Create a Family Heirloom Cookbook
Create a Family Heirloom Cookbook
Almost every family has a treasured recipe, handed down through generations, that is not only beloved because it’s delicious, but because it evokes memories of favorite family get-togethers.
A family heirloom recipe book is a wonderful way to combine favorite dishes and family folklore. According to Cheryl Wolf, a performance artist and graphic design instructor at The New England Institute of Art, “Family recipes are a valuable resource for a family history. I have built an entire performance around my family’s recipes and the stories they evoke! “Breaking bread” together is life-affirming. What better way to reach back and bring personal history to the present?”
Wolf adds, “A family recipe is also a family history, and can be a wonderful work of folk art.” For example, she says, take the opportunity to not only write down family recipes for generations to come, but include famous family stories (every family has them), photos and memorabilia as well.
But how to turn family culinary gems into actual recipes? Chef Peter Adams of the Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago has a few tips: “Start with a family letter, asking everyone to send back one or more of their ‘specialties’ by a particular date. Ask those who can to reply by email so you can cut and paste recipes right into your final document.”
If you have a relative who never writes down recipes (it seems like all the best recipes are never written down), but rather cooks by “a dash of this, a little bit of that,” consider having someone in your family be the “helper,” and prepare the dish along with them. Adams suggests the “helper” measure, guesstimate, and generally keep track of how the dish is prepared, including cooking times and temperatures. The “helper” should also be sure to ask about consistency, color, texture and doneness. According to Adams, “This last bit of information is always the most important part of passing along a recipe.” Once you have a written recipe, prepare it again according to the directions, and adjust the recipe as necessary to get as close as possible to the original.
When you’re asking for recipes, provide everyone with a similar format. For example, ask family members to list the ingredients to be used in order, together with the quantities. Lay out the steps that are needed in order to make the item, and always add little comments about what to look for as the dish is prepared, and when it is done. It can be a lot of work, especially with recipes that were never written down. But, says Adams, ultimately it’s worth it because you’ll be saving an important — and delicious bit of your family’s history.
Once you have the recipes, you’ll want to create a look for your cookbook that reflects your family. A simple way to do this, says Meryl Epstein of The Art Institute of Phoenix, is to include family mementos or old photos, along with the recipes. A simple way to share one-of-a-kind memorabilia is to take them to a local copy center and make color copies.
“You can use the color copies you make as background, and print a recipe over the photo, or have the recipe on one page, and a photo on the facing page. You can also create a collage using items such as blue ribbons (won for a cooking), tickets stubs or airplane tickets from a favorite trip that produced a great recipe,” says Epstein.
For text, use simple fonts like Times Roman or Arial so that they are easy to read for all ages. Save decorative fonts for recipe titles or chapter headings. Consider creating a box — with shading and borders — for the recipe itself so that there is enough contrast between the recipe and any background artwork you use.
Epstein suggests writing an introduction about the cookbook, its organization and how family responded to the project. Be sure to date the book and have a table of contents so family and friends can easily find a favorite recipe. Here are a few of her suggestions for organizing recipes:
* by category, for example, appetizers, soups, salads, entrees and desserts
* by family, for example, grandmother, aunt and uncle, or cousin recipes
* by holiday, for example, favorite dishes for the 4th of July, Thanksgiving or Labor Day
To keep recipes easy to read and clean, consider putting them in plastic sleeves (available in craft and office supply stores) and then in 3-ring binders. Says Epstein, “This way, you can add a new recipe every year.”
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Top 5 Green Tea Extract Benefits
Top 5 Green Tea Extract Benefits
Green tea extract benefits our body in more ways than one. Green tea has been popular in oriental cultures for centuries, and only now have scientists begun to discover its amazing benefits. Let’s take a look at the top five benefits of this tea.
1. Digestive properties
This is the numero uno amongst green tea extract benefits. Green tea is very effective at preventing digestive disorders and stomach ailments. It helps in properly metabolizing fat content of our diet and aids in absorption of carbohydrates. This ensures a proper digestion of the food and our body is also able to utilize the nutrients effectively.
