Monday Minimalist: In the Kitchen

I did some pretty major downsizing (I thought) in my kitchen last August, as you may recall from that MM post (Monday Minimalist: Small Appliances). I traded one appliance for a toy, but wound up giving several others away because no one wanted to buy them.

Fast forward to March and moving into a travel trailer. If I thought moving into a small, shared space was motivation, it had nothing on moving into a travel trailer!

We gave our microwave to the Free Store because someone had taken the community microwave there. We donated lots of other appliances to Goodwill (and later wished we'd sent them to the Free Store instead, especially since someone took the community coffee maker, too). We were able to donate our microwave because there is one built into the travel trailer.

The only small appliances I actually kept were:

The toaster: I love that it has plastic sides! I can put it away immediately after using it because the sides don't get hot.

The mixer: because I don't know if you can use the immersion blender instead of a mixer for everything.

My new immersion blender! This thing is nice, small and versatile, plus it is a lot easier to clean than a blender, especially when you consider that I'm hand washing the dishes now!

That is IT. I do not own any other small appliances for the kitchen at all. What small appliances could you not live without in your kitchen?

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