Premeasured

These espresso machines are the crema of the cropIn our review of espresso machines, the Nespresso Essenza C100, $230, provided a consistently good cup with its premeasured pods and easy cleanup. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Chinese stir-fry recipes require that all the ingredients be sliced, diced, and premeasured before you even turn on the burner. ❋ SARA MOULTON (2010)

From container kits with premeasured fertilizer and watering gauges to compact potato and lettuce-growing bags that can be toted around, the gardening industry is angling to green the thumbs of reticent, and younger, first-time growers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After filling the box with the included potting soil mix, you then add premeasured packages of fertilizer and dolomite (a mineral that helps the soil's PH level). ❋ Unknown (2009)

It now uses premeasured Illy paper pods (about 70 cents apiece) instead of loose grounds to make each cup ($500; illy. com). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Do the automated machines use the machine gun belts of premeasured ground coffee? ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

• Let your child pour premeasured ingredients and stir whenever possible. ❋ Trish Kuffner (2008)

Driven by the growing popularity of Nespresso brand home coffee machines, sales of Nestlé's Nespresso coffee, which the company makes in premeasured packages for the machine, rose 40%. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Funky, fun and serious, the 18-bar X6 now uses premeasured Illy paper pods (about 70 cents apiece) instead of loose grounds to make each cup. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Each premeasured packet makes four ounces of prepared formula; just keep a few in your diaper bag. ❋ Bridget Swinney (2007)

They have separate compartments for premeasured powdered formula and water. ❋ Bridget Swinney (2007)

Rapp popped the cap off the premeasured dose and was about to insert the needle when he thought of one more question. ❋ Vince Flynn (2006)

Ed begins writing in his spiral-bound notebook as Chef Bernard goes over the premeasured ingredients and holds them up in those nice little tiny Pyrex bowls. ❋ Darnell Arnoult (2006)