¼ cup mayonnaise
1 green onion, chopped (about 2 tbsp.)
1 medium clove garlic, minced
¼ tsp. saffron threads
1 tbsp. lime juice
6 loin or rib lamb chops, cut about 1¼-inch thick
Salt
Garlic pepper
In small bowl, combine mayonnaise, green onion, garlic, saffron and lime juice. Cover and let stand at room temperature to blend flavors.
Place lamb chops on broil rack in bake pan/drip tray in single layer, season with salt and garlic pepper. Broil in preheated oven at 450°F in upper rack position, with rack down and oven door slightly ajar, for 5 minutes. Turn lamb chops over and season with salt and garlic pepper. Continue broiling until desired doneness, about 5 minutes for medium.
Serve chops with saffron sauce.
Delicious served with garlic whipped potatoes and a fresh green salad.
Makes 6 servings.
If you’re going to invest the counter space for a toaster oven over a toaster, you want an oven that does as much as possible to maximize the use of your space. With that idea in mind, Black & Decker created our Digital Advantage® Toaster Oven (CTO6301)—the toaster oven that does all the work of your big oven in less space and with less fuss.
It does everything you’d expect from a toaster oven, including toasting up to 6 slices of toast or bagels and a 12” pizza. Beyond that though, it also lets you bake, broil and even make all your oven favorites at the touch of a button.
Not sure of the cooking time and temperature to get perfect baked potatoes? Just press the one-touch Potato button and the oven does the programming for you. It also features similar one-touch functions for Cookies, Frozen Snacks and Pizza.
For the baking function, we wanted to make sure you could get the same results from your counter as what you would from your conventional oven. The convection cooking technology allows you to do this by circulating air around the food as it bakes for better results.
With handy features like a 120-minute countdown timer and 4 positions for the wire rack, you can also cook your favorite family casseroles and roasts with great results— for family meals in less time, since you’re not spending the preheat time to get your full-sized oven ready.
Once you’re done cooking, all the accessories (including a bake pan and pizza pan) and removable parts of the oven (including the crumb tray) are dishwasher-safe to minimize your time spent cleaning up. The interior is also nonstick, to make more thorough cleaning easier, too.
Whether you see it as simply a necessity or a satisfying ritual, spring cleaning is something both you and your home need after the long, closed-in months of winter.
As warm weather comes in and plants begin to bloom, you open the windows, set aside a day or two and get down to give your home a good cleaning. The task is big, but with the right tools and a few tricks, you can simplify the job and have your home ready in no time.
Pack away winter with care
As you start your spring cleaning, you want to pack away all your winter clothes, bedding and linens with care. By cleaning and pressing everything before you pack it away or move it to the back of your closet you’ll save time next fall, because everything will be clean and ready for use.
As your packing, steam thicker winter bedding like quilts and duvets to get out any smells from the season of use, to have them fresh and ready when cold weather comes again.
Steaming drapes & bedding
With a winter’s worth of trying to keep out as much cold as possible, drapes and bedding can get a little stale smelling. Like your clothes, though, your vertical steam iron can help you freshen up these fabrics.
Drapes can actually be steamed where they are hanging. Just select the appropriate fabric setting, hold the fabric out with one hand and hold your iron vertically in front of it. Pump the steam button as you move over the fabric.
If you have a place to hang bedding, you can use vertical steam as well or you can check the tag to see what ironing indications it has. Most bedding uses medium temperature settings for flat ironing and allows for direct steam if you need to remove any wrinkles.
Cleaning in the kitchen
Your kitchen also typically requires some attention in your spring cleaning regimen.
When you’re cleaning appliance exteriors for spring, always remember they typically only need a damp cloth to wipe off any dust or even stains—harsh cleansers can actually damage the exterior coating, so if a damp cloth isn’t enough, use regular soap or a mild cleanser.
If you have limited counter space, you may need to rearrange your appliances as well. The appliances you use most in cold weather may not be the same as what you’ll use most once it’s warm. Spring cleaning is the perfect time to consider your kitchen setup and see if you can change it to fit new menus. If appliances have been stored away in cabinets, you may need to wash the removable parts in the dishwasher and wipe the appliance down to get it ready for use.
