This giveaway is now closed. Thanks for all your entries! -C
Remember that breakfast rut I was in? No more. About a million years later than the rest of the world, I’ve discovered the appeal of smoothies. And thanks to all of your comments on that post, I’m not short on ideas for combinations for my morning drinks. But until last week, I was short one ingredient: an incredible blender. I tried making smoothies in my food processor, but the “smooth” part of the title started to seem like a misnomer.
Enter Driscoll’s, who offered to provide me with the ultimate in blenders, the Vitamix. Last week, I started blending my shakes in their CIA Professional Series, and I can’t get enough. My current favorite smoothie contains: banana, peanut butter, plenty of ripe strawberries and blueberries, a touch of honey, and milk (either 2% or homemade coconut milk-more on that blended endeavor soon). Thirty seconds in this powerful blender, and all those ingredients become a filling, healthful breakfast.
Now that I’m in love with an appliance, I’m happy to announce that Driscoll’s is going to supply one of you with your own Vitamix CIA Professional Series (a $500 value) to delight in. The winner also receives a $25 gift certificate to Whole Foods so that you can stock up on summer’s juiciest berries, to throw into your smoothies.
You’ve got three chances to enter the Vitamix + Driscoll’s + Whole Foods Giveaway:
- {one} Leave a comment below and tell me what item in your kitchen (from your butter knives to your blender, your prep bowls to your electric mixer) you love most.
- {two} Be a subscriber to the Big Girls, Small Kitchen newsletter and leave a second comment letting me know you’ve subscribed.
- {three} Tell your facebook friends and/or twitter fans about the contest – post the link and tag @Big Girls Small Kitchen (facebook) or @BGSK (twitter). Leave a third comment letting me know you’ve done so.
The contest will run for 10 days, and I’ll announce the winner in my June 28th newsletter. Good luck!
Yes please! vitamix crushin’ My current favorite kitchen appliance is my plan old blender
tweeted @elizabetheats
I LOVE my Shun knife that my boyfriend gave me for my birthday this year. A good knife makes a world of difference!
Tweeted from @RachelWolfDC
My favourite item is my Cuisinart mini-prep, it opened up a whole new world of cooking to me!
I’m a subscriber! I love my lecreuset braiser! I’m always looking for a reason to use it
I love my bubba keg!
I’m a subscriber!
I have to say my Kitchenaid Mixer… I love it more than anything in my kitchen and use it far more than I thought I would!
I have so much love for my stand mixer. But there is room in my heart for this Vitamix!
Wusthoff knife is probably the single thing I would hate to Line without. (I have one)
Just subscribed because I love this blog site! This is one of the more recent cooking blogs that I’ve discovered and I’ve already made six or seven recipes that have all been fantastic - thanks!
I love good knives. I don’t have a particular brand but anything that makes prep work easier wins in my kitchen!
Tweeted @filmgeekchic
I also subscribed! Great giveaway!
I love my nutribullet, but I think I would love this Vitamix so much more!
I would have to say my blender, but it is on it’s way out!
I love my chopping knife!
also I am subscribed via RSS.
I love my Pyrex mixing/prep bowls. They’re used at least once a day.
Mario Batali dutch oven. I don’t use it often, but I like to look at it a lot!
I love my cutting board colander.
I’m a subscriber to your newsletter now.
I’m a subscriber!
My favorite kitchen appliance is my cuisinart - love it for pesto and pie crusts!
My favorite kitchen item is definitely my “mesh spoon” (http://www.amazon.com/Joyce-Chen-30-0037-Stainless-Strainer/dp/B0000CF4LF) - the best way to strain pasta and keep the magic pasta water to enhance the sauce!
I love my KitchenAid stand mixer!
I subscribe to the BGSK newsletter!
My cuisinart hand blender. In the summer, I use it for smoothies - but a Vitamix would definitely take over that role!
Aaaaand subscribed! [Also thought of a new favorite kitchen item: Microplane!]
Life-changing: my Sodastream Penguin (bought as a do-over Christmas gift when my brother got me a chocolate fountain. We agreed retroactively he would totally have gotten me the Sodastream!)
My favorite is my smart stick mixer. Love not having to transfer soups and purees out of the pot!
Love my pepper grinder! Magnum.
Also: am subscribed to newsletter!
Subscribed!
Fingers crossed. I used them everyday, my la cruset spoonulas. Love them.
There are so many things I love about my kitchen but the winner might be my french press. I don’t use it every day, but that makes it special.
I have subscribed and have followed your posts before. Great blog!!
My current favorite kitchen appliance are my Kuhn Rikon paring knives! I use them to chop my veggies/everything, and the colors get me in the summer mood!
Just subscribed to the mailing list, I’m a new reader and really loving the site!
Told my friends on FB. ;).
AND…. tweeted!
Just signed up for the newsletter!
It’s silly, but my favorite thing in my kitchen actually IS my butter knives! I would get frustrated using up my knives for a spread on a sandwich and not have any left for cutting dinner, so… I plucked my little spreader knives from a vintage shop that had buckets of mismatched utensils. I found a perfect set for $4!
I subscribed to the newsletter.
I love my Kitchenaid mixer. It’s 30 years old and still going strong. I have always wanted a Vitamix blender.
Love my grill pan! Tweeted @hs44 and I’m a subscriber.
I subscribed!
My favorite kitchen item is my cast iron pan - everything tastes better cooked in cast iron!
I just subscribed!
my favorite kitchen appliance is my electric skillet pan
My japanese knives for super precise slicing. But a Vitamix would take the cake!
Tweeted, too!
