The Oxo Good Grips Salad Spinner that we put on the registry has become literally an every day item. The salad spinner has become indispensable in our kitchen and if it breaks we will undoubtedly replace it. If you've been eating wet salad like we were,  decently dry leaves after a spin will be like night and day.

We don't use it to just spin salad. It's good for getting the excess moisture off all of our miscellaneous produce items like grapes, herbs, all sorts of stuff. We generally chose Oxo products and the salad spinner in particular has been great and easy to use.

Of the many items that we received from our wedding registry, I have to say the pressure cooker has been one of the most beloved new additions to our kitchen. We got a medium-sized Fagor Stainless Steel Pressure Cooker that has been awesome for making some great weekend meals in less than half the time. Because it's so quick I use it pretty regularly. It is a good quick alternative to a crock pot although the crock pot's "set it and forget it" method is handy. Pressure cooking requires vigilance on the part of the cook.

Whereas making oxtail soup -- one of my favorites to make at home -- used to take 3-4 hours to get nice tender tails the pressure cooker achieves equal fork-tender meat in about 45 minutes. The only difference is that pressure-cooked vegetables seem to have a different texture. The design of the Fagor cooker can be precarious because when you release the pressure valve it blasts steam which certainly is a burn risk. Definitely not something you want kids to be handling.

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