Serious Eats - seriouseats.com

I read (and saved) this article last week. I seem to be getting repeats lately in my weekly e-mail from seriouseats.com

I still dream of Holy Cannoli. My heart was so broken when it went away I drowned my sorrows in Hagaan Daz. Don't play with my loyalty.

My immersion blender is the best. I make eggplant caviar (a low cal version of babaganoush), the best carrot soup, hummus, quick stirs of anything, (tonight it will be the base for noodle kugel), well, it's just the most used utensil in my kitchen. I have the model pictured and the chopper attachment is the pits. Take pieces of onion to chop, place in container and press handle for about 2 seconds and watch your onions turn to liquid. Disgusting. I hand cut anything for pico de gallo type veggies....you can't control the shape with anything other than a knife

Siggi is devine! And I hate yogurt, usually. I get mine at Whole Foods in South Florida. Slice in a banana and I don't miss sour cream at all.

I never got around to buying a Kitchen Aid mixer. Where would I put it? I like my hand mixer. I can't live without a wand blender. I have drawers full of gadgets, but just never could justify the expense of a Kitchen Aid. My most basic fave is a coffee scoop from Starbucks. It is two tablespoon measure so I use it as a measuring spoon for recipes that call for that amount. Kichen Aid also makes the world's worst hand can opener. Opens nothing. My ten buck electric works better. I use my collection of chopsticks for almost everything else. Simple is best.

I just take ripened bananas, peel them and line them up onto trays for my food dehydrator. Two days later sweet, long lasting tasty treats are mine. Get a good price on the bananas by buying them in bulk at Costco or other clubs, although one bunch I bought never ripened. This is a great way to save a large amount of bananas before they go bad. Beware the temptation to eat more than one...that's still the same carb and calorie count as a fresh banana. I store them in baggies. MUCH cheaper than the version sold at Whoe Foods. For a little humor refer to them as "ex-boyfriends".