In lieu of a recipe today, let’s continue our conversation about the American Kitchen, plus find out details for entering to win a GE Cafe™ Series Refrigerator worth $3,100!
A few months ago, many of you shared what you love about your kitchen (in response to this blog post). It was fun and inspiring to read through all of the responses. From the new appliances to having dinner together as a family to what you are hoping to improve, everybody shared a unique perspective of what each of you loves about your kitchen. However, with each thoughtful response, it became very clear that the saying is indeed true – the kitchen is the heart of the home!For my family, the kitchen is definitely the busiest room in the house… and it is not because I am baking up treats (though that does make me a bit more popular!). Our kitchen has become more than just a place where we prepare and/or eat meals… so much so that we got rid of our kitchen table! We now eat meals in the dining room and the space for the eat-in kitchen is an open area with a kid-sized table and chairs where the kids can do their art projects, puzzles, play games, read, run around in circles, and more. In other words, pretty much anything but eat.
As life changes, our kitchen will evolve as well. But for now, being able to have the kids play right where I work is what defines my American Kitchen. In the meantime, I have a Kitchen Inspiration board on Pinterest to help with ideas to shape the future vision of our kitchen, like new appliances, paint colors, organization tips and more.For more inspiration, watch the exciting documentary series, brought to you by GE Appliances, exploring the diversity of the American Kitchen called Our American Kitchen. The documentaries explore how real GE Appliances owners, as genuine representatives of Americans and the American experience, are living their lives. What similarities and differences are found? In seeing all the many ways we are unique from each other in our experiences, what are the things that remain true for all of us? What are the common themes that bind us? This is the idea of Our American Kitchen.
Check out one of my favorite videos from the series here: Maryann, the Cookie Lady of Rome, NY. I so want to try her chocolate chip cookies!Now the Sweepstakes!
What does the American Kitchen mean to you? Tell me in the comments in three sentences or less and you’ll be entered to win a GE Cafe™ Series Refrigerator worth $3,100! Entries from participating blogs will be pooled and one winner will be chosen at random. 
Entry Instructions:
No duplicate comments.
You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods:
- Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on the blog post promoting this Promotion. Your comment will be your entry. In your comment, tell us what your American Kitchen means to you in 3 Sentences or less.
- For those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules to learn about an alternate form of entry.
This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older (or nineteen (19) years of age or older in Alabama and Nebraska). Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail. The notification email will come directly from BlogHer via the sweeps@blogher email address. You will have 2 business days to respond; otherwise a new winner will be selected.
The Official Rules are available here.
This sweepstakes runs from 9/16/15 – 10/25/15.
Be sure to visit the GE Appliances brand page on BlogHer.com where you can read other bloggers’ posts!
The American Kitchen means it’s a central gathering spot for making new memories that last a lifetime. Great giveaway!
My American kitchen is the place where all of my energy and love is focused to create meals and treats for my family and friends. It is the central hub and heart of our home!
My American Kitchen is where I rush around trying to get my family fed after a long day at work. Busy, but fun!
The American kitchen is a focal point with family and friends. Everyone ends up in the kitchen. It is home!
My kitchen is the heart of my home. It is where I feel I make my family know just how much I love them! We gather there to share our lives and our love for one another!
The American Kitchen to me is like the heart of the home. It is where meals are made with love and care. It is also where family can come together to work and share in laugh and brings back memories from when you were little and cooked with your mom or other adult.
When I think of the American Kitchen I think of a gathering place for family and friends. It’s a place that’s open to the game in the family room and the BBQ on the deck is easily accessible.
American Kitchen to me means that it’s the place in the home that families spend the most time together, catching up and enjoying meals and time together.
Thanks so much.
American Kitchen means modern, practical and helpful to me. It should have things that can help me put a healthy meal on the table in as little time as possible.
amy [at] utry [dot] it
American Kitchen: it means great food and great fellowship! We love trying new recipes together with friends and family. The more the merrier!
