Counter Top Appliances

I love my Kitchenade mixer...I can mix and bake all my favorite concoctions with the assurance that regardless of how thick the batter, the heavy duty motor in this little beauty will tackle the job to perfection.

I love the George Foreman too. I recently discovered it can even be used to grill pierogis!

I like my stick blender- great for making soup, and the cup attachment that comes with a lot of them makes salad dressing in a flash. Kevin Weeks also recommended using the blender for beating egg whites, but I haven't tried that yet.

I love my Vita-Mix. I can make soup and lots of different things quick and clean up is really easy

Counter Top Appliances...well, I love my Blender...MILKSHAKES! LOL

I love my blender. Did love my ice cream maker, but now that I'm on a diet. . . Hey, do you have the GF5 that comes with the changeable plates, grill, waffles, etc? I wanted one of those.

The three I use the most are the Cuisinart, my blender and the stick blender. They all do similar things but each is perfect for what I need at the time I use them.

All Small appliances make great gifts because of energy saving. I have George Forman Grill but I never use it. We just dont like steaks on it. We purchased several for Christmas Gifts a few years back and everyone loved them...except me. I love my Kitchenaid Mixer also. . I have a meat grinder for it and grind my own beef and turkey. It is cheaper to purchase roasts than Ground Round or any othe kind of ground meat. Also by griinding my own, there are less hands touching my meat. You would not believe how many hand touch ground meat from the store.

Does my coffee pot count? If not I would have to say the crock pot. It never fails me.

I loved my old G. Foreman but it died. I got a new one with the removable grills and I don't like it nearly as much, it doesn't get hot enough and its wobbly.

I have lots of kitchen appliances and I love all of them. In the winter time my favorites are my slow cooker/crock pots. I have 3 of them, different sizes.

I love to be able to throw everything in the pot in the morning and have a nice hot home cooked meal waiting for me when I get done with work in the evening!

I also have a manual mini chopper that I adore! It only cost around 15 dollars and it saves me so much time and energy!

Pamela. I actually have 3 George Foreman Grills. The first one was a small 2 burger grill purchased at retail price at Target. I bought the other two larger models for about $10 each on ebay (slightly used). None of them have interchangeable parts

I never have cooked a steak on George Forman but it does a great job of salmon and chicken breasts.

Oh I forgot my crock pot...I just love it!

I like to use my toaster oven. It's quick and it dosen't heat up the whole kitchen when you bake something in it.

ok does the dishwasher count...LMAO
Could not live with out and you daily...HAAAA

Here's one I don't think anyone else mentioned: rice cooker. It makes really good rice and it is a heck of a lot easier then boiling and straining.

I never  boil and strain rice. All I do is put rice and water in pot, 1 cup rice to  2 cups water, bring to a boil, reduce heat cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Never!! lift the lid until time's up.  Voila rice done perfectly every time.

Yes gang, dishwashers and coffee pots count as do any other appliances you love.

I have 2 G F grills, a waffle iron, a coffee grinder, 2 crock pots, a steamer, a rice cooker, and a jet stream oven in my appliance cabinet. I also have 2 coffee pots, a mixer, blender, can opener, vaccuum sealer, gf grill, toaster and bread maker on my counters. and I could probably find a few more gadgets if I look hard enough.

Gil, I'm not sure if I'm missing something (like an inside joke). Is your link on the level?

I love my food processor because it saves me the money on baby food.....lol...

My crockpot is the only countertop appliance that I use regularly (well, besides my toaster).

I could not live without my Kitchenaid mixer and food processor. My steamer also comes in handy a lot.

hmm mine is a quesidilla maker and hmmm snow cone maker

yes i love mine too :) i have a sandwich maker also .. great for making pizza pockets or grilled cheese sandwhiches

No one mentioned a coffee grinder!! Ahhhhh nothing beats a pot made with fresh ground beans! I also use it to grind flax seed to add to baked goods and shakes. It is good for nuts, seeds, and things like that. It doesn't take much space, and works in seconds!
I also love my crock pot, my mini muffin maker (I have a 2 year old grandson) , my stick mixer, and my hand crank salsa maker. (Yes, I know, it isn't electric, but it is worth the exercise.)

Diana
Thanks for mentioning the coffee grinder. As I mentioned in anothr recent post, I recently started using my coffee grinder to grind odds and ends of cereal to add to baked goods etc.

I love my George Foreman Grill for cooking Turkey Bacon! It's awesome!

The George Foreman grill is revolutionary! I wanted to be the first to mention a coffee grinder as I scrolled down the page but Diana beat me to it! I agree that fresh ground beans make the best coffee. I'll try flax seed now too. It didn't even occur to me to use the grinder for other foods. Thank you for the informative posts.

I actually made hubby throw his George Foreman out LOL we purchased a Panini maker by Wolfgang Puck to replace it and also have the other plates for it. We have not broken it out of the box yet though because we need to make room for that and the crockpot! Can't wait to start using them both.

I think George Foreman Grills are great.I have one.I love to use it to grill meat and vegtables on.It's a great grill to have.

I love my Kitchenaid Mixer also, I too grind my own meat, I am very picky about fat etc. this way I can control what goes in it. I have a stick blender and it was my worst kitchen investment. It may be that I am just inept at using it, but I have never used it without making a HUGE mess.

Patricia, I have a stick blender in my cabinet. It looked like a good idea when I bought it but I haven't used it for a long time because of the mess. That's why regular blenders have lids.

I love my toaster oven!! it's just my boyfriend and I so it's great for small dishes...I even bake my brownies in there!!

I live in an apartment, countertops and cupbard space is at a premium.
I downsized more when we moved here, much smaller place but needed to be here for our boys to be in a good school.
Anyway, I like my stick blender. Easy to use, easy to clean and takes up very little space.

My large 4 slice toaster- wide enough to accomodate the bagels we buy at Panera's YUM or the thick slices of sourdough that I get at an outlet for 50¢ a loaf.

My new microwave, 50% off at target so price was good. It works so much better than the 14 year old one we had since we got married. The boys love to push the popcorn button, it works perfectly every time!

Hubby bought me a Food Saver for my birthday. I always wanted one. I need to buy jars and the special containers they have to make it more useful. I would likley use it more if I had a space to put it!


The ones I don't like:
I made a mistake and bought a larger crock pot, it's too big.
My bread maker is stored away on the highest out of the way shelf. When I had room I used it to make pizza crusts and other doughs, loved it. Not the best for baking bread.
Got rid of the small George Formen grill, no space and hardly used because it was a pain to clean. We liked it when my parents give it to us.


I miss my dishwasher- wahhhhhhhhhh.

Hi Bernice. I don't tend to use my stick blender much (too messy) but I love my foodsaver. I bought a few packs of bags and use them over and over (If I didn't, it would be too expensive).

My favorite small (counter top) appliance is the GF griddle that came with the GF grill as a boxed set. I cook breakfast at our house almost exclusively. I can make pancakes 3 at a time so that each person gets his/her plate all at once instead of having to wait or eat them one at a time. I also can fry up all the bacon or sausage at once and then do the eggs and hashbrowns for each person at the same time. Finally. then I'll shut up really, I love to make eggs with hats. Butter 2 slices of bread both sides, use a cookie cutter to cut out the center. place them on the griddle, with the center parts, when lightly toasted flip them and add an egg in the hole, when almost done, flip everything, to cook the other side of the egg, serve with the cutout centers as the hat for the egg. the kids loved them, now that they are grown when they visit they will still ask for eggs with hats.