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I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

Mavis’ 24 Days of Christmas Giveaways – Day 5

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mavis-butterfield-one-hundred-dollars-a-monthI spend a lot of time testing out new recipes in my kitchen, but I’m kind of OCD when it comes to cleaning up after myself. Enter my favorite kitchen towels EVER. These bad boys wipe up spills and dry dishes like a champ. No annoying fuzz left behind and no crazy streaks left on all my dishes. They’re tough as nails and bleach up crisp and clean. I’m pretty sure you’re going to love them as much as I do!

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One lucky reader will win  1 dozen Professional Grade Kitchen Towels.

For a chance to win, simply leave a comment below and let me know what your favorite kitchen item is? It could be as something as simple as your kitchen curtains, or as awesome as your KitchenAid mixer.

Just answer that one question and you’re entered to win. Life’s pretty complicated sometimes, so I like to keep things simple around here.

Rules

1 entry per person/ip address. If you cheat, you will totally be disqualified.

This giveaway ends Thursday, December 5th, 2013 @6 pm PST and the winners will be announced in the Wednesday, December 6th, 2013 edition of Mornings with Mavis. You will be notified via email and have 24 hours to claim your prize. If you do not claim your prize within 24 hours, the prize will be forfeited.

Good Luck! I hope you win!

♥ Mavis

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Comments

  16. I love my kitchen cabinets–my dad is an amazing woodworker and made my kitchen the warmest, most wonderful place I could imagine!

  18. My favorite thing right now is my immersion blender. Made making pumpkin pie a breeze this Thanksgiving!

  19. My dishwasher!! I cook a lot and it saves me from doing lots of dishes by hand!! HOLLAH 🙂

  21. my favoured kitchen item is my blue dragonfly bowl a dear friend gave me for Mother’s Day on year. I love snacking out of it! <3

  22. My favorite is this small chopper Id gotten several yrs ago as a Christmas gift. Its doesnt take up much space and great on onions/celery/..etc. A true Blessing.

  23. My favorite kitchen item is my cast iron fry pan. I have Calphalon stainless but I just love my cast iron and can’t give it up for all that fancy stuff!

  26. Lately, my favorite kitchen gadget has been a Calphalon pizza cutter with an easy-grip handle. It makes a great substitute for a steak knife or chef’s knife when the arthritis in my hands is giving me a lot of trouble.

  42. I love my shelves that my husband built for me to store all of my canned goods and my spices on! It takes up an entire wall in my kitchen and it makes me so happy to see everything that I have worked so hard on all year!

  44. Hmmm… I’d say either my Vitamix or my Cuisinart 5.5 quart pot. We use them just about every day.

  51. My favorite item would be my plate rack! I can’t live without one in my kitchen!! Love, love, love it! 🙂

  52. My Kitchen Table!!! Where My Wonderful Family Gathers, For Delicious Meals, Conversations & Love!!!!

  58. Too hard to choose just one.
    I love my vegetable peeler and my cast iron fry pan – both from my grandmother’s house.
    They have to be over 50 years old but they work/cook better than anything “modern day”.
    Thanks Oma!

    • We called our grandmother Oma, too! She and my mom were originally from Germany….I never knew of anyone else using Oma…did you call your grandfather Opa?

  63. I’d have to say my dishwasher – I HATE doing dishes. If I can’t pick an appliance, I’d have to say my food processor. It makes short work of any shredding or slicing I have to do!

  64. It’s gonna be a hard choice between my Kitchenaid mixer, my cast iron skillet, or my digital kitchen scale!

  65. My favorite kitchen item is a garden hod that my Mom gave us last year for Christmas, we keep it right at the kitchen door, bring in our stuff from the garden and rinse it right in the kitchen sink then rest it right in the kitchen dish drying rack for the veggies or fruits to dry. Best gift for a gardener ever!

