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Make Yummy Healthy Treats With A Yogurt Maker

donvier-yogurt-makerYogurt makes an ideal in between meals snack or a tasty dessert served with fruit. I find that making my own yogurt means I can use the freshest ingredients for the tastes that I want and I can control the amount of sugar used.

Yogurt is a healthy alternative to other less nutritous snacks for children. My kids love the taste of home made yogurt. And making greek yogurt to go with salads is another way to make sure I get the most out of my yogurt maker.

Most yogurt makers come with a recipe book to get you started but once you are familiar with your machine it is no problem to experiement with combinations of fruit and ingredients to give you a variety of yogurts to have on hand.

Extra jars are availalbe so that there is always a ready supply on hand.


Iced Tea Makers For A Cool Summer Drink

hamilton-beach-iced-tea-maker When summer is upon us there is nothing quite as refreshing as an iced beverage.

An iced tea maker is ideal for making not only tea but also iced coffee.

There are a number of versions of iced tea makers and choosing one will depend on a number of things such as the size of your family.

The Hamilton Beach 2-Quart Electric Iced Tea Maker is very popular and brews a pitcher full of delicious iced tea in 10 minutes.

Simply fill the pitcher with ice cubes, place loose tea or tea bags in the special paperless filter, add the water, select the strength of tea that you like, turn it on and before long you and your family will be enjoying glasses of cool iced tea.

mr-coffee-tm3-2-3-quart-ice-tea-makerAnother quality iced tea maker is the Mr. Coffee TM3-2 3 Quart Ice Tea Maker.


This is a small appliance that will sit nicely on your countertop ready for when you are in the mood for a nice cool glass of iced tea.

This appliance has an indicator light that lets you know when the tea is ready.

You can read the reviews and check out some other Ice Tea Makers Amazon.com.

And what a great gift idea for your iced tea drinking friends.

Voice Recognition Printable Grocery List Organizer

After years of going shopping, only to forget a number of the items I went to buy, I have found the perfect answer to this problem.

The state of the art voice recognition SmartShopper Grocery List Organizer with Embedded Thermal Printer is such an invaluable item that I mentioned it to Paula and suggested that this was something that she might find handy.

The organizer is pre-loaded with over 2,500 food, beverage, household, beauty, and office items, and recognizes words as specific as tea, sugar, and soap powder, so you can store the items you require simply by speaking the name of the item into the organiser.

So, for example, when you run out of milk at breakfast simply push the record button on the smartshopper and  say ‘milk’.  How great is that!

The printable grocery list organizer attaches magnetically to your refrigerator and it can all be mounted on the wall or kept on a countertop, wherever it is most convenient for you.

The organizer uses a speaker-independent voice recognition system to match a spoken item with one in its database and you can add up to a maximum of 5000 items into the organizer’s database. This means you can use also use it to remind you of errands such as going to the bank, library, or any other important appointment.

It has an easy-to-read LCD screen that puts your list in alphabetical order and you simply press the print button to generate a categorized list from the device’s built-in thermal printer (never requires ink replacement).

The organizer will automatically turn off its voice recognition system after 30 seconds of inactivity, yet it still displays your shopping list on its screen.

The SmartShopper Grocery List Organizer  takes four AA batteries, it measures 7 1/2″ H x 4″ W x 1 1/4″ D and weighs a light 10 1/2 oz.

A helping Hand Around the Home – Scooba The Robotic Floor Washer

scooba-the-robotic-floor-washerWe still haven’t come down from the high of going to the US a couple of weeks ago to attend the Affiliate Summit,  in Miami before heading to Cape Canaveral, Disney World and New York, so at the moment the last thing either of us feels like doing is housework.

Now that’s where this little beauty comes in handy.

This is the Scooba,  an autonomous robot that efficiently prepares, wash, and scrubs tile, linoleum, or sealed hardwood floors. And the beauty of  the Scooba is that it does it all  without any human intervention.

You simply add the cleanin solution s per the manufacturers instructions, to  Scooba the Robotic Floor Washer and it will clean the floor of a medium sized kitchen in about an hour.

A light lets you know when the dust bin is full and needs to be emptied.

Scooba will methodically clean a standard sized kitchen floor using one tank of  solution, in as ittle as one hour.

As the Scooba passes over flooring, it picks up loose dirt and sprays solution, while a rotary scrubber gently cleans.

The robot is compact enough to reach under cabinet kick boards and most furniture, and at the touch of a button, it moves around the room avoiding table legs, chair legs etc because of the  built in patented AWARE sensor technology that redirects the robot when it encounters an object.

Scooba comes with 8 oz. of cleaning solution, which approximately four tanks full. Also included is a built-in rechargeable battery and  an AC adapter.

The unit is only available from Hammacher Schlemmer and is definitely well worth checking out.

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