Apple Corer/Slicer - This product is in my dishwasher almost every time I run it. We eat a LOT of apples in our house and this is absolutely a favorite product of mine. (you can use it for pears, too) This and the apple corer/peeler/slicer thing that makes apple pies so easy to make. My kids love helping crank the handle when I make Apple Fritters.
Bread Machine - Because without it, we wouldn't eat homemade bread. In this season of my life, I just don't have the energy to mix, knead, rise, punch down, rise again. The bread machine does it all for me. I set it on "dough cycle," 90 minutes later I dump it into a loaf pan for one final rise, 20 minutes later it bakes for 25 minutes while I cook the rest of dinner. Done. My house smells delicious and my family thinks I walk on water.
Crock Pot - (I just realized I'm accidentally listing these in alphabetically order...I'm anal even when I don't try to be!!!) Throw dinner together in the morning, come home to a homecooked meal in the evening. What's not to love?
KitchenAid Mixer - Could I live without it? Yes. But with three little kids "helping," it's so much easier to be hands-free when mixing ingredients.
Mini spatulas - These are so perfect for getting out the first piece of cake or brownie without tearing apart the whole pan. I really do love my little tiny spatulas. I have three of them, believe it or not!
Pizza cutter - Not just for pizza anymore! This is in my dishwasher almost every wash cycle, too. I use it to quickly cut up food for the kids: eggs, pancakes, waffles, quesadillas and, of course, pizza. It's so much easier than the old school fork and knife!
Scraper - (I *think* this is called a scraper???) Making homemade sugar cookies or anything that needs to be rolled is so easy with this tool! I use it to pull up the cookie dough shapes and place them on the cookie sheets (so they don't tear) and I use it to scrape the counter of flour, directly into the trash can. Easy clean up with no messy, floury hands!
Cookie scoops - Again, a multi-use tool! I no longer hand-roll meatballs anymore, plus I obviously use these for cookies and filling muffin tins or cupcakes...I love, love, love them. (I'm seeing a theme here of tools that keep my hands clean while cooking...)
Magic Bullet - Smoothie for one, please. When my blender broke last year, I replaced it with this little guy. (actually, Mike's mom bought it for me for my birthday, but still) I once ran out of tomato sauce for a recipe, so I just dumped a can of stewed tomatoes in the Magic Bullet, pulsed for a few seconds and voila. The container takes up as much room as a glass in the dishwasher. LOVE!
Glass storage containers - I bought these at Costco and they're just wonderful. I can reheat things without worrying about the weird "no plastic in the microwave" issues. They nest easily in the cabinet. They're pretty in my fridge. I mean really, what's not to love?
So that's my list. What kitchen tool could you not live without?
So that's my list. What kitchen tool could you not live without?
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I have nearly the exact same can't-live-without list. I don't use a Bread Machine though. I make bread the old fashioned way. And I don't have cookie scoops. Somehow it's just not been in the budget when I'm at BBB.
But, I love my Silpats. I use my pizza cutter and apple slicer/corer nearly every day. Kitchen Aid, Crock Pot, all the way. And probably the only other thing that I wouldn't want to do without is the washable rags that I use for everything from cleaning up the table after meals to washing dishes. Love them.
My crockpot is my favorite, similar to yours! Also a set of OXO tongs in 4 different sizes!
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I love my apple corer too! Makes it so much easier to eat an apple at work. :-)
Okay, how WEIRD is that? I haven't been by since you 'weren't in the mood' last week and I came on by tonight to read this!! I posted the same (basic) thing on Friday. What are the odds of that? Seriously!
I have an apple corer thingy too....LOVE IT! Although, I am bit jealous of the pealer do-hicky that you have. I sooooo needed one of those on Friday night when I made a big batch of applesauce in my crockpot and had to peel all my apples with an old fashioned hand peeler. My hands still hurt!
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