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Sunday, February 7th, 2010
1:52 am	Blender chopper Safely Cooking with your Kids There are few places more fun to spend time with your kids than in the kitchen. Kids love to help out cooking, and it's a great way to spend time with them while teaching your kids a skill that they will use for life. But a child, of course, doesn't know their way around the kitchen the way an adult does. Whether kids are helping you cook or are simply in the room, you must always take precautions to ensure children's safety inside the kitchen. Below, you'll find some great kitchen safety tips to employ both when you're in the kitchen, and when you're not. Safety Tips While Cooking Kids love to help out, and you shouldn't let worries about kitchen safety get in the way of the chance to spend some great quality time with your kids. Just keep an eye on your kids and follow these tips to keep them safe in the kitchen. Turn pan handles in. If cooking on the stovetop while kids are nearby, make sure the handles of any pot and pans are turned in, and not facing or sticking out from the stove. This ensures that kids will not be able to grab hold of hot pans and tip them over. Watch out for tablecloths especially if toddlers or very young children are present. Make sure not to place any hot or heavy objects on top of towels, napkins, or tablecloths. Small children can grab onto hanging cloths and pull heavy or hot objects on top of themselves. Explain what you're doing. It's important to take the time to explain to your kids the dangers of the kitchen, and how to use kitchen appliances and utensils properly. Don't assume that they know just from watching you. Watch the microwave. Because it doesn't get hot on the outside, removing food from the microwave doesn't seem like a dangerous chore to allow kids to help with. But food in the microwave can be hotter than it appears. Never let kids remove food from the microwave unless they're tall enough to do it properly-- kids at face-level with the microwave are at risk of facial burns when removing food. General Kitchen Safety Of course, you always keep an eye on your kids when they're with you in the kitchen. But it's just as important to make your kitchen as safe as possible for those times you're not there with them. Appliance cords. Watch for hanging appliance cords, as it's easy for kids to grab hanging electrical cords and pull heavy appliances down on top of them. Coil or wrap all cords, and make sure they don't hang over the kitchen counters. Watch containers. Be sure never to pour poisonous or hazardous materials into drinking glasses, empty food containers, or soda bottles, as this can confuse kids and lead to serious injury. Install locks. Install safety locks on all drawers that contain dangerous materials or utensils. Always put a safety lock on the cabinet containing cleaning products and sharp knives. blender chopper ultimate chopper blender ultimate chopper blender It's important that children are supervised when in the kitchen. Cooking can be a fun and enjoyable experience, but it's crucial that safety is paramount when dealing with appliances. blender chopper: hand blender chopper This article, the best article ever, kindly provided by UberArticles.com (Comment on this)
1:51 am	Blender chopper Ditch the Gimmicks and Invest in a Cuisinart SmartPower Duet When you buy a Cuisinart SmartPower Duet, you buy a product which will last you for years . Not like the gimmicks of the'As Seen On TV' commercials that showcased blenders that at a hint of a button prepared fresh salsas and drinks while actors sat around a kitchen giggling and promoting the products, the Cuisinart SmartPower Duet won't go out of fashion or usefulness. Like its sister product, the PowerBlend Duet, the SmartPower Duet features an interchangeable base that enables you to both mix and process foods with the same machine. Available in both white and stainless-steel, the SmartPower Duet has electronic touchpad controls to perform all standard blender and mixer functions as well as the facility to heartbeat at any speed. The Cuisinart SmartPower Duet comes with a 40-ounce glass blender pitcher, cover with feed tube and pusher with liquid dispenser, three-cup work bowl, stainless steel cutting blade, reversible slicing/shredding disc, instruction and recipe book and a limited three year warranty. The appliance is straightforward to clean also because all the removable parts are dishwasher safe. Because the SmartPower Duet is both a blender and a mixer, you can use it for nearly anything! You might cook a complete day's worth of recipes using your SmartPower Duet. Recipes are thanks to Cuisinart.com. Breakfast : Breakfast Shake