kitchen gadgets

I was toasting my bread last night (yep, snacky dinner again) and had to have the toast tongs to pull the toast out of the toaster. It made me think about how much I really use those toast tongs. Then it got me thinking about my favorite kitchen gadgets. I am a huge Pampered Chef fan and love most of their things. After keeping house for 16 years (just celebrated that anniversary) if I were setting up house again there are some must haves that I would want.

My top 3 are:

toast tongs- for who needs to be sticking a knife down into the toaster to retrieve their toast

kitchen sheers- I use mine for everything (I actually have a few pairs) cutting up kid food is oh so much faster with kitchen sheers. And I love the ease of tossing them into the dishwasher to clean them.

Cutco knife- I have 2 and I use them all the time (they are really expensive). They are the type that I opt for in almost any cutting need. And to sing Cutco's praises they have a lifetime guarantee. They have replaced one of my knives after it broke.

So those are my 3 favorite kitchen gadgets. If you could pass on your favorites to your daughter per-say, what would make the list? What are your must have kitchen gadgets? Do share...