These are some great ideas. I really should invest in one of these things; it seems they're more useful than I thought!

Although I have quite a few appliances - I am not the type to run out and buy every gadget I see. But I made a good investment in my sandwich maker years ago and by playing with it I discovered that I could do much more than just sandwiches in it. A friend of mine even makes pancakes in hers - she says the kids love to dip the triangles in the syrup!

Then they started to show the Xpress 101 on infomercials. I don't like infomercials - but that one caught my eye. I watched it several times and it did remind me of my sandwich maker except the "wells" were bigger and I could use flour tortillas and make large portions of things as well as do much more with it. It was another good investment and I am not sorry. And it really comes in handy during the summer; you can still bake "cakes" without using your oven. Being able to make cakes in 7 minutes if company is coming (7 minutes for 2 and depending on how much batter you have depends on how many you get - from a typical cake mix I get 12 to 14 including angel food cake mix).

My favorite summer appliances: crockpot, sandwich maker and Xpress101 - I can make very good meals without the oven!

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Interesting. That informercial is always attractive, but I don't see how useful it would be. We're not big sandwich eaters...

We aren't big sandwich eaters either - it's what you can create and enjoy with these machines! There is so much you can do with them.

Thanks to this topic....I brought mine down and used it again the other day. Thanks.