More of My Favorite Kitchen Things

Here's round two of my favorite kitchen things that would make great gifts (at least I think they would). I might be weird because I love getting kitchen-related gifts and when I think of gifts to give others they usually are kitchen related. Yesterday I posted about four of my favorite things.

Most things that I have in my kitchen are simple and relatively inexpensive and can be bought places like Amazon, IKEA, Target and Sam's Club.

Here we go...
#5. Silicone Whisk -- I got mine from Deseret Book in a little set that only cost $3.99 last Christmas. I wish I would have bought lots of them and given them away to my family and friends. Such a great deal!

I use my whisk when I'm whisking things in my dutch oven or skillet. It's great because it doesn't scratch the pans. I wish I would have had one of these when I got married eleven+ years ago (then my pans would have lasted longer).

#6. Immersion Blender -- My mom bought me this Kitchenaid Immersion Blender a few years ago and I use it all the time (have you noticed that I've been saying that about all of my favorite things?).

I use it most often to mix up my quick salsa, or homemade ranch dressing.

#7. IKEA cheese slicer -- My husband served an LDS mission for two years in Sweden. When we got married we were given a few of these fancy cheese slicers from Sweden. You can buy them at IKEA for $5.99. It is the best cheese slicer ever!

#8. IKEA peeler -- I've had lots of bad peelers since I've gotten married. My new favorite peeler is from IKEA. My mother-in-law bought it for me to replace the left handed peeler that she gave me from Pampered Chef. I'm not left handed, but I just figured out how to peel things backwards and it worked great. This IKEA peeler is only $4.99 and works perfectly!

#9. Electric Griddle-- I bought this Presto Cool Touch Griddle at least 10 years ago from Walmart and I use it several times a week. It's only $21.96 at Walmart!

I used it to whip up grilled cheese sandwiches for my kids and their friends, to heat our favorite uncooked tortillas, to make french toast and our favorite oat/wheat pancakes.

#10. Pampered Chef Pizza Stone -- I have this large pizza stone with handles from Pampered Chef. I use it several times a week.

I bake pizza on it (like BBQ chicken pizza), and bake one hour breadsticks, fabulous french bread, and my favorite healthy corn tortilla chips.

Maybe this list will inspire you to give the perfect kitchen gift to someone on your list. Happy shopping!

One Hour Rolls

These rolls are amazing! I've been making these rolls since 2001 when I was a newlywed and my sister-in-law shared the recipe with me. The rolls are light, fluffy, easy to make and they only take one hour! And delicious too! I've made these rolls more times than I can count, so I've perfected the art of making them. Here are some step-by-step instructions with pictures for you. Here's what you'll need. I buy pretty much all of the ingredients in this recipe at Sam's club, thus the huge containers. You need warm water, yeast, oil, sugar, salt, egg and flour. In the mixer bowl, add warm water (not hot), oil, sugar and yeast. Mix together. After ten or fifteen minutes the yeast mixture should be puffed up like this. Time to add the salt and beaten egg. Then mix in the flour. (I've used a mixture of half wheat and half white flour successfully.) Keep adding flour until the dough is manageable. It ...

Chicken Angelo

Don't forget to enter the Whirley Pop giveaway . It ends tomorrow! Am I the only person that asks their friends what they're making for dinner all the time? That's kind of why I started this blog, because I want to know what my friends are making for dinner. The other day I asked my friend, Juli (who is great cook), what she was making for dinner. She told me she was making Chicken Angelo. Then she told me what's in it. I knew I had to try it too because she has some picky eaters at her house like I do. I figured if they'll eat it then maybe it was worth a try at my house. This Chicken Angelo pasta has my favorite things, artichoke hearts and mushrooms in it. But don't be fooled into thinking that my family likes these things too. Because they don't. They won't touch an artichoke or mushroom with a ten foot pole. That being said, my family loved this pasta dish. They even gave me the go ahead to make it again. ...

The Best French Bread I've Ever Made

This is the best french bread I've ever made. I got this recipe from my friend, Nikki, who gave us some of this bread as a thank you for my hubby helping them move a piano. I remember it being delicious and we gobbled it up fast. I was intimidated for some reason by the recipe and waited a few years before I made it. We needed some bread for to make some turkey, provolone, avocado sandwiches, so I made some of this bread and it was perfect! We sliced one loaf like they do at Subway. Then later I made normal shaped sandwiches with the rest of the bread. Delicious... light and fluffy and yummy! Update 2/22/12: This is still my favorite bread after making it for a year! It turns out perfect every time and it's gone in a flash! printable recipe French Bread recipe from my friend, Nikki Yield: 2 loaves Ingredients 2 c. warm water 1 pkg (or 1 heaping Tbsp.) yeast 1/4 c. granulated sugar ...

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