for The Road Ingredients: cup orange peach mango juice 6 ounces lowfat vanilla yogurt banana, broken into 3 pieces cup frozen blueberries 3 to 4 frozen strawberries 1 tablespoon ground flax seed Instructions Place all ingredients in order listed in the Cuisinart blending pitcher. Blend until ingredients are homogenous, about half a minute. Lunch : Pasta and Bolognese Sauce Bolognese Sauce Ingredients: Ingredients 1 small carrot, peeled, cut to fit feed tube 1 little rib celery, cut to fit feed tube 1 small onion, peeled, cut in 1-inch pieces 1 can ( twenty-eight - 32 oz. ) plum tomatoes, drained, juices reserved 1/2 pound well-trimmed meat chuck, cut in 1 - in. pieces, chilled 1/2 pound veal, cut in one - inch pieces, chilled 1 spoon unsalted butter 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil kosher salt and freshly ground pepper 1 cup entire milk 1/8 teaspoon freshly rasped nutmeg 1 cup dry white wine 1/4 cup tomato paste Instructions Insert the medium slicing disc ( 4 mm ) and use medium pressure to slice the carrot and celery. Remove cutting disc and insert metal blade, leave plants in work bowl. Add onions and process to chop finely, ten - 15 seconds. Remove and reserve. Add the tomatoes to the work bowl, process to roughly chop, 10 - fifteen pulses. Stir into the reserved juices and reserve. Add the beef cubes to the work bowl. Heartbeat to slash, ten - fifteen times. Beef should have the feel of a 'coarse chili grind'. Remove and reserve. Heat the butter and olive oil in a large saucepan. Add the veggies and cook over gentle heat until tender, about 3 mins. Add the beef and cook, stirring to break up, and cook till beef isn't pink, about five mins. Season with 1/2 little spoon salt and 1/4 spoon pepper. Add the milk and nutmeg, and cook, stirring occasionally until the majority of the milk has evaporated, about 10 minutes. Add the wine and cook till most of the liquid has evaporated, about ten minutes. Whisk in the reserved cut tomatoes and their juices. Broil the sauce over very low heat, uncovered, for roughly one to 1-1/4 hours. Sauce will be thickened. Taste and season as required with salt and pepper. Serve hot mixed with freshly cooked pasta (tip : reserve 1 cup of the hot pasta cooking water to stir into the sauced pasta if too thick). Sauce could be made ahead and cooled, revealed, before being covered and chilled. Store in fridge for at least a couple of days, or freeze for as much as 1 month. blender chopper ultimate chopper blender ultimate chopper blender Chopping, blending and slicing are made much easier with the use of a Cuisinart Duet. You'll eat even better - with more vegetables in your diet - if it's this easy to cut, chop and cook with them! Find out where to get yours and save on the Cuisinart Duet blender chopper: chopper This article, the best article ever, kindly provided by UberArticles.com (Comment on this)
1:51 am	Blender chopper Suggestions On Maintain Health And Working Out ? Losing weight and staying in shape can be a very difficult task for a lot of people. There are constantly new products being introduced that promise quick results with little to no effort. It can be completely overwhelming to be faced with the most recent in weight loss products and not be confident in which will actually prove to be useful. However, it is pretty universal that the key factor in being healthy and staying in shape is eating healthy and maintaining a balanced diet. Recently, smoothies enriched with vitamins have become a very popular meal substitute to help maintain a balanced and nutritious diet. By purchasing a vitamix blender, making smoothies regularly is relatively easy, and many stores carry ingredients like vitamins, natural energy supplements, or goji berries to add to the more commonplace smoothie ingredients. Though having a balanced and nutritious diet is very important when attempting to stay in shape or just be healthy, it is vital to incorporate physical activities into daily routine as well. In the society we live in, it is very hard to make free time; and if one can manage to find a few free moments, it seems near to impossible to allocate that time to working out. However, it is important to include some sort of exercise into routine to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Becoming physically active requires changes in areas other than just making time to exercise. It can be as easy as choosing to bike to work instead of drive or choosing to take the stairs over the elevator. These are not replacements for exercising regularly, but they are healthy habits. When attempting to incorporate physical activity into a busy schedule, a lot of people are more motivated to do so if the activity is more exciting