Refreshing Mint Lemonade Or Limeade Recipe

Refreshing mint lemonade. Photo byPetrelos | IST.   For years, we’ve had an appliance that we call an electric juicer or reamer. But times have changed. With the introduction of large juice extractors to the consumer market—in which any fruit or vegetable can be converted to juice—our old juicer is now called a “citrus press.”…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Kitchen Shears

Watching a professional chef wield a knife is impressive: in a whoosh, everything is chopped, neatly and evenly. Whole chickens are cut apart effortlessly and chives are cut into impossibly small pieces. If you’re not a knife wizard, consider a pair of kitchen shears. They make our tasks go quickly and don’t remind us that…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Baking With Parchment Paper

If you have trouble removing cakes from pans, no matter how much butter and flour you use to grease them, try the parchment paper technique. Parchment paper, also called baking parchment or baking paper, is a grease-resistant, moisture-resistant, heavy duty kitchen paper. It is available in rolls, rounds and sheets. You can find parchment paper…
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PRODUCT: New Water Bottle Options

3M’s Filtrete Water Station filters tap waterinto four bottles at once. Photo courtesy3M.   Drinking bottled water may seem like a healthy habit, but consider this: Four out of five water bottles end up in landfills. That adds up to more than 2 million tons of water bottles in landfills every year. According to All-Recycling-Facts.com,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Prevent Freezer Burn

Freezer burn and ice crystals result from temperature fluctuation and too much oxygen. Most of us have found it on chicken and other meat, as well as on ice cream. Here are some tips to reduce the amount of burned and crystallized food you need to throw away (burn isn’t harmful, it just ruins the…
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