Giveaway: 5 copies of Things Cooks Love by Marie Simmons
Find it: Buy at Amazon, $20.37
A couple days ago we reviewed a great resource of a book: Things Cooks Love, by Marie Simmons. This book is packed with great recipes and tips for getting the most out of your kitchen arsenal. We're giving away five copies today, so read on to see how to win one.
This is a really beautiful book, and so useful as well. To enter to win one copy tell us the kitchen tool you currently use most frequently in your kitchen.
TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY: Type a comment in the comment section below by 8:59pm PT/11:59 EST Sunday, June 8, 2008. The winners will be selected at random. Good luck!
Related: See a recipe from the book here: Recipe: Double Corn Bread with Smoked Mozzarella and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
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i love my microplane grater. i use it to grate parmesan cheese or zest lemons and limes.
I've been thinking about that cornbread all morning! Would love to add this to my growing cookbook collection.
I love all of my kitchen tools, all too-many-of-them. No, that's a lie, I don't love my mini-cuis - because I want a big one. Yes.
Not one thing right now, but soon as the temp rises, I'll pull out the ice cream attachment to my kitchenaid stand mixer and make sorbet and ice cream galore. I hope to make some unusual flavors like corn and avocado this year!
I also use my microplane grater several times a day, usually to grate parmesan.
Another item I use all the time is my Williams Sonoma egg poacher -- I know, I know, it's not poaching eggs directly in water, but you keep all the white this way, and it's essentially foolproof as long as you don't forget about it!
my cook's knife
Gimmie! Gimmie! Gimmie!! NO really.... I've been coveting this book.
definitely my chef's knife
Besides my Chef's Knife, I use my 10-inch All-Clad fry pan the most!
Besides my serrated knife, my omelette pan lately! I make myself a nice breakfast every morning to start my day off right.
coffee maker! I need 4 cups in the morning to start off, then 4 more in the afternoon to keep me sane! Seriously, coffee is part of my diet. So that counts as a tool?
a well worn wooden spoon
just got a benriner. love, love, love it.
Chef's knife and a cutting board
definitely my knives and Preserve cutting board!
My enameled cast iron dutch oven...perfect for so many things!
Stove-top espresso maker
My cookbook collection... all too small, by te way, but annotated with love!
mini-kitchenaid chopper is great
mostly i just love my wusthof seven dollar serrated knife
I love my mortar and pestles
my knives and chopping boards, with all the garlic, onions, spring onions, ginger, parsley, cilantro I've been using latley I wash and dry and put them right back on the counter top.
I love the food-pro attachment on my immersion blender
My Great-Grandma's cast iron skillet recently passed on to me. I use it for all those great southern recipes especially grandma's fried chicken and corn bread. With three generations of seasoning it's slicker than the best non-stick pan and everything comes out tasting divine.
I use my chef's knife the most- duh. But I also love this little pot I bought at a asia-mart. It's so cute and the perfect size for rice sides and small batches of soup.
definitely my splurge - henkel knives
I love my cast iron skillet as well
I have developed a mildly unhealthy obsession with my mandoline and I think it's making my knives jealous.
butter, chef's knife and tongs
My pink KitchenAid stand mixer
A wooden spoon with a flat edge. Scrape, stir, poke, etc.
My chef's knife, though it is from a cheap knife set I love the shape. And secondly my tea kettle, I am quite the tea fiend.
My Forschners. Nothing but the best for the butcher's girlfriend.
My slow cooker is my best friend.
My Le Creuset 4 qt. Dutch Oven. And my Japanese Chef's knife. And my pizza stone.
:)
Too easy- my cast iron skillet. it makes EVERYTHING.
i love my stand mixer.
Tongs, I use my silicon tongs for just about every meal I make!
I love my silicone spatulas. For several years I asked for some for Christmas, but my husband always thought "That's too small to be a gift". Last year my son stepped in a bought me a set. Still one of my favorite gifts EVER!