2. Cancer prevention
The antioxidants present in green tea are known as Catechins. Catechins protect the body from the harmful effects of free radicals. Not only do they protect us from the formation of cancerous cells, they also contain the existing cells in an affected person, thereby limiting the growth of cancer in the body.
3. Diabetes prevention
Green tea protects our bodies from diabetes also by regulating the sugar content in our blood stream. It is effective at preventing both type 1 and types 2 diabetes.
4. Supplements – Easy to use
To get the complete green tea extract benefits, you would have to drink at least 3-5 cups of it daily. Now that is not something impossible to do, but if you are fond of drinking some other beverage also like coffee or a cola – there is only so much liquid that you can drink in a day! Taking green tea extract in supplement form solves this problem effectively. Because these capsules contain a concentrated form of green tea extract, just taking a couple of them a day would give you all the desired health benefits.
5. Add-on benefits
These nutritional supplements often contain a variety of natural extracts. The health benefits that these extracts provide in synergy with each other, are manifold over when taken in isolation. For example, green tea extract when combined with ginger and pine bark extract, adds on a lot of benefits like prevention of heart disease, reducing nausea and motion sickness, reducing asthma and ADHD, and improving the immune system of the body.
Put this to the test right away and multiply the green tea extract benefits many times over with an effective nutritional supplement. It’s the easiest and fastest way to a healthy, age-proof body!
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How to Make Delicious Chocolate Sorbet
How to Make Delicious Chocolate Sorbet
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Serves: 4
3 1/2 oz (100g) Walter Baker & Co.’s Premium No. 1 Chocolate chocolate broken into pieces
3 1/2 oz (100g) water
2 1/2 oz (60g) cocoa
For the Sugar Syrup
9 fl oz (250ml) water
5 oz (150g) caster sugar
A great way to serve sorbet is with a glass of coffee liqueur poured over it or drunk alongwith.
It is equally good served with Chocolate Pudding. Or fresh and perfectly ripe fruit,
or simple butter biscuits.
To prepare the sugar syrup, put the sugar and the water into a saucepan and bring to the boil without stirring,
leave to bubble for about 5 minutes or until the sugar has dissolved, then remove from the heat
While the sugar syrup is bubbling, melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl suspended over a saucepan of barley
simmering water. Once it has melted, add the, 3 1/2 oz water to the sugar syrup and reheat until warm, whisk
in the cocoa, whisking together until smooth.
Place the mixture in an ice cream maker, following the manufacturers procedures, mix until smooth
It is a good idea to cool the sorbet down before placing in the ice cream maker. To do this place over a bowl of ice water
stirring occasionally.
Facebook: www.facebook.com Link to all my videos: www.youtube.com Ingredient list Chocolate Cake: 2 cups sugar 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cup HERSHEY’S Cocoa 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1 cup milk 1/2 cup vegetable oil 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup boiling water Chocolate Buttercream: 1 1/3 c. (22 tbs.) salted butter, softened 2/3 c. shortening ( I like Crisco) 6 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled to room temp. 2 tsp. vanilla extract 1/4-1/2 c. heavy/whipping cream, light cream, half and half, or whole milk 2 lbs. (8 c.) powdered sugar 1-4 tbs. corn syrup Notes for the video: Some people use parchment paper to line the bottoms of their pans, but I’ve always used wax paper. This cake for some reason ALWAYS sticks to the bottom, right in the middle, no matter how well I grease the pans. The wax paper keeps this from happening. You really don’t need to sift to make this cake soft or fluffy, but I tend to have lumps from either the flour, or the cocoa powder, sometimes even the sugar. I LOVE those candy bottles, I currently use them for corn syrup, oil, and vinegar, no drips, they’re wonderful! And yes of course, they are all labelled so there’s no confusion 
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Ramadan Recipes in Muslim Countries
Ramadan Recipes in Muslim Countries
In Islamic calendar, the month of Ramadan is considered holy and Muslims from all over the world fast during this month. They celebrate Eid-ul-fitr after the end of the Ramadan, and on the first day of next month ‘Shawwal’.
The holy month of Ramadan also has great impact on Muslim culture. In many countries, people make special arrangements to pray together and listening holy Quran being recited during these prayers. Special food is prepared to end the fast each day.
