Time’s up!
The winners of the Microplane Essential Kitchen Tools Giveaway are:
#26 Maureen: “Very hard decision, I guess first my Chef’s knife, then my cast iron fry pan.”
#740 Caroline: “My dough blade!!! I use it almost daily which is silly because I don’t make bread everyday. But I love it and could not get through my cooking frenzies without it.”
#1087 Heather Jenkins: “I love my apple corer!”
Congratulations girls! I’ve sent ya’ll an email. Enjoy your new goodies!
I’ve got a great giveaway today for fun set of new kitchen tools from Microplane. I love kitchen gadgets, and these are a few of my favorites — plus a new one that I can’t wait to try! I want you guys to have ‘em too. I’ve got three (3) sets of these to give away today, and they include one each of the following tools from Microplane:
Microplane Classic Series Premium Zester/Grater
Microplane Easy Prep Pizza Cutter
Microplane Easy Prep Straight Peeler
Microplane Specialty Series Cut Resistant Glove
How awesome does this look? This is the one I can’t wait to try.
From Microplane.com: “Microplane’s easy to use Herb Mill cuts fresh herbs like parsley, dill, cilantro, sage and mint with hundreds of tiny scissors without bruising or blemishing. Dishwasher safe.”
Microplane Gourmet Series Coarse Grater
Microplane Gourmet Series Fine/Spice Grater
How to Enter
To be entered to win the Microplane giveaway, all you have do to is leave a comment on this post. What is your one favorite kitchen tool? The one you could never be without, the one you think everyone should have? I can’t wait to read your responses on this one! I bet I’ll be adding a few to my collection…
Contest ends Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 8 pm CST. One entry per person, please. Winners will be chosen by Random.org and notified by email. Giveaway provided by Microplane.
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I’m going to quadruple what others are saying – a good set of knives beats all! Nothing worse than having super dull knives!
I rely on my knife set. Without good ones, it’s had to do anything. I hope I win!
My kitchen aid mixer…these gadgets look fun too!
My zester!
I collect vintage kitchen utensils – - so I love most all gadgets. But, on a daily basis my most used untensils are my kitchen paring knife, spatula, measuring cups & spoons.
I can’t live without my food processor at the moment!! I’ve been making a ton of baby food and I could never get it so fine without my food processor!!! :)
I think I use my measuring spoons the most. I have 3 sets of spoons and I love them. I would love these new pieces for my kitchen. Thanks Amanda!
I can’t live without my Pampered Chef Chopper and paring knife. I use both all the time. I just couldn’t pick one.
Awesome giveaway! :) I cannot live without my Santoku knife! I love it! It makes life so much easier in the kitchen and I have friends who get ‘knife envy’ when they use it and see how easily it cuts through pretty much anything! :)
My favorite kitchetn tool or utensil is a knife…that will actually cut things! I don’t have any and so when I am at others houses and I get to use their fine knives that actually cut things…I am in heaven!
I love my tupperware food chopper and can’t imagine chopping without it!
I love love love my Pampered Chef cookie dough scoop. Makes consistently sized cookies every time. Plus it’s great for other stuff too like melon balls.
I love my Microplane Zester. Its great for when I prepare my lemon garlic chicken!
I love my antique spoon that my mother-in-law gave me. I didn’t get it till I had it in person. The spoon part is metal and slotted. The tip is flat, but then curves up at the edges. Those edges are perfect fit for the corner of your pots. It is the most useful when stir frying! It scrapes the pan without butchering your food.
These new modern gadgets you are giving away look like they might could hold up to my old school spoon! haha!
Parchment paper! Helps make the best cookies and keeps them from sticking.
I can’t live without my Furi Santoku knife! That and my Le Creuset dutch oven. They are pricy (it was a gift!) but it will last my whole life.
Favorite would have to be my small hand held grater…use it for numerous things.
That’s a hard one. My first response would be my Bosch kitchen machine… but even before that I would say my favorite orange spatula. I wish I’d purchased 2!
Definitely the dough hook on my mixer. I don’t knead by hand anymore!
Nothing’s worse than dull knives! So a good set of knives!
My favorite kitchen tool is my mini food processor that also converts to an immersion blender.
I love my strawberry corer. It makes eating strawberries so much easier!
It’s a toss up between my kitchen shears and wooden spoons!
I can’t live without my Anthropologie little collander. It is turquoise and oh so cute. It is perfect for rinsing fruit and looks cute just sitting out.
That’s a tough one, I love and use all of my tools. A wire whisk. Without it no flour would be sifted for yummy cookies, no eggs whisked. It’s essential!
