Healthy Kitchen Gadgets

February 12th, 2011

Editor – This is a guest post by Amy Chan – she’s writing about some of her favorite kitchen gadgets that can help you to live a healthier life.

There are literally hundreds of kitchen gadgets sold in the market today. With all the hype of buying one that can make life easier for them in the kitchen, most people forget the most important thing to consider when buying a kitchen gadget – health. It’s true that the main purpose of kitchen gadgets is to lessen the effort of working in the kitchen. However, it’s also best to look for a gadget that can improve not only your cooking skills but your health most especially.

A water filter is perhaps one of the most important kitchen gadgets you should have. You can’t be too sure of what’s coming out from your faucet these days. Instead of spending some cash just to buy bottled water, use a high quality water filter to produce clean water on your own. As long as you can replace old filters regularly, you can be sure of fresh, clean, and quality water all the time.

While you can buy commercially made yogurt in the grocery, you can also try making your own with the help of a yogurt maker. Most yoghurt sold in stores today are actually not at all healthy considering that they have high sugar content. Aside from the fact that you can create your own yogurt without the use of some special tools, you also have the freedom to produce whatever quality you like.

Blenders should also be on your list in choosing kitchen gadgets. In fact, any kitchen is not complete without one of these popular machines. The good thing about having a blender is that you can create tons of healthy recipes from fruits like banana, pineapple, and a lot more. You’ll find one very useful during summer when smoothies are very popular. Aside from smoothies, you can also us the blender to create soups and creams.

A gadget similar to a blender is the juicer. The only difference is that it can remove fiber from vegetables and fruits making the nutrients easier to absorb. Fresh fruit juices are beneficial since they can remove toxin from the body. With a combination of the right fruits or vegetables, you’ll be able to produce a powerful drink that can offer maximum health benefits.

To end with, you have to realize that there is a direct link between your health and the gadgets you are using in the kitchen. As much as possible, let your health and your family’s be your number one consideration when planning to buy a kitchen gadget.

Amy Chan is an avid eBay user and has been buying and selling professionally on eBay for the last 3 years. She is also a regular author on several online blog sites. You can view her recent articles on kitchen island designs and John Boos kitchen islands here.

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The Best Thermos Bottles

February 5th, 2011

I love drinking tea – I’m a tea man. Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese inparticular. Loose leave tea that is. And one of my main issues in everyday life was that I just could not find a great thermos bottle to keep my tea warm.

Sure – there are many of them – and I literally went through dozens. And yes, many of them keep the tea hot really good and long.

But – and that is a big but – they also change the taste of the tea. The longer you have tea inside there, the more you taste the taste of the bottle. And that totally spoils my tea experience. Call me picky.

But now, finally, I came across a bottle that I can not praise highly enough. Because not only does it keep tea hot for long periods of time, but it just DOESN’T TASTE. Even if you have pure hot water in there for 12 hours – it will still taste just like water, and not like the coating of the bottle.

And that is just great. That is what a bottle is supposed to do.

Now what are those magic bottles? They are made in Thailand by a Japanese company called zojirushi.

They have different kinds of bottles though, so make sure that you take the ones with a fluorine coating! The other ones – nah, same old, same old. But the fluorine coating of the thermos bottles is what really keeps temperatures hot and does not alter the taste.

The only downside is that the only model which has an inbuilt tea strainer is a bit too small for me (I’d like it as a 0,5l bottle), and that it doesn’t have an inbuilt cup. You can take off the top and then you have a small space where you can put your loose tea leaves, but it doesn’t make for a good cup. Other than that, it’s just perfect.

Another Good Cookware Video

January 29th, 2011

Here is another nice cookware video