Can cookware and utensils serve as the center of style in your kitchen? Yes, with help from celebrity-chef Rachel Ray. Rachael’s line of cooking tools pulls double duty — as sanity-saving gadgets and as gorgeous pieces you’d won’t need to shove in the cabinet as soon as the doorbell rings. (We’re looking at you rusty, dented cookie sheet.)
We’ve partnered with the Food Network Store to bring Rachael’s super-smart (and super-stylish) kitchenware to Freebie Fridays. We’re giving away two of the most-wanted Rachael Ray products. First, there’s her Chocolate Casseroval (4.25 qt.), perfect for serving yummy goodness right out of the dish. (Breakfast casserole, tater tot casserole, chicken casserole, tuna casserole — well, maybe not tuna casserole.) It’s accompanied by one of Rachel’s Blue Stripe Moppine Oven Mitts, an uber-absorbent mitt/kitchen towel combo. Cool, yes? Answer this week’s question before 12/11c Monday, February 28, for a chance to win this stylish duo.
This week’s question: What’s the handiest, good-looking kitchen gadget you’ve ever owned?
My kids received a nostalgic cotton candy maker for a gift. It looks so cool, and the whole family loves to use it. It's amazing how many great comments we get from friends and family about it!
my boos block cutting board. it is such a substantial and pretty peice that its' home is on my kitchen counter. every time i use it, i add to it's history and hope someday my grandkids proudly use it in their kitchen (fyi…my kids are only 6 and 1, so that will be far off)!
i have to say my food processor, by giada De Laurantiis. Its sleek & it chops, make my soups, i love it.
I love my kitchenaid mixer. it is great on its own, but i also love my pasta roller attachment to go with it. a fabulous combo.
My covered stoneware baker! It's beautiful cranberry color and can bake a mean roasted chicken in the microwave in just 30 mins! Brown and juicy just like it came out of the oven only faster! It makes me look like I slaved all day in the kitchen, when it was only 30 minutes!
My brushed nickel KitchenAid mixer…was a limited edition at WilliamSonoma about ten years ago and it remains a most coveted item by new and old friends alike!!
My stainless steel hanging pot rack is my favorite and most useful gadget. It holds so many many pots and pans and has room on the top for my steamers. It make my kitchen look organized and almost professional. It also leaves room beneath the kitchen counter for other items. I would recommend a hanging pot rack to all cooks.
I love my new knifes for chopping vegetables and meats.
I couldn't live without my Black & Decker Food processor. It was such a work horse for me that when it came time to replace it 20 years later, I bought the exact same kind!!!! If something works, stick with it!!
my favorite kitchen gadget is a long oval tined stainless steel spaghetti server with non slip handles.received it 45 years ago as a wedding gift and it is still serving us well
My kitchen aid stand mixer in my favorite color….pink
My favorite cooking gadget is my citrus juicer that inverts the fruit inside out to get all the good stuff!! Oh yeah.. and my favorite sous chef is my dog Serena!! she definitely helps with cleanup!!!
I have to say, My KitchenAid. It's powerful, reliable, and a gorgeous blue that manages to brighten up and calm down my kitchen at the same time. Of course, my hard-working amateur sous chef/husband of twelve years bought it for me, so maybe he gets some credit too?
i was going to say my old wooden spoon that transforms me to anybody i want to be at a given time…a chef stirring different concoction in my kitchen, a teacher trying to make a point, a fairy that could grant wishes to my beautiful daughter and probably a whole ton more but after reading ginger's post…i got to say nothing beats her entry….good job to you!!!!
My handmade recipe holder. It enables me to make wonderful meals for my family.
My best kitchen gadget is my red, round, waffle-material jar opener. Was a freebie from somebody; really wish I could tell the company how handy it has been.
I love my Kitchen Aid stand mixer! Not sure how I survived in the kitchen without it. I use it for everything from bread dough, scones, cakes & pastries and also for mixing meat loaf, meatballs, cornbread dressing and etc. It's great at the holidays for candies and divinities too!!
My easy to read Pampered Chef measuring cups. Easy to read, and various sizes easily stack for storage. Love it!