I don’t have a lot of gadgets either, but I need to have a grater for sure in the kitchen. I’m always grating something, but I wish I had a zester grater. Thank you for hosting this great giveaway!
My big chef’s knife; I used it to cut everything. It smashes garlic spectacularly.
My KitchenAid mixer! I put it at the bottom of my Christmas list last year, not expecting to get one since they’re expensive so I was super surprised when I got one! Now I can’t imagine not having it – in addition to using it for mixing desserts and things it also makes making bread dough a snap and shredding chicken super easy!
Oh, and I totally need those gloves – I gouged my hand trying to cut an orange a few weeks ago and have a lovely scar to show for it now. I’m quite clumsy!
I save so much time with my mini chopper. It really cuts down on prep time.
Vegetable peeler for sure!
I love kitchen gadgets. I don’t have a microplane yet, but I would love to try one out. One of my favorite gadgets is my Pedrini lemon zester.
I have lots of kitchen essentials but my most essential would probably be my good knives!
My favorite wood spoon. I have several wood spoons in various lengths and different bowls but I have one that is my favorite and I reach for it several times a day while cooking.
My favorite kitchen tool is definitely my spring-loaded tongs. When I go cook at a friend’s house, I don’t know how they get by without them.
I am no master in the kitchen and my favorite utensil is a cheap spatula that I have had for at least 15 years it is nice and thin and sturdy, it get under everything, especially eggs when making over easy, I haven’t found another one like it.
My Tupperware kitchen shears – I use them for everything!!
A banana slicer. The ultimate kitchen tool! You’ll want bananas on everything after you see how easy it is the cut a whole banana with this sucker.
I would have to say my favorite kitchen tool is the grater. It saves you money to buy block cheese and grate it yourself and I am all about saving money!!
it would have to be my mixer thanks
I couldn’t live without my wooden spoons!
I think my new favorite tool will be that herb mill! I need one! But presently, the most handy thing I own is my santoku.
My favorite kitchen tool is probably my garlic crusher. I just love that I don’t have to chop it all up. These look like they would be amazing too. Thanks for the chance!
these all look wonderful, but my sixth finger on my right hand has to be my paring knife!
wow, what incredible prizes! i truly don’t have many tools. i WANT them, but i always think i can do without. i ought to treat myself to some! anyhow, my absolute cannot-live-without tools are my paring knife and my vegetable peeler, the one that attaches to your finger.
My Ice Cream scoop! Sad to say it’s truly my favorite kitchen tool.
I love my new spring loaded wisk. I do so many things with it from whipping eggs to to making whipped cream. Yummy. Thanks for the give away.
Definitely a cheese grater…I use it a least a few times a week!
I love my knives… I use them everyday!
My fabulous locking tongs from iSi. It really reduces my fatigue on my hands when really using the tongs.
That’s a hard question. I like many kitchen tools but I’ll say my Pampered Chef ice cream scoop. I <3 ice cream & it makes it so easy to serve the whole family in a flash with the special liquid that warms from the heat in your hand to make scooping ice cream easy.
I have a one tablespoon measuring spoon that I swear makes the perfect size cookies and no other one comes close. It’s odd but it is so nice when I’m doing all my holiday baking! :)
My Pampered Chef ice cream scoop :)
I couldn’t live without my kitchen shears! I use them for everything!
My Kitchen Aid can opener is the best! I’ve had it for over 8 years now and not once have I had a problem opening cans, it just glides right around.
I have a rubber spoon-spatula that I use Every Day. Lots of fun products!
So being that we will be moving into our first home next Friday (so exciting!!) we barely have anything besides a bedroom set! But, at work, I have been getting some free cookware for buying supplies. So I would have to say my favorite kitchen item will have to be my Kitchenaid 4-quart hard-anodized pot. Especially since it’s winter soon, I can’t wait to make chicken soup!! mmm :)
The veggie peeler is the one I cannot live without!
The pizza cutter!!!
Love my Oster Hand Blender. Great for making smoothies or soups.
I use my kitchen shears for everything! I’m not sure how I survived without them. Cutting raw chicken is so much easier with shears then with a knife. I actually have like 4 different pairs that I use for different things.
Hi Amanda,
What a great giveaway! I actually have 3 favorite kitchen tools that I can’t live without. My knives, my teflon spatula and my small teflon coated pan. I use them all the time. Thanks for the chance to win.
Elaine Allen
A good, thin-edged silicone spatula. I use it all the time for many things I didn’t think I ever would.
I love having a vegetable peeler..my kids love mashed potatoes and love helping me peel the potatoes!!
