6 Slice Toaster Oven = Savings

The 6 slice toaster oven is probably the most common large size toaster oven. A toaster oven is simply an electric oven made to sit on top of the counter.

Quinoa Corn BreadIn May 2011, Sara Lee Corp. announced that it was evaluating strategic options for this business, which provides a full range of private brand products including basic and specialty biscuits, crescent rolls, pizza and pie crusts and toaster pastries. These products are packaged for and sold to leading food and mass retailers.Each and every day, Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) delights millions of consumers and customers around the world. The company has one of the world’s best-loved and leading portfolios with its innovative and trusted food and beverage brands, including Ball Park, Douwe Egberts, Hillshire Farm, Jimmy Dean, Sara Lee and Senseo. Collectively, our brands generate nearly $9 billion in annual net sales from continuing operations. Sara Lee has approximately 20,000 employees in its continuing operations worldwide. In January, 2011, Sara Lee Corp. announced that it will divide the company into two pure play publicly-traded companies. One company will be focused around the current International Coffee and Tea business, while the other company will be focused on the North American Retail Meats and North American Foodservice businesses. For more information on this news, and on Sara Lee's brands, please visit www.saralee.com.“The sale of our North American Refrigerated Dough business to Ralcorp is another step forward for Sara Lee as we continue to prepare for our separation into two publicly-traded companies,” said Marcel Smits, chief executive officer, Sara Lee Corp. “It will better enable our North American business to focus on its branded meats and frozen desserts products and establish a platform for a strong and independent future.”Before buying a 6 slice toaster oven be sure to consider your counter space. Measure the area and then check the oven dimensions that you are interested in to make sure it will fit.The electricity savings from using a 6 slice toaster oven instead of your regular oven is a nice benefit too. This savings starts with the lower voltage required as compared to the voltage required to operate a regular oven. Heating a smaller oven size saves time and electricity. Also, your 6 slice oven doesn't heat up the kitchen like a regular oven does. Therefore, the air conditioning doesn't need to work as hard.When making toast in one of these counter top ovens, the bread is laid flat on the rack. The door is closed and when the toast is done the oven turns off. Open the door and remove the toast. You don't ever have to wonder if what you want to toast will fit.There are a lot of recipes on the internet for being made in your toaster oven. However, for the most part, if it fits in the 6 slice oven then it can be cooked in one.A 6 slice toaster oven is more likely to have the convection feature available (see convection toaster oven article). If you need more oven space for entertaining and holidays then a 6 slice oven is the one to get.Basic Quinoa RecipeThe number of toasting levels can vary from toaster oven to oven.Basic quinoa recipe is the easiest technique that you can try on. Dispense water and quinoa into a pot and allow it to simmer. It will probably take about fifteen minutes. A change in quinoa's color from white to translucent will tell you that it is already done.Quinoa Pudding

Just a few brands of the 6 slice toaster oven are: Black and Decker, Oster, Hamilton Beach, and Euro-Pro

Author: Carol Coffman