I absolutely LOVE my microplane....but I would love even more to win this book!
LOVE my chopper! I hate smelling like onions or garlic! This is a life saver!
Lately I've been loving my chef's knife and bamboo cutting board. Chop, mince, dice, slice then whoosh! Into the pan!
great knives. always find a use for more great knives
Easily my 6" chef's knife, or possibly my 3" paring knife. Nothing else even comes close in terms of the use it sees, though there are many other tools I use on a regular basis.
mortar and pestle
My cast iron griddle that my folks gave me for my birthday when I moved into an apartment.
i love my chef's knife but with cherries in season I've been using my cherry pitter lots to make some delicious treats!
Chef's knife and silicone whisk. How I cooked without one in the past eludes me.
My chef's knife, which is currently in dire need of a new edge :( Besides butter/steak knives for dining and a few errant cheese spreaders, I only have one knife. I lovely German steel 7" blade that I got as a present. I use that knife for EVERYTHING! I don't think I could live with out it really.
(Also high up there is my beloved copy of the Joy of Cooking. I got it for my 13th birthday and it may have been the first cookbook that was mine and not stolen from my parents collection. Certain pages are stuck together and there is a section with a big green stain that I hope is from a food coloring/fondant/petit four experiment, but its still the go to when I need to look up the basics of how to make something.)
i just love to cook.
I'm just now getting my kitchen going-- as a fresh-from-college newlywed, I'm still waiting on silverware and plates!
Right now, my mom's hand-me-down cast-iron skillet (three generations of use now, and it's beginning to show) is probably the best thing that could have happened to my short-staffed cooking; it makes our meals delicious enough to counter our paper-and-plastic place settings.
Still, as soon as I get an upright mixer... well, let's just say I do love my cakes.
My chef's knife and my new wooden cutting block. I forgot how lovely it feels to chop veggies and herbs on wood instead of plastic.
My 8" chef's knife. And now that it's summer, my lemon squeezer, for cocktails.
really, my tea kettle is what i mostly use. i use it every day! besides that, any of my knives--chef, utility, paring, whatever is the most efficient, or more likely, clean. :-)
My cutting board and 8" chef's knife. Not very glamorous, but there it is. In the winter, I rarely put away my dutch oven (a red, enameled-cast iron beauty!). And in the summer... Ice trays?
Oven thermometer... i've been doing some travelling baking, and oven are between 25 and 75 degrees off! It's such a fast way to be sure you're baking comes out properly. I don't bake away from home without it!
My trusty 10-inch chef's knife is what I reach for most frequently....
Good knives and lightweight stainless steel mixing bowls are in constant use in my kitchen.
It's a tie between my stand mixer, big wooden mixing paddle & chef's knife that gets the most use!
My Chef's Knife! :-D
my le creuset pan -- in dune
Hands down, it's my bench scraper I use most often. To clear crumbs off the counter, to pick up chopped stuff, to remove spilled and dried stuff left behind by our roommate. I use it almost every day, even when I'm not actually cooking anything. It was the second kitchen gadget I bought when I moved into my own home.
knives and iron skillets.
Most frequently would be my knife and my cutting board. I wish I used my mandoline more, but I often forget until it is too late.
My super-cheap chef's knife!
It's a tie between my microplane grater, my tongs for grilling and my dutch oven!
my chef's knife and wooden spoons are used almost every time I cook.
I'm using my whisk often to make all sorts of tasty treats, viniagrettes and sauces.
Definitely my KitchenAid silicone spatula. I have nonstick pans and it's just wonderful...
wooden spatula, knives of course, epicurean cutting boards, quarry tiles in the oven...
I absolutely love my 12 inch cast iron skillet. Weighs a ton, but cooks up great meals. Oven proof too!