  68. Ach! So many items to choose…. but the one tool that I really hate to be without is my Chef’n silicone spatula. I have 3, so I am never without one if one’s in the dishwasher. They are so darn handy!

  69. My 50 year old Bosch Mixer handed down from my mother-in-law. I’ve used it multiple times every week for the past 20 years and it’s still going strong! 😉 I gave my kids the Christmas hint of kitchen towels (for their present to me) so I REALLY hope I get lucky and win. These are much nicer than they can afford. Thanks, Mavis, for doing this!

  71. My grandmother’s long wooden spoon that I use for stirring tea. It will always be in my kitchen!

  72. My new favorite kitchen item is a grater zester. I’m not sure what I did without it. It works so much better and is easier to clean than my old four-sided grater. It works quickly on lemons for zest. Shredded cheese is beautifully delicate and looks amazing on salads and pasta. As we celebrate Thanksgiving, spiced apple cider is a given tradition. Wish you were here to sample our warmed cider made with freshly grated nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger. Mavis Elf, if you want to do a Widget for it, here is the name on Amazon: TulasiLeaf Grater Zester Professional Fine Hand Held Stainless Steel Kitchen Tool. : ) Be blessed!

  75. Thanks for the giveaway! My favorite thing in my kitchen, well it’s a tie, my wood crates, built by the hubby, filled with beautiful jars of honemade canned goods and my shelf full of my cake plate collection!

  76. My pot filler, it comes in handy all the time. It saves me from carrying heavy pots of water to the stove and lets me add water to my pots as needed when cooking. Very convenient!

  79. wow, really hard to choose only one item… I think it is my bread maker. I use it not only for making bread but also to make dough (my hands are too weak now for kneading).

  80. Hi Mavis, My favourite kitchen item is my Tala mixing bowl – simple I know, but I love it. My mum gave it to me for my birthday and every time I use it, it makes me smile. Pauline

  81. My kitchen item… is an old fashioned 3 rod towel rack, where the poles telescope out from a hinge that I bought from terry’s Village years and years and years ago. I know weird, and what a coink-i-dink that your giveaway is towels.

  84. My favorite kitchen tool is my crock pot. Who doesn’t love coming home to dinner already made?!

  86. By far it’s my food processor! I love chopping up fresh goodies for the humans and scraps to compost!

  92. No contest – COFFEE MAKER!!!!!! If mama ain’t got coffee, it ain’t gonna be a good day!! Do I have a witness?!

  94. My favorite kitchen item is my collapsible colander. So easy to store and clean in the dishwasher!

  96. My favorite kitchen item is my plastic whisk. Perfect sauces and gravies in my non stick cookware.

  97. My most FAVORITE thing ever in my kitchen is my Omega Juicer. Love that guy and worth every penny!

  98. I love my collection of handmade pottery casseroles and bakeware. I’ve been able to pick all of it up at thrift stores and it’s fantastic for baking. The results are wonderful and it cleans up like a dream.

  104. My pastry board. I love it for pizzas, pie crust, breads, and cookies! In my little kitchen it is a pain to store but totally worth it

  105. Happy Wednesday- countdown to Christmas!
    My favorite item in the kitchen has to be my paring knife- it is sharp, has a wooden handle and a good point- and I am used
    to it so am less likely to have it slip. I wash it after each use and put it in an old (but pretty) mug on the windowsill so
    it is always ready for action!

  108. My favorite kitchen item is the cuisine art stick blender. I found it on your website and followed the link to amazon and purchased it. I love that thing. It makes tomotoe soup a breeze. I harvested all of my tomatoes this year and simply washed them and froze them. Now I take out a bag and boil them with a little Italian seasoning and beef bullion, then blend. It’s the best!

  109. My ceramic knives. I bought myself a ceramic paring knife, that came with a potato peeler on sale at Sam’s Club about 3 years ago. I love that knife. It is super light and retains it sharp edge. I have since bought several more for myself and family members. All my family members who have received those knives also love them. Next would be my bullet coffee grinder. There is nothing better then freshly ground coffee.

