Saturday, February 5, 2011
I've have been looking for a blender, bread dough mixer, wheat grinder, but did not what to buy all three items and had no where to store them all. I found this items and love it, found several great reviews on it.
Make perfect dough
The Mix n' Blend II features a smart auto-knead button which kneads your bread to the perfect gluten level then automatically shuts off, (up to 12 lbs). No more long and tedious kneading.
Saves counter space
A 4-quart mixing bowl and 64-ounce blender jar makes even large jobs a breeze. Its compact size fits nicely on the counter.
Easy one button operation
Preparing food is fast, easy, and fresh with the Mix n' Blend II. With 5 automatic mixer cycles and 8 automatic blender cycles, the Mix n' Blend II is the complete kitchen machine. The touchpad controls and easy-to-read display make it simple to navigate the many available options and choose the right one for the job.
- 1000 Watt Motor
- Dimensions: 11" wide x 15.5" tall x 8" deep
- Actual weight: 11 lbs
- Shipping Weight: 15 lbs
- Package Includes:
- Mix 'n' Blend II Motor Base
- Basic Pitcher
- Vented Pitcher Lid
- 4-quart mixing bowl with domed lid
- French Whisk
- Medium Whisk
- Stainless Steel Dough Hook
- Kneading Arm
- Recipe Book
- Owner's Manual
Components: 2 Years
Jar : 1 year
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Are you prepared? Want to know how to use your food storage so you can rotate? Want to feed your family cheap. Really good book on the beans. Ways to use beans that you won't know it is beans, a must read.
Labels: beans, food storage, rice
Canning
Last summer I wasted so much veggies from my garden because I could not eat them all and they went bad. So this year I'm going to try canning. SSSSSOOOOO---------
Well today I'm researching canning. (why today? because there is a snow blizzard today and woohoo my work place closed for the day) I want to make sure all my food is safe and sealed to last 2 years or more. One important thing I did not know was that are two different canning methods BASED on the type of food. You must know if the food is acid or alkaline. VERY important. Acid foods can use this type of canning because you don't have to get the food that hot to kill bacteria.
growth of these bacteria. Acid foods contain enough acid to block their growth, or destroy them more rapidly when heated. The term "pH" is a measure of acidity; the lower its value, the more acid the food. The acidity level in foods can be increased by adding lemon juice, citric acid, or vinegar.
vinegar to make them acid foods. Acid foods have a pH of 4.6 or lower. They include fruits, pickles, sauerkraut, jams, jellies, marmalades, and fruit butters.
- pickled,
- frozen,
- dried or
- canned in a pressure canner (where there is a safe recipe determined for them - there is no safe recipe for canning pumpkins and squash)
Foods can be acid because they are:
- naturally acid foods
- foods that have acid, such as vinegar or lemon juice, added
- fermented foods, such as sauerkraut. During the fermentation process bacteria produce an acid.
Naturally acidic foods include most fruits, such as:
- apples
- berries
- blackberries
- blueberries
- cranberries
- peaches
- pears
- raspberries
- strawberries
Low Acid or Non-acidic Foods
These are considered to be LOW acid foods:Certain fruits:- figs,
- Asian pears,
- melons,
- bananas,
- dates,
- papaya,
- ripe pineapple,
- persimmons
Labels: acid foods, alkaline foods, canning, canning supplies
Sunday, January 30, 2011
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2/3 cup buttermilk (i use the powdered buttermilk in the can, in the baking area of your store)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Pierce sweet potato in several places. Bake potato until very tender, approximately 1 hour. Remove from oven. Cut potato in half and cool slightly. Scoop flesh from potato into small bowl and cool completely.
Place 1 cup sweet potato flesh into large bowl. Add butter and brown sugar; beat until smooth. Sift flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon into a medium bowl. Mix dry ingredients into sweet potato alternately with buttermilk in three (3) additions, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
Transfer dough to a generously floured surface. Roll to 3/4-inch thickness. Using a 2-inch round cookie cutter, cut out biscuits; place on an ungreased baking sheet. Gather scraps into ball; reroll and cut.
NOTE: If you need to hold the uncooked biscuits, the cut dough rounds can be refrigerated for up to 1 hour.
Bake biscuits until golden and puffed, approximately 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer baking sheet to rack and cool slightly. Serve biscuits warm or at room temperature.
Makes 10 to 12 biscuits.
Labels: biscuits, sweet potato, sweet potato biscuits