My Favorite Things

I have had my eye on this pan for a while. Everyone has been talking about this 'Always Pan' and it has had rave reviews all over. As far as I am concerned, the proof of the pan is in cooking results achieved with it. Most nonstick pans I have used in the past, do not last more than 5-6 months and then they get used as pans to reheat food. The only set that has held up so far is a set of three pans from Henckels that have withstood a fair amount of abuse in the kitchen and still held up for cooking omelets and scrambled eggs after a couple of years.

This is one of those purchases I made several years ago while walking by a kitchen store in the mall. Absolutely impulsive and at that time I thought I would use it to slice cucumbers really thin for my sandwiches. Little did I know that this magical kitchen tool will be used frequently to thinly slice not just cucumbers, but radishes, cheese, shallots and more.

The mini mandoline comes with two blades, but the slicer is the one I use. The julienne blade is not that great and doesn’t really serve its purpose unless you want to thinly shred garlic cloves etc.