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shopgirl82 · Chanel

What Are Your Kitchen Staples...

ILoveChoo · Hermes

Appliance: foreman grill

Unusual Appliance: mortar and pestle

Appliance That Was a Waste of $$: food processor

Cooking Item: huge heavy skillet

Baking Item: french pin, tart pan

Spice: cardomom, fresh basil, garlic

Condiment: grain mustard

Beverage To Have On Hand: water

Freezer Item: flash frozen chicken breasts, peas, spinach

Pantry Item: canned beans, EVOO, chicken broth

Food Item You HAVE to Have in the Kitchen: cheese

-- Edited by ILoveChoo at 11:36, 2006-03-20

Christine · Coach

Appliance: toss-up btwn large electric skillet (perfect for lots of french toast at once, or grilled cheeses) and my slow cooker
Unusual Appliance: not sure if this is really unusual, but I love my belgian waffle maker

Appliance That Was a Waste of $$: George Foreman grill (I know so many ppl love this - but I never use mine!)
Cooking Item: Calphalon frying pan
Baking Item: bundt pan
Spice: garlic salt. Yeah, I'm not a very adventurous eater....
Condiment: ketchup
Beverage To Have On Hand: milk
Freezer Item: chicken, steak, etc, to avoid running to the grocery store every couple of days, and frozen veggies
Pantry Item: soups
Food Item You HAVE to Have in the Kitchen: eggs!

shopgirl82 · Chanel

Appliance: Programmable Coffee Pot

Unusual Appliance: Mr. Coffee Ice Tea Maker (it takes a couple of minutes for really good ice tea. i will also make iced coffee in the summer and iced chai or green tea.

Appliance That Was a Waste of $$: we never use the george forman grill. i guess if we had a newer model, that's easier to clean, i might use it more.

Cooking Item: i'm not sure i have one. that's kinda the purpose of this post.

Baking Item: my cheapy mixer. it's compact which is great for condo living, and it hasn't failed me yet. i'm just waiting for the motor to run out in the middle of cooking.

Spice: green chili tobasco sauce, it's not too spicy and it totally livens up my canned Fat Free lentil soup. i also love lemon pepper, red pepper flakes, and this blend of sun dried tomatoes, dried onion, oregano, basil, etc...we bought it from a pizza place because it's sooo good.

Condiment: taco bell mild sauce. we always have it on hand. also spicy mustard, f.f raspberry vinegarette dressing, ranch, and caesar dressing.

Non-Alcoholic Beverage To Have On Hand: coffee, teas, fat free creamer (i'll add it to tomato sauces, masheed potatoes, coffee, etc...)

Freezer Item: we have to have sorbet on hand. also, we always have frozen veggies and fish/chicken.

Pantry Item: tuna, craisins, oatmeal, mandarin oranges (for cottage cheese/salads), low fat kettle corn, chow mein noodles (for stir fry/salads), f.f refried beans, ww. pasta, tomato sauces, chocolate cake mix (so i can make soda cake if i want something sweet), dark chocolate, low sodium canned tomatoes.

Food Item You HAVE to Have in the Kitchen: ff. creamer, sweet n' low (it's sick how much i go through), peanut butter, dark chocolate, we go to a farmer's market once a week so we always have fruits and veggies, w.w. english muffins, egg whites, laughing cow cheese and honey.

laken1 · Hermes

Appliance: George Foreman Grill & electric skillet - I can't chose between these
Unusual Appliance: Hotdog rotisserie (guess who purchased this)
Appliance That Was a Waste of $$: hotdog rotisserie
Cooking Item: non- stick skillet
Baking Item: cookie sheets, muffin tin
Spice: Tony Chachere's
Condiment: Mayo, mustard
Beverage To Have On Hand: wine, dt coke, water
Freezer Item: chicken tenderloins
Pantry Item: cream of mushroom, black beans, tomato sauce, taco seasoning packet
Food Item You HAVE to Have in the Kitchen: cheese - all kinds

-- Edited by laken1 at 12:27, 2006-03-20

needsfashionadvice · Kate Spade

Appliance:

GF grill but mine broke! Kitchen Aid mixer also

Unusual Appliance:

quesadilla maker, I love it!

Appliance That Was a Waste of $$:

I don't have any that I don't like

Cooking Item:

my oneida pots and pans

Baking Item:

Just my regular glass casserole dishes

Spice:

I use cumin, chili seasoning, and poultry seasoning a lot. I have pretty much every spice though.

Condiment:

Brown mustard and ketchup for hubby, he doesn't know what to do without them.

Beverage To Have On Hand:

Diet Root beer for me, Mt. Dew for hubby

Freezer Item:

Brocolli, french fries

Pantry Item:

BBQ chips, rice krispie treats, canned veggies, jello

Food Item You HAVE to Have in the Kitchen:

Cheese, we eat a lot of it

TheLovelyLady71 · Hermes

Appliance: Microwave

Unusual Appliance: N/A

Appliance That Was a Waste of $$: Haven't brought it yet! LOL

Cooking Item: Spatula

Baking Item: Measuring cup/spoons

Spice: Seasoning Salt

Condiment: Ketchup

Beverage To Have On Hand: Any type of juice

Freezer Item: Vegetables

Pantry Item: Boxed dinners

Food Item You HAVE to Have in the Kitchen: My spices

Tashina · Kate Spade

Appliance: two sided cast iron stove top grill

Unusual Appliance: sandwich cooker, it makes grilled sandwichs and divides them into halves for you.

