I'm Back and Ready to Celebrate!
We have finally moved in to our house. It has been a whirlwind two weeks of moving across the country. Until today I haven’t had any access to the internet (thank goodness for being able to schedule automatic blog posts!), which is why I haven’t responded to your comments and been commenting on any blogs lately. But I promise to get to them soon. After I lay on my couch for a while and detox from all the unpacking, that is.
Enough complaining, what I really want to do today is celebrate! Celebrate that my kitchen is unpacked, that I have actually been cooking and baking again (wahoo!) and celebrate that I am back to blogging.
If there is one thing that unpacking, which I loathe, has done, it has made me realize what things I love. Especially kitchen things. I was practically kissing and hugging my citrus reamer, silpat liners and perfect white platters just from having been without them for so long.
In honor of being back in the blogging world after a crazy move (did I mention that all four of my kids came down with strep throat and ear infections??), I am hereby giving a shout out for two of the kitchen things I unpacked this week that I can’t live without…and I am giving away one of each to two lucky winners!
Here they are (drum roll, please):
Silpat Liner: oh my, I am not exaggerating (and if you know me, you know I love to exaggerate) when I say I use these babies at least three times a week (I have two of them). I line my baking sheets with them every time I make cookies, breadsticks, french bread, rolls, etc. I love them. A lot. They are absolutely nonstick and make clean up a cinch. I’m giving away one of these beauties.
Digital Scale (Salter): If you haven’t been converted to weighing your ingredients, now is the time. For any recipe that gives weights and measures, I ALWAYS weigh. It is accurate and precise and provides practically no-fail results. Plus it makes me feel very culinarily scientific. I have a Salter Digital Scale. I heart it. I’m giving away one just like mine!
Leave me a comment telling me your favorite kitchen item (or just saying hello) and your email address and I’ll enter you in the contest. Only one entry per person, please. Contest ends Friday at 6:00 pm CST. I’ll announce the winners that evening.
By the way, this contest isn’t sponsored by any company. Salter and Silpat (Demarle) have no idea who I am and would probably be embarrassed to know I am waxing poetic about their products. It is simply because I love the products and want to share them with you. Okay, bye now.
I just love my cookie scoop! It makes perfect sized cookies everytime! And I love cookies!
Oops, I messed up on my previous comment, so I’m trying again. I LOVE YOUR BLOG! Great recipes! I love my cuisinart ice cream maker and use it every week:) juraleak@cox.net
I love my kitchenaid mixer. Makes great cookies and it’s red so it’s adorable!
amysue348@yahoo.com
Wow, you are popular. I love my muffin/cookie scoop. Thanks for all your yummy recipes!
I love my kitchen aid mixer and my Calaphon 10 inch deep skillet. mjbuma@yahoo.com
my favorite kitchen tool is my kitchenaide mixer…I love just looking at it…and really love using it.love your blog too ร
I’m so glad you’re back! What would I do without your go to recipes!? It’s embarrassing but my favorite kitchen item is probably my waffle iron. Can’t live without them. I got 5 when I got married, so somehow everybody knew. alexandra.maile@gmai.com
So happy you made it with your move! I love my Vidalia Chopper from Target! Use it almost every day.
Welcome back!
lizzystevens@gmail.com
I really like my electric skillet and then a close second is my Farberware Electric grill that is 38 years old and still looks new….
I am so glad you are back. I have missed you so much. My name is Utonya Nielsen uwnielsen@q.com
I love my Kitchenaid Mixer. Thanks for sharing your recipes. They are fabulous!!
sauceyj2001@yahoo.com
Pizza stone. Oh man is that thing fantastic!
tay1141 at gmail dot com
I couldnt live without my kitchen aid food processor, I use it all the time for so many things!
depoix@gmail.com
Hands down, my Bosch is like my little baby in the kitchen!! wugrider AT hotmail DOT com
OH, am I the first? One thing I absolutely love in my kitchen is my ultra large plastic bowl that my mother gave me that I only use to make homemade bread in! Works every time! codybrendawilson@yahoo.com
I LOVE my mini spatula! It’s just the right size for so many things!
Thanks for the chance to win something awesome!
amber.omer@gmail.com
So hard to choose just one! One of my faves is my kitchen aid (although I sometimes wish it were a bosch).
My Wusthof Santoku knife hands down! whitterbit@gmail.com
My favorite kitchen appliance is my kitchen aid, hands down. BUT, I have to admit I have a minor obsession with bowls.. I LOVE THEM! I love being able to put my food in something pretty!
lanceandlaceyw@hotmail.com
I love my ladybug spatula! This is a great site, you have such yummy recipes! relund06{at}gmail{dot}com
I absolutely love your blog. Everything I have made from this site has been wonderful. Thank you for helping me add variety to my family’s plate. My favorite kitchen item is my grandma’s sifter…purely for sentimental reasons. My email is candicecarbine@gmail.com.
best of luck getting settled!
meanwhile, my favorite kitchen tool right now is the pastry cutter. it’s simple, but buddy, it gets the job done. ๐
Hi! So glad you made it safely to Wisconsin (?) (but sorry about the strep & ear drama – you REAlly didn’t need that, too, did you).
