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Monday, November 21, 2011

Pressure Cooker Beef Stew Recipe - How to Make a Delicious Beef Stew Using Your Pressure Cooker

Beef stew is one of those delicious and hearty meal that is considered the ultimate comfort guaranteed to bring delight to the whole family. When you cook it through the pressure cooker, you will be amazed that the flavors are even intensified even if you cook it for just around 30 minutes. A traditional beef stew recipe can take hours to simmer on the stove but with pressure cooker, it only requires less than 40 minutes. You will be rewarded with a tender and moist beef that is flavored with a thick savory warm sauce.

Start by cutting 1 and 1/2 pounds of beef into cubes. You can use the inexpensive cuts like chuck and the pressure cooker will take care of that. Cut carrots and potatoes about 4 pieces each into chunks. You will use need 1 small onion cut into wedges, 3 cloves of garlic and 3 stalks of celery cut into about 1" thick. Prepare 2 cups of beef stock for the liquid and you can also add 1 small size can of tomato sauce if you wish.

Start cooking by adding around 2 tbsp of vegetable oil onto the bottom of the cooker. Once hot, saute the onion and garlic and start browning the beef. Once it is brown on both sides, add the liquid (beef stock and tomato sauce) and the cover securely with the lid. Once you hear the cooker sizzle or if the indicator valve says the pressure is build up already, set your timer to 20 minutes.

Once the timer is done, release pressure either through automatic release or by running cold water on the lid. Add the rest of the vegetables and drop about 2 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce plus salt and pepper to taste. Cover it with the lid again and cook for around 15 minutes more.

Serve with brown rice or bread.

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Gas Vs Electric Cooker Ovens

Both gas and electric ovens are in an advanced state of security and effectiveness; and the choice between both must be only related to technical problems. If you don't have a gas supply, then adding it just to run a cooker is out of choice, maybe using a electrical one might be the right choice for you.

Some say, specially the kitchen chefs that the gas oven provides more control, heat more finely and more quickly, others say that electric Ovens tend to heat the food more evenly.

According to the Energy Guide Agency, natural-gas-fueled cookers are more cost-effective because they require less Energy and live longer that the Electric ones. Although, nowadays with the Energy saver wave, it's common to see very efficient ovens in the market, usually rated as A for energy consumption.

Power Consumption

Everybody talks about energy saving nowadays, although, not much people knows how are electronic equipment's rated.

The Energy Ratings are divided as Following:

A Rating - Best Efficiency
B Rating - Medium Efficiency
C or Lower - Worst Efficiency

Obviously, more efficient electric ovens will cheaper to maintain, although, they are also more expensive to buy, so if money is not a problem, you should consider buying always the more efficient equipments.

If you are looking for a more cheaper model, you might try looking for a B energy rated oven, since it's a good compromise between efficiency and performance. So which one should I choose?

So you want to know which type you should buy? Opinions all over internet say that electric ovens are superior, since they provide better heat, better boiling, and self-cleaning cycle, you can see more opinions by following to this website. Actually, many manufacturers provide very good products for a low price, so it's a question to search for the product that best suits your needs.

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Monday, October 31, 2011

Victorio VKP1053 Two-Pack Fruit Leather Tray Accessory for VKP1050 Digital Food Dehydrator

Victorio VKP1053 Two-Pack Fruit Leather Tray Accessory for VKP1050 Digital Food Dehydrator

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Use with your Victorio digital dehydrator model VKP1050 to make fruit leather or homemade fruit roll-ups with ease. Comes with two fruit leather trays. Flexible plastic makes removing fruit leather easy.