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Friday, December 25, 2009

Consumer Reports Home & Garden Blog: Most Influential Home Products of the Decade, Part III: Induction cooking and bamboo flooring

Consumer Reports Home & Garden Blog: Most Influential Home Products of the Decade, Part III: Induction cooking and bamboo flooring

Not All It's Cracked up to Be - FineCooking.com

Not All It's Cracked up to Be - FineCooking.com

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fastest cooking tips

Tip NUMBER 1:

A few simple measures can dramatically cut down on time you spend in the kitchen preparing meals. Try some of the following fast cooking tips:

1)Focus on simple recipes rather than elaborate techniques that usually result in more dishes and extra cleanup.
2)Consider what else you can do to speed your meal along after you have started the noodles boiling, the rice cooking or the meat browning.
3)Use quick flavor enhances, such as low-sodium broth's and sauces, herb vinegar's, hot pepper sauce, onion powder, garlic powder and nuts for fast-cooking flavor.