the bread a square shape. Combine onions and peppers with dip mixture and spread on bread. Bring together two opposite corners of the bread and wrap bacon around middle, securing the bundle with a toothpick. Bake at 425°F/220°C for 6 to 8 minutes or until bread is toasted and bacon begins to crisp.

Watkins Laundry Detergent

Get a load of this!

Believe it or not, the start of the new school year is fast approaching. With so many school and after-school activities, the last thing you and your children need is irritated or itchy skin, which can often be caused by a reaction to dyes and fragrances in soaps and detergents. Watkins Laundry Detergent is dye and fragrance-free, and recommended for sensitive skin, yet cleans and brightens like nothing else. This phosphate-free, earth-friendly formula with built-in fabric softener makes up to 80 loads per box* and will keep clothes and skin looking and feeling great while protecting the environment. It's a high-performance formula that works extra hard for high performing families to make life a little better for everyone. Watkins Laundry Detergent is the best thing you can do for your clothes, your children and the environment—so go ahead and take a load off—you deserve it!

*80 loads for front-loading machines; 40 loads for standard machines.

Brenda Koth, MS, RD

Watkins Superfood Multiple or Children's Chewable

This One Makes the Grade

With school just around the corner, you'll want to make sure your kids are performing at their peak. While behavioral problems and illnesses abound in our classrooms, recent studies have shown some promise. Detention centers and prisons have experimented with nutritional supplementation, and have found a reduction in behavioral problems and sickness in those given nutritional supplements on a regular basis. Some Watkins customers have had similar results using Watkins Superfood Multiple or Children's Chewable—ask me about their personal success stories! While we don't claim our vitamins are a cure for behavioral problems or illness, it's certainly worth a try—it just might be the most important test of your child's life. Of course, as with all nutritional supplements, check with your physician before taking any dietary supplement.

Brenda Koth, MS, RD

Barbecue Ribs for Summer

You won't believe the delightfully tasting ribs you can create with Watkins Root Beer Extract. Yes, I said Root Beer!

Ingredients

5 lbs/2.27 kg pork loin back ribs 2 cups/500 mL water 1/2 cup/125 mL apple cider vinegar 1 - 1/2 tsp/7.5 mL Garlic Granules 1 - 1/2 tsp/7.5 mL Seasoning Salt 1/3 cup/80 mL Original BBQ Sauce Root Beer Barbecue Sauce: 2/3 cup/160 mL Original BBQ Sauce 2 tsp/10 mL Root Beer Extract—Trial Mark Bottle 1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Ginger 1/4 tsp/1.2 mL Allspice

Cooking Directions

Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Place ribs in large, shallow roasting pan, bone side down. Combine water and vinegar, pour over ribs. Sprinkle with garlic granules and seasoning salt. Cover and bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until ribs are tender. Let cool. (Ribs can be covered and chilled at this point if you wish to make them ahead.) Place ribs on grill over indirect heat or bake at 350F/180C for 30 to 35 minutes or until warm and tender. Brush the ribs with Watkins Root Beer Barbecue Sauce. Makes 8 servings.

And of course our all time favorite: Root Beer/Root Beer Floats

Homemade Root Beer/Float Ingredients

Start by making a concentrated root beer syrup: 1-3/4 cups/425 mL sugar 2-1/4 cups/560 mL water 2 tbsp/30 mL Root Beer Extract—Trial Mark Bottle

Cooking Directions

Root Beer Syrup: Combine sugar and water in small saucepan; heat and stir until mixture starts to boil. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature; add Root Beer Flavor and mix thoroughly. Place in well-sealed container and keep in refrigerator. Root Beer: Place 1/3 cup/80 mL of the syrup into a glass. Add 5 fl. oz./150 mL of club soda or sparkling water. Fill glass with ice. Enjoy! Note: This makes a light colored root beer. If desired, you can add liquid caramel color if available in your area. Root Beer Float: Float a scoop of vanilla ice cream in a mug of root beer. And now for the Beans to go with the Ribs: Root Beer Baked Beans Ingredients 1/2 lb/225 g bacon, diced 1 medium onion, diced 2 tbsp/30 mL Original BBQ Sauce 1/4 cup/60 mL ketchup 2 (28 oz/798 g) cans baked beans 1/4 tsp/1.2 mL Root Beer Extract—Trial Mark Bottle 1/2 tsp/2.5 mL prepared mustard 2 tbsp/30 mL brown sugar Dash Black Pepper 6 oz to taste Cooking Directions Cook bacon and onion in skillet until bacon is brown and crisp. Pour off drippings. Combine barbecue sauce concentrate and ketchup; add to skillet. Mix in remaining ingredients. Bake at 300°F/150°C for 1 hour. Makes 12 servings.

Why Watkins Dietary Supplements?

Watkins has something that no other company in this industry has: More than 140 years of providing the finest quality products available to enhance your health and your life.

At Watkins, we put our history and solid reputation on the line with every dietary supplement we offer. We’ve been delivering the best in health and wellness since 1868 and continue to do so today. We take the lead in health and wellness and offer products that are truly life-enhancing. Watkins dietary supplements work, and here’s why...

Watkins Dietary Supplements are formulated and analyzed to meet or exceed standards set by USP (U.S. Pharmacopoeia) and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), the highest standards in the industry for: • quality • disintegration and dissolution • strength and potency • purity

These quality standards include:
disintegration and dissolution—which measures how fast a tablet breaks down into small pieces so that it can dissolve; strength and potency—which assesses whether the amount of the nutrient in the tablet actually is the amount claimed on the label; and purity—which maintains that the pill hasn’t degraded during production or been contaminated by bacteria, heavy metals, or other undesirable substances.

