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Gourmet Ingredients

MrSaladDressing — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:00:30 +0000

Please don’t be turned off by the word “gourmet”. Gourmet ingredients may be a little more expensive, but they will go a long way in your recipes. The great flavor of a gourmet ingredient will instantly change a recipe.

When it comes to salad dressings, a nice, flavorful oil or a rich, aged balsamic vinegar can be the star. It’s not necessary to use a large amount of a gourmet ingredient, because the flavor will be so much better.

Amazon.com Gourmet Food Store has many great options. It’s very easy to browse the store and put a wide variety of gourmet ingredients in your cart.

Mandolines

MrSaladDressing — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:00:47 +0000

Great chefs need great knife skills for all of the chopping, slicing, and dicing they do. However, the home chef doesn’t need to have the same knife skills. That’s why a mandoline is a great tool for the home chef to have in his or her kitchen.

Literally, within a few seconds, you can turn a cucumber into hundreds of matchsticks. You can thinly slice a potato for chips. A sweet potato can be turned into fries, too.

There are a few different types of mandolines from the inexpensive to the elaborate. Some come with one blades, and some come with several blades. A really nice mandoline will have a compartment to catch your food.

Food Mills

MrSaladDressing — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:00:26 +0000

A food mill is a great tool for the home chef to have in his or her kitchen. When you want achieve a consistency somewhere between chunky and baby food, a food mill gets the job done.

Imagine some hot boiled potatoes just off the stove. You can drain the potatoes and put them directly into the food mill. You don’t have to remove the skin!

Place the potatoes in the food mill and gently turn the crank. The potato will instantly break apart and fall through the food mill without the skin. Add some hot cream and butter with some roasted garlic, salt and pepper. You’ve just made awesome mashed potatoes – no lumps!

Mezzalunas

MrSaladDressing — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:00:52 +0000

When you bring home a big, fresh bunch of herbs, trying to cut them with a knife can be a little unwiedly. A mezzaluna is a great kitchen tool you can use to chop your fresh herbs with ease.

A mezzaluna is actually two parts. The first is the blade or blades in the shape of a “half moon” (which happens to be the meaning of mezzaluna). The second part is usually a wood block with a shallow indentation. The combination allows a simple rocking motion with the blade that chops your herbs.

As with all sharp objects, a mezzaluna can be dangerous. When you use one, be aware of where the blade is in relation to your fingers! As you are swiftly rocking the blade, you do not want your finger to be in the way. That’s obvious but needs to be said!

When you buy a mezzaluna, it will be a handy tool in the kitchen, and your friends and family may even be fascinated by it in action. The best part is the speed in which you can chop herbs and anything else you throw in the way of the blades. It’s great for some vegetables, too.

AeroGarden

MrSaladDressing — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:00:44 +0000

When the AeroGarden was first introduced, there was one model, and there were just a few seed kits, yet the idea behind it was very exciting. You can grow fresh herbs in your kitchen without much hassle. Once you set it up, you just need to check on it every two weeks, and that’s about it. Healthy plants are your reward for taking these simple steps.

AeroGarden has grown by leaps and bounds since they first started. The number of options they have available now is incredible. The actually grower comes in different sizes and colors now. The line of seed kits keeps growing and growing. Accessories for your AeroGarden get more and more exciting.

When you watch the MrSaladDressing.com videos, you’ll notice an AeroGarden on the left side of the picture in the background. Right now, there are some pretty flowers there. In the past, there have been fresh herbs and fresh vegetables. The AeroGarden is a great thing to have in the house.

Amazon.com has an AeroGarden Store packed with tons of AeroGardens, seed kits, and accessories. Please be sure to check out how much AeroGarden has grown.

Blendtec Home Blenders

MrSaladDressing — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:00:59 +0000

You may not have given much thought to the type of blender you currently have in your kitchen, but there is a big difference between what you buy at a superstore and a very high quality blender.

If you think about what you’ve done with your blender in the past and compare it to what a professional grade blender can do, you’ll see that the extra dollars you may spend will come back to you in the form of many great drinks, soups, ice creams and more.

Have you been to one of those smoothie places? Their smoothies are usually thick and luxurious. They are so well blended and so ice cold. They are a real treat.

Have you tried to make a similar smoothie at home? Of course, you need to guess what the ingredients are or find the recipe online, but, even then, you might not get very close with a department store blender.

Think about this. A Blendtec blender can be used to make ice cream. Yes, ice cream! Just put a few simple ingredients in the blender and give it a whirl. Within minutes you have a smooth, creamy and cold concoction that tastes great. Think of what a smoothie would taste like from this blender.

In addition to cold things like smoothies and ice cream, the Blendtec blender can make hot soup. It’s a simple as making ice cream. Put in a few fresh ingredients and blend away. Your homemade soup will be hot and delicious.

Amazon.com has a great selection of Blendtec blenders available. They come in a few colors, and you probably know that Amazon.com is really good about returns and stuff, if you’re not satisfied with your new Blendtec blender.