My Ikea chef's knife! I'd always had hand-me-down knives, and so I didn't know how a chef's knife was supposed to feel in your hand - they were always old and blunt and hard to handle, so for years I chopped and sliced and diced everything with steak knives. Oh my god! Now that I have a great knife that feels right I use it nearly every day. I've even smashed up nuts in my mortar with the big, heavy handle when the pestle doesn't cut it. I love my knife!
My Wusthof Chef's knife! I'd always had hand-me-down knives, and so I didn't know how a chef's knife was supposed to feel in your hand - they were always old and blunt and hard to handle, so for years I chopped and sliced and diced everything with steak knives. Oh my god! Now that I have a great knife that feels right I use it nearly every day. I love my knife!
(what she said.)
My percolator!
knife
food processor
wooden spoon
chefs knife
I love this mixing bowl I have. It's got a rubber bottom and pouring spout. So simple and so perfect.
My Henckels chef's knife from Target!
My plastic coated kitchen tongs...don't like scratching my pans!
My muffin pans--they help make mornings bearable.
My dijon yellow Le Creuset dutch oven - I use it for everything from stews and braises to soups and sautees, you name it, I've done it. Best investment in cookware I've ever made!
Things cooks love... cooking? food? I also love my kitchenaid.
My chef's knife. Followed by my all-clad saute pan with lid and splatter guard--you can do anything in it
My favorite are my mini ceramic loaf pans I got from the drug store for a dollar each. They are beautiful pastel shades of blue and green and remind me of the ones my grandmother used when I was young. I use them when I have some extra bread dough or meatloaf mix but not enough for a standard size, for making goetta, for small poundcakes and other desserts.
since it's been warm? my countertop grill :)
I'm loving my Bialetti Cappuccino maker these days!
Santoku knife...and cutting board. The two go together.
Besides my favorite knife, I've got a this thin, flat-edged wooden spatula that I found in a bag at my parents' house. It can't handle a thick stew, but because of the angled flat edge, I find myself reaching for it all the time!
My Santoku or a wooden reamer. I've been using more citrus lately.
My favorite tool is my microplane grater, even though it is not the tool i use the most often. That would probably a simple pair of wooden chopsticks.
I love my Kyocera paring knife.
My food processor- use for baby food, bread dough, pestos and other sauces, etc....
I love, love, love my cherry pitter. I actually use it more for greek olives. My kids think it's the greatest invention ever.
with summer goodness starting to explode in the csa box, i'm using the processor a lot (omg pesto). earlier in the year it was the kitchen aid - lots of baking. for non-plug-in tools, it's the hand reamer - lemons and limes for everything from tea to humus to salad dressing to guac!
I love my crock pot, it gives me more time to play outside with the kids than being stuck over the stove.
I use my crappy old toaster oven most.
He was a bachelor for a long time before he met me and insists that all food is better in a toaster oven, LOL.
Sur La Table is such an awesome store... now I want to go to the Pike Place Market location!
My paring knife. The slow cooker comes in a close second though. Especially during the summer.
Paring knives. With preschoolers I have to cut most foods up into smallish pieces!
I use my 10" cast iron skillet most, I guess. Then all my baking stoneware. Fresh bread!
garlic press for my stir fry dishes.
Silicone spatulas, without a doubt! They scrape, they saute, they serve--how do you beat that for versatility?
My cast iron skillet, altho lately I'm trying to think outside the pan. . .
My crock-pot! Is that considered a tool? Because I love it! I use it at least once a week, and it's my favorite go-to meal helper when I'm stuck for dinner!
For the last few weeks I've been feeling naked without a Benriner. I love my little mandoline, as its a great way to sneak more vegetables into our meals. I'm shaving and julienning everything in sight, and its wonderful.
The big winner is julienned radishes and carrot mixed into steamed rice, adding a little more interest to our go-to starch.
right now it's my chef knife and juicer.
I use the Magic Bullet for everything from making smoothies for my son to making baby food for my daughter to grinding fresh ginger.
