Thirteen Kitchen Objects That Make My Life Worth Living
Blender -- We use our blender almost every day to make yogurt smoothies. We have a Braun, which is pretty good at standing up to frozen berries and ice cubes, but the next time I need a new one I want one of these.
Big Black Plastic Farberware Spoon -- I have tons of spoons but this is the one I reach for 90% of the time.
Multicolored Fiesta Dishes -- I had windows put in the cabinet doors so I could admire my mixed-up dishes all day. We also have a bunch of colorful polycarbonate drinking cups, which are unbelievably sturdy; and a drawer full of terry cloth fingertip towels in various colors to use as napkins. Cleo and Robey like mixing different combinations of plates, bowls, cups and napkins.
Hand Can Opener -- every time I used the electric can opener whatever was in the can splashed on the counter, so back to the reliable old hand crank.
Cutco knives -- man, are these things sharp. My mother Some lady I heard about cut her lip licking caramel off a Cutco knife and bled copiously.
Dishwasher -- duh.
Roll out shelves -- There's always extra space in our cabinets.
Asparagus Steamer -- can be used for corn on the cob too, but the best feature is that I can cook spaghetti without having to break it in half to fit in the pot.
Toaster Oven -- we use this almost every day too. Why crank up the oven when the toaster oven will bake potatoes for a fraction of the energy cost? Of course, we blow a circuit if we use the toaster oven at the same time as the microwave, so we've learned not to do that.
KitchenAid immersion mixer -- pinch hitter for days when the blender is on the blink and the new part hasn't arrived yet. <<<<<<<
Colossal soup pot -- we love our soup (have you seen Best In Show? "...We have a lot in common. We both love soup."). I make soup out of turkey and chicken carcasses and feel very holy because it's healthy and less wasteful.
Swiffer -- doesn't technically live in the kitchen but hangs out enough that one could call the kitchen its second home.
Chandelier -- not useful for anything, but lovely to look at.
