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Nov 03 2007

The Ultimate Guide to Freezing Food

This two-part article looks at the many ways to freeze food (including specifics for common food types), as well as a few suggestions for getting the most out of your freezer itself. It can be a wonderful piece of equipment.

Chances are that when you buy a new refrigerator, the freezer just comes along for the ride. It’s a part of the kitchen that most people don’t spend much time thinking about.

It can be, however, an extremely efficient tool for putting aside excess food for later use. If you enjoy saving time when preparing your evening meal; being able to add fruit to your breakfast all through the year; or just love the idea of having home-made sorbet on hand whenever you like – read on.

Chest Freezer
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Written by Scott Bird · Categorized: Health · Tagged: Bananas, Broccoli, cooking, core, Corn, Eggs, Fish, Fruit, Health, Herbs, Kitchen, Pumpkin, Save Money, steaming, Vegetables, Vitamin C, Water

Oct 14 2007

5 Ways to Save Money With Your Kettle

Ready to save some more money on your bills? Great. You’ve come to the right place.

This week I’ll be taking a look a 5 simple ways to use your kettle more efficiently.

If you drink as much tea as I do, that’s definitely a good thing.

Why pick on the lowly kettle?

KettleThe kettle is an extremely common appliance – in many countries, almost everyone will have at least one. It’s also used on a regular basis; often several times per day.

In terms of energy efficiency, however, it isn’t exactly the best around. A typical kettle draws an astonishing 3kW of power. To give you an idea of just how much this is, here’s a look at how other common appliances stack up :
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Written by Scott Bird · Categorized: Environment · Tagged: Coffee, Environment, Kettle, Kitchen, Save Money, steaming, Water

Sep 29 2007

7 Essential Kitchen Gadgets

I believe that a major part of keeping your diet in check is having the ability to prepare great food at home. Of course, the occasional take-away or restaurant meal is great; but so is a Sunday Roast. Mmmm.

This series takes a look at several key tools and appliances for helping you prepare that perfect meal – whatever it is. First up, 7 Essential Kitchen Gadgets.

1950s kitchen

Over the past month the kitchen here was ripped out and replaced with a shiny new version. After a few minutes admiring the new cupboards, benches and major appliances; it was time to get out some of my favourite kitchen gadgets. 7, to be precise.
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Written by Scott Bird · Categorized: Health · Tagged: Coffee, cooking, Diet, Fish, Health, juicing, steaming, Vegetables

Sep 08 2007

Healthy Asian cooking III : Steaming

If you’ve ever found yourself eating from cardboard and plastic containers using flimsy wooden chopsticks, the phrase ‘healthy Asian cooking’ may sound a little odd at first. However – as with most types of cooking – doing it yourself can make a big, big difference.

This series looks at several basic concepts which will help you put simple, healthy meals on the table whilst keeping the cost down, and the kitchen time to a minimum. It’s very much a win-win-win situation.

Filling wok with waterThis is definitely one of my favourite cooking methods, and I use it regularly for fish, rice and vegetables. It’s also a great way to reheat a meal without drying it out.

Steaming involves a ridiculously simple setup – a bowl (containing the food) sitting atop a container of boiling water. There are several ways in which to do this :
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Written by Scott Bird · Categorized: Health · Tagged: cooking, Health, steaming, Vegetables

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