Oh, love this! I’ve been on a smoothie kick too, but my little blender leaves something to be desired, would love one of these:)
And I subscribed to the newsletter!
Exciting! My favorite appliance is my dutch oven!
(I subscribed)
Lately I’ve been using my immersion blender a lot, but it stinks at smoothies!
My favorite item is my immersion blender, but that won’t be quite as necessary if I had a vita-mix:)
I tweeted @adinaaft
My favorite kitchen item is my bright orange dutch oven.
My favorite “appliance” is my seasoned mortar and pestle. I use it to crush garlic and ginger.
*subscribed*
*tweeted* from @NasimMahboubi
My favorite kitchen appliance is my Kitchenaid mixer. I am sure that would change if I owned a Vitamix though.
I am a newsletter subscriber.
I follow you by rrs and email!
I tweeted about the giveaway!
I retweeted your giveaway.
I’ve been craving a Vitamix for ages! My current favorite kitchen item is my Farberware slow-cooker, because it has a removable inner container that can go on the stovetop for sauteing deliciousness into every dish. 🙂
Also, rt’d on Twitter from gillyblueyes.
I’ve been a newsletter subscriber for a while, too. Does that count?
… and would it influence the contest at all to let you know I’m turning 30 this summer? A Vitamix would make the awesome-est of presents!
OHMYGOD, you’re giving away a VITAMIX???? I have been coveting one of those for months now!!! As for your question, my favorite kitchen apparatus is my trusty food processor, with which I have made countless batches of BGSK peanut sauce (a staple in my fridge).
Aaaand I just subscribed to your newsletter.
My colorful set of mixing bowls
And I subscribe
Dream blender!! I’d have to say I love my knife set the most. After years of using crappy knives the bf and I finally threw down for a nice set that we keep super sharp. So worth it!
One of my recent favorites is a Tovolo Scoop & Spread spatula ( http://amzn.to/19dsqKH ). It is awesome when used to ice a cake, but also I’ve found it really helpful when I make Mason jar salads ( http://www.myfoodandotherstuff.com/2013/04/mason-jar-salads.html _ ) and it is awesome when mixing things in the blender or food processor.
Subscribed! Added my address to the email newsletter list. Thanks!
I’m a subscriber!
I have to say, my food processor is pretty great.
My favorite kitchen item is my Calphalon grill pan - it is fantastic!
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Tweeted from @gabbibaker!
https://twitter.com/gabbibaker/status/346645258743971840
Thank you!
I love my lidded Pyrex bowls - there’s not a lot of cabinet space in my small kitchen, so having one set of bowls I can use for mixing, baking, serving, storing, and reheating in the toaster oven (no microwave in my kitchen) is really useful.
And I’m a subscriber!
I couldn’t live without my good knife!
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Oh my goodness what an amazing giveaway!! I am a smoothie fanatic…my kitchen appliance at the moment is my pressure cooker:).
I subscribe to your feeds!!
Would love a Vitamix! It will definitely win out on my current “most-used” kitchen item, my JosephJoseph cutting board ensemble.
I tweeted!! Have a great day Cara!
It’s simple, but I can’t live without my rubber spatula!
I love my kitchen aid standing mixer. might be my favorite possession generally.
And I’ve subscribed to the newsletter 🙂 Vitamix!!!
My Henckels knife! I use it for everything 🙂
I’m a subscriber!
I could not live without Kuhn Rikon paring knives!
I am a subscriber!
I just got a chance to use a vitamix last weekend at a friends party and it was amazing! My personal favorite in my kitchen is my food processor which allows us to make any variety of dips which we love in this house.
My favorite kitchen is my Kitchen Aid blender that my mom gave me!
Posted on Facebook!
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These days I love my salad spinner because I get so many greens from my CSA!
Also, I subscribed to the newsletter!
What a generous giveaway! My favorite item has to be my cast iron pan from a family friend who cooked in it for about 60 years before handing it down to me.
p.s. Subscribed!
My apt-mate’s Wusthof chef knife. Without it, I’d be 75% less successful.
I love my mini food processor which I use for every darn thing. But it can’t quite make a breakfast smoothie in one go!
and subscribed!
I have an incredibly small kitchen too that really needs these sort of appliances that I will use every day, but my favorite appliance is by far my plain old hand mixer, good for baking pancakes and regular cakes!
I love my griddle insert on my stove
and I have subscribed! Love this blog!
I love my Pyrex baking dish with lid and carrying case. It makes potlucks so easy!
I love my stand mixer. Making homemade bread is so much easier with it.
I am also a subscriber to your newsletter!
I’m a subscriber!
Oh man…the day i got a Kitchenaid mixer was so wonderful!
I’m a subscriber!
Retweeted from @Jazzy_Jean
I would love to use a Vitamix for my morning smoothie! I currently use my favorite kitchen appliance: the immersion blender for that!
I have also joined the mailing list!
tweeted @br1gid
I love my kitchenaid mixer the most!
My favorite item in my kitchen is our double oven. It’s the best.
I also subscribed to the newsletter
I love my Le Creuset dutch oven. It’s such a pretty color blue, and I rely heavily on it when I cook!
I’m a subscriber!
Shared on my Facebook page!
I subscribed!
I love my cast iron enamel skillet!
I think my favorite kitchen appliance is my food processor. I finally bit the bullet and spent the money for a good one and it is SO WORTH IT!
I love my good knives that I received as a graduation present - it makes all the difference!
I’m a BGSK Follower 🙂
In the kitchen, my tongs and I are invincible!
retweeted @aaschachter
In my kitchen, my knife… but in my parents’ kitchen, definitely their food processor!
