30 Gifts Under $25: No. 28

The Microplane

This is a must-have for the kitchen! I love this little tool. It is one of my most-used kitchen tools. I use it for citrus zest, cinnamon, nutmeg, you name it. If you have a cook in your family, get him or her one of these. It would be a lovely gift with a bottle of whole nutmeg for grating. You could even include a few recipes that list nutmeg as an ingredient.

30 Gifts Under $25: No. 29

Pecan & Raspberry Kringles from O&H Bakery

These things are fabulous. I first tried the O&H Kringle in law school, when a classmate brought one in for an ealry morning Mediation Class. Her mom had sent it to her. The bakery is in Wisconsin and it must be a magical place to produce such sweet delight! The Kringle is moist, flaky and delicious. Anyone on your list with a sweet tooth would surely like to receive one or two of these!

Hippity hoppity

I have been stashing little odds and ends away for a couple months for my niece's easter basket. The time has finally arrived. Since I won't see her on Easter Day, I'm taking it to her this week when I go visit. I think it turned out fabulously. I would have loved this thing! Heck, I'd love it now. It is filled with a cute little sun hat, a book (cookie monster, one of my favorites!), peeps, a little drinking glass with a lamb design, peeps, her favorite gerber graduates snack, sesame street barettes, a stuffed frog, a fashionable felt tote, pink plastic garden tools (for playing in the dirt while her Granna gardens) . . . and what easter basket is complete without a chocolate bunny?