What have you done to repurpose small appliances in your kitchen?

I feel a cold coming on, so I want some chicken soup. I feel like crap and don’t want to cook, but I don’t have any canned soup on hand.

I looked over and saw my rather large rice cooker, and got an idea. I dropped in some rice and four times the amount of liquid in the form of chicken broth. Then I dumped in a couple frozen chicken breasts and a bag of frozen broccoli and some spices. It just “dinged” me that my soup was ready, and it’s delicious!