My pampered chef cookie scoop – a revolution in cookie-baking!
My wrought iron cookbook holder! It holds all my favorite cookbooks, so I can prepare all the delicious recipes my family enjoys. Without it I could not work my kitchen magic.
I have loved my cobalt-blue Kitchenaid Stand Mixer for years, since my hubby bought it for me for our first Christmas together. It has an ice-cream maker attachment that we use, too, and that is fun. But I just recently got a two-part ceramic-on-steel lime/lemon juicer that I must admit, I love, and it is so pretty!
A mickey mouse wisk, I love Mickey!!
I like my "old" wisk (my husband's grandmother's) I can stir sugar into freshly brewed tea or whip up and omlet, or make a mean gray with it;
My wine opener. It looks wonderful sitting on my counter and is wonderfully functional. It is modern and classy and I couldn't live without it!!!!
My Keurig, don't know how I lived before!!
My electric bottle cap opener —especially good for folks with arthritis
My Deni 45 blade meat tenderizer is my handiest, best looking and most favorite kitchen gadget. That baby will tenderize any less expensive cut of meat! It is sleek, slim, easy to clean and store. It's also fun to use … gets some of that frustration out!
I love my Rachel Ray Rocking Knife. I have very expensive knives & above all this one is my favorite!
My stainless steel 4-slot toaster! It is shiny and beautiful and well love and probably over used!
My KitchenAid mixer – the best ever!
A toss-up. My Egg Perfect egg timer is cute, as I love how you just drop it in the water with the eggs, and can tell at a glance when they're ready. But- my KitchenAid stand mixer with the swing arm makes everything so easy. I grew up with one, and felt like a real grown-up when I got my own.
Mine is a meat tenderizer that punches many tiny holes. I love it!
My pizza stone, as it bakes wonderful cookies!
My favorite new gadget it s ceramic plate that is a grater. It is a handsome deep blue, and looks like a saucer. In the center are bumps- rubbing a clove of garlic, a piece of cheese, even chocolate, and what you are left with are perfect shavings…. and did I mention, no scraped knuckles!
I love my keurig coffee maker…I'm the only one in the house to drink coffee and it looks great on my counter, Too!
My lime green veggie peeler that I bought at Target for $5.
It would be my Keurig Coffee Maker…I don't know how I ever functioned before I got mine. Love, Love Love this gadget.
My Kitchen-Aid blender is my favorite, best-looking gadget. I use it every morning to make my super thick smoothie. I have even packed it on the plane when we fly to Florida on vacation to make sure I have a great blender to make my smoothies every morning!
Our GE Profile Microwave/Convection oven. Hands down the best gadget in my kitchen! I use it everyday several times a day. The sensors determine how long a specific veggie, fresh or frozen, needs to be cooked. Popcorn comes out perfect. It doubles as a 2nd oven when needed and we make roasted turkey and chicken that comes out beautifully browned and juicy each time. The interior is stainless steel, so clean up is a snap.
I love my pot scraper. It is the tiniest and most useful item in my kitchen. It makes cleaning very very easy and I don't have to worry about storing it because it is so small.
KitchenAid mixer!
I love my Keurig…makes the best coffee and the blue light makes it look like it is ready to brew off….
My cutting board I use it everyday. Also, my pampered chef stones, I use for everything!
My big chopping knife.
My favorite is probably the apple slicer we bought at Sur La Table. It's such a timesaver as I only have to make a few additional cuts for the kids and it's done! : D
I absolutely LOVE my Giada De Laurentiis Stainless Food Processor! It'a the only thing allowed on my kitchen counter full time!!!
My Keurig coffee maker — couldn't start the day without it! xD
it's my cuisinart 2 cup chopper…a million and one uses and counting!!!!!
Its adorable and oh so handy for everything from pesto to chicken salad to finely chopped onions that don't make me cry!!
It may not be a gadget…but the handiest thing in my kitchen hands-down is my dishwasher! I don't know what I'd do without him!
I love my 5quart nonstick oval Saute Pan by Rachel Ray!!! I can cook anything in that pan! It was the best present I ever got!