I can't live without my crock pot. I love to cook in it and I love how I can just toss in the ingredients and leave it and come dinner time we have a yummy dinner already prepared for us. I especially love to make stew in my crock pot.
We also use our veggie steamer basically every day. I don't know what I would without my veggie steamer either.
garlic press
Wow that a tuff one. I love kitchen gadgets. I love La Sur Table ,and I can spent hours there. I guess my henkel knives are number one. I am always chopping, cutting ect. My cast iron pots are next. (skillet, griddle, dutch oven). I could literally list a tons of things.
We're about to celebrate the purchase of a cast-iron griddle with some pancakes. We could really use some more ideas about what to add to our kitchen arsenal. :-)
I like to think instead of one favorite I have a good team built up that make cooking fun. This includes KitchenAid food processor, aka "Choppa." KitchenAid mixer aka "Willis." Good knives, cutting board, and Calphalon pans or cast iron, and many, many gadgets!
I love my slow cooker for those days when I know I'm not going to have time to play in the kitchen before dinner.
Either my frying pan or my tongs...
I would have to say the cutting board!
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Good Evening, My husband love to cook and bake. He looks at kitchenwares more that I do. Right now, I would say he uses our blender/chopper! He would really enjoy this book!
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knife
(and my mouth to taste things).
note to self: do not read food sites while at work (waiting for something to finish doing its thing) at 10:15pm and not having eaten dinner.
It's a tie between the Cuisinart food processor and the All Clad slow cooker.
Kitchen Aid mixer! Great giveaway, I would love this!
The humble, wooden spoon. It's a beautiful one, not like those cheap ones, but of a more substantial weight, hard and perfect for all sorts of cooking needs. It has the most beautiful patina as well.
Having seen this book, that's such a lovely question to ask. :)
Lately, I have actually been using my electric steamer almost every day. It's so easy, and safer than the stove top with two little boys underfoot.
I've been wearing out my food processor lately, after 8 years of cooking finally having it has been a lifesaver!
These days, I think my blender is my favorite. In the winter, it's my cast iron dutch oven.
OOOH! I would love this!! wooden spoons are my favorite! I use them everyday!!!
I love garlic infused olive oil- it makes everything taste better!
I love my rice cooker. I use it everyday.
I love my immersion blender. Works great.
Chef's Knife
Uhh... right now, it feels like the dishwasher. But most likely, it's the mason jar. Storing things, making dressings, storing other things (in the fridge or cabinet), etc.
Well, that would be my pots and pans. I cook every day as I love cooking!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
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plain old scissors.
My 12" stainless steel clad skillet
I love my dutch oven
My wooden spoons.
Definitely my 8" chef's knife!
It's a tossup between my knife and my cast-iron skillet.
I've been using a baby food grinder for my little guy, so he can have what we're having-saves on buying baby food too!
my crock pot by far is my favorite.
I wannnnnnnnnnnnt it!
Definitely my bench scraper!
My cutting board, which my husband made for me -- it's one hundred percent end-grainy loveliness. It's the first thing I'd grab to save if my kitchen were to go up in flames.
Marie Simmons's THE GOOD EGG is one of my favorite cookbooks -- can't wait to take a peak at this new one.
muffin tin :-)
I love the Ulu that my parents brought me back from Alaska. It works absolutely wonderful for chopping up my little toddler's food into smaller pieces and for so much more.
My Kitchenaid mixer & my food processor, I don't know what I'd do without them!
My rubber tipped tongs.
Rubber tipped tongs.
salad spinner
Probably my chef's knife.
Definitely my chef's knife.
Yep, the chef's knife. I have two baby boys that need their furits, veggies, everything diced...
We've been redoing our kitchen, but that hasn't kept me from using my ice cream maker a little too often. :-)
my favorite thing in my kitchen is actually my plants on the windowsill. they set the right tone to begin playing with my kitchen gadgets.
cast iron skillet
Carbon steel Chinese cleaver.