Appliance That Was a Waiste of $$: blender, i don't like margaritas and anything else that requires a blender i use in my food processer which holds twice as much as my blender.

Cooking Item: wooden spatulas and spoons, my 35 piece ronco knives with the scissors that cut pennies and the chop and serve knife.

Baking Item: my paistry blender and my hand mixer

Spice: cinamon, garlic, mrs. dash table top blend and original blend

Condiments: cream of chicken soup, heavy cream, condenced milk

Beverage to Have on Hand: milk, vodka

Freezer Item: stoffers lasagna and mac and cheese

Pantry Item: pasta, all kinds of sauces, alfredo, meat sauce, red sauce with veggies etc.

Food Item You Have to Have: italian sausage, CHEESE!!!!

-- Edited by Tashina at 13:08, 2006-03-20

luckylily · Gucci

Appliance: Tough choice - I use my coffee pot at least once a day. I also think I couldn't live without my Kitchen Aid stand mixer and my blender.

Unusual Appliance: All of mine are really standard, I think.

Appliance That Was a Waste of $$: I probably use the Foreman grill the least, but I don't really think it was a waste. I used to use it a lot when I was single.

Cooking Item: Wooden spoons - I can never have enough.

Baking Item: I don't really bake, but I have some antique heart shaped cake pans from my Grandma's kitchen that I love.

Spice: fresh cilantro, chives, and basil, garlic, black pepper, crushed red pepper, and cummin.

Condiment: balsamic vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, ranch dressing

Beverage To Have On Hand: water, red wine

Freezer Item: chicken, prawns, lean cuisine for when we are too lazy to cook

Pantry Item: kosher salt, beans (black and garbanzo), canned corn, chicken stock

Food Item You HAVE to Have in the Kitchen: at any given time we have at least 3 boxes of Kashi Go Lean Crunch

ico · Dooney & Bourke

Appliance: microwave

Unusual Appliance: don't think I have any...

Appliance That Was a Waste of $$: milk frother I bought right before going vegan

Cooking Item: cast-iron skillet

Baking Item: silicon mat

Spice: cumin

Condiment:olive oil

Beverage To Have On Hand: water

Freezer Item: frozen veggies

Pantry Item: lentils, pasta, flour

Food Item You HAVE to Have in the Kitchen: bread

ILoveChoo · Hermes

ico wrote:

Baking Item: silicon mat

oh, these are amazing aren't they? I got two really cheap because they were marked wrong at LNT and I LOVE them! I want to invest in the silicon muffin pans one ofthese days. A little pricy, but soooo worth it!

small fry · Chanel

Appliance: My coffee pot I use it at least twice a day. I love my coffee

Unusual Appliance: I would say my tea maker

Appliance That Was a Waste of $$: my blender I hardly ever use it

Cooking Item: my hard plastic spoons(shaped just like wooden ones ) Spatula

Baking Item: cookie sheet need to buy a few more ,use this for biscuts, cookies, garlic bread just about everything

Spice: garlic, pepper,

Condiment: coffee mate creamer and picante sauce - cheese whiz and mayo for son

Freezer Item: boneless chicken, already made pancakes and waffles my son lives on these

Pantry Item: peanut butter , mac and cheese , cereal ,

Food Item You HAVE to Have in the Kitchen - bread ,coffee creamer.. can you tell I love coffee and diet sodas

Drew · Gucci

Appliance: Food Chopper

Unusual Appliance: The Bullet Food Chopper

Appliance That Was a Waste of $$: There's probably one sitting in a cabinet somewhere that is so useless I've forgotten I have it.

Cooking Item: spoon rest -hey, it's the only thing I've gotta have everytime!

Baking Item: Silpat

Spice: Salt and Pepper of course. I love spices and use them all, but S&P goes on everything!

Condiment: Olive Oil

Beverage To Have On Hand: Honest Tea, preferably in decaf & Pom Juice for DH

Freezer Item: Frozen veggies, just in case I find myself out of the fresh stuff

Pantry Item: Rice for DH

Food Item You HAVE to Have in the Kitchen: We always stock fresh salt-free nuts, dried fruits but especially figs (if you haven't tried figs stuffed with salt-free almonds do it!), honey (for dipping nuts into -it's so awesome for curing a sweet tooth), bread, cheese, my Honest Ice Tea, DH's Pom Juice, eggs (we eat 7 egg whites every day, so I pretty much buy a carton a day), home-made vaccum sealed frozen meals for DH for when I don't feel like cooking (right now the freezer is full with lasagna, meatloaf, jambalaya, gumbo...)