Subscribed to your newsletter… thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
GAH! Fingers crossed, I’ve been dreaming of a Vitamix forever!
My small colander!
Oooh. I think my food processor is my favorite.
i just subscribed to the newsletter - hope I win the vitamix!
my santoku knife! everything is easier with a good knife.
I’m also subscribed to the newsletter
My favorite kitchen item has to be all my microplane zesters and graters. Love them!
Just subscribed to the mailing list
love my handblender!
My favorite kitchen item is my hot air popcorn maker!
And I subscribed to your newsletter 🙂
I love my juicer, but recently I bought the pineapple slicer, which works with no power and its amazing!! so easy to use, dishwasher friendly and it works! Now i can have an entire pineapple peeled and sliced in 1 minute.
tweeted @misskanikas
I love my food processor!
What I love most is my garlic press. My mom bought it for me, and it’s an OXO so it has a self-cleaning tool. It’s the small things!
also on my work twitter @irisnews
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vitamix please! love my chef’s knife, freshly sharpened.
I love my pink Hello Kitty rice cooker/steamer.
My favorite item is my immersion blender
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Yea!!! My favorite is my mixer. So useful!
I am a subscriber! 🙂
tweeted @feesampo
My favorite kitchen item is my fancy chef’s knife - I even take it with me on vacation (non-plane trips of course). As long as you have a good knife, anything is possible!
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Currently, my favorite kitchen item is my Secura 3-Tier Stainless Steel Food Steamer. Although, if I had a vitamix…. 🙂
And tweeted it as @ryannc. Thank you!!
Subscribed !!!
And tweeted @sallyrose0425 🙂 I <3 smoothies!
The Vitamix in my head is my favorite appliance; but as for real, tangible equipment, I’d say the engraved chef’s knife gifted to me by my brother & sister upon grad from culinary school.
Now subscribed to the newsletter - one step closer to Vitamixing.
And now you’re Facebook featured! Vitamix, come to papa! (please?)
I love my French press - I used it to strain cold brew, nut milk, pulp from fruits & veggies….
I LOVE and simply would have to replace the same day it it broke, my NutraBullet single serve blender!!
I’m subscribed!!
Tweeted from @startouchedga
Comment 1: My bread machine would be the gadget I love the most, at the moment. I can make dough for pizza or for flat breads on the grill; Italian braided bread; French Pain de Mie; hamburger rolls and the list goes on and on.
I love my blender, but it’s a weak thing. I think this would take my blending to the next level!
My Chefs knife from Wustof is my absolute favorite. It use it daily and some days wish I had a second one to put my husband to work at the same time.
Comment #2: Subscribed via email! !! Onto task #3….
I have subscribed! Thanks!
Hi there, I follow you on Twitter (so now all my tweeeps know)and have subscribed! My go to kitchen item is my cast iron dutch oven. It’s 100 years old (thanks grandma!) and acts like a non-stick pan.
Ooh, that’s hard. Probably my Dutch oven. I’ve made so many soups/stews/chilis/casseroles in that thing…
Comment #3: Done, done & done! “Liked” and shared on FB; “Followed” and retweeted on Twitter. Now just crossing my fingers and waiting ’till June 28th!
The bright red tea kettle is my favorite. There is something wonderful of a whistling kettle followed by a hot cup of tea.
And now I’ve posted you on Facebook!
I think it’s a tie for me between my wooden cutting block (great for serving, cutting and it’s beautiful) and my Dutch oven (hello beautifully braised meat!).
Subscribed!
Also, retweeted @AndreaOaks1
I am a subscriber to Big Girls Small Kitchen newsletter.
I posted about the giveaway on twitter. @mockelj
I love the wooden spoon my boyfriends dad carved for me. So simple yet special.
My current favorite kitchen appliance is my immersion blender, but I have a strong feeling a Vitamix would easily knock it out of first place!
My crock pot. It has my back when I’m too busy to make dinner or the budget is tight. Roast for 2 nights, and then stew from leftovers.
tweeted @mbelletsang
Tweeted this awesome contest! @abbimac13
Signed up for the newsletter! Looking forward to hearing creative solutions for small kitchens. 🙂 my washer and dryer occupy 1/4 of my kitchen. 🙂
Mine was my blender, until it broke from overuse! I have always wanted a Vitamix for my morning green smoothies!
Subscribed! Looking forward to getting recipes in my inbox!
I’m a subscriber under name@jacobs.com (I like to get my subscription at my work account 🙂 )
Tweeted from @lo_go!
I love my Kitchen Aid food processor, my favorite Christmas gift from my parents this year! I’ve made lots of hummus and pesto in it so far, can’t wait to try out more recipes with it.
I also subscribed to the newsletter!
The item in my kitchen that I can’t live without are my chefs knives. We make everything from scratch so without a knife we’d have some pretty big onion chunks!
I subscribed and confirmed!
I love my silpat
Two things-old, hand-me-down, beat-up measuring spoons and an old mixing bowl from my mom.
I love my immersion blender!
I subscribed to the newsletter!
My microplane!
I love my utility knife! My Cuisinart Mini Prep is a close second.
I’m a subscriber
my all clad stockpot
I literally cannot live without my hand blender. I live in a small apt so it’s the perfect multi-tasker!
I subscribed for the newsletter! Very excited!
I love my immersion blender to make soups!
I subscribed!
My Bosch Universal Mixer….I’ve had it 12 years, through teaching 3 daughters and now 2 granddaughters the magic of cooking/baking embracing life!
Happily subscribed :). Thank you.
I love my toaster oven, especially during the summer when it is too hot to turn on the regular oven.
