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Cook Turkeys in Under One Hour With the Butterball Indoor Electric Turkey Fryer
The best kitchen appliance you will ever own. The Butter Ball cooks turkeys up to 14 lbs in under 1 hour, with the juiciest, most tender results. Using a third less oil than conventional turkey fryers, which means less waste and healthier, lower-fat frying. The Butter Ball is foolproof and delivers delicious results every time. Safe to use indoors, and outdoors year round.
Cooks turkeys up to 14 lbs in under 1 hour, with the juiciest, most tender results
Uses a third less oil than conventional turkey fryers, which means less waste and healthier, lower-fat frying
Foolproof operation and delicious results
Can be safely used indoors, right from the convenience of the kitchen counter
Specially designed cooking basket, complete with a handy drain clip, lets you fry a variety of favorite foods like doughnuts, french fries, onion rings, and more
Control panel consists of a digital timer, and easy-to-use temperature control
Features fold-away lid with a viewing window, and built-in filter to reduce cooking odors
Porcelain-coated inner pot with a built-in drain valve for easy cleaning
Stainless steel design that takes up minimal space on the counter (approx. 16″ x 14″ x 14″)
Slow cookers, or crock pots, are small appliances used by many families around the country. A look around will provide a myriad of cookbooks or websites on the internet with recipes for use with the crock pot. The benefits of slow cooking go far beyond the ease of finding recipes, however.
One of the main benefits of slow cooking is how easy it is. Unlike traditional cooking methods, you don’t have to stand over the stove to ensure the dish cooks properly. You can place everything into the slow cooker, set it, and then walk away. In fact, you don’t even have to be at home while your meal cooks as most recipes require four to eight hours cooking time.
Depending upon the recipe, you can place the ingredients into the cooker and the meal will be ready to eat either when you get up in the morning or when you return from a day at work. What could be easier than that? And the slow cooker did all of the hard work for you!
Saving time is another benefit of slow cooking. The major portion of the meal is done by the slow cooker, which leaves a side dish or salad and your meal is done. If you have more than one size of slow cooker, you can make a different component of the meal in each one.
Another benefit of using a slow cooker is how versatile they are. You can cook nearly any style of recipe in a crock pot. Do you need something special for breakfast? There are slow cooker recipes for that. How about a casserole for dinner? There are many ethnic recipes. The fact is you can find recipes for any meal of the day, even dessert.
Slow cooking is also nutritious. Use fresh or frozen ingredients rather than ingredients which are full of chemicals or preservatives. You can use fruits that are in season rather than canned ones which have fewer nutrients. Cooking foods on low heat over a longer period of time also helps the foods retain more of the vitamins and minerals.
Some people think slow cookers can only be used during the cooler months. The truth is, however, you can use a slow cooker at any time of the year. Slow cookers won’t heat up the kitchen the way an oven will, but will provide you with delicious food your whole family will enjoy.
Finally, the benefits of slow cooking can also improve your pocket book. You can find ingredients which are on sale at your grocery store to use in your slow cooker. You can also use cheaper groceries such as dried beans, noodles, and rice.
It’s obvious the benefits of slow cooking are many. If the ease of use isn’t enough to convince you to get one, think about the time you can shave off of preparing meals or how much money you can keep in your wallet. Why not give it a try?
Menu Plan – Great Way to Save Time in the Kitchen
Like many families, you may feel the effects of a slowing economy. You may be searching for ways to save money and time. Think of making a menu plan – it’s a great way to save time and money in the kitchen.
Creating nutritious meals day in and day out may be tiresome. If you start with a menu plan, you can make weekly meals your family will love. Here are some things to consider about creating menu plans:
* A menu plan allows you to create a focused grocery shopping list. Knowing what you need for each meal keeps you from racing through the grocery store trying to find something for dinner.
* A menu plan also allows you to save time in the kitchen. By knowing what you need, you know you have everything in place before beginning to make the meal.
* You can make a menu plan for one week, two weeks, or more. Keep each week’s menu plan and you can take notes on them about which ones the family liked, which ones they’d rather never eat again, and changes to side dishes that might be better.
* Putting together a meal plan can be a great way to feed your family a meal they’ll love as well as end your family’s hectic day on a peaceful note.
Now you know how making a menu plan can save you time and money in the kitchen. If you’ve never made a menu plan before, you may like to learn. Here are some easy steps you may want to follow when making your first one; you may want your family’s help.
1. Make a list of all the main dishes your family enjoys; don’t forget anything. It won’t matter how neat the list is, it’s just to get the ideas down on paper.
2. Try to write down the amount of time needed to prepare each dish. You may want to mark dishes that take considerably longer than 30 minutes to prepare, not counting cooking time, so you can save those for days you have more time.
3. Put each main dish into categories such as Mexican, Italian, Sandwiches, Soups and Salads, or Casseroles.
4. Decide which day you’ll do your shopping. Many people do all of their grocery shopping on Saturday. You may want to have leftovers on Friday night to make shopping day easier.
5. Check your calendar and look to see if there are any really busy days. Plan on having soup and salads on that night.
6. Fill in the rest of the calendar with a category. Determine which category of food you’ll have each night and then plan on having that category of dish every week on the same day.
7. After you have your categories planned, now it’s time to look through your cupboards to see which ingredients you already have and which ingredients you need to purchase. You can create your focused shopping list based on the ingredients you need for the meals on your meal plan.
8. Be flexible. Plans change, people stop over, or meetings are called. By having a meal plan, you can choose to switch meals from one day to another and still know you have everything you need.
Menu planning can make meal time much easier for your family. Look at these suggestions and use those you find helpful. Then get out some paper, a pen, and your calendar and make your own meal plan – a great way to save time and money in the kitchen.
One of the most annoying things about baking is what happens when spills occur in the oven. Even the good chefs have spills occur on a somewhat frequent basis in the oven, especially considering that baking is not an exact science in a lot of different cases. While the spills might denote good cooking in one form, in another form they represent what could be hours of annoying cleaning as you attempt to scrub the spills and stains out of your otherwise nice looking oven.
Well, with The Betty Crocker Non-Stick Oven Liner, those days of endless scrubbing and cleaning are over.
The actual liner itself when you purchase it measures approximately twenty three inches in length by sixteen and a half inches in width, but at the same time the material is easy enough that you can cut through it with a simple pair of scissors. This means that you can use it to create a number of custom fits for microwaves, toaster ovens and counter tops in addition to using them in your oven. This particular liner can be used all over the kitchen with the same excellent effects that you would get from using it in the oven.
One of the problems with using things like aluminum foil in the same role is that foil runs out, costs a lot of money and ends up taking longer to cook because of its natural abilities with heat. The Betty Crocket Non-Stick Oven Liner however does not have any of those problems. It is reusable and does not affect either positively or negatively the cooking or browning time of anything that you might end up popping into the oven. All of your dishes are prepared in the exact same way; the only difference is that you’ll worry a lot less about potential spills.
The material that the liner is made of is created in order to prevent adhesion of molecules so that nothing that spills actually permanently sticks to the sheet. This means that you just remove it after use and clean it with soap and water in order to have a liner that is good as new that you can use again and again anytime that you want to guard against spills, drips and splatters.
This is an excellent addition to any kitchen and the price of $14.95 is practically a steal considering how expensive things like foil can be.
