Hints from Heloise

Dear Heloise: Among my least-favorite cooking chores is chopping onions. To lessen the frequency of the task, I use my food processor to chop five or six cooking onions in one session. These I place in 1/2-cup increments in plastic sandwich bags, then place the bags in a heavy plastic freezer bag and freeze. The onions are measured and ready as needed for casseroles, meatloaves and such. – Claire from Kentucky

Dear Heloise: My wife makes a most wonderful meatloaf. To make it, prepare your usual mixture, but spread it thin on a sheet of wax paper, then spread a thin layer of drained sauerkraut over all of it. From one edge, roll up (it helps if you chill it a little) like a tube. Bake as usual. Even folks who don’t like sauerkraut (my wife among them) love it! You can do this with grilled burgers – mix it up in your ground-beef patties. – Steve Shirley, Conway, Ark.