Get table linens ready for events
Spring and summer have a fair number of holidays and special events—everything from graduations to family reunions. As you get your home ready for spring, also think about getting ahead in the prep for all those parties by freshening and pressing out any party table linens, placements and napkins with a good steam pressing as well.
Warm weather is on its way and it’s time to start pulling out your spring and summer wardrobes to get them ready to wear. After months at the back of the closet or stored away, your clothes may need a little special touch to freshen them up.
To get your clothes fresh, pressed and ready for dress, just use your Black & Decker® steam iron and these handy tips.
1) Take stock of everything you have and what it needs.
If you washed and hung everything in the back of your closet, your clothes may only need a light vertical steaming to get out any wrinkles. Clothes that were packed away may require an ironing board and a little more love to get them ready.
2) Divide and conquer.
Once you’ve taken stock, you can divide your warm weather wardrobe into more manageable groups. Amount of work needed, type of care/fabric—however you divide the job, organizing your collection into smaller groups will give you a plan to get all your clothes looking their best.
3) Steam the small stuff.
For clothes that just need a little touch up, a vertical steam feature on your iron will cut down your care time by allowing you to skip the ironing board and steam the clothes on the hanger.
4) Let your iron do the work at the board.
When you’re talking about an entire seasonal wardrobe, the task can seem a little daunting. By letting your iron do the work, though, you can save time and make the task easier.
If you have a Smart Steam iron, you can pick the amount of steam you need simply by picking your fabric setting, since the steam level adjusts automatically along with the temperature. With variable steam, you get more control to determine how much steam you need for each job, so read all indications on each tag if you’re unsure.
For tough wrinkles, use the steam button to give you an extra powerful burst over your normal steam setting. For all-out creases, you should use the spray button to dampen the area so you can remove the fold.
You can also make ironing around buttons and zippers easier by allowing them to go over the edge of the soleplate—the metal plate of the iron that presses the fabric. Any iron with a slim soleplate or special button groove allows you to do this without loosening buttons or bending zippers out of shape.
When you’re shopping for an iron, the soleplate is one of the things you look at first to make the decision on which iron to buy, but do you really know what you’re getting?
With all the different kinds and types of soleplates out there, it’s hard to know which is right for you. Black & Decker wants to help you find the right iron for what you need by taking the mystery out all the different soleplates available.
Material Type
There are a number of different materials used for soleplates. The main three are aluminum, stainless steel and ceramic. The lowest priced irons usually have aluminum soleplates, which can cause a problem with sticking as you iron (i.e. you don’t get a smooth glide as the iron moves across the fabric).
The other two—stainless steel and ceramic—are both always nonstick, whether they specifically state it or not. This can cause confusion when you shop, because you may choose something that states nonstick over another model that doesn’t, even though both are actually nonstick.
As for the difference between ceramic and stainless steel, it’s actually a matter of glide, rather than durability. Ceramics are usually thought of as more delicate, but in truth, ceramic soleplates provide better glide and are just as durable as their metal counterparts, because it’s really a ceramic coating over metal. With normal usage both types offer good durability over time.
Number of Holes
Typically when you’re shopping, more holes on the soleplate equals a better iron, but in reality the number of holes doesn’t actually affect performance unless there’s a reason for them.
It’s more about the amount and pressure of the steam coming out of the holes than the number of holes there. If you have a hundred holes on a soleplate but it delivers weak bursts of steam, you’re not going to get the results you want. Often on many irons, you can actually see once you take it out of the box and use it that not all of the holes actually produce steam.
Instead of simply looking for the number of holes, you want to focus on how much steam you’re getting and if the number/pattern of the holes serves a purpose. For instance, a heavy-duty wrinkle fighter may have more holes towards the tip of the soleplate, because that’s where you want the most steam.
Beveled for Buttons & Zippers
The final piece of the soleplate puzzle comes in any special design details or shaping it has for things like buttons, zippers and pleats. Some irons have a slimmer design or at least a slimmer thickness at the tip to help you maneuver around special design details on your clothes.
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