Stainless Steel? Yes, Please!

When David and I got married, four and a half years ago, we registered for lovely Non-Stick Calphalon Cookware. During our engagement, I would receive a piece here and there, and I remember opening each one carefully and being so excited about getting to cook with brand new pots and pans.

I really didn't cook much before we got married, so the non-stick pots proved to be perfect for me. I burned A LOT of food, my friends...a lot of food. I loved my Calphalon. It kept me from ruining a many of meals and in turn, I treated it with the utmost care. I used the special rubber utensils. I didn't put it in the dishwasher. I never used an abrasive sponge on its sensitive surfaces. I treated it the way a pot would want to be treated.

But then, four years later, my Calphalon turned on me.
The Teflon started coming off my pots...
And into my food...
Ergo:
I was eating Teflon flakes.
And feeding my husband Teflon flakes.

And now, we've both started having these weird eye spasms.
Do you think that's related?

Not cool.

So for Christmas, I asked for new cookware and look what my parents gave me!

This is my new gorgeous shiny stainless steel cookware. It's Cuisinart's Contour Stainless Steel line.

I love it!

"Contour" because it's all curvy.

All the pots have bulbous bottoms... just like me.

We're kindred spirits.

I'm so excited about cooking with stainless steel.

I feel like a foodie.

(I'm sure that will pass when I use them to cook Hamburger Helper.)

And as if this cookware set wasn't enough, David gave me the crowning jewel to my stainless collection...

Behold...my 5 quart saute [read: frying] pan. It's as heavy as lead and is DOUBLE the size of my former Teflon-tainted pan. 

My man gave me a frying pan.

I couldn't be happier.

Later gators.

Melissa