My favorite kitchen item is my robin's egg blue teakettle.
5-inch Santoku-style knife. Much more comfortable for me to use, as the-girl-who-was-not-allowed-to-chop.
Definitely my santoku chef's knife.
I love my Warthers' knives and couldn't cook without them!
Cuisinart electric tea kettle.
Knives and Spoons
has to be my microwave, how did we live without these
I brew tea every morning, so the kettle comes in first!
My lemon zester. After I zest the lemon, I use it to lift (and drain) capers out of the narrow little caper jar that nothing else fits into.
My old wonderful wooden spoon.
My serrated knife. And the coffee maker. Couldn't live with out those two things-well and a cutting board.
My food processor is a tool I couldn't live without.
I use my mixing bowls and my wooden spoons the most!
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an old spoon i have had forever
My Kitchenaid Stand Mixer (but I did get some of that silicone bakeware I have yet to try which may become a favorite).
One very basic, very loved set of wooden spoons.
Lately it's been my coffee bean grinder. I seem to be using it for more and more things and not just for beans. I have chopped herbs and cheese ... and am looking for more uses!!!
My small serrated tomato knife (and it is tomato red!).
oxo tongs definitly, they can help saute, reach things on the top shelf and clean out junk clogging up my garbage disposal. definitly a good multi-tasker.
My crockpot gets used more than anything, but if I had to choose a utensil, my meat slicer gets used quite a bit. Besides meat, it comes in handy when needing to slice veggies (especially onions)!
I use my Calphalon knife for almost every dish I cook.
100% cotton towels instead of paper towels.........
and in second place, my microplane grater. i even gave them as Christmas presents last year.
My santoku knife. How'd I get along without it?
Love and gratitude are the most important ingredients in my kitchen.
I definitely use my coffee maker the most, but I LOVE - and wouldn't trade - my cast iron/ceramic dutch cooker. What a great giveaway! The book looks fantastic. Pick me please...
I love my knives, cutting boards, and my griddle appliance the most.
My chef's knife, although I also have to keep 3 whisks on hand to make sure I have one available at all times.
I think my microplane is one of the tools I enjoy best.
My fuzzy-logic rice maker.
Cuisinart food processor
I collect cookbooks and don't have this one. Great giveaway.
I used my kitchen scissors several times a day.
Gotta be my juicer.
electric kettle and viking stand mixer
Mojitos are calling so my lime squeezer is essential.
My crockpot is my most cherished tool.
I use my steamer for its obvious use, but I also use it as a colander.
My knives, even though I had an accident yesterday. darn slippery food...
My chef's knife.
So many things:
My Kitchenaid that I got a few months ago, I don't know how I lived without it before
My switchit silicone spatulas
My microplane zester
My oven, even though it sucks and is tiny
My nonstick safe tongs
My bamboo spoons and scrapers, and my chef's knife. Thank you for the giveaway.
My Le Creuset dutch oven. Love it!
My Miracle Blade knives!
Thanks for the giveaway :)
The most used utensil in my kitchen is (well, I don't know what you call it, but) like a collender spoon. It's metal and has a lot of holes in it for scooping up corn, green beans and other veggtables without getting all the juice. I also use it for making my girls roman noodle lunches for my girls...they love the flavor, but don't like a lot of juice with it.
This is a great contest!!!!!
My rubber spatulas. I have several different sizes. I use them to stir, scrape the last of something out of a jar, put icing on a cake, etc. They're great.
My granny fork. Can't function in the kitchen without a good fork.
I use my Chef's knife every time I cook.
I love my pizza cutter. With five children I can slice things up in fairly equal portions quickly and get those kids fed! Couldn't live without it!
My spatulas -- they come in handy for everything. I scramble eggs for myself every morning, flip hamburgers, stir sauces ... they're indispensable.
