Slow cooking is adaptable to a wide variety of recipes. Because slow cookers use low cooking temperatures and retain moisture during the cooking process, any recipe that requires cooking something “low and slow” can easily convert to a slow cooker recipe with a few easy adjustments.
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Baking bread in a slow cooker doesn’t seem like it should work, but it does, and better than you think. I put it to the test in our Hamilton Beach Test Kitchen. To make it easy, I used our Food Processor White Bread recipe. Everything is mixed in a heavy-duty food processor, no hand kneading required. Any bread recipe can be used, but I wanted to make this a very simple test.
Cooking can be intimidating for teens, but there will inevitably come a time in adulthood when it becomes a necessary skill. Rather than sending your teenager off to a world of radiator quesadillas and canned soup, teach them everything they need to know to create nutritious and delicious meals on their own. Not only will they learn how to prepare meals, but they will also learn how to shop for foods, stick to a budget, and learn invaluable safety skills. And, with increased mealtime at home, who doesn’t want some extra help in the kitchen? The toaster oven is a great place to start – here’s why.
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What do you do when self-isolation keeps you from your daily coffee shop run? Make Whipped Coffee, also known as Dalgona Coffee! Named after Dalgona, which is a Korean Sugar Sponge Candy, this whipped coffee is sweet, sticky, and delicious. We recently tried it in the Hamilton Beach test kitchen and found that it’s surprisingly easy to whip up (and tastes amazing). You only need three ingredients (instant coffee, granulated sugar, and water) to make whipped coffee, which is then often spooned over milk and ice to complete this delicious treat. We have a few tips to make it even easier.
Whether it’s your budget you are trying to get under control, or the ingredients going into your meals, creating a weekly meal plan can help you achieve both. Meal planning can seem intimidating at first, but with a little prep work and the right tools in your kitchen, you can quickly transform meal planning from a headache into a habit.
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I have always loved the “walk away” convenience of slow cookers. But in this new time of working from home, home-schooling children, teens taking up all the wi-fi, and fighting with my husband for office space, the slow cooker has become my long-lost best friend. In the morning, I can walk to the kitchen, grab another cup of coffee and throw a quick recipe together.
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A big elbow bump to all of you who are pulling out your stacks of fabric scraps to sew face masks for those who need them. While they are not a substitute for personal protective equipment, social distancing and staying home, they can certainly provide an extra barrier, or at the very least, a reminder not to touch our faces.
While working in the Hamilton Beach test kitchen today, performing test routines on a number of products, it occurred to me that my whole team is currently working from home and cooking for just one or two people. Our group runs the gamut from a young professional sharing an apartment with a roommate to me and my retired husband as empty nesters. Curious about what everyone else was cooking now that we are eating all our meals at home, I took the opportunity to check in. In between sending funny memes and a photo of Lily the dog monitoring a speeding mail truck, some great tips were shared. (I sure do miss being with these people!)
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