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Secrets to Successful Slow Cooking - Part 1
The slow cooker can save you precious time while creating delicious and nutritious dishes. However, there are tips that will help you use the...
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All About Slow Cookers
The first slow cooker was introduced in 1971 as the Rival Company’s Crock-Pot. While the original slow cooker came in only one size, today’s models come in a variety of sizes, from tiny 1-quart to large...
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How Slow Cookers Work
The slow cooker is a simple appliance that is relatively low-tech. The appliance consists of a metal casing, stoneware insert and tight-fitting glass or plastic lid. The low-wattage metal...
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Benefits of Slow Cooking
Slow cookers are ideally suited to meeting the needs of today’s busy families. Their advantages include: ConvenienceBecause the appliance cooks with such low heat, food won’t scorch (and therefore, it...
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Slow Cooker Round-up
Slow cooking is no longer a 70s thing in fact this great little kitchen appliance is making a huge comeback. Today, slow cooking is making mealtime possible for busy families while offering an affordable approach...
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Organizing for Slow Cooking Success
Slow cookers are infamous for making dinner for you, but in order for aromas to take over the house you’ll want to do a little prep work! Taking the time to organize your supplies and routine will make...
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Working "Areas" in Your Kitchen
Your first thought is that, "My kitchen is organized", but take a good look; is it really? Do you have everything in a handy place, is everything with 'like' things and are all of your canned goods within...
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Organizing Your Kitchen
The kitchen is the heart of the home. It’s the most used room in the house, used for multiple activities like eating, entertaining, doing homework, etc. We go there when we are tired, hungry and stressed...
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Making the Most of Dinnertime: Start When Children are Young
Picture Norman Rockwell, the classic American painter, alive today and commissioned to paint a scene of our generation’s family dinner...
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Kitchen Essentials
Every kitchen should be equipped with some essential equipment and common ingredients but the novice cook may not know where to begin. Learn what utensils, cookware, basic ingredients, and more than every kitchen...
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Fridge Cleaning Guide
1. Turn off the temperature control knob on the inside of your fridge. 2. If your fridge has a removable drip pan underneath, take it out to be cleaned. 3. Remove all food from your fridge, including items on...
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Back to school - Suppertime survival
After the lazy days of summer and casual eating, picnics and barbecues, it'll soon be time to get organized to deal with back-to-school schedules and providing more regular and nutritious meals for your family...
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Happy Birthday Canada
Canada Day is a time of celebration for all Canadians. From barbecues and picnics to parades and festivals, there is no shortage of family-fun activities. To help you make Canada's 141st anniversary of...
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Baking Through the Ages
Over the past five decades, baking trends have come and gone but the key to baking delicious, mouth-watering desserts has never changed: pure, natural butter. "When it comes to baking, it always comes back to...
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Preserving Your Treasured Family Recipes
Recipes are part of a family's heritage. Every family has favorite recipes that have been passed from generation to generation. Some are handwritten on recipe cards, and others are tucked away in old, worn...
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