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Orange, Lemon, and Lime Squeezer

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I LOVE these lemon lime juicers/squeezers; a favorite kitchen gadget for sure. I don’t have the one for oranges (I should get one soon though, it would come in handy for oranges that are especially ripe and hard to peel). I do have the lemon and lime squeezers and I love them both.  Whenever I need to juice a lemon for a recipe I just cut it in half and pop it into this squeezer and squeeze and I have instant fresh lemon juice with no seeds (a huge bonus), plus it squeezes every last bit of juice out of the lemon and I love not wasting an ounce of juice. The lime juicer works the same way. I am pretty sure I stole mine from my mom (she’s a pretty great mom) so I don’t know where they are from. You can get them all on Amazon; here is the link for the Lemon, Lime, and Orange squeezer. If you don’t want to get them on Amazon you can look other places, I think I may have seen them at Ross before and maybe try Target or Wal-Mart. Also, I think you could totally get away with just buying the Lemon juicer and have it juice your limes and lemons. I have both so I haven’t tried this but to save money I bet you could totally get away with one for both lemon and limes.

My Favorite Knife (comparable to the Cutco cheese knife)

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I had asked my hubby for the Cutco cheese knife for Christmas this last year. My mom and sister have that knife and I just LOVE it.  When he went to buy it, it was priced around $60 just for one knife. I don’t love spending money if I don’t have to (some things are worth spending a few extra $ for), but I wanted to see if I could find anything comparable for a fraction of the price so of course I searched Amazon so I could read some reviews and found this little gem.
cheese fruit knife edited2The reviews were fantastic and it was right around $10 which was a steal compared to $60 so he ordered it for me for Christmas and I have loved it. I’ll be honest I have only been using it since January of this year but so far I am a huge fan. It chops veggies, fruits, cheese, meat, you name it.  It chops it well, it’s one of the best knives we own and it was $10! I spend a lot of time in the kitchen preparing food for my family of 9 and because I cook with a lot of fruits/veggies this knife really does speed things up and comes in handy so often in my kitchen, plus I love that the top has 2 prongs on it which makes it so handy when cutting into packages like the wrapping around a cucumber or the plastic around chicken apple sausage (another favorite i’ll be sure to share) or other tight fitting plastics you encounter while preparing food.  Just another reason why it’s one of my FAVES. If you don’t have a good knife like this I would totally recommend this one. You can go here if you want to order it from Amazon or look at your local store to see if you can find anything comparable. I would love to hear all your reviews if you decide to try it or find something comparable. Happy Chopping!

 

Grapefruit Spoon

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If you are a grapefruit fan (which I am – such a healthy delicious snack with tons of health benefits), these spoons are a must have and a huge favorite at this house (see picture… My Dad feeding my baby, yes my baby loves grapefruit, with yes, you guessed it one of these amazing spoons). My mom came across these a few years ago and I haven’t used anything else since when eating grapefruit. It may take a bit of practice using them for the first time but after you get the hang of them you will LOVE them and never go back to using a normal old knife to cut around each triangle before you eat your grapefruit. I found these on Amazon here, but I know my mom got hers at specialty kitchen stores so you could try there as well. If you try these I would love to hear what you think.

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