5 Sabrosos Consejos Sobre Económicas Comidas Gourmet

Cocinar bien no implica gastar una fortuna, si usted sabe hacer bien las compras y preparar comidas sabrosas.

Comience con los ingredientes básicos: Comience comprando alimentos básicos para abastecer su cocina. El arroz integral es un alimento básico delicioso y saludable, que va con casi cualquier comida; las verduras frescas y las hierbas caseras convierten una comida común en un extraordinario plato principal.

Elija un plato principal: Busque un alimento que sea muy aceptado para servirlo como plato principal de la comida pero en pequeñas porciones. Por ejemplo, en vez del salmón fresco, haga un bistec de salmón congelado. Algunas recetas pueden aún aceptar sustitutos de salmón en lata.

Cocine correctamente: Aprenda a sacar el máximo provecho de las materias primas al brasear, asar a la parrilla, cocinar al vapor, hornear, y cocinar de distintas maneras para darle el toque de sabor deseado.  Si utiliza ingredientes frescos, hierbas caseras y un sustituto económico  como plato principal, es fácil comer bien sin sacrificar calidad o sabor, cuando se mantiene el sabor usando la técnica adecuada para cocinar.

Embellezca la comida: Busque maneras de agregar un toque de color o contraste a cada comida para hacerla más atractiva que nunca.

Sirva la comida caliente: Los restaurantes saben que el secreto del éxito es servir un plato mientras todavía está caliente, porque el calor permite que el aroma de los alimentos mejore la experiencia de toda la comida.

You could get a tax credit of up to $8000 on this year's tax return or next year's return. The stimulus package offers a tax credit equal to 10% of the purchase price of your first home up to an $80,000 home purchase price. This applies to homes purchased between January 1, 2009 and Dec 1, 2009.

Unlike last year's tax credit you don't even have to pay it back, unless you sell the home within 3 years.

RECESSION HITS CLOSER TO HOME

COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) April 3, 2009 – The national recession has started to choke the Texas economy.

The U.S. economy lost more than four million jobs or 3.1 percent of its labor force from February 2008 to February 2009. Over the same period, the Texas economy lost 73,000 jobs or 0.7 percent of its labor force. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose from 4.5 percent in February 2008 to 6.5 percent in February 2009. The U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose from 4.8 percent to 8.1 percent during the same period.

Despite recent decreases in oil prices, the Texas oil and natural gas industry has remained a bright spot in the state’s economy and continues to create jobs. The industry added 15,600 new jobs, a 7 percent growth rate from February 2008 to February 2009, ranking first among Texas industries. But the average number of active rotary rigs has substantially decreased from 890.4 in March 2008 to 484.2 in March 2009 according to Hughes Tool Co.

Eleven Texas metro areas experienced positive employment growth rates from February 2008 to February 2009 while 12 metro areas experienced net job losses. Petroplexes Odessa and Midland ranked first and second in job creation followed by Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood, Tyler, and College Station–Bryan.

The state’s actual unemployment rate in February 2009 was 6.6 percent. Midland had the lowest unemployment rate followed by Amarillo, Lubbock, College Station–Bryan and Abilene.

FEBRUARY EXISTING HOME SALES, PRICES DECLINE

 TEXAS (March 31, 2009 RECON Real Estate Center, Reuters, CNN Money) – A total of 13,312 existing homes were sold in Texas last month, a 25.4 percent decline from February 2008, according to MLS data compiled by the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. The median price dropped 2.9 percent to $138,300 during the same period, and the state finished the month with a 6.7-month inventory of existing homes.

Here is how select Texas cities fared in February (data current as of March 31, 2009):

Additional home sales data for these and other major Texas cities are available on the Center’s website.

Nationally, sales of existing single-family homes last month were down 4.6 percent compared with February 2008, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales were at a 4.72 million annual rate. At $165,400, the median sales price was down 15.5 percent from a year earlier. Inventory was at 9.7 months.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that new home sales rose 4.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 337,000 in February from a revised 322,000 in January. While February purchases were up from January's record low, the sales rate was still down more than 41 percent from February 2008, when sales were an estimated 572,000. The report also showed that the median sales price of new houses sold in February was $200,900, down 18 percent from $245,300 a year ago.

Recipe: Simple and Delicious Carrot Salad

5 Ways to Get Ahead of the Pack When Job Hunting

Whether you are merely browsing for potential opportunities or newly unemployed and searching in earnest, learn how to set yourself ahead of the pack when job hunting with these effective employment strategies.

• Update the Resume. Use keywords to maximize exposure and pass pre-screening filters while remaining concise and relevant.  Focus on demonstrated results and measurable outcomes.
• Network. Social media sites like LinkedIn are created with professionals in mind, so make the most of contacts to enhance exposure.
• Manage Your Media. Blogs, a personal website and even your online persona on other sites say a lot about you, so make sure to manage your online presence. More employers than ever research prospective applicants  so create an online presence that will impress.
• Pay to Play. Depending upon your field, many websites allow job seekers to pay to play. It can be well worth the time, effort and expense to set up an account and pay to access the contact information for a specific position at a large company or gain other insider information about upcoming positions.
• Old School. Although technology has transformed the way we search for jobs, don’t neglect old-school methods. For example, in addition to using a recruiter, sign up for RSS feeds for instant notification of every position within a given zip code in order to maximize your reach. Alumni associations,

April 2009 Mission Realty Sudoku Puzzle

Birthdays to Remember This Month

Actor Walter Huston, who was born on April 6, 1884, received an Oscar nomination for his role in the movie Dodsworth. But he was most famous for his role opposite

Gary Cooper in The Virginian. Jack Miner, who was born on April 10, 1865, is known as the father of North American conservationism. He is best known for his work collecting data about the migration of birds.

Dale Messick, who would have been 103 on April 11, was the first woman syndicated comic strip artist in the United States. She created the Brenda Starr strip, which was hugely popular in the 1950s.

Frederick Law Olmsted, known as the father of American landscape architecture, was born on April 26, 1822. He is most famous for his design of New York's Central Park.

Fascinating Facts about April

• Samuel Morey patented the internal combustion engine on April 1, 1826.
• Apple Computer was formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak on April 1, 1976.
• The United States Mint was established on April 2, 1792.
• Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech on April 3, 1968.
• The Beatles occupied the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart on April 4, 1964.
• Warner Bros. premiered the first 3-D film, House of Wax, on April 9, 1953.
• Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space on April 12, 1961.
• Videotape was first demonstrated on April 14, 1956.
• The first crossword puzzle book was published on April 18, 1924.
• The Woolworth Building in New York City opened on April 24, 1913.