Even though Muslims fast during this month, but it also brought a wonderful diversity in the food they serve during Iftar (the meal they eat to break their fast just before evening prayer time). In Pakistan this time of day has very important cultural significance. People return home from work early to join their families on Iftar dinner. Special Ramadan Recipes are prepared and served. These Ramadan recipes vary from one country to another. Since Muslims are spread all over the world so their local customs and local cuisines also affect their recipes and the menu of Iftar Dinner. Some ingredients such as Dates are common almost everywhere. In many countries Muslims break their fast by eating a Date to follow the way of Prophet Muhammad.
In Indian Ramadan recipes are quite similar to Pakistani Ramadan recipes. Samosa and Pakory are common in both countries. Another common Ramadan recipe is Fruit Chaat recipe, in which fruit salad is served with spices and sugar. Ramadan recipes vary from one country to another, even in a single country like Pakistan, people of different ethnic origins prepare their Ramadan recipes differently following their usual local cuisine and using more local ingredients.
The menu of an Iftar dinner could be both casual and formal. Rich and affluent people throw special Iftar parties where people get together on the Iftar Dinner. At that time many types of Ramadan Recipes are served. The centuries of this tradition has brought great variety and flavors to Ramadan Recipes. Fruits are the most common ingredient of an Iftar dinner in most Muslim countries. But there are also recipes containing beef, meat, chicken, fried and cooked, bar be cue, desserts, and some refreshing drinks.
In Pakistan people usually drink a rose flavored drink called Roh Afza. In rural parts some families serve Lassi or Yogurt Milkshake instead of rose flavored drink. If Ramadan arrives in summer then lemonades are served at Iftar dinners. Since Muslim calendar is a lunar calendar so there is no fix season for Ramadan. Therefore seasonal fruits and ingredients bring more variety to Ramadan recipes.
Iftar dinner is not just the time of the day when Muslims end their fast and then pray. It is also the time for families to sit together and wait for the call of evening prayers Azaan. In some countries like India, Pakistan and Egypt, local mosques use special sirens to announce that it is time for Iftar and then recite Azaan on loudspeakers. In some countries where mosques are not located that closely people wait to hear the announcement on TV or Radio or break their fast by looking at the time of sun down.
Anne Ajaz is the author of several Indian Recipes books and is now working on Ramadan Recipes collection. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters.
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Learn Easy Dinner Recipes
Learn Easy Dinner Recipes
People don’t have the time to prepare the food Julia Child used to show on her cooking program. It’s a different world. Now instead of the fancy French cooking of Julia’s day, food TV features easy dinner recipes. That doesn’t mean bland. In fact, some of the French recipes are so rich that people couldn’t even eat them every day.
There is more than television as a source for these dinner cooking ideas. There’s a lot of food online. Sure cooking shows have web sites but there’s more than those. Simple meals, healthy meals, even meals cooked on car engines are featured. In fact there are thousands of online sites for ever type of food or meal subject. It would take a life time to read it all.
Easy isn’t bland. Simple meals aren’t bad tasting. Hot dogs are easy, but maybe a little boring. Then try some corn dogs. Kids love them, and they’re not hard to prepare. Some corn meal, flour, milk, salt and sugar, coat the dog, fry it. Make it more authentic by inserting a stick.
But corn dogs aren’t very healthy. Simple foods don’t have to be unhealthy foods. Broiled chicken is nice in a salad. That’s a simple meal. It’s also healthy and delicious. Try it with chicken soup. Salads can be made from almost anything. Use leftover ham, diced, some hard boiled eggs, and a pre-mixed salad from the store as a supper.
Now for some history. Back in colonial times supper and dinner were two meals. Physical work required a late afternoon meal, called dinner. Supper was the heavier meal at the end of the long, hard day. Over time dinner and supper became the same meal. However supper and dinner are still separate for some people in 2008, especially for people who perform physical work.
Separating supper from dinner isn’t necessary. But you can try lighter, traditional dinner style meals at supper time (or does your family call it dinner?) Who cares? Easy dinner recipes can make it fantastic.
