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Housewares Show Displays Items For Frugal, Healthy Lifestyles

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International Home and Housewares Show 2013 at McCormick Place. (Credit: Michele Fiore)

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A breakfast sandwich maker is among the hot items on-display at the 2013 International Home and Housewares Show at McCormick Place this weekend.

Mary Beth Brault details a new product from Hamilton Beach.

"This breakfast sandwich maker makes a hot sandwich in less than five minutes and it is a great price point, it is $29.99," said Brault.

Housewares Show Displays Items For Frugal, Healthy Lifestyles

From cooking demos to cleaning demos an inventor from England hopes his light-weight cordless vacuum with an added feature will be a success. The "G-Tech Air Ram" displays calories burned.

"If you are a clean freak like me, you can clean the home and see how thin you get with it too,"the inventor said.

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International Home and Housewares Show 2013 at McCormick Place. (Credit: Michele Fiore)

As more people turn to a healthy lifestyle, gardening aids are also big sellers.

"In front here, if you need to add water, it will start to blink a blue light," said the demonstrator for Click N Gro.

Click N Gro makes it easy to grow herbs and vegetables at home. All you need to do is fill it with water.

Urbio gardening kits for urban dwellers has plastic containers that can be used as pots and hung on any wall. Prices start at $79.

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