05 May 2010

What Kitchen Gadgets Are Your Favs?

Let's have some fun! What 3 kitchen gadgets (not the usual knives, those are automatic lol) could you not live without in your kitchen day to day?

Here's my 3-


Rice cooker: For the life of me, I can't make rice on the stove top. I'm absolutely horrible at it - it either comes out soggy and overcooked, or crunchy as can be no matter how hard I try! I can't even make Hamburger Helper with the rice in them, I have to make the rice in the rice cooker and add it to the dish towards the end! How sad is that?


Slow cooker: Yeah, I think my menu planning speaks for itself on this one. There's no way I could handle DH's schedule without one - and to think I used to make fun of my married friends for using one! Now my crock pot and I are BFF's! LOL


My timer: OK, so this one isn't exactly a necessity, but I use it every day in my kitchen. There's no way with my fried brains I could cook without it - I'd burn everything in the oven! Isn't the hamburger design a hoot? I saw a cupcake one the other day at JoAnn's Fabrics, and I was itching to buy - thank goodness I stopped myself before I added clutter. This one works just fine.

So what are yours? :)

6 comments:

KittsKrafts said...

So glad you asked!
My most favorite--
My garlic mincer. You put garlic in it and twist it and instantly almost you have the most wonderful minced garlic!

My other most favorite is my crock pot. I couldn't live without that!

My third most favorite is my bread machine. I use it only for making the dough and bake it into anything I want after that.

=^..^=

Kristin at My Art and the Mom in Me said...

i don't have a rice cooker! But, I think I really really need one, lol!

Slow cooker, yes, for sure, that is one of mine! And food processor... and.. hmm.. can opener! ha!

catnap said...

Bread machine and yogurt maker. Yep, the timer is absolute necessity! But mine's a boring old digital thing.

Brenda said...

I also couldn't live without my crockpot - it's great when trumpet lessons and dance class is on the same night.

Second favorite is my orange peeler - it really does make peeling an orange fast and easy.

Third favorite is my really large non-stick pan. It's a great size for making one-pot dinners.

MsDarkstar said...

I used to think rice cookers were silly. And then I got one. And I love it.

I love my ice cream maker. And my blender.

I really want a bread maker.

Becca said...

I miss my rice cooker so much...I really need to find it! I love my egg slicer for egg salad LOL

And I use my apple corer every time I eat apples!