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Cook Once Eat Twice
Cook Once Eat Twice
In our time-crunched world, it seems like we are always rushing to get dinner on the table before the family runs off to soccer practice, swimming lessons, PTA meetings and evening classes. A great way to get dinner on the table quickly is to “cook once and eat twice”. Cooking once and eating twice is an economical and easy way to feed your family good food fast. This doesn’t mean eating leftovers everyday. Instead you will be preparing fresh food that only takes a fraction of the time, using main dishes that are put together with a few basic ingredients that are used in many different meals. Cooking once and eating twice is less work than starting from scratch every time, because the most difficult and time consuming part of putting your meal together is already done.
Cooking once and eating twice requires a little bit of planning. For example, when you are putting together a shopping list, think about several ways you could use chicken breasts. The first day, cook all of the chicken at once, seasoning it several different ways for variety. Maybe the first day you have Teriyaki Chicken with rice pilaf and green beans. Later in the week you could have Chicken Alfredo with broccoli and chicken salad sandwiches for lunch.
Casseroles
Lasagna, enchilada casserole, meatloaf and macaroni and cheese all do well in the freezer. Simply make an extra casserole dish, wrap it tightly with foil and freeze for up to a month. To heat, pull the casserole out of the freezer in the morning and let it thaw in the refrigerator during the day. When you get home, heat the oven and put your casserole in to bake. By the time you make a salad, set the table and slice up some French bread, your hot, hearty dinner will be ready to serve.
Meat
Try boneless pork chops or roast beef, cooking twice as much as you need. Pork chops smothered with barbeque sauce makes a great sandwich to serve with coleslaw and baked beans. Roast beef can be sliced and stir-fried with a package of frozen vegetables or made into fajitas.
Beans
Beans are easy and inexpensive. In the morning before you go to work, put a pound of dried beans on to cook in the crock pot. Just rinse them and cover them with water by about 3 inches. By the time you get home, you will have beans to use in burritos, serve with rice and salsa, mash for refried beans or use in chili. Beans also freeze well for later use.
Cooking once and eating twice is an easy way to bring your family together for nutritious, delicious dinners that save you time and money. Find more fast and healthy ideas to save time and get dinner on the table fast.
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There’s a Club for Coffee?
There’s a Club for Coffee?
You are familiar with that feeling. You wake up one morning only to discover that you’ve run out of coffee. Close to panicking, you blame your spouse or roommate the same time you leaf through the yellow pages for the nearest espresso drive-thru so you can go there while still in your pajamas!
By joining a coffee club, you can now say goodbye to your pajama-clad, coffee running days forever. Below are a few coffee clubs that you may want to considering joining to avoid any emergencies and potential embarrassment like the above-mentioned situation:
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Joining Bwana Bob’s Kona Coffee Club is a win-win situation. Imagine having an endless supply of fresh Bwana Bob’s Kona coffee without need of placing orders. What’s more, Bwana Bob’s Kona Coffee club members get 10% on every product made from 100% Kona coffee.
Shipments may be arranged at your convenience. Bwana Bob’s automatically makes coffee deliveries right to your home or office. The minimum shipment is two pounds so even if you’re not a big coffee drinker but still need that vital shot of caffeine every morning, joining Bwana Bob’s Kona Coffee club is a sure treat.
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Another great coffee club to join is the Kona Mountain Coffee club. With coffee deliveries every 30 days after your first order date but flexible enough to be changed at your convenience, the Kona Mountain Coffee club delivers excellent 100% Kona coffee at a price lower than what you usually get from specialty stores.
In addition to 100% Kona coffee, this coffee club also allows you order roasted Kona coffee, Organic Kona coffee, and Green Kona Coffee.
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Free shipping, Peerless perks rewards, and more, this is what membership to the Peerless Coffee Club offers. Joining a coffee club has two functions: it takes the hassle out of ordering and at the same time you can have the good quality coffee delivered right to your doorstep.
If you decide to join the Peerless Coffee club, you may choose between top selling coffees, decaffeinated coffees, and flavored coffees. Plus, depending on how many pounds of coffee you order, you stand to receive the following items: free Peerless 1924 replica tin, free Peerless to-go mug, free pound of Kona Fancy.
