Once upon a time(a little under 2 months ago), I moved into the place where I now live. I didn’t know what would be there waiting for me, and after finding my bearings I was left with a stove, an oven, and a frying pan. For a wannabe chef, this simply wasn’t enough; something was missing. At the same time, I remembered having a CSN stores gift certificate I won to spend on anything from wardrobes, to yoga mats, to—you guessed it—rice cookers.
After a conversation with some good friends, I decided that this was the missing piece of my puzzle. I looked at design after design and knew I was going to need something powerful(read: expensive). Luckily, after sales and my coupon I got this model rice cooker at over 50% off.
After making this big purchase, my biggest worry was how would I like it? Would I even use the darn thing? In short, it was everything I could have asked for. I never thought I needed a rice cooker; I don’t even eat rice all that often. But since the purchase I’ve used this almost every day cooking quinoa and adding in leftover protein and produce. It makes a mean savory pumpkin quinoa in 20 minutes flat and has to me to class on time. And I can tell this machine will last through the years.
Giveaway
I’m happy to have the opportunity to pay it forward and offer one reader their own gift certificate worth $45 to get whatever’s missing from their life. There are 2 ways to enter. Please leave a separate comment for each mode of entry.
- Tell me what you might get with your gift certificate. If you’re in the market for a rice cooker, I can surely recommend one 😉
- “Like” the new The Wannabe Chef page on Facebook
And, though this isn’t a mode of entry, if you subscribe through some sort of reader please remember to switchover to the new feed since the old one will stop working in 20 days. Good luck and I’ll pick a winner next Monday, Nov. 1st.
I am in the market for a new roasting pan. Mine has seen better days… I think I just use it too much 😉
Already liked the new page!
Cool giveaway! I’ve been blender shopping lately, and this would be a fantastic way to get one! 😀
I “LIKE” the wannabe chef on facebook. What do I want? The possibilities are endless. a rice cooker is one possiblity or how about a mandoline or spiralizer? The possibilities are endless.
Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
I’ve really been wanting a crock-pot!
I totally like you on Facebook now. And it’s NOT just because you’re giving something away. sha-POW!
I will be your twine-clone and say I’d also get a rice cooker. I’m actually jealous of you right now that you have one and I don’t. So, uh, you can totally make it up to me with a win.
This is a hard question because there are so many things we need for our kitchen – big and small. But, I think I’d go for a slow cooker or a roasting pan.
Great giveaway!
I, too, am missing a rice cooker 🙁
That’s definitely what I’d buy!
Right now I’m lusting for a nice food processor.
I just went and “liked” The Wannabe Chef on Facebook 🙂
Thanks!
I liked the new facebook page!
i am TOTALLY in the market for a rice cooker! and i love that it works with other grains too…perfect for my crazy busy life 🙂
My love of soups and hatred for cleaning my blender has me in the market for a quality immersion blender! I would love to win the gift certificate!
Rice cookers are amazing to have in the kitchen. My friend has been using ours to try out rice cooker cakes. Unfortunately, my boyfriend has had this rice cooker since he was a freshman in college – about 8 years, and its age is beginning to show. It worked once in “cooking the cakes”! I’d definitely go for an upgrade in the rice cooker department.
I would love a new breadmaker – a rice maker would be good too to make oatmeal!
I am in the market for a rice cooker because it can cook up any grains and my life is always on the go… it’s good for a quick meal prepared in so little time, I would love to win this giveaway!!!
And oh, btw I made your chocolate fudge the other day and oh my is all I have to say, even my fiance was in love with it… I enjoy cooking more than baking… perhaps I’m getting better at it! Thanks for the recipe!
I have been drooling over some Le Creuset stoneware.
I could do with kitchen knives… I’m a college soph who moved into an apartment just this year, and somehow among my 2 roommates and I, we only ended up with 1 knife and it’s the kind that can handle carrots at best. How I have been surviving thus far with that piece of drek? No clue. Bottom line is, we’re all too cheap/lazy (well, really we don’t have time) to go get knives… 🙁
i’m on the hunt for an exercise stability ball to keep at my desk, since i spend far too much time at it anyway…this would be the perfect opportunity to get one!
