The De’Longhi CGH800 Contact Grill and Panini Press is a two-in-one appliance that allows for versatile recipe creation from your favorite Cuban sandwich to a no-muss-no-fuss grilled pork chop, saving time and cutting down on dishes to be washed in the process. It’s been reviewed on Delicious who gave it 5 stars.

Height adjustable hinge

The De’Longhi CGH800’s height adjustable hinge is a big part of why it’s able to be such a versatile piece of equipment. With height adjustment, you get more even cooking when going from foods of varying thickness, for instance from meat, to fish, to veggies, etc.

Double-sided contact plates

The double-sided contact grilling plates allow for even cooking even through thick cuts of meat, leaving behind beautiful grill marks in their wake. Likewise, the double-sided grill plates ensure that your paninis and other sandwiches come out hot and gooey on the inside and grilled and toasted on the outside for that desirable juxtaposition that sets a mere sandwich apart from a true culinary work of art.

Healthier cooking

The De’Longhi’s surface is slightly tilted, allowing for grease and oil to slip away. Since one single gram of fat contains 9 calories, as you might imagine, this can add up to some serious calorie cutting—all without sacrificing flavor. In other words, you can have real cheese and not the reduced-fat stuff—all while cutting down on fat intake in the process. Additionally, the grilling plates are nonstick, which means you simply do have to use as much added fat as you would otherwise, further sparing you from excess calories.

Easy to clean

Cleanup is easy thanks to the nonstick surfaces. Simply wipe the grill clean and pour out the oil from the oil/grease catcher cup, and you’re done.

Easy to store

Since it has a locking feature, the De’Longhi CGH800 can be stored upright. This is perfect for dorm rooms and small apartments where there just isn’t much space for appliances in general.

First impression

I love how easy the De’Longhi is to use. I decided to make a sandwich piled with meat and cheese to see how it handled. It was crazy watching all that fat and grease slip away into the grease catching cup. If I had to bet, I’d say it knocked 50 calories off the meal if a person were to do the math, which I love.

You love rice, who doesn’t right? Loving rice means that you must have a rice cooker that cooks the best rice ever. If you don’t have the best rice cooker, then this article is the one for you. We will share some of the best rice cookers on the market and provide pros and cons for them, as well as price.

                        Tiger JAJ-A55U-PP-3-Cup Micom Rice Cooker

            The Tiger cooker is an amazing rice cooker. How? You ask. This rice cooker can cook two meals at a time. It has two cooking timers and it has non-stick inner coating. It is priced at: $128.99 on Amazon and it comes in two colors, which are passion pink, and white.  It features computerized cooking menus, a spatula that doesn’t stick, and it has been given 5 out of 5 stars by Amazon shoppers.  There are eight cooking menus, 2 pre-set cooking times, easy clean inner pan, and it also comes with a cook book. Pros: Perfectly cook rice every time, Colorful and cute. Cons: Expensive

                        Zojirushi Induction Heating Pressure Rice Cooker & Warmer

            This is one of the best rice cookers on the market.  It comes with many different features and functions for perfect cooking. There is a scorch setting on this cooker that will toast the rice for certain dishes for you. The list price on Amazon for this is: $361.99. This is much more expensive than a lot of the rice cookers today, but the way it cooks your rice is well worth it. Pros: Umami setting for longer steaming and soaking time, Steam-reduce setting, great rice every time. Cons: Rice will stay warm only for a few hours.  This rice cooker was given 4.3 of 5 stars.

                        Cuckoo Electric Heating Rice Cooker

            This lovely rice cooker can make six cups of rice at a time. It comes with a non-stick inner coating. This is for fast clean up and it has a little bit of color to brighten up your day and kitchen. There is an algorithm for the rice cooking. This rice cooker has a list price of $110.00 on Amazon. From what most reviews say, this is an excellent rice cooker and it has crock pot options. Pros:  Great for two people but makes up to 8 servings. Makes perfect rice every time, easy to use. Worth the price and it keeps rice warm over 24 hours. Cons: Instructions in Korean. Expensive unless you eat a lot of rice. This rice cooker was rated 4.6 out of 5 stars. There were 106 reviews done on this cooker.

            Oster CKSTRC61K-TECO Titanium Infused 6 Cup Rice & Grain Cooker

            One of the best rice cookers from the list. Its priced at $23.99, on Amazon, if you are an Amazon Prime member. The Pros: it has Dura Ceramic coating, tempered glass lid, easy to clean, durable, very good for the price. Cons: the water sometimes comes out of the steam hole, worst cooker, dry rice is hard to chew. This product received 4.5 out of 5 stars, by 113 reviewers.

