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Happy Halloween. It is that time of year when we start to nest indoors as the temperatures drop. We are finishing the master bathroom in our house and want to share some of the ideas that you can do to improve some of the key rooms in your home. Get a sparkling new bathroom without the hassle of pulling out the old tub and shower.  You can spice up the look with a towel warmer. You can also pay someone to put fresh custom fixtures that fill over the existing bathroom fixtures.

Deep fryers are handy for making snacks or preparing meats. However, you need to know how to use the machine. Here are some helpful hints.

• If unit fails to preheat or if the cooking process stops, check cord assembly to assure plug is properly attached to the fryer appliance

• When using the fryer for the first time, a slight odor or light smoking may occur as manufacturing residue evaporates. This is normal during initial use.

• Before deep frying, always remove excess moisture or ice crystals from food by blotting with toweling. Moist foods cause excess foaming, spattering, and crackling.

• When preparing your favorite recipes, fry 1 to 4 cups food, in unit, at a time. If too much food is fried at the same time, the food will not get crisp.

• For breading or coating foods, use commercial breading, finely ground bread or cracker crumbs, corn meal, mixture of corn meal and flour, pancake mix, or prepared bread mixes.

• Use only metal cooking utensils in the fryer as plastic or rubber will become damaged from the hot oil. Do not leave metal utensils in the fryer as they will become hot.

• After each use, strain oil through a filter or a double thickness of cheesecloth to remove the accumulated residue.

• It is time to replace the cooking oil if any of the following occur: The oil is dark in color, The oil has an unpleasant odor, The oil smokes when heated, the oil foams rather excessively during frying.

If there is one room where space is usually at a premium, its the bathroom. Storage solutions will let you make the most of every inch. Some great ideas include under sink storage area constructed of simple plywood covered 2 x 4’s then painted to replace a vanity and adds more room the sectioned off shelves make organization easy preventing the deep pile up that usually occurs in under sink storage.

Chrome baskets slides out easily for access to rolled up handtowels, washcloths, toilet tissue and bath products. Above-counter basins take up less under-sink space providing even more storage area. A niche cut into the wall for a narrow cabinet and shelves adds plenty of hiding space but does not intrude on the room.

Get in the habit of looking up, rather than around for more room. You can usually find vertical space for shelves and storage.

Living room storage is slightly different. The secret to finding space is simple as looking at something in a new way. Use a hallway console table or a dining room sideboard in the living room. Stash everyday items in the drawers and save the top for beautiful accessories. Tuck a large woven basket in an out o way spot to corral throw pillows and afghans. The key is double duty furniture.

It is no surprise to people that have friends over for dinner, that the guests tend to hang out in the kitchen with the host.  It is because the kitchen exudes comfort and childhood memories of family gatherings.  Well here is a recipe for a simple dinner for a small dinner party of four (four servings). No need for meat grinders or meat slicers.

1. Rub tuna steaks with 1 teaspoon olive oil and sprinkle with ½ teaspoon each salt and pepper. Set aside.

2. For the dressing, combine lime juice, honey, remaining 2 teaspoons olive oil sesame oil , ginger, and remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt in a bowl. Whick the combined ingredients.

3. Prepare to cook (we have some great deals on cookware; coupon codes : comfortchannel5): Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add tuna cook 3 minutes without disturbing. Turn and cook 2 minutes more or to desired degree of doneness. Transfer to a cutting board slice into ½ inch thick pieces, place 1.5 cups greens on each of 4 plates. Top each salad with ¼ of the sliced tuna add even amounts of snap peas scallions, and sesame seeds, drizxelevenly with dressing.

Serving size if one fillet. And ¼ salad.

The prep time is 15 minutes. Cooks 5 minutes. Makes 4 servings. Need 4 ahi tuna steaks (yellowfin or ahi, no bluefin). 1 inch thick. 3 teaspoons of virgin olive oil.,  3 tablespoons of lime juice. 4 teaspoons honey, 1 teaspoon of sesame oil.  ½ teaspoon minces ginger, 6 cups of salad greens, 1.5 cups of sugar snap peas, trimmed, ½ cups thiny sliced scallions. 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds. 

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