My kitchen items are pretty basic, but I’d say my favorite is the one I use most often – my Kitchen Aid mixer (I almost said my microwave – but you’d probably have shot me for that one)
favsis5bros@yahoo.com
My favorite kitchen item is my ice cream scoop – use it for everything from melon to ice cream to cookies to buckeyes to meatballs. Love it!
I found your blog while you’ve been away. I love it and have added it to my favorites. I think my favorite kitchen item is either my Bosch mixer or my set of 4 colorful silicone scrapers. Is use both all the time. I’d love to try a Silpat. I use parchment paper now, but would love something reusable. I could use a new kitchen scale, too. ๐
My email is imannies (at) gmail.com.
mrsdresses (at) gmail (dot) com. My favorite item is my…well sad, I can’t remember. We’re remodeling our kitchen. I can feel for you.I think my dough whisk is one of the coolest inventions.
I love my muffin scoop from pampered chef.
I love my Kitchen Aid and my crock pot…anything to make life simpler! ๐
tulips3333@hotmail.com
Hope you are enjoying your new home!
I can’t live without silicone spatulas and my mini muffin tins . . . .
I love my pampered chef garlic press and your wonderful blog.
debabresch@wi.rr.com
Welcome back!
My favorite kitchen item is my kitchen aid stand mixer!
emilysking@bellsouth.net
my tart tamper~~i only made a tart once in my life, a long time ago, but it was a suggested item to buy with a recipe~~i now use it a LOT for anything that needs to be spread evenly into a pan~~like granola bars, etc.~~it doesn’t stick, it makes everything so level, and no fingerprints on top~~my email is brandydreamz@insightbb.com~~i have a scale already, but would LOVE a silpat!
Glad you’re settled in and back to posting. I love your recipes. My favorite kitchen item is my Kitchen Aid mixer.
-Melanie: thriftmel@gmail.com
Welcome back! I would be one happy girl to win either of these. Thanks for such a fun giveaway. I have really wanted a kitchen scale so I can make the bagel recipe you posted awhile ago. The silpat would come in hany because my least favorite thing to clean in the kitchen is my cookie sheet (especially baked on cheese). My favorite thing in my kitchen is probably my bosch mixer. -Liz K.
lizknudsen@hotmail.com
Love my flexible cutting boards.
jaronmeg@hotmail.com
I love, love my Le Crueset dutch oven. I use it constantly. Love your site.
leslie@games.com
I love any kitchen gadget, appliance, etc., etc. But I really love my Le Creuset dutch oven. It is so versatile and makes everything taste so yummy!
susan.findlay@struckcreative.com
Love your blog! My favorite kitchen item is my Kitchen Aid mixer which I use just about everyday! lucycioe@cox.net
My favorite thing is my Kitchen Aid Mixer it is a work horse.
thumper9457@hotmail.com
Wow I have so many things I love in my kitchen and so many things I miss since moving to Germany. I will say my antique mixing bowl and bamboo spoon…so many brownies and banana bread loaves began there ๐
I love my kitchen aid mixer (shocking)…it makes baking so easy and I love to just turn it on and let it mix!
katensherrard@gmail.com
I love my Kitchen Aid because of all the yummy things I can make with it. It also looks pretty on my counter!
Welcome back.
Pamela
familyctr5@msn.com
Just wanted to say hello! Hope you get settled into your new life soon! Moving is the pits! And..I love all my kitchen gagets, I couldn’t choose just one…:)
I love my pastry cutter!
thedahlstroms@gmail.com
Kitchen aid and crock pot. Both make life so much easier. Thanks for your blog, I love it. Check it daily.
-Melissa: melissabyuh@yahoo.com
I love your blog and recipes. My new favorite thing in the kitchen is a liner I bought that goes on the bottom of my oven for super easy cleanup. The inside of my oven always looks spotless! beckyloyd@earthlink.net
I love your blog and have used many of your recipes. I have been using my food processor alot lately so right now that is my favorite kitchen item. Thanks!! tonsanders@cox.net
I could not cook without my silicon spatulas
bargainchic@comcast.net
Thanks for all the great recipes. My favorite stuff would have to be my knives or KitchenAid mixer. I am very curious to try the Silpat.
Ok, I know this is probably weird, but I could not live without my many pair of kitchen scissors. I use them every day. In many cases, they are so much more efficient than a knife. Thanks.
gfarmer@cableone.net