Steaming up the Kitchen

I never realized I could fall in love with an oven, until I learned about Miele's Steam Oven!  Thursday  night I attended a fantastic cooking demonstration at Orange County Kitchens. The very talented Natasha  showed off the Miele steam oven cooking healthy, time saving meals.  Sign me up!  Here are some of the great cooking tips I learned and pictures from the beautiful showroom.

  

Natasha cut the artichokes in half and scraped underneath the "fuzzy" part lifting out the unwanted
fuzzies and red leaves.  Also by cutting them in half they cook faster.  These were ready in
just under 10 minutes and were easy to eat since all the work was done for you!  Great tip!

When cooking pasta noodles, Natasha suggests adding enough salt to the water to
taste like ocean water, helping to bring out the flavor of the pasta.  She also suggests
adding a little olive oil, but not until you drain the pasta, if you
add it while the pasta is cooking all the oil just floats to the top.

Miele Steam Oven, traditional Oven and Warming Drawer! So Sleek! I want! I want! I want!

Here are a few pictures from Orange County Kitchens showroom. Thanks to Dawn, the owner, for hosting the tasty event.  Miele also has ongoing cooking demonstrations at their Beverly Hills gallery, Click here for the schedule.

Lovely dark granite with dark cabinets.  I love seeing this combination, too often people assume
because they have dark cabinets they can only do a light countertop. 

Another kitchen vignette from the showroom.  Beautiful Azul Aran granite with antiqued cabinets.

Sleek modern kitchen, love those extra long knobs.  Pretty Limestone countertop.

Limestone countertops, stone tile backsplash and custom cabinets.

Love the white on white!  White cabinets, carrara marble and crystal knobs.

Thanks to Orange County Kitchens and Miele!  And thanks to Natasha for a great presentation!  Check out her fabulous website cinemaandspice.com  Great recipes to coordinate with your favorite movies!  I can't wait to try the fresh fruit delight while I watch one of my favorite movies, The Importance of Being Earnest!!