I wouldn’t be able to work in my kitchen without my knives!
Shared on FB and via Twitter @alwaysforevercj
My favorite appliance is my food processor but like you said, it doesn’t really make smoothies very well!
I have a pie plate from Emile Henry that I love. Every pie that I have made has been perfectly cooked. It’s so reliable. I’m a subscriber to BGSK, too.
Thinking about my kitchen, my favorite aspect of it is my Boos cutting block. Not only does it look great in the kitchen, I use it for everything and it’s big enough to do multiple piles while still staying sanitary. And… easy to clean. I am excited about a future set of Global knives and hopefully a vitamix too!
Subscribed and wondering why I hadn’t before! <3 it, excited to get this newsletter
YAY! third entry, share and followed you on the twittersphere. @lovebeejolene
I could not live without my Global chef knife!! Best Christmas present I’ve ever gotten 🙂
and I’m a subscriber!
I would LOVE a Vitamix! I’m just getting into breakfast smoothies myself! All about my grandmother’s vintage kitchen aid mixer (it was one of her wedding gifts!)…it’s been revamped a bit but it’s unbelievable that this thing still works as well as it does! Every time I use it to bake I feel like I’m a housewife from the 1950s! Haha!
my favorite kitchen item is my kitchenaid mixer!
i just subscribed
Probably the stand mixer, but I am sure lusting after a vitamix.
My favorite appliance is my Cuisinart food prep…makes everything so easy!
I love my knives! they make doing even simple dishes fun!
I absolutely love my Le Creuset grill pan.
I subscribed
I subscribed! Yes!
I tweeted. https://twitter.com/fangirljen/status/346722143591088128
I tweeted! https://twitter.com/chrysolite111/status/346722399036768256
I love my panini maker.
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I probably most love the spoon rest that was my great grandmother’s!
my magic bullett.. but an upgrade to a vitamix would be amazing!
I love my le creuset stock pot…everything just tastes better when cooked in it 🙂
I’ve subscribed
Couldn’t live without my Wusthof chef’s knife!
Subscribed!
Tweeted via @stephmazzucca!
I love my pressure cooker!
I am an email subscriber.
I tweeted about the giveaway. https://twitter.com/anzhie_luv/status/346731977593978881
It’s got to be the KitchenAid for me!
Subscribed to the mailing list! #vitamix !
It’s a toss-up between my KitchenAid stand mixer and my chef’s knife, honestly. 🙂
I subscribed to your newsletter!
I retweeted the giveaway!
I have been crushin’ on a Vitamix for years! My budget just has never allowed me to get one so this is an awesome giveaway! My favorite kitchen item is currently the knife set I got for Christmas.
Subscribed!
Tweeted from @NicoleFederica
I love my crock pot! I use it with a Johnson Controls temperature controller to make a cheap sous vide machine. Works like a charm !
My electric kettle is my favorite and most used kitchen tool I would love a viamix, it would instantly be my favorite.
I am a subscriber.
I love my grapefruit spoons. I’m a simple girl at heart!
Comment #2 I already subscribe to the newsletter!
I recently discovered a wheat (not gluten) allergy, so my favorite item right now is my digital scale. Trying to perfect an wheat free all purpose flour!
SUBSCRIBED! Loving the site.
and tweeted, via @melledobbs. Thanks!
my cuisinart hand blendler is clutch! but i would die for a vitamix.
My favorite thing in my kitchen is my cobalt blue kitchen aid mixer.
Just subscribed to your newsletter.
I’m a subscriber!
My favorite item in my kitchen is my Le Creuset enamled cast iron skillet. Love it.
My current favorite kitchen item is a salad dressing mixer/pitcher. It’s been inspiring me to make my own salad dressings more often!
I love my griddle! I can make 6 grilled sandwiches at the same time… or a ton of pancakes, a mess of eggs and bacon… basically I can make enough for the whole family at one time!
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My favorite is my Kitchenaid. I make bread and sticky buns and sauces and cookies and whipped cream. Magical.
I subscribed to your mailing list! Yay Vitamix!
I tweeted the contest ( @KateWalz ). Thanks!
Great inspiration! My fav is my Cuisinart, it does lots of dirty jobs. The Vitamix would be a great addition! 🙂
Tweeted 🙂
I love my jars! They are great for me to put hot coffee in in the morning to wait for it to become cold coffee!
My favorite kitchen appliance right now is my juicer, but it changes with the season!
Dying for one of these! I love my mini purple cuisinart food processor (I got it after your post about them!) but I also love my little purple rubber spatula/scraper!
Just subscribed to the newsletter
Subscribed 🙂
Told my friends on FB!
I love my set of 7 measuring cups….all the sizes a girl could want. (obviously I am in need of a new knife lol)
I will have to choose my food processor.
I love my zester! I use it all the time.
I subscribed to the newsletter.
MY BREADMAKER! This past year at college my housemate and I would make at least one (but honestly often three) loaves of fresh bread, experimenting with different veggies and flours and milks and spices tossed in! Great bread with minimal work and hassle.
Just subscribed !
My chef’s knife (and my hands) is my #1 tool.
I subscribe to your emails
I follow you on Twitter and tweeted https://twitter.com/Gingersnoop/status/346782569779585025
I am in love with this blog. I just subscribed! Yay cooking in New York!
My most prized kitchen love is my untreated wooden kitchen island. I bought it for $300 and it turns a nothing-kitchen into a real cooking space.
I can’t cook without a silicone spatula.
Without a doubt my favorite thing in my kitchen is my Cuisinart pot and pan set. They were a Christmas present and are worlds better than the random collection of (mostly crummy) pots and pans that my roommate and I had accumulated over the years.