  110. My favorite kitchen item is…my kitchen table. It’s an art studio, bakery, homework center…the list goes on and on. It’s where we always end up when company is over.

  119. My favorite kitchen tool is probably my food processor. Or my microfiber cloths for cleaning. Hmmm… now that I started thinking, so many items come to mind….

  121. For sure my extra large Kitchen Aid mixer…I used every Kohl dollar, coupon and percentage off that I could find and it was worth it. I am easily able to make a triple batch of bread easily. Love, love, love it!!

  129. My favorite kitchen item is a mini whisk that my son gave me. Years ago, when he was too young to be embarrassed by such a thing, he went to a Pampered Chef party with me and won it.

    • My vintage extra large Pyrex green daisy patterned casserole dish with lid (knob handle).
      It was in perfect condition when I picked it up at Goodwill for under $10.00.

  130. Loving my Waring Pro blender these days, for mixing up delicious green smoothies for breakfast.

  133. My favorite kitchen item is my meat thermometer. I am ocd about meat temps so this has given me peace of mind over and over again.

  134. My favorite item in my kitchen is my Mother’s old General Electric hand mixer. Its seriously over 25 years old and it still whips cream like a champ! I have a Kitchen Aid mixer as well, but I always gravitate towards my Mother’s hand-me-down. Maybe it’s the memories that come with the hand mixer? haha. 🙂

  137. My favorite kitchen accessory is my pink kitchen aid mixer and my grandmother’s recipes that my mother finally passed down to me. I could not live without those.

  141. my favorite item in the kitchen has got to be my espresso machine the Rancillo. I love the whole routine of making espresso with steamed cream every morning. I splurged…. it was definitely worth it.

  142. The first thing that came to mind for a favorite kitchen item was my dishwasher… Truly, though, I think it is a toos-up between my pressure cooker and my microwave. TIMESAVERS!

    PS- Does anywone know how to getg the rubber smell out of new gaskets, pressure plugs, and lift pins. I gave my cooker a makeover and it works great but I’m now limited to foods that sit above the cooking liquid and don’t use it for gravy, etc.

  145. My Kitchen Aid scissors. I use them for so many reasons, cutting pizza and quesadillas, cutting meat when I don’t want to dirty a cutting board, opening food packaging…I wouldn’t want to be without them!

  156. Eeeek. I have a thing for kitchen towels and I’m always on the lookout for good ones. I’d be soooo stoked to make these mine. 🙂
    My most favorite kitchen gadget in all the land is my microplane. Cheese and garlic are the most used ingredients in my house, so it has definitely earned its keep!

  164. My favorite kitchen item is my French press coffee maker. Without it nothing would get done in the kitchen or anywhere else.

  165. My favorite kitchen item is my late Grandma’s apron…I feel like I’m channeling all of her awesome culinary wisdom while wearing it.

  167. My favorite kitchen item isn’t really an item its finding my crazy neighbor in my kitchen looking to barter!!!

  169. I would have to say my favorite item in the kitchen is my 12 cup cuisinart elite food processor. Super powerful!

  170. I just got a vitamix for an early Christmas gift. Currently, it is my favorite thing in the kitchen, though I have a feeling I haven’t even begun to discover what I can do with it.

  174. My grandmothers mixing bowls that I inherited! I just wish I inherited her cooking skills too 😉

  176. My Hubby brought every kitchen gadget imaginable into our marriage 2yrs ago…the garlic tube that peels it by rolling (no clue the name) makes me go giddy when I get to pull it out. Best. Thing. EVER!

  177. My Cutco chief knife. My husband got it for me for our wedding anniversary 5 years ago. I love it for many reasons but my favorite two are he bought it for me when he knew I would never spend that much money on myself for one knife ($125) and it has a life time warranty!

  182. my ninja blender!! it’s the bomb..I use it for smoothies, dough, crushed ice to make snow cones and even cookies and cake batter!