than simply running around a track. It is common to become bored with a repetitive exercise routine. One way to beat the monotony and still become more active is to join a local gym or workout facility. Joining a gym allows an individual to choose from a selection of physical activities, which could possibly include classes, cardio equipment (treadmills, ellipiticals, etc.), weight training equipment, and a swimming pool. This grantees a variety of choices within the same facility. A local gym may not be the best choice for everyone due to budget restrictions or personal appeal; however, there are other options for exercising independently. For most people, walking or jogging through the neighborhood or town they live in is an easy source of physical activity; but if this is not feasible, finding a local park with a trail would be another easy place to work out. If walking or running is too high impact, there are other options that are not as strenuous on joints and bones. Taking a bicycle ride everyday is a low impact, inexpensive way to be active. There is no perfect method of exercise; it is just important to incorporate physical activity of some sort. blender chopper hand blender chopper hand blender chopper Connor Sullivan purchased a Vitamix blender in an effort for his family to improve their health. He and his wife have been eating goji berries in an effort to improve their health. blender chopper: blender This article, the best article ever, kindly provided by UberArticles.com (Comment on this)
1:51 am	Blender chopper Smoothies and Blenders: What You Need to Know A smoothie is one of the easiest and healthiest meals you can make. It's also the perfect meal for someone on the go. However, if you want to make a great smoothie, you need a great blender. Many blenders are on the market, and choosing one may be daunting. How do you know which one is the best? Follow these guidelines when shopping for blenders. Always choose a glass carafe over a plastic one. A carafe is the container that holds your ingredients. Although glass carafes may break if dropped, plastic ones have a much shorter lifespan. Dishwashers damage plastic carafes. Furthermore, plastic carafes tend to stain, especially if you blend dark colored ingredients like raspberries or strawberries. A glass carafe maintains its color and can survive countless trips through the dishwasher. A blender's motor is the difference between a great smoothie and a smoothie full of ice chunks. A powerful motor breaks apart ice easily and quickly. Look for blenders that measure their motor's strength using horsepower. However, if you decide not to buy a blender with a horsepower rating, you can always microwave large chunks of ice to soften them - 10 to 15 seconds usually does the trick. If you frequently make smoothies, you want to look at blenders with sturdy and rubber bases. During blending, rubber bases keep blenders stable and reduce rattling with the countertop. Also, the base must be sturdy and heavy to reduce the risk of tipping over while blending. You want the smoothie in your carafe, not all over your kitchen! If your blender is loud, you can buy a special sound enclosure. Some manufacturers, like Waring, produce sound enclosures designed to fit over their blenders. Sound enclosures are made of material that dampens the noise. If you make smoothies early in the morning while your family sleeps, a sound enclosure is a wise investment. Your spouse will thank you. Don't worry about the number of buttons that control the blending speed. High-grade blenders generally have two speeds and a pulse option. The pulse option is useful because it allows you to briefly ramp up the motor to crush large pieces of ice. Otherwise, making smoothies requires speeds high enough to liquify the ingredients. The only speeds needed for such a purpose are high and low. You need to protect your investment, so choose a blender with a great warranty. Some manufacturers offer a warranty up to three years or more. A longer warranty proves the manufacturer is dedicated to the blender's quality. Additionally, be sure to register your blender soon after you buy it. Otherwise, the manufacturer may not honor the warranty if your blender breaks. Save your original receipt too. If you're a smoothie enthusiast, choosing the right blender can make all the difference. A high-grade blender has a glass carafe, a sturdy base, and a generous warranty. Remember, buttons and options aren't important as long as you have a pulse setting. No matter your budget, the right blender is out there for you. blender chopper blender blender Zeeman Haus enjoys writing articles online on a variety of subjects. You can check out his latest website on Slicer Meat which discusses various meat slicers on the market and which one might be an option for you and your family. blender chopper: ultimate chopper blender This article, the best article ever, kindly provided by UberArticles.com (Comment on this)