Whether an amateur or professional baker, KitchenAid’s Artisan Series Stand Mixer is a baker’s dream for ease and perfection of your final bakery products. With KitchenAid’s Artisan Series Stand Mixer, mixing basic liquids, cookie dough and even stiff icing or bread dough is a cinch!

Baking is a passion. I have spent many years searching for the most efficient and less fatiguing way to knead dough, mix stiff icing and prepare basic cake and cookie recipes. With mixing tools offered in a variety of forms, from whisks to professional mixers, the KitchenAid Artisan Series Stand Mixer provides the most efficient mixing, eliminates the need for many handheld tools, and is a commonly used small appliance in my home kitchen.

KitchenAid Artisan Series Stand Mixer is a commonly advertised product which comes in a variety of colors to accent an home or professional bakery décor. When purchased standard, the mixer is equipped with a whisk attachment, attachment for kneading dough and a third attachment for mixing heavy consistency mixtures such as stiff decorative icing. Because the product is equipped with power ranging from 325 to 350 watts, the KitchenAid Artisan Series Stand Mixer provides a powerful impact to the outcome of your baked goods. Additionally, the mixer provides for attachment of additional tools including a pasta maker, meat grinder and cheese grater thus, as a result, I found this mixer is a universal product that I could feasibly use with every meal I prepare.

Unfortunately, the cost associated with the purchase of the KitchenAid Artisan Series Stand Mixer is far more significant than standard hand held mixers or whisk hand tools. Sold only in department or specialty kitchen stores, the mixer may not be a feasible purchase for the budget conscious baker. However, in most cases, following the first use of the mixer, the addiction to the ease and perfection of your final baked product, may outweight the associated cost of purchase. Additionally, the variety of color options and optional attachments makes this mixer a truly versatile product for all of your kitchen needs.

In summary, KitchenAid Artisan Series Stand Mixer offers many advantages to the bakery consumer in terms of attachment options and ease of use. Offered in a variety of color options, KitchenAid Artisan Series Stand Mixers are considered a high quality kitchen product, offering efficiency in baking and mixing and eliminating the need for a variety of mixing tools. Beyond the cost involved with purchase, this mixer, over time, is the best option for small kitchen appliance purchases.

Dehydration is a process of extracting the moist from the food in order to preserve its nutrients and quality for a longer period of time. The only reason why our food eventually decays is, because, of the bacteria that live inside the water (moist) of the food.

This is where the food dehydrators come in. They dry the food to such an extent where it no longer contains any moisture, therefore delaying the process of decay. Once dehydrated, the food retains around 90% of its original nutrients, and can later on be re-hydrated.

Nesco American Harvest Square Dehydrator FD-80 is a great food dehydrator made by a company that boasts to produce ‘the best food dehydrators in the world’.

As the name suggests, the FD-80 has a square shape. This characteristic distinguishes it from other, circular dehydrators. Square-shaped dehydrators are known to perform somewhat better in terms of drying the food.

Top-mounted fan is responsible for generating and dispersing the heated air through the trays of the dehydrator. The patented Converge-a-Flow heating system of FD-80 forces a hot stream of air horizontally across each tray, instead of vertically through the trays (as in case of circular dehydrators). This ensures that the food is dried evenly and uniformly.

Nesco/American Harvest FD-80 Square-Shaped Dehydrator comes with 4 food trays that can be expanded up to 8 trays. This covers enough space, no matter how big your appetite is!

There’s absolutely no need for rotating the trays and worrying whether the flavors will mix. They are also very easy to clean and can be safely put in your dishwasher.

The FD-80 has a built-in thermostat which enables you to adjust the heat settings and determine the pace and intensity of food drying yourself. You have to realize, however, the slower you dry your food, the more nutrients it will retain. Having said this, it is advisable that you let the food dry a little longer and ensure more healthy nutrients are being preserved. The heating temperature can be set between 95 and 155 degrees Fahrenheit.

Another excellent feature of the FD-80 is the Vita-Save® Exterior which is responsible for blocking out all the outside lights that destroy the nutrients inside the food.

Upon purchasing, you will receive an instruction manual which will guide you step-by-step through everything you need to know to successfully operate your dehydrator.

As mentioned before, the 4-8 large food trays are really more than enough to satisfy anyone’s appetite. However, the very best aspect of this dehydrator is also its biggest handicap. It can be rather hard to find a suitable place for such a large-sized accessory unless you’ve already got plenty of space in your kitchen…

Also, it will take some time before you get used to the ‘noisy sound’ that the dehydrator produces while active. This is only typical for every food dehydrator (not just the FD-80) and you shouldn’t pay too much attention to it.

With all this taken into consideration, it is still reasonable to conclude that the Nesco American Harvest Square Dehydrator FD-80 is surely a bargain for all it offers!