Watkins provides therapeutic levels of ingredients for optimal health—not just the minimums.
The RDA (Recommended Dietary Allowance) or DV (Daily Value) for vitamins and minerals
is often based on the minimum amounts needed to prevent vitamin and mineral deficiency
diseases. From recent research, we now know that much higher doses of some vitamins and minerals can enhance lives in many ways, including slowing the aging process and protecting the heart and brain. Watkins provides therapeutic levels of key ingredients to keep you looking, feeling and performing at your very best—now, and throughout your lifetime.

Watkins levels of ingredients are safe and effective.
Some vitamins and minerals can be harmful in large amounts, but ineffective in small doses. For every nutrient, there is an optimal level which is both safe and effective, imparting the greatest benefit to the body. Many people who choose various supplements from different companies and product lines may be getting too many of certain nutrients, or not enough of other key ingredients. Because Watkins entire Dietary Supplement
Line incorporates the 3-Bs—“scientifically blended, balanced and backed by research”—
there are no worries about getting too much of one nutrient or not enough of the other—
only optimal levels for optimal health.

Watkins uses the most beneficial ingredients, such as beta carotene with mixed carotenoids, glucosamine hydrochloride and green tea, for optimal results—results that regular users can see and feel!

Watkins uses only bio-available ingredients to make sure your body can utilize the ingredients for true benefits. Some ingredients may be beneficial in a test tube, but once inside the body, may be too large tobe absorbed or may not survive the acidic environment of the stomach. Watkins uses only ingredients that are shown to be absorbed and utilized in the body, so that you know you are getting true benefits.

Watkins Bio-Activator™ Blend (black pepper, ginger, cellulase plant enzyme): Black pepper and ginger have been used for thousands of years to stimulate digestion
and circulation, and to enhance the effect of medicinals in the body. Scientific studies strongly suggest that black pepper and ginger may help to protect and maximize the potency of vitamins and nutrients in the body. Cellulase plant enzyme aids in the breakdown and digestion of herbs and dietary constituents.*

Watkins exclusive blends of ingredients are formulated to work together synergistically for maximum benefits. Watkins’ entire Dietary Supplement System
is specially formulated so that all ingredients work together to provide optimal benefits.
There are millions of interactions between vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that are needed for each one to work effectively in the body. This interaction between nutrients is called nutrient synergy, and it’s what sets Watkins apart from the others. The combinations of ingredients in Watkins Dietary Supplement System are designed so that they all work together for maximum effectiveness, imparting the greatest health benefits possible from each one of Watkins Dietary Supplements.

Non-Stick Cooking Spray

One of the greatest kitchen inventions in recent years has been the development of non-stick cooking spray. It allows today’s cook to sauté, stir-fry, and coat baking pans with less fat than if oil or butter were used. Watkins offers this high-quality cooking spray in a large, economical size, so you can add maximum flavor and minimum fat at every meal.

• Zero fat/zero calories: Although this product is mostly vegetable oil, the fine spray adds such a
light coating that virtually no fat (a small fraction of a gram per 1/3 second spray) is added to food.
• Eliminates sticking: Sufficiently lubricates pan so food won’t stick.
• Large economical size: Contains almost 1,600 spray servings! (Pam is only 400 spray servings.)
• Natural butter flavor: A special process adds the flavor of real butter without the fat!
• Convenient: Ready at the touch of a button; takes less time than melting butter.

Directions for use: Shake well. Hold can 8–10 inches away from utensil. Spray in a sweeping
motion across the entire cooking surface. Do not refrigerate.

Watkins Laundry Detergent

If you demand clean clothes and a clean environment, this is our most earth-friendly, high-performance formula ever! Our biodegradable, phosphate-free formula is concentrated to deliver a low cost per wash that’s competitive with major brands. And because it’s dye- and fragrance-free, it’s perfect for baby clothes and for people with sensitive skin.

You’ll get fresh, clean and bright laundry using either hot or cold water. It rinses completely away, helping reduce static cling and saving you money! Also, it’s perfectly safe for septic tanks. Watkins Laundry Detergent is the best thing you can do for your clothes, your children and the environment!

• 100% phosphate-free; biodegradable.
• Concentrated; use only 1/4 cup (60 mL) per average load.*
• Low cost per wash—up to 80 loads per box!*
• Dye- and fragrance-free.
• Gentle for baby clothes; recommended for sensitive skin.
• Reduces static cling.
• Works in hot or cold water.

*Newer front-loading washers require only 1/8 cup (30 mL) of this detergent, for a yield of 80 loads per box. Standard washing machines will use 1/4 cup (60 mL) per wash (40 loads per box).

Essential Ingredients
• Sodium Carbonate: A water softener and grease cutter.
• Sodium Sulfate: A processing aid and surfactant carrier.
• Sodium Borate: A detergent builder and odor reducer.
• Sodium Alkyl Aryl Sulfonate: A wetting agent and grease cutter.
• Primary Linear Alcohol Ethoxylate: A soil suspender and cleaning agent.
• Coconut Diethanolamide: A cleaning agent and foam stabilizer.

Testimonial—Individual results may vary.
“Watkins Laundry Detergent is the best I’ve ever used. The proof is in the white washes which have turned out noticeably whiter and without the additional bleach we customarily use in white
wash loads. Clothes come out dazzling white and softer, with no added fabric softener needed.”
—Edward Pflug, Oklahoma

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