1:51 am	Blender chopper Buy A Food Processor And Make Life Easier! We are all looking for some way to make out lives just a little bit easier on a daily basis. For those who work a full time job, it can be difficult to cook and clean everyday. In order to prepare your food a lot faster, take a look at a new food processor and see how quickly an easy life can appear! There are a lot of aspects that you need to take a look into when thinking about buying a new food processor. You first need to get with the new times and see the various improvements that have been made since it was actually developed years ago. For the most part, people tend to think that the processor is simply designed to chop up your food and be cleaned. If you want to make decent meals everyday without worrying about cleaning up a huge mess afterwards, then a food processor will be able to get all of this done for you. Instead of using knives to chop and slice as well as various dishes all you really need to do is throw your food in your new processor and watch it get mixed up! You can make items such as omelets, protein shakes, anything you want to blend or puree. What you need to do once you educate yourself a little bit on the new ways of the food processor is find out which one to pick. There is a plethora of brands that will all offer you a different variation of the food processor. Once you know what you want to use your food processor for, you will have a better idea of what to get, so take a look around online and see what you can find and research everything well. When you familiarize yourself with the food processor, you will then be able to seriously be able to start looking into purchasing one. If you have a rather small budget, then plan on spending about $30 on a basic and simple processor. If you have some extra money and you want some extra features, then plan on spending about $50 to $100 on a top of the line processor. After your budget is taken care of, your final step is going to be getting online and making your purchase. A new food processor is going to do so much more for you and your kitchen, so take the time to look around and buy! blender chopper blender blender Kristine Elliott is a blogger and writes about top food processor in her cooking blog. You will find top rated food processor being reviews and recommends in her website. blender chopper: blender This article, the best article ever, kindly provided by UberArticles.com (Comment on this)
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
9:54 pm	Blender chopper Chop! Puree! Shred! Simplifying Food Preparation with the Cuisinart Duet Why purchase 2 separate appliances when you can get the benefit of both a blender and a food processor in the Cuisinart PowerBlend Duet? In a point when most people are looking to save money and make smarter investments, opting for a dual-purpose appliance is a smart choice. Not merely will you save money ; you will save space. And, you'll probably use this product more than if you purchased them individually. The ingenuity of this product is the interchangeable base. The base features a seven-speed touchpad control for turning the machine on and off, pulsing, stirring, chopping, mixing, pureeing, food processing and crushing ice. The base fits both the standard 56-ounce glass blender jar and the three-cup blender work bowl. The base also includes convenient push-in twine storage capability. The appliance is simple to scrub also because all of the removable parts are dishwasher safe. And, the Cuisinart PowerBlend Duet is backed by a limited three-year warranty. The Cuisinart PowerBlend Duet is so versatile that you might use it to prepare a complete meal. To demonstrate this, we will use recipes courtesy of Cuisinart.com. For a dinner, you might prepare Butternut squish Soup with Leeks, Asian Slaw with Peanut Dressing and a Go Green Smoothie. And, with a name like Cuisinart you know that this appliance will be part of your kitchen arsenal for years to come. Butternut Squash Soup with Leeks Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves 2 small or 1 medium leek, about 5 ounces, rinsed well and cut into 1-inch pieces 2 pounds butternut squash 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper 1/2 cup dry white wine 3 cups low sodium chicken broth 1/4teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1/2 cup heavy cream (optional) Instructions Insert the metal blade. With the machine running, drop the garlic thru the feed tube and process