Hmm…I”d have to go with my immersion blender!
Great giveaway! I love my lunchtime bento box - it’s not an appliance, but makes packing lunches much easier.
Am now a subscriber!
tweeted @exceptingfishes
My favourite appliance is definitely my Kitchen Aid immersion blender. I got it after putting hot soup in a blender, which has become known in our house as “The Broccoli Soup Incident” - there was broccoli soup everywhere!
I love my mini food processor - perfect for a college student!
Also subscribed!
I love my kitchenaid!
I love my immersion blender for smoothies, baby food, and soups. 🙂
I subscribed! 🙂
I tweeted (@the_little_deer) *crossing my fingers*
i love my big salad/pasta/rice bowls that i inherited from a former roommate
My stand mixer is my must have!
Would LOVE a vitamix! My favorite kitchen thing is weirdly my avocado slicer 🙂
I subscribed to the newsletter too!
I love my Henckels knives!!
My toaster oven gets the most use.
My paring and chefs knives are my absolute favorite: i feel invincible in the kitchen with them!
tweeted! from @frenkilstein
It’s so hard to choose just one item, but my trustiest kitchen tool is my chef’s knife. I use it every day and love it to bits!
My cherry pitter. I know - it’s ridiculous, only serves one purpose, I might use it as often as once a year. But every time I open the drawer and see it, I smile. True love.
Simple but I bought a nice quality muffin pan. My kiddo will eat anything in cupcake form! Meatloaf, quiches, muffins!! 🙂
Subscribed to the newsletter, too.
Subscribed! 🙂
I’m LOVIN’ my Cuisinart Egg Cooker these days. Never realized how awful I was at cooking eggs until I used it!
Subscribed!
tweeted @gretchfritch
Vitamix envy. My favorite appliance is my Breville juicer, but i really can’t stand to wash it. and I lose all the fiber, which is why i want to win the Vitamix.
Tweet from my phone! https://mobile.twitter.com/taylorleslie504/status/346828148492623872
subscribed. really want to win the Vitamix.
Tweet complete. Really going for the Vitamix now.
The item I love most in my kitchen is a cheap chefs knife I got years ago. It has held up miraculously well and just feels so nice when you use it. I hate having to use my friend’s knives at their houses; one of these days I’m going to start just bringing mine along!
Also, I’m already a newsletter subscriber! Not that I need it, I’m here all the time hoping you’ve posted something new. 🙂
That is too sweet!
And I posted this contest on FB! Can’t wait to hear what else you make in your Vitamix.
I love my immersion blender, I use it all the time and it makes the best soups!
I also subscribe to the newsletter!
Love my cuisinart food processor. It can tackle anything, what a lifesaver. Now all Id love is a certain life saving blender 🙂
I’m all subscribe-ed!
I love my salad spinner, no soggy lettuce!
I love our collection of Fiestaware in different colors. Any meal looks good on those plates!
I tweeted too! LMShu727
My favourite kitchen item is my cast iron fry pan 🙂
I’ve subscribe to your newsletter too!
My mini muffin/tart tins which I regularly use to make canapés!
I’m a suscriber!
Tweeted from @AtheneKnufer
My KitchenAid, for sure. I don’t know how I lived without it!
Subscribed!
And I love my breville convection toaster oven. use it for everything and only turn my actual oven on a few times a year.
I love my Le Creuset butter crock… I love having room temperature, soft butter at the ready to spread on toast, biscuits, whatever.
I follow your newsletter!
I tweeted about the contest @jdcollens
my favorite kitchen item is my stainless steel knife. It was the first kitchen thing I bought for myself 10 years ago, and my father sharpens it for me annually.
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tweeted @overlockdowner
My favorite kitchen item has to be my salad spinner. I’d have some pretty sad salads without it!
I absolutely love VitaMix! My cousin has one, and I use it when I go to her house!!!! I have recently killed two blenders because they couldn’t hold up to all kale I like to blend! I need a VitaMix to handle this! The current favorite kitchen item I own would probably be my kitchenaid stand mixer.
I love my hand held mixer - perfect for making big batches of soups, smoothies, and lots more. And I’m a subscriber 🙂
I just subscribed to your newsletter.
My favorite kitchen tool is my stand mixer!
I just tweeted your contest (I am @OGardenLife)
I just subscribed!
My favorite kitchen tool is my regular blender- smoothies, banana swirl ice cream, and soups- yum!
Just tweeted the link @ACTforEducation
already a subscriber. 🙂
Also, i adore my kitchenaid mixer or my pasta maker. love em both!
I want a vitamix! I love my rubber silicone baking mat from my kitchen
and now I am a subscriber too!
I love my hand blender for making soups … but I’d love a Vitamix more!
What a great contest ! I love my le creuset french oven . I cool with it so much.
I am a subscriber to your newsletter, too
I posted about the contest on Facebook
I have subscribed to the newsletter and am looking forward to receiving!
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My oven of course. How else would I roast beets, cook quinoa, and bake sweet treats?!
I love my Le Creuset dutch oven the most!
I love my Food Processor, and I love this giveaway.
My favorite kitchen equipment is the dough tray given to me by my great-aunt Gladys. A dough tray is a shallow oval wooden bowl, carved by hand and sanded smooth. It is especially designed for mixing biscuit dough, and the one I have was hand-carved by my great-uncle. I always think of Aunt Gladys when I use her dough tray, and for me it is a lovely connection to a time when food was made by hand and with great love.
and subscribed..
Oh, and I have tagged Big Girls, Small Kitchen on Facebook!
