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Delicious Toasted Sandwiches

Monday, April 27, 2009
Delicious Toasted Sandwiches

It’s amazing how toasting a sandwich can make it taste much better than it would have tasted untoasted.  Whether it’s because the cheese melts into the other condiments or just the extra crunch of the bread, toasting a sandwich always makes it better.  The best method to toast a sandwich is to use a toaster oven.  While less common in the past, toaster ovens have become an essential cooking appliance on the countertops of millions of people around the world.  Toaster ovens, depending on their size, can also be used to cook pizza, chicken, and even cookies.  For aspiring cooks, a toaster oven provides an alternative to using the oven, which is great when it’s necessary to cook two different dishes at different temperatures.

Toaster ovens are also much easier to clean than a standard oven, and because of their versatility, many cooks prefer to use their toaster ovens over their conventional ovens for meals.  For all their benefits, toaster ovens do have one drawback, and that is it’s more important to be careful when taking hot plates out because of the narrower surface.  It’s possible to burn the top of your hand when taking food out of the toaster oven. 


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The Crabby Toaster Oven

Friday, April 17, 2009

p90579.jpg      The Deadliest Catch brothers were recently on the Bonnie Hunt Show.  They told about the dangers of fishing for king crab in the freezing sea.  As part of their presentation, they showed how to make a crab melt sandwich in their on-board toaster oven. This is another example of the versatility of the ubiquitous toaster oven.  Get a toaster oven for your boat! Here is the recipe for one of their favorite shipboard crab fests:  English muffins, 1/3 cup shredded parmesan cheese, 1 cup king crab meat, 1/2 tsp garlic salt, sliced swiss cheese, sliced american cheese and 1medium tomato sliced.  Toast English muffins. Mix the crab meat, garlic salt and shredded parmesan cheese.  Assemble the sandwich in the following order: English muffin, sliced tomato, crab meat mixture, and sliced cheeses.  Put under the toaster oven broiler and cook until cheese melts.  Yum!!!!


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Cooking with the DeLonghi Toaster Oven at Festival Time

Monday, April 13, 2009

ro2050-department.jpg     The Benedict Family is getting maple syrup products ready to sell at the annual Vermontville Maple Syrup Festival.  The local syrup producers all have sales stands at the festival, selling maple syrup, sugars, candies, creams and other maple products. The Benedict Family sets up their stand in front of their R.V.  Lunch and dinners can be prepared using the DeLonghi toaster oven.  One of my favorite meals is maple flavored spare ribs. Here is the recipe:

3 lbs. spare ribs, 1 cup maple syrup, 2 T chili sauce, 1 T vinegar, 1/8 tsp pepper, 1 small onion, minced, 1 tsp worcestershire sauce, 1 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp dry mustard:  Cut spare ribs into serving size pieces. Combine ingredients and brush sauce all over ribs.  Place ribs in single layer in baking pan and bake in the toaster oven at 375 degrees for 1 and 1/2 hours. Brush ribs often with sauce and turn ribs frequently so all portions are covered with maple flavored sauce.


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Spring Has Sprung Using the Countertop Toaster Oven

Monday, April 13, 2009

eo1200b.jpg       The Ides of March were upon us. Another maple syrup season is gone.  This years production was good.  Like all farm  operations the level of success is based on alot of hard work and luck.  We just used our handy dandy  countertop toaster oven to make some delicious maple flavored baked beans.  This quick and easy treat is put together as follows:

l large can Bush’s baked beans, 1/2 cup maple syrup. Mix together.  Bake in the toaster oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. 


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Toaster Oven Goodies at Maple Syrup Time

Monday, April 13, 2009

     Tis the season to make maple syrup.  Thawing days and freezing nights are the ideal conditions for sap production.  This usually takes place in central Michigan sometime during the last two weeks in February through the first two weeks in March.  It requires approximately 45 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup.  I’m looking forward to a Benedict Family maple syrup ice cream sundae, along with some maple syrup cookies baked in our toaster oven. Here is the recipe for making maple syrup cookies:  1 cup shortening, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 egg, 1 cup maple syrup, 1 tsp. vanilla, 4 cups sifted flour, 1 tsp. baking soda and 1/2 tsp. salt.  Cream shortening and sugar.  Add egg, syrup and vanilla. Then mix with remaining ingredients.  Shape into 1″ balls. Roll in granulated sugar. Bake in your countertop toaster oven about 10 minutes at 350 degrees.delonghi.gif


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Space-Saving Techniques

Friday, April 10, 2009

countertopovenswhite-kitcheneconomies.jpgApartment living can be cramped, especially when you live with roommates or in a studio. But city living is worth it. Where else do you get access to museums, theaters, great restaurants, and shopping all within walking distance? When it comes to living in the city or living in the country, many people choose to live in the city, even when their living situations are less than ideal. Inner city apartments are often tiny, with barely-there kitchens and it takes creativity to decorate and furnish them.

When working with a really small space, like a bare-bones kitchen, you must first decide where to put all your appliances. You probably don’t have room for much on your countertops. Space-saving countertop ovens are a great addition to tiny kitchen that have no range. They also take up little space, so that they can easily fit in the space you’ve designated.


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