Favorite Kitchen Utensil

You may think that my favorite kitchen utensil would be "the behemoth" (that's what the hubs calls it): my professional-grade Kitchen-Aid (tm) mixer (which I use all the time), or even my "Wolfgang Puck" panini grill (which we scored for 5 bucks!). No, no, none of those complex yet useful devices. My favorite kitchen item, which I can easily pull out of a drawer, use, and slip into the dishwasher when I'm done, is my apple slicer. I think everyone with children should own an apple slicer. Cores and slices! Convenient for pies, tarts, and healthy child-sized snacks. Of course, my son loves to chew on his slice until he's mulched it to applesauce, then spit it all over the carpet. Nonetheless, every week or two, we buy a gigantic bag of apples. After all, an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Unless you go to our church, where every third guy in the congregation is a resident or medical student. In our case, no amount of fruit or nuts keeps them at bay.