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I love my omlet pan. It makes making omlets even more easy and fun!
I would LOVE this blender! I too am just jumping on the smoothie train. My favorite kitchen appliance has to be my stand mixer.
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I adore my old Cuisinart hand mixer. Works are well as the day I bought it 🙂
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For me, I’ve really enjoyed my convection toaster oven. It saves me from heating up the oven for only a small dish to heat/roast veggies. 🙂
My Kitchenaid the workhorse in my kitchen!
I love my wok the most, especially now that it’s nice and seasoned!
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My sharp knives and my whisk!
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I have so much love for my kitchen scissors. They are multi-functional and get put to use every single day.
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My favorite kitchen equipment is the dough tray given to me by my
great-aunt Gladys. A dough tray is a shallow oval wooden bowl, carved by
hand and sanded smooth. It is especially designed for mixing biscuit
dough, and the one I have was hand-carved by my great-uncle. I always
think of Aunt Gladys when I use her dough tray, and for me it is a
lovely connection to a time when food was made by hand and with great
love.
My KitchenAid stand mixer is still the pride of my kitchen arsenal but there’s still room on my counter top for a Vitamix 😉
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I love my two Kuhn Rikon knives that I got for Christmas this year!
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My kitchenaid is my favorite, but that would change with a vitamix!
I love my tongs!!
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my kitchenaid, hands down. I’ve baked a layer cake every weekend this month and I couldn’t have done it without “ol’ blue.”
cast iron skillet… hands down.
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I love my cast iron skillet. Since I have bought it, I use it for basically everything I cook.
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My favorite is my stand mixer.
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My favorite kitchen item is my dutch oven. I never knew I needed one until I got one!
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LOVE the glass lemon juicer that was my Grandmothers!!!
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I love my stand mixer particularly with the icecream attachment
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my mini food processor is my favorite, go to, but a Vitamix is my dream appliance!
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Oh dear, I don’t know what it is called. I got this handy masher thingy from Pampered Chef…it helps break up hamburger and other food that are clumped together without mashing too much, it is my favorite!!!
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While i could probably use without, I love using my citrus juicer! Just fun!
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I love love love my KitchenAid mixer. Unfortunately mixing isn’t the same as power blending and I’m dying to start juicing/smothie-ing up all the goodies from my garden with a VitaMix!
also, just discovered this blog and happy to be a new, avid reader!
I love my microplane. So simple but so helpful! I don’t know how I used ginger before I bought it!
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Thing I love the most in my kitchen…my 5 qt. Kitchenaid. I never thought I would love it as much as I do. But my blender is down to two speeds, a vitamix would be amazing!
I love my cast iron skillets! My Krups coffee/spice grinder also ranks right up there!
My food processor!
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Just recently found your blog and I love it, so I’ve subscribed! What a great giveaway! I am in desparate need of an outstnding blender. 🙂
My Cutco knives. I only have 2 the petite chef and a trimmer, but they were a wonderful CL find!
my favourite kitchen tool is my big wooden cutting board!
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It has to be my heartland stove …an old replica of the 1930’s 🙂
I literally JUST started making breakfast smoothies after a lifetime of never eating breakfast! Unfortunately, my blender is old and struggles in the morning. I can’t live without my cast iron skillet!
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My favorite kitchen tool is probably my stick blender. I don’t have a real blender so this is my go-to for smoothies, soups, etc. Would love an upgrade to tackle bigger things like almond milk!
I love my grill pan! It’s great to use, especially when you can’t grill outside.
I love my Cuisinart food processor the most, but a Vitamix would definitely rival that! 🙂
I love my immersion blender, but I would LOVEEEEEEE a Vitamix!
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I love my cast iron skillet - use it every day! Thanks for the vitamix giveaway!
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My favorite kitchen tool right now is my KitchenAid stand mixer.
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Love my cusineart, it makes baking so easy!!
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Just tweeted your giveaway!!! I have a 3 month old and would love a vitamix to make baby food!! Thanks!
I absolutely love my zester. I know, weird, but zesting things is so thrilling, be it lemon, nutmeg, parmesan. I just go to town.
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And, I tweeted. @kzmccaff https://twitter.com/kzmccaff
My favorite kitchen appliance? The professional Kitchen-aid mixer I received as a Christmas gift from my children after 30 years of cooking with a little hand one.
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I love my giant cutting board and chef’s knife! Use them both every day 🙂
i love my standmixer! when i get a vitamix, i will love my vitamix!
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I love my red KitchenAid stand mixer.
I’m not going to lie, my favorite thing in my kitchen is my coffee maker! I would die without it! But a vitamix would be so perfect right next to it! 🙂
Currently it is my Lodge Dutch Oven but hoping a Vitamix replaces that as my favorite.
My blender!
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I just dropped by to share your blog with a friend and I swear you’re reading my mind! A much less fancy blender is on my wishlist right now. I am in the same rut and have been thinking it’s time to try out green smoothies for brekkie. I did fruit smoothies years ago but alas, we are blender-less right now. That Vitamix would rock my world 🙂
My favorite appliance is my Cuisinart food processor. My kitchen wouldn’t be the same without it. I use it at least twice a week - sauces, salsa, hummus, pesto. Mmmm.
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My favorite kitchen item is my citrus zester!
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I love my KitchenAid Stand mixer!
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My favorite thing in my kitchen is my red Le Creuset pot!
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I love my immersion blender and kitchen aid mixer and I’d also love a vitamix 😉
What I love the most in my kitchen is this bowl that I painted. There’s a pottery place nearby. You select the piece, maybe it’s a mug or a plate, or something else. Then you paint it in whatever fashion you want! They take the piece and fire it in the kiln. Then you have a special object all your own, or a gift for someone special. I like my bowl as it’s my own design and I enjoy using it each day.