Aurora · Marc Jacobs

Appliance: george foreman grill, blender

Unusual Appliance: quesadilla maker

Appliance That Was a Waste of $$: my faberware can opener (its not electric but it sucks)

Cooking Item: tongs and oven mitts

Baking Item: my square pan and my muffin tin

Spice: basil and crushed red pepper

Condiment: ketchup

Beverage To Have On Hand: tropical punch sugar free kool aid

Freezer Item: frozen crawfish tails

Pantry Item: extra virgin olive oil and cream of chicken soup

Food Item You HAVE to Have in the Kitchen: fresh garlic and fresh basil

hotcocoa · Kate Spade

Appliance: fully automatic coffee maker (grinds beans, tamps beans and brews with one press of a button) i'm so in love.

Unusual Appliance: toaster oven. i'm the only one that seems to have one of these. i use it at least once a day.

Appliance That Was a Waste of $$: deep fryer. my husband has made homemade fries in it about 3 times and i've made homemade doughnuts once in the 3 years we've owned it.

Cooking Item: omelette pan

Baking Item: rimmed baking sheets

Spice: sea salt and black pepper

Condiment: i despise all condiments

Beverage To Have On Hand: izze sparkling fruit drinks — mostly for my guests. green and white tea for me, black tea for my english tea maniac husband.

Freezer Item: frozen mango, pineapple, berries and peaches for smoothies

Pantry Item: almonds, dark chocolate, walnuts, dried apricots and blueberries, golden raisins... all for snacking

Food Item You HAVE to Have in the Kitchen: a block of fresh parmesan cheese.

Renee · Kenneth Cole

Appliance: Dishwasher. I don't know if it counts, but it is really a lifesaver.

Unusual Appliance: none.

Appliance That Was a Waste of $$: bread machine. The excitement passed rather quickly.

Cooking Item: big heavy pot.

Baking Item: I don't really bake...

Spice: Oregano, ginger, garlic, thyme, fresh basil, fresh rosemary

Condiment: shoyu soy sauce, honey mustard dressing, Soy Vey marinades.

Beverage To Have On Hand: water, tea

Freezer Item: chicken breasts, veggie burgers, frozen fish.

Pantry Item: tuna, corn, crushed tomatoes, egg pasta, whole wheat pasta, rice, polenta.

Food Item You HAVE to Have in the Kitchen: tofu, fresh veggies.

sfclinevandy · Coach

Appliance: Foreman, Toaster Oven and Coffee maker (I use it to brew tea)

Unusual Appliance: Smoothie Maker (aka a blender with a spout) and Cusinart Icecream/Sorbet maker

Appliance That Was a Waste of $$: The Cusinart Icecream maker. It may be awesome, I've just never gotten around to using it.

Cooking Item: My big mixing bowls I use for everything

Baking Item: Pyrex Casserole Dishes

Spice: Curry powder and sea salt

Condiment: Orange marmalade, Strawberry preserves, sour cream, light salted butter, olive oil, yellow and dijon mustards

Beverage To Have On Hand: La Croix or other no-cal seltzer

Freezer Item: Chicken breasts, lean ground beef, Phyllo pastry dough, vodka, spinach

Pantry Item: pastas, pancake mix, stone ground grits (NOT INSTANT!), muffin mixes, jello and pudding mixes, chocolate chips, popcorn, Glory Foods canned veggies, tea bags, Triscuits, Saltines, peanut butter and cereal variety packs

Food Item You HAVE to Have in the Kitchen: cheese and fresh fruit (usually apples, pears, grapes and strawberries)

erin · Chanel

Appliance: stove
Unusual Appliance: i have this thing called a "hotshot" it just heats up water. i use it ALL the time, mostly to make hot chocolate, or for tea.
Appliance That Was a Waste of $$: maybe my rice cooker? i have never used it.
Cooking Item: 10" fry pan
Baking Item: cookie sheet
Spice: cumin
Condiment: extra virgin olive oil
Beverage To Have On Hand: milk
Freezer Item:nutrigrain waffles
Pantry Item: tons of canned veggies
Food Item You HAVE to Have in the Kitchen: cereal

bex · Chanel

kitchen staples? whats a kitchen????

oh, right... thats the place i go to get my wine/vodka/water and my breakfast bars...

bumblebee · Coach

Appliance: programmable cuisinart coffee-maker--gets me going every morning!
Unusual Appliance: hello kitty toaster that toasts imprints of miss kitty's face on each piece of toast.
Appliance That Was a Waste of $$: cuisinart mini-prep. i usually just use my blender for the same purposes.
Cooking Item: big red le creuset pasta pot
Baking Item: i don't really bake much, but i do love the silicone muffin cups i got at sur la table that look like the old-fashioned pastel paper ones

Spice: paul prudhomme's blackened redfish magic for grilling fish.
Condiment: champagne salad dressing, dijon mustard

Beverage To Have On Hand: water, beer (i don't really drink it, but i like having it for people who come over), iced tea, pomegranate juice, diet tonic water, club soda and limes to juice and put in any of the above

Freezer Item: lean cuisine! and frozen pizzas and fruits for smoothies. and vodka, of course.

Pantry Item: cans of soup, chicken stock, pasta sauce, dried fruits, almonds
Food Item You HAVE to Have in the Kitchen: yogurt, apples, coffee and half and half