No matter how many spatulas and spoons I have, I can almost always make space for one more in my utensil jug. I swear, it’s not because I’m a hoarder (I get rid of my fair share as well). It’s because I’m forever on the lookout for excellent new tools. This explains why, when I spotted the new Lazy Spoon and Ladle set from Rachael Ray, I had to get them. Because what if that ladle was the perfect thing for scooping jam into jars? This inquiring mind had to know!
If you feel like you’ve seen these spoons before, you are correct. The lazy spoon concept is one that was originally marketed successfully by Jonathan’s Spoons. Rachael Ray liked the concept so much that she licensed the form factor and started producing plastic and silicone spoons in the image of those original wooden spoons.
At this point the question is, how do I like these spoons now that I’ve had them in my kitchen a couple months? I like them very much. They do not line up perfectly with my ideal spoon and ladle, but they’re darned handy when you’re dealing with sticky stuff that you don’t want to drip all over your stove or countertop. I wish that they were a little lighter and a little more supple (despite the silicone coating, they don’t have much give), but all in all, they’ve earned their spots in the utensil jug.
Now, for the giveaway. I have one set of these handy tools to give away to a lucky Food in Jars reader. Here’s how to enter.
- Leave a comment on this post and tell me about your favorite kitchen tool.
- Comments will close at 11:59 pm eastern time on Sunday, October 1, 2017. Winners will be chosen at random and this post will be updated with the winner.
- Giveaway open to United States residents only.
- One comment per person, please. Entries must be left via the comment form on the blog at the bottom of this post.
The giveaway is closed! The winner is #24/Julie.
Disclosure: Both the set pictured here and the giveaway set were provided at no cost to me by the PR team that handles the Rachael Ray line. No additional compensation was provided.
I have a number of one-piece silicone spatulas (several different brands) and I find myself reaching for them almost any time – I use them instead of wooden spoons both in cooking and baking, often instead of metal spatulas when stirfrying or other cooking, etc.
My silpat is my favorite.
I love all my kitchen stuff. The thing I love most is my All American 921. It’s not the thing I use most, but it’s the thing I actually want to hug!
I am new to canning, so new I haven’t even made my first batch! I attended a class/presentation you just gave in Haddonfield, NJ and can’t wait to start so the opportunity of getting a spoon set to help me get started is wonderful!!
It’s so hard to choose a favorite tool! I’d have to say a bamboo spatula/spoon that came with a wok I received as a gift over 20 years ago. The wok is long since given away, but when that bamboo pusher breaks I don’t know what I’ll do.
My old wooden spoons that my mother gave me when I first moved out of the house. That was over a decade ago and I remember playing with those spoons when I was a kid!
I have a wide spoon-shaped spatula that I use for just about every cooking job in the kitchen.
wooden spoon
Honestly, the silicone spatula is still my go-to kitchen tool for almost everything.
My favorite kitchen tool would have to be my KitchenAid stand mixer. I just love it so much!
My most-used is a mid-size chef’s knife, but my actual favorite is my Zyliss cheese grater.
My immersion blender for it’s convenience and my paring knife which I’ve had for years.
For making jam I have a ladle that has cup measurements on it so it’s easy to figure out how much I need to scoop out for half pint and pints.
This is a bit silly but I love the wooden tongs that I use to get my toast out of the toaster. 🙂
My favorite kitchen tool is my plastic bench scraper. I use it every week, at least 2 or 3 times, for making bread, transferring chopped vegetables from the cutting board. It’s inexpensive, takes up zero space in the drawer and is a multitasker.
One of my favorite kitchen utensils is a Rada knife that I use strictly for peeling potatoes 🙂
My favorite kitchen tool is a tiny spatula that is the perfect shape for scooping the last little bit of peanut butter out of a jar, or for cleaning heavy ingredients like yogurt out of a measuring cup.
My mini-whisk! I use it for everything from mixing stir-fry sauce to beating eggs to whisking dry ingredients for baking.
My favorite is a double-ended silicon spatula I bought at a kitchen supply store years ago. I recently bought 2 new, similar spatulas but they don’t work the same at all!
I love to use a wooden chop stick when doing bacon and turning burgers.
I love my spatulas! They get every drop of batter or jam or pasta sauce or peanut butter and I love them for that!
My narrow silicone spatula is something I use every single day for a variety of things. I have three of them so I have at least one clean.
I love my microplane!
my favorite kitchen tool is my cheese press
Truly, my favorite kitchen tool is my hands. After that, I have an old chef’s knife that I love. Someone broke off the tip but I still keep it sharp and love the feel of it in my hand.
My hands. They work when nothing else will.
Favorite tool jar spatula
I have a wooden paddle about 18 inches long and 4 inches wide at the end. Works wonders for large batche’s of anything.
Awesome!
My rubber spatula!
I have a somewhat dull Microplane that was no longer cutting it for lemon zest, but I recently realized that it is a winner for grating garlic. I will never chop garlic again! I also love all my rubber spatulas for getting all of the goodnes out of pots.
I guess my paring knife, but I really have several I use all the time.
An old fashioned potato masher and immersion blender have become indispensable to me. I don’t know why it took me so long to catch on but now I can’t live without them.
P.S. Please tell your friend Amy that she is a genius. I have made 3 batches of her tomato jam. An annual must have niw!
Lots of workhorse favorites like my mini food processor and my vintage hand cranked nut chopper, several sizes of strainers and silicon spatulas but the tool I never expected to get so much use out of is the stainless steel funnel from my canning set …. works for repackaging nuts, baking powder, spices etc. Just not something that I ever expected to get so much use out of.
My set of spatulas in different sizes. I use them constantly.
My favorite tool is my Global chef’s knife!
My favorite kitchen tool is a Zwilling 8 in ceramic skillet…use it almost everyday…we are a family of two and can scramble eggs or sautée fish in an instant and clean up is a breeze.
Right now my favorite kitchen tools are my PowerChef and UltraPro cookware by Tupperware. I made the most amazing chicken pot pies (individual) in my UltraPro (freezer to oven) cookware and had one for lunch too! I plan on having my own food truck and am gathering the tools for my own kitchen on wheels. <3
I love my kitchen shears. Opening bags to cutting up chickens, I use them a lot.
My very favorite utensils are my Pampered Chef spatulas from more than 10 years ago! Have not found replacements that I love as much.
I love my metal measuring spoons, I use them so much and I don’t know what I’d do without them!
My favorite kitchen tool is my vitamix.
My favorite kitchen utensil is my Earlywood tasting spoon. I make a half gallon of tea a day in the warm weather, and it is ideal for stirring the sugar in the warm tea in the glass decanter.
My favorite kitchen tool is my red Kitchen Aid mixer. Somehow the red gives it an extra kick.
My favorite kitchen tool is my immersion blender
My favorite kitchen tool is my knife
I could not live without my kitchen aid food processor! Canning season is here, and I couldn’t imagine the time I wouldn’t save with my salsas, sauces etc!
Lately, my favorite tool is a novelty Christmas silicone spatula I received as a gift last year. It’s just flexible enough to scrape out bowls and pans but it can also get fond off a skillet. I was surprised a seasonally embellished thing worked so well but it has spent more time in the dish-drying rack than in the utensil drawer since I got it.
I have a wooden spoon given to me more than 10 years ago which I use almost every time I’m in the kitchen.
Two small kitchen knives are favorites to use. I couldn’t make pies or cookies without my rolling pin. The rolling pin was in a gift box at our wedding over fifty-three years ago.