I love a lot of my gadgets, but I don’t think I could do wihtout a good sharp knife. You can do just about anything with it!
Good, sharp knives! and food processor
My favorite kitchen tool is a chopper, although I am looking forward to the chance to trying the Microplane Gourmet Series.
It’s going to sound so silly but-I could not live without my rubber spatulas. They help me scrape things off sides, get the last bits of stuff out of bowls, and gently stir. They are so simple but necessary! I must say though, my life would be infinitely better with those Microplane tools!
i wouldn’t say it’s the most useful but I do enjoy using it – my banana slicer! http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/chefn-banana-slicer/
I love my vegetable peeler I bought from Mr Ades in NYC. He was right, it truly is amazing!
My Kitchenaid stand mixer… I saved for years to buy one. :)
I love fresh parmesan cheese, so the grater/zester would be my favorite <3
My Kitchen Aid mixer, hands down. The versatility in being able to do everything from cookies and breads to making our own sausage is fantastic. Not to mention I think my daughters like to see how far they can push my patience by cranking it up, quickly, to see dry ingredients fly around the kitchen! :-)
I love my stand mixer! I couldn’t work without it!
I love my chef’s knife. Cutting an onion with a dull knife is brutal.
i love my kitchen shears. i seriously use them all the time – i can’t imagine trying to cut bacon without them!! silicone spatulas are a close second, though.
Cheese! Cheese! Everything is better with oodles of cheese. Right now I’m pretty addicted to my breadmaker.
I couldn’t live without my measuring spoons! They are adjustable so I only need two (one is teaspoon and the other is tablespoon). Without those, I wouldn’t be able to bake yummy things!!
I have a carbon steel knife that was once my Grandfather’s and I LOVE IT. It stays super sharp, which is great because I tend to slip when I use a dull knife. It takes a little extra care but is worth it!
I love my silicone spoons – for everything. They’re my fave! Thanks for the chance to win.
My George Foreman 360 Grill!
My most essential “tool” would be a cutting board. Is that a tool? :)
I think my food processor is probably something I could never give up!
My old wooden spoon and my KitchenAid Mixer. LOVE that mixer!!! Made yeast rolls for Thanksgiving with the dough hook…so much easier!!!
I love my chopper from Pampered Chef. I use it almost daily to dice at least one ingredient for whatever I am cooking that night. It saves me SO much time and I don’t know what I’d do without it!
I have many kitchen tools that I love but the microplane is heavily used and I don’t know how I ever did without one. I would love to have another one on standby for when my current one becomes dull.
I was just drooling over the herb mill in the Sur La Table catalog yesterday! Never seen that before. Was going to put it and the microplane on my wish list, but to win these items would be a wonderful early present!
The one kitchen tool I cannot be without is my peeler! Potato/carrot/cucumber/cheese/chocolate bar/apple/kiwi etc. peeler!! I am not sure I could cook with any of these without it :)
I love my kitchen-aid mixer!!
That’s hard to choose. Aside from good sharp knives (which I don’t have right now), I’d have to choose my kitchen shears next. I love them. But there are so many and these tools look AWESOME!
First I have to share with you that my BIL calls me “Miss Gadget” cause I love kitchen gadgets. LOL
I would like to have the Microplane Herb Mill. I don’t own anything like that in my collection yet. I really don’t have a favorite kitchen tool, it depends on what I am doing.
I couldn’t live without a good knife, but I love every gadget in my kitchen!
Well, the microplane is a pretty cool tool and handy but a paring knife is just a must.
I love my heat resistant spatula! Everyone should have one!
By far, my cooking shears! I would be lost without them. I like Microplane Easy Prep Straight Peeler. I could definitely do some work with that :)
My rubber spatulas! How else do you get a bowl or can cleaned out?!
I would love to have the Microplane Herb Mill – as I love to cook with fresh herbs all the time and I find it can get a tad messy if I chop them up on the cutting board. Although it smells fabulous after you do. :)
Kitchen tools I can’t live without? Sharp knives, cutting board, can opener and a wine opener and scissors. :P Lol. I couldn’t choose just one. I think these are all very important items to have in your kitchen so you don’t have a nervous breakdown while cooking! :)
My kitchen aid mixer. I know I once managed without it, but I cannot remember how.
If you’re a mashed potato fan then a potato ricer is a MUST HAVE! You will never eat lumpy mashed potatoes again, love it!
I love my Kitchenaid Mixer! I couldn’t handle the holiday season without it!
My favorite kitchen tool is my Kitchen Aid Hand Mixer. This thing can make amazing things. Cookies…Mashed Potatoes…what more could you ask for!?! =]