kitchen small appliance, home decoratingMy kitchen is stocked with kitchen small appliances that I find really handy for a variety of things, from cooking to crafts. The picture is of a hot pot which I really love to take on the road with me when I'm traveling. Not all hotel rooms have access to microwaves and I have to eat breakfast right away. I am not crazy about the continental breakfasts that some hotels and motels offer, so I use this hot pot to heat up a healthy breakfast for myself. I bring along food from home if I'm on a road trip, but if I'm flying, I'll stop at a grocery store and try to find something that is healthy that can be heated up.

I used to travel a lot for business and gained about 15 pounds during my first year of traveling. I would eat breakfast in the restaurants and my self control was not what it should have been. After I lost the weight, I vowed never to eat like that again, and since finding this kitchen small appliance to take along, I've managed to maintain a healthy weight. I even use this kitchen small appliance when I'm at home, too, especially when I'm cooking a big meal and need an extra hot pot. This is the Rival 32 Ounce Hot Pot Express and it does mean express in the title. It heats water really fast and it's wonderful for making gravy. I can also keep it warm, too, while we slice the meat.

I found the kitchen small appliance for the home and road at Lucia's Store located at http://www.luciasstore.com, a site I've come to rely on for the interesting products they have for the kitchen and home decorating. I'd so much rather shop online than in the real world. I got an email this morning from a trusted site that said that buying online cuts carbon emissions by 15 times, so my propensity to buy my kitchen small appliances online along with everything else has made an improvement in the environment.

They found that the transportation costs and the packaging were the primary environmental impacts of retail shopping in the real world compared to online shoppers who aren't driving anywhere and requiring extra packaging to get the items home. My travels have been considerably reduced because of the Internet and all the data that are readily available, so not only am I helping reduce my footprint, I'm also using my kitchen small appliances at home more to cook healthy food for me and the family.