My most useful thing would be my food processor, that is in constant use. I also love my crockpot, of course! Thanks!
my knives and tongs, I use daily
My little knife and wood spoons
My mixer and scraper.
the microwave due to the heat.
I ise my sauce pan the most.
i use my potato pealer the most. it works so good on lots of things.
I' always using my my garlic press
my kitchenaid
My Pampered Chef baking stone!
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I use my food chopper most in my kitchen!
I am a big!!! fan of cheese!! so I use the cheese grater all the time!! I make these great little cheesy chip to snack on several times a week!!
I love my Kitchenaid mixer. It is sooo cool to be mixing and walk away to get the next ingredient. Multitasking is great!
I second the first commenter's comment. I was just putting away my Microplane and thinking that it might just be my favorite kitchen toy.
My Kitchenaid stand mixer. I would die without it!
I bake a lot so I'd be lost without my great melamine mixing bowls.
Our knives and the spatula, basic but ...
Definitely, my coffee maker. Couldn't live without it!
Rubber spatula.
My small paring knife, I probably use it every day.
I don't know what I would do without my kitchenaid mixer. LOL!
My 14" Global kitchen knife. Thanks!
kitchen aid stand mixer
I use my small wooden spoon more than anything else, followed closely by my peeler. Thanks for the giveaway.
I love my strawberry huller.
I love my Cuisinart Food Processor! And I love cookbooks.
our ice cream scooper
microplane!
My kitchen scissors.
my filet knife
My ULU Knife
Tongs. Love 'em.
Cast iron skillets.
the frying pan =)
THANK YOU GOD BLESS
Knife
Besides using the Wustof knives and heavily releying on the BBQ grill, I've started using the food processor for making fresh salsas
does the coffee machine count?
We use our Fry Daddy most it doesnt make the house so hot and it is very easy to use
Probably my KitchenAid mixer, which I've had since 1973!
Thank you for this giveaway!
I couldn't live without my cast iron skillet.
I recently bought a Magic Bullet and I've been using it for everything.
My chef's knife is a staple in my kitchen.
My precious paring knife.
I would say I use mixing spoons and measuring cups the most!
My husband. Cheesey, I know. But he's the one with the mad skilz.
I love my kitchen knife.
cook help vegetable slicer
kitchen scissors
we love our fryer!
I love my spatula's and my whips.
My frying pan
my knife
Right now, my favorite gadget is my lemon/lime squeezer from Williams-Sonoma. Thank you so much!
sad to say, it's my can opener!
my chef's knife. I use if for everything, even some things I shouldn't, like opening bags.
My flexible plastic cutting board.
Right now my favorite thing is my apple slicer. It slices the whole apple and cores it. Its great.
For me it would be my 14" fry pan. I can do so much with it, and would be lost without it!
I love my Bodum 9-cup stovetop stainless steel espresso maker. After struggling with the Bialetti aluminum ones for so many years (they get gross inside pretty quickly with LA's hard water) I finally got this guy and it's incredible. The espresso is simply divine, smooth, and strong.
Also, my Pancake Puffer.
My French Press and my knife!
Often I think about getting out my food processor or my mandoline for slicing vegetables and then decide it's not worth the hassle of washing it (no dishwasher). Plus, it means that my knife skills are improving every day!
My silicon scooped scraper. It is durable, never stains, dishwasher safe and mixes stirs and scrapes wonderfully. I need like 4 more bc when I want it its always dirty.
The take out menu drawer
I use my wooden spoon all the time. I use it every day for everything. I love that thing to bits!
I RUN A FOSTER HOME FOR DISABLED ADULTS AND I AM ALWAYS IN THE KITCHEN. I LOVE MY FOOD PROCESSER
chef's knife, whisk and wooden spoons.....
My crockpot!
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I would have to say my valancia food chopper.
I use a wooden spoon everyday to stir my coffee in my french press, so I guess that would be my favorite most used tool.