  187. My favorite item in my kitchen is my cookbook handed down from my Grammie full of family recipes

  198. I have this one pot that has a spout on one side and then either side of the lid has holes so that you can pour out the liquid. The best pot ever for making macaroni and cheese or mashed potatoes.

  202. My favourite item is my Apron that my daughter gave me. So pretty and it makes me feel like I at least LOOK like I know what I am doing in the kitchen. ; )

  203. My set of cutco knives that I’ve had for 20+ years.. Back in college my husband worked for them and this was his departing pay from them when he left 🙂

  204. My cast iron skillet my husband bought at a yard sale, and my daughter re-conditioned for me.

  207. Hey Mavis! I’d have to say my favorite kitchen gadget right now is my Keurig! It was FREE!!!! ((Which makes it twice as awesome!)) Love to win your fave handy dandy kitchen towels! Thanks for a month of GREAT giveaways!

  208. My favorite kitchen item has to be my old Braun handblender. You cant buy them anymore…. mine just keeps on purring..I love it.

  211. Many things, but I could NOT cook without my 12″ cast iron skillet and my cast iron Dutch ovens (with lids!)!

  214. My favorite kitchen gadget is my kitchen aid mixer…I bought a used one off craigslist for $50 and, I honestly don’t know how I lived without it!!! I love that thing!!

  216. It’s this old cast iron enamelware pot that’s super heavy and so old, and I got it at a yard sale for 75 cents. It’s amazing, and I LOVE IT.

    Thanks for offering the giveaways, Mavis!

  217. Last weekend, after 18 years of marriage, we now finally have a dishwasher. It’s going to save me so much time. 🙂

  218. Funny fun!! My fav kitchen item – the griddle – it’s terribly abused/loved that I would hate to replace it.

  223. Grandmas wooden spoon. Yup, I reached for it nearly everyday, it’s about 100 years old, and does what it is supposed to do.

  224. I have a couple appliances that I love, but definitely use the Keurig the most! Thanks for the giveaway!

  226. I love using my iPad in the kitchen. I have an easel made for a picture frame that I use to hold my iPad away from any water that might land on the counter.
    I use the app Paprika to organize my recipes, to search out new recipes, to plan my meals and make my grocery list. I love not having to stop and print a recipe before I head to the kitchen and I can make the text large enough to see it without my glasses. If I have a question about the recipe details, it’s not problem to refer back to the site where I originally found the recipe for more details.
    Plus, I have a cheap set of battery operated speakers that I keep in a drawer so I am ready to watch cooking videos or listen to tunes or audio books while I cook.

  229. I would have to say my Knives, and then my really nice set of silverware. the thing i do use the most in my kitchen is my towels. but alas i am cheap and bought the sorta crappy costco bundle.

  232. I cannot live without my meat grinder! I use it for everything, including grinding peeled and quartered apples for applesauce. Makes the best consistency 🙂

  235. My favorite kitchen item that is a MUST! So much a must that I take it with me when I travel… a frother. Probably the most random kitchen tool ever, right? But it is amazing! I use apple juice in it, with a tea bag of apple spice… it is the perfect steamed apple cider- which is a must, several times a day, every day, year round!

  237. This is totally lame, but I love my manual can opener… sorry, but it’s true – can’t live without it. It cuts like butter and WAY better than the electric one I use to have.

    • I mean, really..can you choose just one? 🙂
      There are so many options for kitchen appliances 🙂

      The answer for today would have to be my newly purchased Excalibur dehyrator. I highly recommend dehyrating food as an option to keep the food we buy longer. The food tastes great too..

      Whahoo! 😀

  241. My raspberry ice kitchen aide stand mixer. It was the first special edition for breast cancer research. I smile at it everyday.

  242. My knives…I love my kitchen knives! I’m a vegetarian, so a lot of my time in the kitchen is spent chopping. Good knives make that process so much more pleasurable and safer.