I liked The Wannabe Chef’s facebook page! 🙂
I’ve been wanting an immersion hand blender for a while, but you have kind of sold me on the idea of the rice cooker… Might need one!
I’d definitely love to get an ice cream maker or dumbbells
i liked the new facebook page
I’d go with the rice cooker. I’m always looking for a new way to cook “one-dish” meals, and you can only do stir-fry so often.
also, I toootally liked the facebook page!
I’ve actually been making a list “what’s been missing in my life”
Food Processor
Knives (you’d think that would be a staple, right?)
Coffee pot (mine is ghetto)
Tea Kettle (rusted?!)
Breadmaker
Wow I need a rice cooker! Or maybe a crockpot!
I’d love a new food processor!
It’d be nice to have a magic bullet to make dressing and smoothies, etc without having to bust out a huge blender.
Recently I have been dreaming of a new set of baking pans with square sides. =) Mine are getting old and warped, after about three years of constant use.
Great giveaway! Thanks for sharing! Love the new look. =)
Oh, and I also liked you on FB! =)
Oh, great giveaway. I’d love to get a smaller food processor or maybe just go for something winter-y and fun like a crock pot. A rice cooker is handy, though, and I would like to try all the “different” things you can do with one.
I “liked” The Wannabe Chef!
I am dying for a new knife! I am a vegetarian who has been living with a Walmart knife for YEARS! I need to be able to chop my veggies with vigor!
I’ve never used a rice cooker – the pumpkin quinoa looks delicious! I cook from scratch daily for my family and I’d love a new, quality chef’s knife. My 8″ broke so I’m using a so-so 6″ but the bigger was so much better for cutting the big stuff like a 3 pound butternut or a massive hubbard 🙂
I’ve also always wanted a mandoline…I put it on my wish list every Christmas but always cross it off as too extravagant!
I’ve been debating if I would have use for a rice cooker but yours looks pretty awesome! I think I’ll have to add this to my wish list :o)
I have a rice cooker (and love it!) but am missing a good coffee pot!
I just “liked” the FB page 🙂
i would get some nice water boiler~
I *SO* badly need a new set of dishes… and would use this towards that! although a rice cooker sounds awesome too…
Cool giveaway! I would like a new blender!
I liked you on FB right away 🙂
you KNOW i am in the market for a new rice cooker…we talked about it!! omg so jealz of your Zoji! i would love to get it!
I could really use a mixer or a new set of knives.
I would put the money toward getting a nice set of knives as a Christmas gift for my mom. She’s a great cook, but it’s literally been 30 years since anyone’s replaced a knife in our house. Since I was old enough to give my parents gifts I’ve slowly been stocking the kitchen with spatulas, spoons, scale, etc.
i need so many things for my kitchen, it’s a bit sad. knives, food processor, sauce pan, and more. i guess that’s college for you!
I would TOTALLY buy a good food processor!!! And I have the same model of rice cooker 🙂 quite the workhorse!
Since I live in a dorm room, I know for sure I could use a blender. I miss my smoothies 🙁
I would love to buy a new blender!
Liked you on Facebook!
And I really need some baking dishes… I love cooking in my dorm and not having baking dishes limits me a bit.
I’ve been wanting a really nice chef’s nice…with all the slicing and dicing I do, it would be quite lovely!
And by “nice” I mean “knife”…haha, bad spelling day.
Awesome!!! I want a dehydrator so badly!!!
My Blender broke = ( I need to make some smooooooooooothies!
YOU GOT THE ZOJIRUSHI!!!!! Tell me, does it sing to you????
I cook almost every day, but I do not own a single baking tray. I found myself roasting eggplant slices in my muffin tin the other day. I would love to invest in some trays and pans of various sizes. As a college student, I can’t afford to just go buy trays, tins, glassware, loaf pans, etc. and I would certainly love to!
