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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 21 2007

10 Ways To Make Your Halloween Environmentally-Friendly

Halloween (aka All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve) can be a great occasion. Of course, as with any major event there’s a bit of cleaning up involved the following morning.

Here are just a few of the ways (10, to be exact) you can make your Halloween more environmentally friendly, and spend more of that clean-up time in bed. Perfect.
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Written by Scott Bird · Categorized: Environment · Tagged: Environment, Fun, Halloween, Kids, Pumpkin, Recipes, Save Money, Worm farm

Oct 21 2007

Worm farming : What do Worms Eat?

Now that many of you are considering setting up your first worm farm, you may be wondering just what they eat. After all, isn’t that the point of the exercise – getting rid of stuff you don’t want, in return for nutritious soil for the garden?

Here’s a look at just what’ll it takes to make them happy. It’s easier than you might expect.

Worm farm
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Written by Scott Bird · Categorized: Environment · Tagged: Coffee, Dairy, Fruit, Kids, Kitchen, Pumpkin, Worm farm

Oct 20 2007

Kitchen Essentials : Stocking a New Kitchen – What to Get

This is the third part of the Kitchen Essentials series (part I, part II). Whether you’re stocking a new kitchen or just updating a few things, this is a great place to start.

When you’re moving out of home for the first time, performing a major kitchen overhaul or rebuilding following less-than-ideal circumstances; stocking a kitchen can be a daunting task. Fortunately, with a bit of careful purchasing, it can also be a very rewarding one.

If you’re starting from scratch, the following will get you well underway. I’ve separated the lists so that they can be used even if you’re only looking at one or two aspects. On to the good part :
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Written by Scott Bird · Categorized: Health · Tagged: Alcohol, birthday, Coffee, cooking, Fish, Health, Herbs, Kitchen, Kitchen knife, Vegetables, 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

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