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My red Kitchenaid stand mixer is probably my favorite (and most used) kitchen gadget…but a Vitamix would be up there too 🙂
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definitely my hand blender!!
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I’ve been wanting one of these! My current favorite is my crockpot. Gotta love an appliance that cooks dinner for you!
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I love my glass straws.
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I love my cuisnart mixer
I love my cast iron pan. Had avoided for years since it seemed fussy- but couldn’t be farther from the truth and so useful to leave out all the time. Been really wanting a blender too!
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I’d be one hungry girl without my blender-most mornings I’ll have a spinach, banana, and berry smoothie for breakfast (throw in an avocado for creamy-ness!) as I run out the door, and a quick protein shake after my workouts.
I love smoothies because I can freeze my fruit that’s about to go bad, and have a quick meal with so many vitamins and minerals!
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Shared your chicken curry with bananas, raisins, and peanuts with my friends on Facebook. I made it for Saturday brunch with my family and everyone loved it. They were surprised how sweet it was, and how nicely the peanuts complimented the dish.
My favorite kitchen item is a wooden breakfast tray that my mother got when she lived in Bisbee, AZ, as a young woman. She was there taking a break from college, building adobe houses, and working with runaway teens. They called her Flaco. This (we named our cat after her), and the tray, were remnants of that time that filtered into my childhood. The tray itself had, in inlaid wood, a woman working the fields with a burrow. It held all the power of a fairy take for me. Home wouldn’t be home without it.
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I love my cutco knives the most!
Probably my classic cast iron. Winter food, summer food, breakfast, dinner, or dessert - it’s good for everything!
Favorite Kitchen Item: my Zyliss ice cream scooper
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I LOVE my Ninja Blender!! Few months ago I started a healthy journey. I needed to loose weight but dieting was not the answer. I decide to change my life and began a healthy eating lifestyle. Now my diet consist on eating mostly fruit and veggies. I use my Blender everyday!! Smoothies, soup, dips… I love it! VitaMix would definitely be my new love!!
I love my KitchenAid mixer!
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please please please I’m totally in love with my orange Kitchen Aid stand mixer its like gold to me
I LOVE my Hamilton Beach juicer! It was only $45 on Amazon.com but it does the job. I’m eating so many more fruits and veggies since I started juicing but I would LOVE to have a Vitamix!!! That way I can get all my fiber too 😉
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And now I just tweeted about the contest 🙂 Thanks so much for this giveaway…I hope I win! 😀
So what happens to your mini food processor now?! Does it need a New mamah?!?! Wann a give that to meee?! 😀
My smoothies and frapees aren’t *really smooth either, but I don’t really care, I have no room for more or bigger stuff anyway. But I bet life is a breeze with this one 🙂
what I love most is my le creuset pots and pans the most !
Would love the vitamix!!!! My do without item is my garlic press!! Use it everyday for almost everything!
Love my toaster oven.
My butcher block cutting board. It has been a permanent fixture on my counter top for years!
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Absolutely, my garlic press.
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I could not live without my kitchenaid mixer!
i absolutely love my food processor…. couldn’t live without it because i can’t live without homemade hummus and other tasty dips!!
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My favorite kitchen item is my lime green Le Cruset casserole dish.
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My favorite is my Cuisinart food processor!
My Bodum French press is my favorite.
I have been dreaming about buying a vitamix! I love my Cuisinart food processor but am in desperate need of a blender!
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can’t live without my french press & bodum manual grinder - they even come camping with me!
My kitchen aid stand mixer is essential for cookies but i’d love a vitamix!
I just got married, and have only a few kitchen appliances. Right now, I would say my little old smoothie blender from Target!
My favorite kitchen appliance is… ? I don’t think this counts as an appliance, but I’m in the process of wearing out my pizza stone. I love that thing! A Vitamix would be absolutely my favorite, if I had one!
I’d have to say my favorite thing in my kitchen is my KitchenAid stand mixer. I love to bake and my mixer’s cheery light blue color really brightens up my kitchen and always makes people smile or ask about it when they come over.
I just discovered healthy smoothies as a an easy and delicious way to replace a meal! So my current fav is my Magic Bullet…but I’d love to upgrade to the Vitamix 🙂
I love my coffee grinder the most
I’m curious - which grinder do you have?
just a KRUPS one, I think I got it on Amazon for $20. But I use it to grind coffee, plus tons of fresh spices, and fresh flour like garbanzo bean and oat, dried chili peppers for chili, vanilla bean pods, flaxseeds for smoothies, etc!
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I love my immersion blender stick! It makes sauces and soups a breeze.
Ah! I would LOVE a Vitamix! Currently my favorite kitchen item are the fancy and colorful ceramic knives my boyfriend’s sister gave me for Christmas. Dull knifes no more!
My favorite item thus far is the cutting board! Lame! So, I need this mixer.
Oh, what a fun giveaway! I think my favorite kitchen item is (weirdly) my sifter. It’s like an arm workout and a kitchen item all in one.
This is such a fun giveaway! I love my electric mixer. It definitely makes things a lot easier for me, haha.
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My favorite kitchen appliance is my Breville smart oven. It toasts, bakes, roasts, warms and more!
Tweeted and subscribed to this wonderful discovery (blog)!! As for the item in my kitchen that I just l-o-v-e… I have two! My juicer and my hand mixer!!
i love my kitcheniad mixer!
My grammas wooden hand juicer
I love my Kitchenaid mixer! Use it most days.