I really want to get a new chef’s knife, although that rice cooker is pretty tempting 🙂
Oooh I have really wanted one of those amazing rice cookers for a couple years now…. but first and foremost, a food processor! I just killed my 15+ year old food processor which was passed down to me… I would love to be able to replace it!
I keep coming across awesome recipes for soups and stews these days, so I’m thinking I need a Crock Pot!
I’d probably get some fun kitchen gadgets, like an avocado slicer or coffee grinder, or maybe some mixing bowls and rubber spatulas! Nothing too exciting, but stuff I’d love to have. 🙂
Aaand I liked your new Facebook page!
It was perfect this is your giveaway because I’m definitely looking into getting a rice cooker. I usually walk away from the pot just long enough to cook some to the bottom…..one with a timer would be great.
I would get a dehydrator. I’ve always wanted one!
liked the facebook page!
Tough call… I need another immersion blender (I caught mine on fire, long story lol) but I’m intrigued by the idea of a rice cooker too!
And I “like” your Facebook page! 🙂
I’d love to try out a rice cooker! If only to make that pumpkin quinoa. Mmm.
I need some new everyday dishes so badly! I have resorted to breaking out some of the holiday dinner plates!
I sooo want a new food processor or a toaster oven! Life’s not the same without toast :<
I’d have a hard time deciding between a food processor and an ice cream maker. The ice cream maker would be oh so interesting, but the food processor would probably be more practical.
i could totally use a food processor! i want to make my own tasty nut butters as i’ve been seeing on food blogs lately!
i liked your new page on facebook.
as for what i would purchase, it would definitely be a new chef’s knife. my current one is on the cheaper end and getting pretty dull. i might also consider a food processor so that i can make homemade larabars.
That rice cooker looks hard-core! Definitiely one of those or a George Foreman indoor grill maybe.
Great giveaway! I could totally use a new rice cooker myself right now!
And I just liked you on Facebook!
I like the new and improved on facebook !! 😀
i hope i win! i would die for a rice cooker! or a cuisinart… hmmm!
I would totally get a rice cooker! I have been wanting one for years..but am to cheap to buy one.
wow, so many choices. I think I would either put the cert towards a good dutch oven or a rice cooker, as I need one at home too. You should post more recipes using it for non rice dishes…
I would DEFINITELY pick out a rice cooker – I’ve had my eye on one for the past week! It’s the one thing missing in my life. 🙂
And now I ‘like’ you on fb. 🙂
I’d love to get a new stock pot!
I actually DO want a rice cooker! My life would get 1000x better with one in my life.
I “like” you on FB now 🙂
I love the new blog motif!
dang, that’s an intense rice cooker! puts my little one to shame :]
i’m totally digging those yogurt makers….
I Liked the facebook page!
And, I think I’d buy a rice cooker, but the 10 cup. 🙂
I have a list of three things I want
A rice cooker
A good blender (think blentec or vitamix)
and
a waffle iron
I would get a juicer 🙂
A spiralizer!!! Its been missing from my life ever since i read about them on a blog a while back. Oh how my life just isnt the same without spaghetti shaped zucchini and curly-q carrots!
I’d have to think long & hard about what to get. I’m horrible at making decisions sometimes 🙂 Maybe some cute placemats or something?
I’m a FB fan now, too 🙂
i would love a new roasting pan and salad spinner
I could use a new rice cooker. I love the simplicity of them, yet how versatile they can be. I especially love the ones that you can cook veggies in, while at the same time cooking rice or other grains.
I think I’d have to go with a crock pot!
I’m in desperate need of some new nonstick cookie sheets! Mine is pretty grody. I have also needed a yoga mat for, oh, 4 years… so that’d have to happen, too. 🙂
I would love a new food processor!
I’m a college student too- I’d definitely invest in a rice cooker as well or an ice cream maker!
I have always wanted a rice cooker. Rice is a favorite in my family and I think I will ask for one for the next holiday. I would really like a recommendation!