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Choosing the best stand mixer for your kitchen – what you need to consider

A great stand mixer

A mixer is one of the most helpful tools in your kitchen and whether you choose a stick mixer, a hand mixer or a stand mixer they’re guaranteed to make food preparation faster and more convenient.

Both stick and hand mixers are limited in their range of functions, while a stand mixer has a greater capacity for multi-tasking. Plus, if you use a hand mixer, you have to hold the bowl with one hand while operating the mixer with the other. A stand mixer sets you free from having to do that.

They’re great appliances – and once you get the right one, you’ll love what it can do for you in the kitchen. But, when you’re planning to purchase one, you don’t want to just pick whichever one happens to be the most recent one on the market because that one may not be the best one for you.

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Sunday, May 13, 2012 | By: | Comment | Buyer's Guides and Articles

Which is the best one cup coffee maker with pods?

Keurig B60 Special Edition Gourmet Single-Cup Home-Brewing System

 

If you have a busy schedule you probably have two choices in the morning while you’re rushing to leave the house: instant coffee or a stop off at Starbucks on the way. The former can leave a bitter taste in your mouth, while the latter can leave a dent in your pocketbook.

But if you haven’t got time to stand around measuring coffee grinds, waiting for your coffee maker to brew and cleaning up the inevitable mess you might feel like you haven’t got any other option.

Well you can think again – because a single-serve coffee maker is just what you need to get your mornings off to a great start, with no mess and no time wasting. Just top up the water, select the flavour coffee you like, add the pod to the machine and press the button. In less than a minute you’ll have a freshly brewed cup of coffee ready to drink.

Oh and there’s no mess either, just throw the pod away and you’re good to go, and if someone else in your family wants to drink an entirely different flavour of coffee they can just pick up the right pod, no cleaning in between to remove the tastes.

There are many different makes and models of single-serve coffee machines available today but the two contenders fighting for the title of King of the Single Serve Pod machine are the Keurig B60 and the Senseo 7810, and they’re about to go head to head as we look at which one is going to help you do away with your early morning coffee blues!

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Monday, April 9, 2012 | By: | Comment | Coffee & Espresso Makers

Which stand mixer is best for bread dough?

KitchenAid Artisan 5-Quart Stand Mixers

 

Yesterday we looked at the bestselling stand mixers available in the market today, but then I got to thinking that just because a particular mixer is bought by most people doesn’t make it the right one for you. After all if all boils down to what you actually want to use the mixer for. So today I thought we should take a look at which stand mixer is best for bread dough because after all there is nothing like making your own bread at home, it’s so much tastier, healthier and cheaper than the kind you buy from the store, and if you or a family member is gluten intolerant you can still enjoy tasty bread.

I’ve been doing some research and have found the two main contenders in the fight for the best stand mixer for making bread with and they are the KitchenAid Artisan 5-Quart stand mixer, and the Bosch Universal Plus.

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Saturday, April 7, 2012 | By: | Comment | Stand Mixers

The bestselling stand mixers available right now

KitchenAid Professional 600 Series 6-Quart Stand Mixer

 

If like me you love to bake then you will not regret investing in a stand mixer, in fact once you have one you will wonder how you ever baked without it! There are quite a few brands to choose from but in the fight for kitchen supremacy the only real contenders are KitchenAid and Cuisinart. Let’s unveil the bestselling model available today.

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Friday, April 6, 2012 | By: | Comment | Stand Mixers

From vegetables to flowers the Earthbox Garden Kit makes growing easy

EarthBox RB-EB-PBB Garden Kit

 

Whether you have plenty of living space or not much space at all, you can still have a colorful or fruitful container garden. Container gardens can be used to grow beautiful flowers to grace your dining room table or to add some beauty to your patio.

These kinds of gardens can also be used as a way to have fresh vegetables to add to your meals, as a way to produce herbs to flavor your foods – or to garnish a delectable dish. These kits make a great way to grow very tasty tomatoes, too – a container garden favorite.

There are many items you need for container gardening, but there’s no need to run all over town trying to get everything together. You can get the supplies you need for successful container gardening already put together in one handy kit with the Earthbox Garden Kit.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012 | By: | Comment | Gardening