I love the kitchen. You all know this. We’ve been over this many times. Y’all know how much I love to cook and bake and the last week or so that we’ve been cleaning up around the house, the one room downstairs that hasn’t been touched is the kitchen. I have an addiction, a serious addiction to kitchen appliances, big and small, counter top and hand held. I’ve been developing an addiction to food blogs and cookbooks too, but the cookbooks, well, I’m trying to keep a lid on that one.
Anyway, I want to make-over my kitchen. I can’t do anything about the cabinets or counters yet, simply because I don’t have that kind of money or patience, but, I can add new small appliances, new dishes, a few new gadgets and gizmos.
My favorite items in my kitchen, things I cannot do without (these are not pictures of my actual toys, but they are the toys I have…):
Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer (yes even in this color)
Cuisinart Combo Blender/Food Processor
Bread Machine (mine is actually about 10-15 years old. I’m in the market for a new one)
Crock-Pot (I know y’all know how much I love and use this thing)
French Press (am considering purchasing another of these, doing away with my drip coffee maker, and investing in a nice espresso machine since I love making my own lattes and macchiatos.)
Many years ago, I even took cake decorating classes, sold Tupperware, and sold Pampered Chef. I still use and purchase Pampered Chef products, and even some Tupperware ones, though I can find just as good in the store for a fraction of the cost.
Then, there’s the new marketing campaign that I’ve seen going around that, well, I could definitely go for…
My oh my, right?
On the wish list is a new fridge, cause well, the one we have is huge and hulking outside, not very energy efficient, and kinda small on the inside. It came with the house, so, not what I would have chosen.
I have found the prettiest dishes at Pier One that I want. I am tired of having cheap dinnerware and want something nice. Believe it or not, it does make the whole eating experience more pleasurable.
And since I’ve gotten the wonderful spill-proof wine glasses and the automatic wine bottle opener to add to my kitchen, it’s time to start updating…
I won’t be changing out my mixer or blender. I might be upgrading to a larger food processor because I sometimes find myself with too much to process and not enough processor bowl. I am looking into new mixing bowls and the one thing I really want this year, if nothing else, is an enamel coated cast iron dutch oven:
Now, I’ve said before that I love food blogs and I do. I’ll do a post one day of my favorites. I have file folders of recipes I’ve clipped from magazines and should probably start my own food blog. It could serve a few purposes at once… get rid of the paper clutter and share my favorites with others. Something I am going to seriously consider…
So, that’s a little of my guilty pleasure. If you like to cook, what can’t you live without in your kitchen? What is on your kitchen wish list? And if you don’t like to cook or bake, why not?
~lissa
Ummm.. I’ll have the chopped salad, please.
I love your kitchen! Um, can I borrow those lovely chefs? I’m having a party and I need help, lots of help. A week ought to cover the helping. You believe me right?
I’m with you! This year is the year of the Kitchen for me too. My male’s mom got me my stand mixer the year before, and new glass storage stuff for microwave and refrigerator. I now want new pots and pans and we got new dishes. But then I want the GOOD stuff when it comes to gadgets. But they must not be Unitaskers. (Can I admit to being an Alton Brown fanatic? Yes? Good, I am.)
Like you, there are some more things I want, but I need a bigger kitchen than the little kitchen we have right now in this apartment. *sigh*
Ah, Lissa. Could you send those boys my way?
Well, since I’ve been married 22 years, I’m really getting sick of cooking. I have moments, bursts really of cooking and baking sprees. But now with 11 people in my house, well… I could go weeks without setting foot in a kitchen. But, I am an evil bitch without my morning coffee. It is the one thing of my day that is an absolute must. I have things in my kitchen I wouldn’t want to part with, but if a tornado was headed my way… I’m grabbing the coffee maker and coffee!
I think I need Lenny to come help me in my kitchen! YUM!
THis year we did a lot of baking. My daughter has food allergies and I finally found a margarine that is both dairy and soy free – YEAH! So we made lots of christmas cookies. Our favorite (to eat – not to make!) are krumkakes – a norwegien dessert my grandparents used to bring to us everyt christmas. My daughter got to try them for the first time, and while we were making them with the special iron, I made each of my brothers a tin of them also. It brought back lots of memories for all of us. So right now this is my favorite appliance! (Next to my Vita-Mix)
Janeen, I totally understand! The coffee and coffee maker are going with me… I’ve been married almost 20 years and I still love to cook and be in the kitchen. Sometimes it’s the only place in the house I want to be and the only thing I want to be doing.
I know most of you already know I have been cooking since I was a kid…9 years old. I’ve been cooking for 30 years. My first jobs were in restaurants in the kitchen. I could almost let the rest of the house go to shit, but the kitchen, oh no, it’s gonna be decked out!
Cyn, best of luck to you on your kitchen this year. I’ll be right there with you!
Se, you may borrow the men, well, not the one making the salad. Mari called him first! Grins…
Hi, Susan! I’m so glad you enjoyed baking this year! I didn’t do as much of it as I wanted, but then being sick for the month of December hampered a lot of things. I am feeling better and looking to start baking some things this week.
I didn’t get to the red velvet cupcakes like I’d wanted, so they’re first on the list!
I would love this to be the year of the kitchen. My hubby started remodeling 5 years ago. I have no floor, no dishwasher, beat up cabinets, and spackled walls (no paint). And since he is the chef in our family, you would think that the kitchen would be perfect by now, but nope, not the case. And considering that I am a lousy cook, I really should stop saving recipes, lol. Love to bake though.