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I'm truly grateful for my microwave, which allows me to easily clarify butter, steam vegetables, and - when I am really lazy - feed my three kids in less than five minutes.

Sara Gruen

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Sara Gruen
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
Author
Novelist
Writer
Vancouver
British Columbia
Grateful
Clarify
Truly
Butter
Minutes
Steam
Five
Vegetables
Less
Feed
Three
Lazy
Kids
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Microwave
Really
Easily
Microwaves

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