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Calphalon Serrated Spatula

October 24, 2014 by Mary 9 Comments

Calphalon serrated spatula.

 

Who doesn’t love Calphalon? Well they’ve been our friend in the kitchen, providing us with quality cookware for like, at least 35 years. As I mentioned when I ran the giveaway for one of their skillets, they were on my bridal registry 33 years ago and I still use those same skillets and pots today! (Our anniversary is Halloween.)

Well now they’ve moved into the small kitchen tool area and contacted us to be in our MARY’s secret ingredients box with this newly designed serrated spatula. Or would you call this a turner? I dunno. But I do know that this is very cool and handy – like two tools in one! The angle is perfect for flipping and the serrated edge allows you to make a little cut easily to check on doneness.

Here I am checking on an Italian pork sausage – important because you need it to be done!

Calphalon serrated spatula cutting pork sausages.

 

Works great to cut a too big piece of potato when you’ve done an inconsistent job on the cutting board before, like me.

Calphalon serrated spatula cutting a potato.There are so many uses! And the best part about it is that you can use it with all your non- stick cookware, because it won’t scratch the surface. It’s made of nylon with soft-touch silicone accents to let you do your job and not spoil the pot. And it’s dishwasher safe, heat resistant to 400 degrees with a full lifetime warranty. You can’t beat that! If you ordered a box, I sure hope you enjoy using it!

Filed Under: Dinner Tagged With: Calphalon, Calphalon serrated spatula, Calphalon serrated turner, Calphalon small kitchen tools

Winner of our Calphalon Skillet Giveaway!

August 16, 2014 by Mary 4 Comments

I’m so excited to tell you that the winner of our Calphalon Skillet Giveaway is Erin Friedman in sunny California!!! Your beautiful non-stick skillet is on its way to you right now and I know you’re just going to LOVE it. I love mine, and the fact that clean up is a breeze because it’s dishwasher safe is an added bonus! And the non- stick surface is so good, you can use way less oil or butter in cooking.Calphalon skillet with glass lid.

Here is Erin’s comment:

Our chickens are going all-out lately, so it’s (once again) Eggs for Dinner. I sauté mushrooms, onions, peppers and spinach in a little olive oil and butter until soft and wonderful. Crack a couple eggs on top and cover until the eggs are set. Easy and delicious. And cheap.

Doesn’t that sound delicious? We wish Erin lots of good use with this skillet. Make many happy meals in it and remember, to always cook with LOVE and your food will definitely taste better!

In all the comments, we had lots of great dishes mentioned that people love to cook in skillets. We numbered all of them and tossed them in a hat for a random drawing, and Erin was the lucky winner. Congratulations Erin and thank you all for entering and sharing your favorites!!!

We are at Crystal Lake, Vermont right now at my brother’s house enjoying a little R & R with great food, wine and company. A Bernese Mountain dog.Meet my waking companion today, Otis, a beautiful Bernese Mountain dog who is the sweetest thing! We walked/ran to Pageant Park and back, which is 2.4 miles up and down a mountain and at one point he decided he needed a rest and just stopped and laid down in the path. A dog after my own heart!

Stay tuned for the best gazpacho recipe coming up – a perfect way to use all the tomatoes coming in to the farmers market stands right now!

Filed Under: Dinner Tagged With: Calphalon, Calphalon 13" non-stick skillet, dishwasher safe non-stick cookware

Calphalon Skillet Giveaway!

August 7, 2014 by Mary 36 Comments

Calphalon non stick dishwasher safe skillet.Calphalon was the cookware I chose for my bridal registry — some 33 years ago!!! (yikes!) I still have and use every single pan I received as a gift – about eight different ones. So, when the Calphalon people asked me to review their new, non-stick, 13” deep skillet with a beautiful glass lid (I love glass lids – so you can see what the heck is going on in there – besides, they’re pretty), I said, “Sure!”. I also added in that I could do a Calphalon Skillet Giveaway so that one of you, lucky readers, would be able to share in my joy of cooking! A major selling point with this skillet is that it is dishwasher safe, something my husband loves, since that’s his job. That’s our agreement. I cook, he cleans. (Thank the good Lord!)

Calphalon skillet browning chicken breasts.

I wanted to put the skillet through its paces. First – basic – browning chicken skin. Last Friday night, I made this chicken breast recipe that Steve picked out from a food magazine. Of course I had to make it my own. I just can’t help myself. I know interior designers who have to rearrange hotel rooms or who just can’t help but to fluff and rearrange pillows. I am like that with recipes. This recipe didn’t call for any browning, but how can you not do that with chicken breasts that have skin on? Besides, I wanted to render that fat out and get some crispness going. You can see the beautiful job the skillet did in just 5 minutes. The recipe, eh – was just okay. It wasn’t worthy enough to share with you as it used too much butter and was too sweet from the maple syrup.

Calphalon skillet browning garlic.

Next was making my garlic soft and golden to sauté with kale from my garden. It was beautiful and my kale with just garlic, olive oil and salt and pepper turned out amazingly delicious! This skillet is so non-stick that rather than using my customary 2 tablespoons of olive oil, I only used one!

Calphalon skillet with kale.

Here, with the kale in it, you can see just how large the skillet is. This amount of kale fed five people and there’s ample room for more.Calphalon skillet with catfish frying.

My final test was last night. I fried catfish (again – second time this summer!) with a simple breading of only Old Bay and flour, no egg or cornmeal this time. (I am on this Old Bay kick – it’s so good and makes it so easy to add a lot of flavor.) To me, frying is the ultimate test of a skillet.

The catfish turned out beautiful and delicious! It was crisp, nicely browned, with moist fish inside, and it took no time for the oil to heat up.

This skillet is great for everything so it will be great for fast, one-skillet meals with an easy clean-up to boot!

What is your favorite one-dish meal to cook in a skillet? Comment and answer below  to be entered into a random drawing to win one of these beautiful, 13 inch, non-stick, dishwasher safe, Calphalon skillets! Good luck!!!

THE RULES
One entry per person, please.

Shout out your favorite one-skillet meal.

Winners will be announced next Thursday.

Calphalon will mail the skillet directly to you.

Giveaway sponsored by LOVE – the secret ingredient.

Filed Under: Cookware and tools Tagged With: best skillets, Calphalon, Calphalon 13" non-stick skillet, Calphalon cookware, giveaways

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