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Offering to deliver your favorite coffee automatically to your doorstep, this Coast Rican coffee club also offers an automatic 25% off every future shipment when you join. Becoming a member is easy. All you have to do is select your favorite coffee from the selection of quality coffee products by TiCafe and then proceed to checkout. Make sure you turn on the Automatic Delivery option and select the delivery frequency. The TiCafe Coffee club offers to deliver your coffee at your convenience without need of placing orders.
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Purify your body with detox diets
Purify your body with detox diets
We are forced to detoxify our system very often due to our daily eating habits and way of living. Although we don’t perform it on purpose, and despite of how hard we try to keep away from it, we ingest or assimilate toxic and other unhealthy material into our body systems every single day. Many difficulties occur in life as our way of living keep on changing which results into this misfortunes. It is therefore essential to complement our diets with detox supplements by way of system detoxification. Usually toxins enters our body accidentally, however not many of them. Traffic exhaust, pesticides, vegetables and preservatives in canned meals makeup deposits of carbon monoxide while in the human body. But other toxins contained in cigarettes, alcohol and other recreational drugs, excessive medicines an antibiotics and even drinking coffee can be deposited when taken in unintelligent amounts . Ads is the flavor of the season. And this is the best way through which you can select from variety of options which are accessible in the market and also you can easily select the one which perfectly matches your requirements. But be careful while deciding on the products as only some of these are capable of providing health supportive compounds that go a long way in getting rid of poisons within the whole body. Getting rid of toxins from your body with the help of detoxification can be done through various techniques. Several dissimilar products are being advertised in the marketplace these days. The products accessible in the market, normally targets at detoxification system, to be exact, to keep the body healthy; they purge these harmful toxins from the body. Some of these being herbal formulations and derivations could be of great benefits. System detoxification products which are accessible in market are available in different forms, but always try to choose juices and liquids. As drinks formulated for removal of different hazardous substances from the entire body can be quick and real fast. Liquids can be processed effectively and the entire body tissues absorb them swiftly. Thus they get less time to produce desired outcomes. In order to get added benefits liquids can be used along with a number of other entire body detoxification products. Herbal products ask for the user to circumvent meals and drinks and beverages for a stipulated time after ingestion into the body system. The consumer have to follow the above rules, as many detoxification agents which are accessible are herbal. When you want to know concerning the contents of these products, you realize that many of them contain all the nutrients and other advantageous compounds necessary to eliminate the toxins from the body. Riboflavin (vitamin b12), mainly, along with other herbs forms this herbal merchandise. This is available to the users over given period of time by their doctor or nutritionist. The doctor may even advice Colon detoxification kit which is generally used with digestive aid pills for consuming with absorbing drinks. Tea can be categorized as a natural detoxifier. It has its own share of benefits and drawbacks. Even though tannin and caffeine that are potentially dangerous elements and are the main ingredients the contents of tea, it also is a good diuretic, a compound encouraging increased urination. Urination also is a process through which you can get rid of toxins and a considerable amount of contaminants. Tea is moreover an antioxidant that means it protects entire body tissue by preventing generation. Tea is capable to avert high blood pressure, cancer as well as various fatal ailments and this is proved and recommended by scientist and numerous organizations . Practitioners have advised home made recipes which assist in detoxifying the body system. Like for example, brew from cumin, coriander and fennel strained and used throughout the day with or without honey for sweetening can be an excellent detoxifying drink. Protein is the vital need of any body which is required to be fulfilled so that you can detoxify. So a detox tea rich in protein proves to be valuable. Commercially accessible detox teas available out there consist of lemongrass, red clover, calendula, rosehips, juniper and chamomile, which is an excellent and efficient calmative agent. Detoxification lets you live light, with renewed appetite, relief from chronic lethargy and improved digestive systems. When you feel good on the insides it is bound to show superficially and your skin further enunciates that point by shimmering and having regained its freshness in complexion and skin tone. These detox rich diets replace containment rich meals with nutritional meals and also involve the elimination of existing toxins while in the entire body. They help you be free of usual aches and pains too.
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Chocolate as a gift-Most lusted over, sweet food across the nation
Chocolate as a gift-Most lusted over, sweet food across the nation
In recent times Chocolate has a reputation for being the “gift of love”, whether its birthday, marriage or any other occasion Chocolate as a gift may strengthen bonds between you and your family members or friends. Giving creative gift has always been in vogue, but it takes on a heightened significance during strained economic times even it has been considered as a treat for special occasions since ancient times. It can be said chocolate is the most lusted over, sweet food across the nation.
