Let's Dish: What Kitchen Appliance Can You Not Live Without?

July 23, 2008

From spice grinders to immersion blenders, electronic appliances make whipping up sauces, soups, and soufflés a breeze. While many gadgets have a specified use, others, like the food processor or standing mixer, are versatile multitaskers. Whether it's the espresso machine that makes your morning coffee or the ice cream maker that freezes your frozen treats, everyone has that one kitchen appliance — the tool you rely on to make you a better cook — that you just can't live without.

So, spill the beans: what's the one kitchen gadget you cannot live without?

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GirlPaint 4 years 11 weeks

Espresso machine, microwave, Vitamix

stumbler02 4 years 42 weeks

It's a tie between my heat-resistant spatula, which I literally use for every single thing I cook, and my heavy nonstick cast iron pan, which I also seem to use for every meal.

Allytta 4 years 42 weeks

i can live without any. and i do :)

shaljg85 4 years 43 weeks

My food processor or my utility knife

Deadly Lemur 4 years 43 weeks

Sorry, my comment above got cut off somehow? It was supposed to say "I *heart* my tea maker."

Deadly Lemur 4 years 43 weeks

My iced tea maker is probably the appliance I use the most often. We drink a lot of sweet tea, usually have a couple different flavors in the fridge. My husband does a lot of the real cooking, but I always make the tea & the salad. I <3<3<3 my tea maker.

Deadly Lemur 4 years 43 weeks

Baby Girl 4 years 43 weeks

Coffee maker!

Baby Girl 4 years 43 weeks

Coffee maker!

roxyb 4 years 43 weeks

Oh! And my screwpull - I mean what's dinner without wine, right?

roxyb 4 years 43 weeks

My Kithenaid mixer - and my mini food processor.

chiefdishwasher 4 years 43 weeks

Does a dishwasher count?

chiefdishwasher 4 years 43 weeks

Does a dishwasher count?

MisterPinkNoTip 4 years 43 weeks

Food processor.

MisterPinkNoTip 4 years 43 weeks

Food processor.

Wild Magelet 4 years 43 weeks

The oven would be an obvious one, but I'd also have to say the microwave. I reheat soup several times a week, cook egg whites in it every morning and steam vegetables in it almost every night. Also, I *could* live without my toasted sandwich maker; I would just prefer not to. :)

Wild Magelet 4 years 43 weeks

justanerd1975 4 years 43 weeks

coffee maker, hands down

justanerd1975 4 years 43 weeks

coffee maker, hands down

KatherineA 4 years 43 weeks

First, my KitchenAid Mixer. Second, my Food Processor (also KitchenAid!),

rabidmoon 4 years 43 weeks

Haha, Shoneyjoe! Well..I must be lucky, the transformer I have just buzzes softly...I have had it about 6 years now, it hasn't let me down yet, even in Europe.. American stand mixer plugged into British transformer with European adapter on it. I really have to stop moving. :P

shoneyjoe 4 years 43 weeks

rabidmoon - when I was a student in England, my best friend (originally from Long Island) did the same thing with her KitchenAid. The transformer she had was loud and obnoxious (much like her - awesome!) and her housemates always complained. Thing is, they also devoured everything she made with that thing.

cjcoppola 4 years 43 weeks

My KitchenAid stand mixer.

cjcoppola 4 years 43 weeks

My KitchenAid stand mixer.

rabidmoon 4 years 43 weeks

My cheap little red teakettle, and my not-so-cheap KitchenAid stand mixer...I actually brought it from the USA and use a transformer to power it here. (not only are the even MORE expensive in the UK but you can't find a black one, so I am glad I did!)

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