And the Winner Is…

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by Gavan on May 16, 2012

Congratulations to Michelle for having the best caption on my last post about our pregnancy. She wrote an amazing poem that knocked our socks off. As promised I picked out three of my favourite kitchen utensils for our winner:

1. Measuring spoons – who can live without them? The great thing about these by Progressive is that they’re magnetic so they’ll keep your drawers nice n’ tidy (and that keeps the missus happy in my house!)

2. A Microplane – other than my knives this gets used the most. Citrus zest is probably my favourite secret ingredient to use.

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