  244. I am very attached to my circle cutting board. It’s the perfect size and it grips the counter when I use it. Best gift ever!

  248. My Henckels four inch paring knife. I use it for almost everything – it sharpens like a dream. The chef’s knife is great, too, but I love that paring knife.

  249. My favorite kitchen item is my big wooden spoon. I don’t know why, I just love it. From sauteing veggies to stirring my pancake batter, always love using it.

  250. my favorite tools are wooden spatulas :-), different sizes, different shape they are all perfect to me 🙂

  251. Man I really do love my KitchenAid mixer. I use it ALL THE TIME! Although I just got a SodaStream for my birthday and I’m looking forward to enjoying the heck out of it too!

  256. My favorite kitchen item is our pedestal table ~ it was given to my husband & I by his late parents for a wedding gift 40 years ago. It holds a lot of family memories ~ it will always be a fixture in our kitchen.

  260. My rice cooker. I love being able to set it and forget it while prepping the rest of dinner. It even auto switches to keep warm for me!

  267. My favorite kitchen item is my 6 qt. Lodge dutch oven. It is perfect to make a batch of chili or chicken and noodles !

  270. French Press Coffee Maker. I am single and a one mug a day coffee person. It makes the best cup of coffee.

  274. Those towels are lovely! My favorite kitchen item is, most recently, my Kitchenaid mixer. After going gluten-free a month ago, I am using it a lot more as I try to concoct a bread & pizza recipe that doesn’t make me go “blech”, lol.

  276. Cobalt blue Kitchen Aid mixer. My husband took my twin boys to pick it out for me when they were 3 years old. We named it “Big Blue” and it has seen its fair share of cookies, cakes, & breads. Love it!

  277. I have this long blade, very thin filet knife that I love. I use it for all sorts of peeling and cutting. I believe it came in some standard knife block and I cannot find another like it. I don’t know what I will do if I lose it.

  278. My favorite kitchen item is my food processor. It is very old and cracked in places. I kind of wish it would die so I could get a pretty new one, but it has been very good and lived a long time!

  279. I really love my garlic press. I dislike mincing garlic by hand. It gets used almost every day.

  285. I loooooove my kitchenaid mixer!!! It’s a beauty 😉 but i also love my flour sack towels too, which can be used for JUST ABOUT everything!

  288. My favorite item is my small sauce pan. I use it multiple times a day to heat syrup for the kids or melt butter. I could not do without it.

  290. I have two favorites. I love my Pampered Chef egg slicer (which I actually use to slice strawberries) and a little plastic scraper thingy from PC that I use to scrape my stoneware, cast iron and teflon. Awesome!

  300. My kitchenaid mixer – for mixing meatballs, meatloaf and cookies. Saves me lots of time with 2 little kids!

  305. I’m a chef and I must say every item in my kitchen is my favorite! I could never choose just one. My mixer, my knives, silpats, food processor, my ninja goodness I could probably write a book! These towels would be a great addition!

  313. While technically not in my kitchen, my fav kitchen item is my deep freezer(s). Freezer meals are a lifesaver! Well that and my brand new latte maker.

  317. Lets see there’s more then one I love but if I have to pick just one I will have to go with my Kitchen Aid Mixer.

  318. My bread maker is my favorite. I use it often sometimes just to prep the dough and sometimes to make it all the way through, depending on my time allowance.

  326. Why do you give away all the most awesome things? 🙂

    My two kitchen favorites are my chef’s knife (I don’t know how I lived without it!) and my Zyliss garlic press, which I love because you don’t have to peel the garlic before you put it in.

  329. Oooh, I’ve been wanting to buy some of these! Hope I win. My favorite kitchen item is my chef’s knife. I am always horrified when I cook at other people’s houses and their knives are SO DULL. My guy keeps mine nice and sharp for me, and it’s a total kitchen workhorse 🙂

  332. My crockpot! It was my Grandma’s every time I use it, I think of eating her spaghetti. She always made her sauce in it. Now I make all kinds of stuff in it for my family.

