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		<title>How To Use A Tea Infuser Spoon To Brew Loose-Leaf Tea</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie Mendelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love tea! In the morning, I drink either hot coffee or hot tea, depending on my mood.  I used to use the tea in the tea bags, until I discovered the tea infuser spoon (pictured above). The tea infuser spoon makes it so easy to use the loose-leaf tea (the tea that&#8217;s not in the tea bags).  Loose-leaf tea is generally tastier and has higher quality than the tea in the tea bags.  There are also more choices for gourmet teas sold as loose-leaf.  Also, loose-leaf tea is cheaper than the same kind of tea packaged in tea bags. Before I discovered the tea infuser spoon, brewing the loose-leaf tea was so complicated that I simply didn&#8217;t feel like dealing with it in the mornings.  Brewing a single cup of loose-leaf tea using the tea infuser spoon is as easy as dumping the tea bag in a cup!  I got my tea infuser spoon for a whopping $2, at the store section where they the spatulas, whisks, garlic presses and other little cooking tools. Here&#8217;s how to use the tea infuser spoon - First, bring a cup of water to a boil in a microwave. Next, open the container [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Clean A Panini Press</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie Mendelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panini press is a very useful kitchen gadget.  I use my panini maker several times a week to make grilled hot sandwiches. Many kitchen gadgets are easy to use, but hard to clean.  Is panini press one of them? Should you stay away from panini press because you don&#8217;t know how to clean it? Not a chance!  Panini press is very easy to clean.  It takes less than a minute to clean a panini maker, and here&#8217;s how you do it. First of all, don&#8217;t ever wash the panini press in the sink!  It&#8217;s an electrical appliance, and these should never be put under running water or even worse submerged in water.  Water and electrical stuff don&#8217;t mix &#8211; water can break the panini maker, cause the electrical shock or even fire! Before cleaning the panini press, make sure it is unplugged, and make sure it is completely cool to touch. Next, see if there are any large crumbs or pieces inside the panini press.  If that&#8217;s the case, flip the panini press over the sink or a large trash can, and dump the crumbs out. After there are no large crumbs inside the panini maker, take the wet paper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is Multi-Purpose Fuzzy-Logic Rice Cooker?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 01:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie Mendelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multi-purpose rice cooker (also known as fuzzy logic rice cooker) is no ordinary rice cooker.  In addition to cooking rice, this rice cooker can do many other tasks: baking, slow-cooking and steaming. Here are the menu options for the fuzzy logic rice cooker: 1) White rice: makes perfect white rice &#8211; just add rice and water and press Start.  When it beeps, the perfectly cooked white rice is ready. 2) Quick cook: will cook rice quickly if you are in a hurry. 3) Brown rice: makes perfect brown rice.  Brown rice is difficult to make on the stove, but effortless using a rice cooker! 4) Sticky rice: will make sticky rice &#8211; perfect for making sushi rolls 5) Porridge: this option is for cooking oatmeal and other kinds of hot porridge.  If you like oatmeal for breakfast, don&#8217;t settle for the instant oatmeal.  With the fuzzy-logic rice cooker, you can have professionally-prepared steel-cut oatmeal for your breakfast without any effort! 6) Bake: the most obvious use of this feature is baking cakes, but it doesn&#8217;t stop there.  You can also bake vegetables and meat inside the rice cooker! 7) Slow cook: functions the same as a slow-cooker/crockpot on a High [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Choose A Panini Press</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 15:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie Mendelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panini press is a cooking gadget worth having. Panini press transforms an ordinary boring sandwich into a warm, crispy and grilled creation that you can smell from far away! Imagine biting into a hot sandwich with beautiful grill marks that is oozing with hot yellow cheese! When you decide that you need a panini press for your kitchen, that next question is: which one? How do you choose a panini press that&#8217;s right for you? Choosing a panini press comes down to the following factors: Factor #1 For Choosing A Panini Press: Panini Press Size How many people are in your family?  How many panini sandwiches do you plan to be cooking at once?  Panini press works really quickly &#8211; a sandwich is hot and ready in about 2 minutes.  So even if you have 4 people in your family, it&#8217;s not a big deal to cook sandwiches 2 at a time.  But if let&#8217;s say you have 8 people in your family, cooking paninis 2 at a time will be quite a hassle, so you&#8217;ll need a larger panini press. Another consideration for panini press size is the counter space.  It&#8217;s a trade-off: a larger panini press cooks more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Cook Eggs In A Microwave Egg Poacher</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 13:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie Mendelson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egg Recipes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you love poached eggs?  Think that poaching eggs is too complicated?  Do you crave eggs but avoid cooking them because you don&#8217;t feel like watching them on the stove and washing the pots and pans?  Here&#8217;s the solution for a lazy cook: cooking eggs in a microwave!  You must be thinking now: how do I cook eggs in a microwave?  Read on and you&#8217;ll see step-by-step instructions with pictures on how to cook eggs in a microwave. Cooking eggs in a microwave is really easy when you use a special gadget: microwave egg poacher.  You just cracked the egg in a poacher, put it in a microwave and 1 minute later you have yummy poached eggs!  No cleanup needed &#8211; once you are done eating your microwave-cooked eggs, just put the microwave egg poacher in a dishwasher &#8211; microwave egg poacher is dishwasher-safe. Step-By-Step Instructions On Using Microwave Egg Poacher: Step 1: Crack the eggs in the egg poacher &#8211; 1 egg in each compartment. Step 2: Prick each egg ONCE with a fork. This is done so the egg doesn&#8217;t explode when you cook it.  Ask me how I know :) I experimented with avoiding this step, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Open Stuck Jar Lids</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie Mendelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate those tough lids that get stuck!  It makes me mad just thinking about them!  Nothing like having to stop making a recipe just because the stupid jar won&#8217;t open&#8230; There were so many times when I couldn&#8217;t get one open, so I had to wait for my husband to get home, so he can try opening it :) Recently I got a simple gadget that completely solved the &#8220;stuck lid&#8221; problem.  It&#8217;s called &#8220;JarPop&#8221;, and ever since I got it, I was able to open every single jar!  It works just as shown on the pic below: Pop &#8211; and the toughest lid gets UNSTUCK!  Everything genious is simple :) The best part is that JarPop is dirt-cheap &#8211; it costs around 2 bucks! Get the JarPop gadget and never struggle with the jar lids ever again!]]></description>
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