If you are looking for a great gift for Diwali then nothing can be better than chocolate as a gift. Chocolate is actually quite an inexpensive gift for the entire individual including old peoples and it takes on a heightened significance during strained economic times. It comes in many and great varieties and is one of the staples for loved ones, birthdays or feel better gifts. Even chocolate as a gift can be used to let your colleagues know just how much you appreciate their hard work. Sometimes it has often been referred to as “sinfully sweet”.
Indeed Chocolates can be taking as a God’s gift and it can be quite beneficial as well. Recent studies have shown that the concept of chocolate – god’s gift, could be right. A lot of doctors today recommend small doses of aspirin to help prevent the formation of blood clots and Chocolate could be a viable alternative. Furthermore, studies have mentioned that chocolate is good to eat as it contains antioxidant, flavonoids and steric acid which contribute to everyone’s health.
Those who are looking for great gift ideas and want to give gifts to their loved ones for a special occasion and that will be appreciated as well than Chocolate as a gift can be a great alternate for them, especially if they are busy persons and have a long list of people to shop for. Even if they want to give gifts that appropriately celebrate the particular occasion nothing can replace chocolates.
When it is the time of festivals then of course there are a variety of chocolate gift pack available in the market that you can choose from, without having any confusion or worry as chocolate is also recommended by the doctors because of it’s several benefits including an increase in brain activity, improved circulation by reducing blood pressure and helping with digestion by inhibiting diarrhea too.
So, why get confused, if you want to give a special gift to your loved ones at this Diwali. Boxes of gourmet truffles, of dark chocolate, or of chocolate nut clusters make great gifts for you.
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Slow Cookers: Save on Your Energy Bills
Slow Cookers: Save on Your Energy Bills
Unlike their name, slow cookers can actually turn out to be a boon for those strapped for time. It is a big advantage for all those who prefer to have home made meals but hardly find the time or energy for it. The slow cooker not only saves on energy bills but also cooks tastier food.
How does the slow cooker work? The slow cooker cooks the food inside at pretty low temperatures. The temperature inside the cooker never reaches the boiling point. Thus there is no fear of burnt meals even when you are not around to check on it. Also the food if left longer then required does not overcook.
How does it save time? Well this is the best part. All you need to do is prepare the ingredients and put them in the pot, set the timer and heat settings and switch it on. You can do this before you leave for work in the morning. When you come back in the evening, you will have a piping hot meal ready to be served. Mmmmm…. That sounds delicious.
If you happen to be using a slow cooker with a removable pot, you can prepare the raw meal at night and leave it in the refrigerator. In the morning you just need to put the pot into the slow cooker and leave it to cook. The whole day you can look forward to a great home made meal in the evening. Plus the removable pot makes it very easy to clean too.
The slow cookers cook food slowly at low temperatures, this fact has an added advantage. You can even cook cheap meats in it and expect a succulent meal to eat.
Since these cookers cook on slow temperatures, they need less amount of energy even though they cook slowly. You can look forward to reduced energy bills. All in all the slow cooker helps you save on all fronts. You can use cheap meats, save on energy bills and reduce your take away bills too.
How to choose a slow cooker? Slow cookers are available in different sizes. The size you choose will depend on the number of people you have to cook for. A smaller pot would suffice for two to four people and a bigger one for bigger families or for party cooking. Do remember that the cooker performs best when it is over half full.
You can also choose a slow cooker depending on the heat and time settings. The cookers normally have a low and a high heat option to choose from. Though some might offer a medium heat option too, this very useful when you want to cook food fast yet retain the healthiness of the slow cooked food. The lid on the cooker keeps the condensation in and the food moist.
Some cookers also offer a timer setting, again very useful feature for those who work and would like to come home to hot meals. Another feature is the keep warm, which keep your food warm hours after it has cooked, great for parties and for those who walk in late at night.
The slow cooker is a great option to tasty and healthy meals at home. They save on time, energy and food bills. A must have for families with children and for those who like fresh home cooked meals at the end of a tiring day.
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