  333. My pantry! My hh built us a very large walk in pantry. I love to look at all the goodies we have canned all lined up!

  334. My favorite kitchen item is definitely my Cuisinart food processor. I use it constantly, probably almost every day. Homemade mayo, turnip or cauliflower mashed “faux-tatoes,” pesto… I even chop up stuff like cauliflower and cabbage leaves and cores for my chickens.

  343. My favorite kitchen idem is my Ninja Blender. I make smoothies almost daily and it has them done in seconds.

  349. My absolute favorite is my large chopping knife. I probably couldn’t prep a meal without it! Though my double oven runs a close second, especially during the holiday baking season!

  350. My cheese knife (by Pampered Chef). I buy cheese in 2# blocks and it makes the perfect slice. Even my college daughter living in a dorm wants one for Christmas.

  358. My favorite Kitchen item right now is my gas stove – especially since we are looking at an ice storm for the weekend and frigid temps the next few days. If the power goes out, our family will still eat hot, delicious food!

  361. My coffee pot is used everyday, but with the high expected to be a balmy 8* today I’d have to say its my woodstove for the remainder of the winter.

  364. I would have to say my grind and brew coffee pot!! It was a christmas gift 2 years ago to myself when it hit a price so low, I had to treat myself.

  365. Can’t decide between my Nespresso machine and my corkscrew – depends on what time of day it is!

  373. WISH I had a Kitchen Aid mixer…there is just something not right about my daughter and daughter-in-law having one and not me. lol …..anyway, my favorite kitchen item is a set of red mixing bowls my sister gave me. Love them!

  374. My whisk. I use it more often than my hand mixer for cooking (sometimes from scratch). And since cooking — from scratch or otherwise — reminds me of my late mom I get something nice to eat with the bonus of good memories:-)

  401. Right now it is my KitchenAid mixer as I am baking so many goodies to give to family and friends. Hope it doesn’t give out.

  403. My food processor, it is such a huge help. Plus it has been with me for years, I bought it with part of a small inheritance I got from my grandpa 20+ years ago.

  404. OK this is a tough question because I could list a lot of stuff that I LOVE in my kitchen… (french press, tea kettle, knives, juicer, grain grinder…) but IF I had to narrow it down to my favorite it would have to be my crock pot. Not so much because it is the greatest in the whole wide world but because it SAVES me a lot of time in the kitchen.

  405. My collection of vintage Pyrex bowls and bakeware! Thank you for this opportunity – I love your blog!

  417. Definitely my blendtec blender. We have a smoothie every morning with produce from our garden.

  418. As silly as it sounds I have to say it’s my dozen metal sandwich spreaders. I open their drawer and smile. We were always running out and needing to wash them so I bought enough to almost never be out again. I bought them at Sur La Table. The sales lady thought I was on something I’m certain. She questioned me heavily and had a strange look on her face.

  421. My “most favorite” item currently is my Ball Jam & Jelly Maker. Makes jam in a “jif” and makes nice stocking stuffers and small gifts for Christmas giving.

  422. The dishwasher all the way! I love being able to hide all the dirty dishes rather than cluttering up my counter (of course I find lots of other things to clutter the counter with!).

    I so could use some new dish towels since my husband seems to think my towels are his rags for the garage. 🙂 Anyone else have this issue?

  423. My favorite kitchen item is my Pampered Chef jar opener. I have gotten weak I guess and without it couldn’t open my darn jars.

  424. My double oven stove. I use the smaller oven almost daily & the double oven is very handy during holiday time.

  425. Parchment paper! No cleanup after baking dog treats or people treats! LOL. Oh, and my Kichenaid mixer. Love it!

  429. Would love to have the kitchen towels. Just recently purchased a new can opener that doesn’t leave a sharp edge on the can. Just love it. The towels would be a welcome addition to my kitchen. No more lint on my glasses!

