I’ve been on a key lime pie binge the last few weeks.  Making it, not eating it.
Previous to my Microplane purchase, I used a zester to grab little curls of lime zest, my secret ingredient – shhhhhh- and then I just chopped until it was small enough to just toss into my filling.
But then the [...]

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I’m all about efficiency.  I plan my errands so they go in a circle from nearest to farthest so as to avoid zig zagging back and forth across town.  I make a definite path through the grocery store so I don’t have to double back for missed items.  Won’t even tell you how spotless my [...]

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Love the microplane grater, but sometimes it’s just not enough…like when you want to grate a large hunk of cheese, but are too lazy to clean the food processor.  You need to go old school, with this KitchenAid Stainless Box Grater.
Sports 3 grating blades as well as a slicing blade.  And, this is the beauty, [...]

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Knuckles beware.  The 8.5-inch Microplane grater is one sharp dude and that means great (ha) stuff for cheeses, carrots, onions and citrus.  Designed to extract the very best flavor from foods, this tool will make your favorite cook grateful (sorry) to have a generous friend such as yourself.  Doesn’t look cheap, but it’s only 12 [...]

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