My cold water drip coffee maker -- OK, so I make the coffee serum about once a week, but drink the coffee every day. ;)
I have an old battered Dutch oven that I use basically every day - I love that pot more than any human should love an object
I like my apple corer/slicer. It gets my boys to eat apples. Thanks for the chance.
Heat-proof rubber scraper.
my wooden spoons and my cutting board are my most used items
My microwave. and My personal chef that cooks my meals from fresh organic ingredients that I can zap for less than 2 min. At my age this is the best indulgence I have ever given myself.
egg slicer - my egg slicer cuts perfect slices of hard boiled eggs in seconds. They look so good on salds and as garnishes. Next would be my wooden spoons. I use them all the time.
My hand mixer is used quite frequently.
I don't have a ton of kitchen gadgets (or cookbooks) but it is growing. This looks like a cool cookbook and I love to cook so it would be a good addition.
long metal tongs!
wooden spoons, boring as it is. more fun things include my stand mixer and cutting board.
I love kitchen tools, I have 2 containers on my counter to hold them, just one couldn't handle all of them. Wire whips, wooden spoons, an assortment of spatulas to name a few. I collect recipes, love trying new ones. My hubby likes to rate them between 1-10. Would love to win the cookbook...more new recipes to try!!
my rice cooker! i use it everyday!
The teapot is the most-used item in the kitchen, with a particular blue spatula a close second.
the blender cause im always blending up something :)
I've been on a low carbohydrate diet for 2 years and that double corn bread sure does sound good!! I use my favorite heavy frying pan nearly everyday. No teflon for me!
My kitchenaid stand mixer
My crockpot!
My spatula.
My $1.99 Ikea Frother! Cappuccinos on demand - whether at work or at home. My co-workers are so envious because there I am at meetings drinking lovely "office made" cappuccinos with beautiful, tasty foam while they're drinking their sad looking coffee with milk in their sad looking cups. Makes me happy!!
My paring knife for sure. I use it to extract lime wedges, slice fruit, make sandwiches. It just has a lot more flexibility than a chef's knife with my small hands.
I use my cast iron skillet for so many things. To me it is essential.
I love my toys, and usually like to use them all, especially my chef's knife and pro mixer. Lately though my most used tool in the kitchen is my daughter. And no, she's not for sale. ;-)
We've been using our "Magic Bullet" several times per day.
My big wooden cutting board is the tool I use the most often - its huge, big enough to really chop up a lot of stuff without scraps flying all over the place.
I make a salad once a day, so I use my veggie peeler, sharp paring knife and flexible cutting board.
Our pizza cutter comes in handy a lot!!
The Phone ----to order in!!!
I only use multitaskers in my kitchen.
My grater is always by my side when I'm cooking
My frying pans are my favorite tool. I like to make dishes that require fresh herbs and I fry them a little before adding them to the dish.
I use my little $1 paring knife from Pampered Chef the most
I'm sure it's my paring knife & cutting board...but my most used SECRET utensil is my meat thermometer....especially during grilling season (that way my steaks are ALWAYS cooked perfectly).
My crockpot- I use this the most! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
My chef's knife is the most used item in my kitchen. You've got to do a lot of slicing, dicing, chopping and mincing to get those recipes ready!
Thanks for the chance to win!
I use my skillet the most.
My chopping knife's. I use them for everything.
my crockpot, thanks
I really love my food processor and blender. Blenders made marinade production so much easier, and I love the fact that I can quickly slice up some almost frozen meat semi-uniformly without having to buy a deli slicer.
I use my large skillit almost daily :)
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Paring knife
spatula
my new stove with all my pots
My favorite is a large spoon.
a whisk makes great scrambled eggs!
my whisk and also my favorite self sharpening knife!
my old fashion metal french fry cutter!
my vegetable chopper
My lifesaver: Titanium Sporks. 'Nuff said.
My hand-held lime juicer!
I adore my 7" santoku knife. I use it for nearly everything!