My breadmachine, and ricecooker
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I love my juicer. It’s the best, just like this giveaway 🙂
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Favourite item in the kitchen is definitely my handmixer, my go-to item for baking.
I love my Japanese Mandolin… ribbons of veggies for salads allow for dressin to lightly dance across the surface! So beautiful and tasty!
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I love my le creuset dutch oven!
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My favorite kitchen item is my spatula. It’s from Pampered Chef and even though it’s white, I can always get the spaghetti sauce or curry colors cleaned off of it.
I adore my mortar and pestle! From smaching fresh herbs to garlic to chili peppers, it is the one kitchen tool I use the most. The rustic feel of actually having to smash the ingredients myself is an added bonus!
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I tweeted!! Not sure how to get the link specific to my tweet (technology is not my friend) But i am @robolikes !!!
I love my kitchen aid stand mixer 🙂
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My favorite kitchen tool is my food processor. Makes perfect hollandaise sauce and pasta dough.
I love my Kitchen Aid stand mixer. I can’t believe how often I use it!
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I love my stand mixer!
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My favorite kitchen tool is my immersion blender!
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My Cuisinart food processor — it makes my life so much easier!
I love my WS Veggie Chop
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My favorite item is my Cuisinart 8-cup food processor. It makes life so much easier!
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I love my soda stream so I can make all sorts of drinks at home, I have really become a wizard with it.
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My favorite kitchen appliance would definitely have to be knifes! I use them everyday to chop fruit/veggies up!
i love my kitchenaid mixer the most!
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I sooo want the VitaMix! Currently my favorite kitchen appliance is my food processor. Thanks!
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I love my Kitchen Aid mixer, it’s so beautiful and I use it about 3 times a week (maybe more)
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YES PLEASE VITAMIX! You’re right, food processors don’t work very well for making “smooth”ies. My favorite item in my kitchen is my kitchenaid, of course! ($20 at a garage sale because the woman’s husband bought her the wrong color!)
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My favorite kitchen item is probably my kitchenaid mixer, but I also love my citrus reamer…it’s just so.damn.satisfying to get every bit of juice out of a lemon in 3 seconds flat.
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My favorite appliance in the kitchen is the blender, but it’s got nothing on this Vitamix. Thanks for the opportunity to win this Vitamix.
I just subscribed to the BGSK Newsletter. Thank you for the additional chance of winning the Vitamix.
I just tweeted about your Vitamix giveaway and included the link to this page. Thanks for the extra opportunity to win this amazing Vitamix.
I love my Cuisinart mini processor.
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I love my KitchenAid mixer in robin’s egg blue!
My favorite kitchen item is my Kitchenaid Mixer … I absolutely Love it!
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I love my KitchenAid! I would love to have this in my kitchen!
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I love my Breville citrus juicer
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I love my cast iron skillet!
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I love my immersion blender for smoothies and splash-free soups!
I am a subscriber-a very happy one. Love your blog.
My Le Creuset cookware—the beautiful flame color makes me happy and I love the way it cooks so evenly.
I am a subscriber and would LOVE a vitamix!
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I am a loyal newsletter subscriber! Thank you for hosting this giveaway!
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my favorite kitchen appliance is my one Le Creuset pot that I can use for everything from making soup, to braising meat or baking bread!
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That smoothie looks great!
My Jim Lahey cookbook. Who knew bread could be so good
My Yonana banana “ice cream” maker. So awesome!
My Kitchenaid Stand Mixer
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I’m a subscriber! Always wanted a Vitamix and I am currently blender-less.
I am a subscriber…. My Emile Henry used to bake bread in…
Hard to choose just one, but I think my Cuisinart mini chopper is easily my most used, most loved kitchen item.
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I use my 9 inch saute pan from Pampered Chef everyday! I love it!
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I’ve always wanted a VitaMix blender! My favorite kitchen appliance is probably my immersion blender - it’s great for making pureed soups!
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I love my new KitchenAid mixer!
I love my KitchenAid Stand Mixer!
favorite kitchen item is definitely my HUGE skillet my dad bought me years ago!
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food processor all the way!
My favorite kitchen item is my food processor
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I love my KitchenAid stand mixer. So versatile! Pastries! Pastas! Even meat grinding!
oh yeah!!! Favorite kitchen tool? Spatula. Without one so much would be left behind!
I couldn’t bear to live without my Wusthof santoku knife. It does everything for me!
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i love my stove-top espresso percolator (a gift from a good friend) and travel with it everywhere!
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My favorite kitchen things are my chopping knives, cutting board and CuisinArt mini prep. I would love to add a Vitamix to this list 😉 Thanks for having the best posts and giveaways. You help make my quarter life interesting! Ha 🙂
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I love my block cutting board. I don’t even bother putting it away anymore.
I love my kitchen scale. With baking with gluten free flours I use it constantly!!
I’m a subscriber and would LOVE a Vitamix!
I’m already a subscriber and avacados are really great in smoothies:)
#1 I love my wostoff knives.
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Hey i’m already on the mailing list but my favorite kitchen item is a lodge cast iron pan
My favorite kitchen item(s) are my knives… ready to chop up fruits & veggies and toss into the vitamix!!
I tweeted and shared on Facebook! 🙂 Good luck everyone!
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#3 I posted link to FB! I so want to win!!!!!
Tweeted this fabulous BGSK giveaway… @BGSK If I win I’ll Instagram a picture of my new Vitamix… maybe even post a video of it in use, should start using hashtage, #BGSK 😉
Love my Wusthof Santoku knife - use it everyday. My true dream kitchen item is a Vitamix.