  430. I love my dishes, they are a glass colbalt blue. My mom got them for me over 10 years ago and my husband has not even managed to break any of them!!

  432. I’d have to say my Keurig….we use it everyday. But, after reading everyone else’s comments, I feel like I should write something that makes me look hip and clever, educated, or a better cook. Mortar and pestle? Really?

  449. My favorite kitchen item is a tie between my crock pot and my kitchen aid, both of which have gotten a lot of mileage since I started reading your blog!

  450. My favorite kitchen item is my iron skillet. It has been in our family for over 51 years!! My mother received it as a wedding gift and passed it down to me 9 years ago when I got married.

  458. My set of knives. Have collected them over the years and even have 2 that my husband’s grandparents used in their coffee shop. The shop is gone but the knives work like new.

  461. My favorite kitchen item is a beautiful wood cutting board my son made me one year for Christmas. He was in jr high ( he is now 27!) when he made it for me. I use it nearly daily, and it still looks as good as the day I unwrapped it. It’s my true treasure.

  463. My favorite kitchen items are my pink gooseberry Pyrex casserole dishes – they belonged to my great grandmother and I think everything tastes better in them!

  464. My spoonulas…you know spoon/spatula combos…I have them in different sizes and they get everyday use 🙂

  466. I take my dishwasher for granted until it gives me problems. Thanks to my handy husband, repair is not usually a problem.

  470. On days like today it is the water that comes from the tap. Our pump temporarily froze up and it makes me grateful all over again to have running water!

  473. My favorite kitchen item is my cast iron dutch oven.
    OMG I love it, from stove to oven and cooks so evenly.

    I could cook only in cast iron!

  474. It’s a tie between my huge LeCreuset French oven and my 6-quart Kitchen Aid stand mixer–one makes amazing soups and stews; the other can handle every single double-recipe batch of cookie dough I throw its way.

  476. My favorite kitchen item is my Keurig! I love, love, love this coffee maker. As I sit, I drink a nice hot c\up of coffee. It’s great because my husband and I both drink different types of coffee. So, we’re both happy!!!! I hope I win these towels. They are on my wish list for my daughter, ever since you recommended them a while back. She is a professional chef in San Francisco and never spends money on herself at home. I know she would love these.

  478. My favorite kitchen item is my stick blender. Love this thing! I use it and the cup that came with it for smoothies, and I love making blended soups of all sorts. I can grind with it, too, using that little cup/food processor attachment. This one small item has seriously taken the place of several appliances in my kitchen!

  485. Also my KitchenAid. It was my great grandmothers and just makes me smile every time I see it.

  489. My favorite kitchen item would have to be my hubby! He does all the cooking and he fixes lunches and breakfast for my son and me! He is a real prize, even if I don’t win the towels, I have already won! 🙂

  493. My favorite thing in my kitchen is the .99 cent milk frother I got at IKEA years ago. Makes morning coffee extra special
    Thanks Mavis

  496. My dining room table. Salvaged from a neighbor’s yard it’s an early 20th century harvest table that my handsome hubby and I refinished/repaired (before the babies) just in time for our first hosting of Thanksgiving. Now it’s got fingerpaint, glitter, and wine bottle stains — Love it more every year.

  502. My potato masher. It was my grandmothers and makes me think of days-gone-by when we would cook together. Plus I love me some mashed potatoes with butter and garlic!

  504. Oh, man, this is TOO hard! I love all my kitchen equipment/gadgets, but the one that always makes me smile when I take it out to use it is my Microplane grater – best $12.95 I ever spent! I can have fine lemon zest, fresh parmesan, or freshly-grated nutmeg whenever I want. What a great tool.

  511. I love this little, handmade pottery citrus juicer that I picked up at an outdoor craft fair a few years ago. It has so much personality! I leave it out on my counter as a conversation piece.