American Kitchen means a place we can come for almost everything. We do crafts in our kitchen, we cook in our kitchen, we eat in our kitchen, we gather there to discuss family matter. The center of the family is the kitchen.
Good food, full stomachs and comfortable dining chairs!
To me, the American Kitchen refers to the heart of every home. Families all over America gather together, share great food, cook together, entertain friends and family, work on homework with their kids, and so much more every single day right in the kitchen. American Kitchen=Love.
Thanks for the chance to win!
wildorchid985 AT gmail DOT com
Kitchen is the place where everybody puts the cares of the day aside and relaxes
My kitchen is a place for friends and family to feel welcome and at home.
https://mobile.twitter.com/michael64263870/status/649033279719346181
My American Kitchen is where I spend most of my time everyday.
The American kitchen means the place where family and friends get together, at the end of a long day or holidays/events, to relax and enjoy meals and conversation. The favorite place to hang out in the house.
jslbrown2009 at aol dot com
it means something that runs smoothly and seamlessly to help me get through the day
Tweeted https://twitter.com/aqualina56/status/653880234928930816
The American Kitchen is a place where memories are made, where stories are shared, and where love is reinforced. Food has always been a central feature complementing the most important events in life (holidays, weddings, birthdays, etc). This makes the American Kitchen a central feature of American life as well.
sazzyfrazz at gmail dot com
Tweeted: https://twitter.com/sazzyfrazzy/status/655097845809152000
sazzyfrazz at gmail dot com
My kitchen is the main place where I can show my love for my family by preparing their favorite foods, helping with homework and listening when they have problems to share.
Tweet – https://twitter.com/willitara/status/655870197488730112
an American Kitchen means to me a kitchen with modern convenient appliances
i posted a tweet here: https://twitter.com/bellows22/status/655929637457956864
The kitchen is the heart of the home. It’s where the family comes together. It’s where dinner is made, kids learn to cook, lunches are prepped, Christmas cookies are baked, and family and friends come together!
My American Kitchen is the central part of my home where we gather for go times, eats and general jocularity. It is the area that teaching and learning take place with our children.
I shared the post on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FireRunner2379/status/656588087074627584.
The kitchen is the place where our family gathers for conversation and nourishment over a wonderful meal that we prepared together.
It is the heart of any home of a healthy family. It is where you make the meals that keep your family alive and healthy.
It means comforting and easy to use.
tweet
https://twitter.com/aes529/status/657874418241282049
to me, the American kitchen means a place where I look forward to spending quality time with my family- where we sit together, converse & enjoy a meal or even cook together #SweepstakesEntry
cateria7@live.com
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/BurtArby/status/658129623507705857
cateria7@live.com
The American Kitchen means a place for family and friends to get together for a great meal.
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I feel the American Kitchen is the most important room in a house for the family as it is where we all grow. Not just growing from eating nutritious food prepared in the kitchen but growing (closer) as a family & individuals as we come together to eat, relax, converse & work on projects.
KC
kacor7@hotmail.com
my #SweepstakesEntry tweet:
https://twitter.com/thrincor/status/658340106810576897
KC
kacor7@hotmail.com
The american kitchen means to me a place to cook food from the heart. It’s a place for family members to gather just to sit and talk and catch up. it’s a place for families to sit and eat a home cooked meal together.
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
https://twitter.com/ChelleB36/status/658342511266668544
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
The american kitchen is somewhere where I can easily make all of my meals and is in my home.
The american kitchen it the place when u learn how to be a family from the past to future
https://twitter.com/purplelover04/status/658411730075262977
It’s means good American cooking and good American fun!
https://mobile.twitter.com/kytah00/status/658560029604360192
It reminds me of the smell of fresh baked apple pie right out of the oven!
Its where cooking, learning, loving, laughing begin
https://mobile.twitter.com/Esham4life/status/658569996960997376