to tightly chop. Scrape the work bowl. Add the leeks and heartbeat to slash, about ten pulses. Place 6-quart stockpot over medium heat and add the olive oil. When the olive oil is hot, mix in the cut leeks and garlic. Sweat the veggies over medium low heat in order that they become soft. Stir occasionally so that they do not pick up any color. While the leeks are cooking, replace the chopping blade with the slicing disc assembly. Peel and seed the crush ; cut to fit the feed tube. Cut the squash. Add the cut squash into the stockpot with the leeks and garlic ; stir well. Add the pepper and salt. Cook for an extra 5 minutes. Add the wine to the pot. Bring to a simmer and let the wine reduce by half. Add the chicken broth and nutmeg. Bring soup to a low boil. Reduce heat and let broil till squish is very soft and is easily pierced with a knife, about twenty minutes. Strain the solids from the cooking liquid, reserving the cooking liquid. Transfer half the cooking liquid to a clean pot and reserve. Insert the metal blade. In 2 batches, add the solids to the food processor and process to pure, 2 to three mins. Scrape the work bowl to insure the mixture is homogenous. Return the pured solids to the cooking liquid and stir to incorporate. Add the lemon juice. Whisk in reserved cooking liquid to obtain desired consistency. Taste and adjust seasoning. If using the heavy cream, whisk in last and bring to the boil. Asian Slaw with Peanut Dressing Dressing: 1/2 cup toasted unsalted peanuts 2 garlic cloves 6 slices of fresh ginger, peeled, each about the size of a quarter 4 tablespoons natural style peanut butter 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon rice vinegar 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon hoisin sauce 2 teaspoons sesame oil 2 teaspoons low-sodium tamari or soy sauce 2 tablespoons vegetable oil Salad: 4 ounces carrots, peeled and trimmed to fit the feed tube horizontally 4 ounces red radishes, washed, ends cut flat 1 broccoli spear, washed, flowerets trimmed and reserved, stem peeled 3 green onions, trimmed, cut to 4-inch lengths, include tasty green tops 1 red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded and cut into 1 x 3-inch pieces 1 yellow bell pepper, stemmed, seeded and cut into 1 x 3-inch pieces 8 ounces Napa cabbage, washed and cut into 3-inch lengths 6 ounces bok choy, washed and cut into 3-inch lengths (include leaves if pretty & tender) 4 ounces snow peas, trimmed Instructions Insert the metal blade. Pulse to cut the peanuts, about ten times. Remove and reserve. With the machine running, drop the garlic and ginger down the feed tube to chop. Scrape the work bowl ; process five seconds longer. Add the peanut butter, sugar, rice vinegar, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, and tamari. Process till smooth, about 10 seconds. Scrape the work bowl. With the machine running, add the oil in a regular flow through the small feed tube. Process till emulsified, about 10 to 15 seconds. Remove and reserve. The dressing may be made up to several days ahead. Cover well and freeze. Permit to sit for 30 mins at 70 degrees before using. Clean the work bowl. Insert the shredding disc. Prepare the radishes in the giant feed tube, cut side down, and shred. Arrange the carrots horizontally in the large feed tube and shred. Insert the trimmed and broccoli stem in the little feed tube and shred. Transfer the shredded veg to a big bowl. Insert the cutting disc. Prepare the green onions in the tiny feed tube and slice. Organize the peppers in the massive feed tube, cut side down and slice. Organize the Napa cabbage in the feed tube, cut side down and slice. Prepare the bok choy in the feed tube and slice. Transfer the cut vegetables to the bowl with the other veg. Add the snow peas and toss the veg to combine. Decant the dressing over the veg and toss to coat well. Move to a serving bowl and garnish with the reserved chopped peanuts. Go Green Smoothie Ingredients: 1 Cup Orange or Apple Juice 2 Kiwis, cut into -inch cubes (3/4 cup cubed) 1 Cup Honeydew melon, cut into 1-inch cubes 1 Cup fresh pineapple cut into 1-inch cubes Instructions: Place all ingredients in order listed into the Cuisinart Duet blender cup. Pulse for 30 to 40 seconds or until blended to preference. Enjoy immediately. blender chopper ultimate chopper blender ultimate chopper blender Cooking with the Cuisinart Duet is easier than ever. You'll have the power of two appliances right at your fingertips. You'll love how easy it is to whip up something delicious and nutritious. And you'll love the savings on the Cuisinart Duet here! blender chopper: hand blender chopper This article, the best article ever, kindly provided by UberArticles.com (Comment on this)