Kitchen Gadgets

What are your favorite kitchen gadgets?  Having helpful gadgets can make working in the kitchen so much more fun.  When cooking is more fun, you become much less likely to stop by the fast food restaurant on the way home from work.  A couple of my favorites that stay on my counter top all the time are my KitchenAid mixer and my VitaMix.  I use both of these almost daily and sometime multiple times a day.  I have several other items that help with my food preservation - canners, dehydrators, etc - that I love, but don't use daily.  I will elaborate on these more as we discuss preserving.