  515. My favorite thing in my kitchen is a V-shaped plastic thing that has teeth on it. You can wedge any bottle any size into the v-teeth lined shape and it will grasp that container and by holding on to the container with both hands and turning container to the left it opens said container. It’s wonderful since I have trouble gripping things.

  517. I saw someone list the Pampered Chef ice cream scoop…love mine! And have given many away as gifts. But since I really shouldn’t use mine too much (!) the next, most used favorite is my coffee pot

  520. It’s hard to choose, but I think my favorite item is my electric tea kettle. Can’t live without my morning tea!

  521. I love my Cast Iron Skillets (especially my 6 inch one) use them for everything! Love Love Love!

  525. My Ziggy coffee cup! Got to wake up if I’m going to be working in the kitchen. Ziggy in his pj’s and night cap, eyes shut, mouth open, tongue out and coffee cup spilling onto the counter in front of his face. Makes me smile as I enjoy my morning eye opener!

  529. My favorite kitchen item is my recycling container which ALWAYS surpasses what is in my trash compactor!

  532. I think I’d have to say be bamboo spoons! They’re great for everything: mixing, flipping, stirring, etc!

  533. My Thermomix – it grinds, chops, stirs, cooks, steams, cooks, kneads, blends, stirs and weighs. Not cheap, but it’s given me a new-found love of cooking and spending time in the kitchen. Yesterday I used it to mill grains and knead a loaf of bread, make vanilla bean paste and yoghurt. Today it has already made the not-husbands porridge and I’ll use it soon to de-seed a pomegranate in a couple of seconds.
    Merry Christmas, Mavis. Thanks so much for your wonderful blog!

  536. I have a lot of kitchen gadgets so it’s hard to say which is my favorite…it’s a toss-up between my food processor and my bread machine I think. I get the most use out of them, but some have said their crock pot and that’s another goodie! And, thanks to blogs like this, I get a lot of ideas about how to use them on a daily basis! 😀
    Thank you for your blog and all the great ideas you share. I was intrigued by the title “One Hundred Dollars A Month”, but I’m hooked thanks to your great posts.
    God Bless and Merry Christmas to you and your family.

  538. It’s my silicon baking mats. Especially this time of year with all the cookie baking.

  554. I think my favorite is my potato ricer! I use it to drain tuna and frozen spinach, besides making tons and tons of fluffy potatoes. 🙂

  555. I’d have to say I love my Presto Griddle the most. It’s not very expensive and my husband and I use it almost daily. Best way to cook bacon and we love bacon 🙂

  556. My “Ninja” – I can fascinate my little grandkids by making snow and then back it up with delish fresh strawberry ice cream!!

  559. My favorite kitchen tool is my grandmother’s canning funnel. It has a cute art deco design and is used all summer and fall, as I put up my harvest.

  565. I could never live without my Kitchenaid mixer. It’s 27 years old and still works like a charm!

  571. My favorite kitchen item is my dehydrator. I use it at least once a week to dry all kinds of food to use later in recipes.

  574. My favorite kitchen item is my 5 quart saute pan. I can cook breakfast sandwiches for the entire family in that thing!

  577. My favorite kitchen item is my cookie scoop!
    It is amazing… I can’t believe I didn’t have one all these years 🙂

  578. My favorite thing in the kitchen is my cuisinart food processor I would love to win the towels my walmart ones don’t work that great!

  580. I enjoy the real tin backsplash I installed by my bad self. I have a rope light around the perimeter so it’s shiny day and night.

  584. Thank you for all of the kind and generous things you do for people! You put a smile on my face every day! My favorite kitchen item is a little plastic disc for scraping pots that my cousin gave me. She passed away from cancer a few years ago and every time I use that little thing I think of her and I use it often. Funny how something so silly can mean so much.

  589. Oh! I love love love the Boos butcher block my parents were kind enough to give me this year. Also, my bench scraper…

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