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Your favorite kitchen gadgets for cooking?

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  • dklibert
    dklibert Posts: 1,196 Member
    Microplanes for citrus zest, garlic, ginger, hard cheese. Immersion blender too.
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    My rice cooker and my grandma's cast iron skillet, which is better than any cast iron you can buy today.
  • TravelingGuru
    TravelingGuru Posts: 23 Member
    edited June 2017
    Hmmm... my knives and cast irons are essential, though likely not a "gadget."

    I love my vitamix, spiralizer and food processor. I have a kick-*kitten* slow cooker that I can sear meat in and cook gravy. No need for other skillets or pans. I use an egg slicer for eggs and strawberries...
  • raidgirl
    raidgirl Posts: 33 Member
    I love my Cuisinart 7 cup food processor , my 5 qt Instant Pot , Cuisinart 3.5 quart slow cooker and my LeCreuset Dutch oven
  • socajam
    socajam Posts: 2,530 Member
    1. Vitamix - best money every spent on a piece of kitchen equipment
    2. Oster- easy to toast and warm food - much better than a microwave
    3. Small food processor makes it easy to chop onions, peppers, garlic etc. Stops me from cutting my hand with the knife.
  • French_Peasant
    French_Peasant Posts: 1,639 Member
    My two Le Creuset dutch ovens (in Julia Child orange-red!) that are in the place of honor on my stove top; my particular favorite knives; and my ginormous cherry-red stock pot/gumbo pot. I used to hot-water-bath can in it too, but have a legit pressure canner now.

    For an actual gadgety-gadget, my immersion blender. It keeps me from burning myself in new and unusual ways. But I'm not passionate and emotional about it like I am my dutch ovens, stock pot and knives--they will likely be the defining elements of my kids' memories of their mama in the kitchen, along with big piles of herbs, pies, deconstructed chickens, all the home-grown vegetables, and pint after pint of jarred tomato sauce, and peach or strawberry-rhubarb jam.
  • Gerokenny
    Gerokenny Posts: 1 Member
    George Foreman grill
  • tobehappy2017
    tobehappy2017 Posts: 41 Member
    Instant pot(the kiddo freaks out when i use the stove top due to the jingle sounds,so i pretty much stopped using it),Cast iron round griddle and the 8 inch skillet.
    Eyeing the Vitamix,but it has to wait :)
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    edited June 2017
    George Foreman and Instant Pot I guess. Oh and immersion blender.

    I kinda want a food processor but I hate cleaning those things, so if I'm going to spend 5 minutes doing something, I'd rather chop veggies than cleaning them (then have to find room to let it dry).
  • tequila5000
    tequila5000 Posts: 128 Member
    My Cutco knives!
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,832 Member
    My Kyocera ceramic-blade adjustable mandolin. Shreds cabbage like a champ. Turns a cuke into thin slices for salad in no time. Makes thicker slices of summer squash right into the bowl it will be nuked in. Mine is a few years old and has gone through the dishwasher myriad times but shows no signs of wear. Only about $25 and definitely a gadget.
  • trisH_7183
    trisH_7183 Posts: 1,486 Member
    edited June 2017
    2 different size Dutch ovens with tight lids,food processor & good utensils.The Dutch ovens serve as slo cookers,roasters & skillets.
    The Instant Pot is lonely!
  • azsundancer
    azsundancer Posts: 1,140 Member
    A lettuce spinner!
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    I just used an egg cooker forget first time and it's now in my wish list. So easy to hard boil perfect eggs every time! I love them, but always leave them on the stove too long lol!
  • jomajoo
    jomajoo Posts: 23 Member
    My spiralizer/zoodler, vitamix blender and sous vide has saved me from insanity
  • Geocitiesuser
    Geocitiesuser Posts: 1,429 Member
    azsundancer wrote: »
    A lettuce spinner!

    I've seen these in the supermarket, I'm going to ask a really dumb question.... what do you use it for? Just drying off veggies?
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    edited June 2017
    Geocitiesuser wrote: »
    azsundancer wrote: »
    A lettuce spinner!

    I've seen these in the supermarket, I'm going to ask a really dumb question.... what do you use it for? Just drying off veggies?

    Rinsing and drying lettuce.

  • rdmitch
    rdmitch Posts: 278 Member
    edited June 2017
    I'll vote for my microwave
    C'mon , can't believe no one said that one.
    It cooks things real fast.

    Also like the air fryer and Keurig , past that there is not much more I really need
  • Geocitiesuser
    Geocitiesuser Posts: 1,429 Member
    Isn't it amazing how we all take microwaves for granted? A staple for me for sure. I could everything but meat in mine. I've heard if you buy the right microwave foil meat comes out 'okay' in it too.
  • mizchikee
    mizchikee Posts: 6 Member
    I have a great collection of 1800s era cast iron - love it!
  • trisH_7183
    trisH_7183 Posts: 1,486 Member
    rdmitch wrote: »
    I'll vote for my microwave
    C'mon , can't believe no one said that one.
    It cooks things real fast.

    Also like the air fryer and Keurig , past that there is not much more I really need

    We all have our favs.Our microwave is seldom used,except for heating a few things.Gave the Keurig back to DD.
    Kitchen space is limited.....so no kitchen gifts for us.Amazing how little we can get along with when dealing with a small kitchen.

  • TARGET65K
    TARGET65K Posts: 147 Member
    My Paella Burner Set.Its great for entertaining and makes a nice change from B.B.Q.
  • midlomel1971
    midlomel1971 Posts: 1,283 Member
    My mini chopper. It's like a small food processor. It's the only way I can cut or chop onions.
  • beaglady
    beaglady Posts: 1,362 Member
    My pressure canner is the best kitchen investment I ever made. I always have homemade beef and chicken stock on hand, along with homemade tomato sauce. I've canned homemade chili, stew beef, casserole-ready chicken, soups for quick meals with no prep time.
  • LilacLion
    LilacLion Posts: 579 Member
    I use my blender every day and my instant pot imitation 3x a week. The best thing for my weight loss I did was to learn how to correctly use knives and how to sharpen them.
  • midlomel1971
    midlomel1971 Posts: 1,283 Member
    I need a pressure cooker/insta-pot!
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,128 Member
    Wooden cutting boards of various sizes.
    Sharp knives.
    Iron frying pan.
    Immersion blender for smoothies.
    Funnel for my pour-over coffee.
    The precious tiny slotted spoon that came in a molecular gastronomy kit I got as a gift.
    Various small handle-less pottery tea cups that I find aesthetically pleasing on my open kitchen shelves and that I use mostly as mise-en-place pots, for whisking together small amounts of salad dressing or sauces, and to hold premeasured amounts of calorie-dense snacks, like nuts.
  • Belongs2God
    Belongs2God Posts: 9 Member
    I love my electric pressure cookers, all three of them in different sizes. My Perfect Cooker, I make soup for one in it as my hubby is not a soup eater so this way I can still have soup and not waste. I love my Oster French Door convection oven, my two air fryers, my Ninja blenders and bullet, my pull chopper, and my spurtles. I have issues. Can you tell? hehe
  • WendyLeigh1119
    WendyLeigh1119 Posts: 495 Member
    My boyfriend. Because I don't cook.

    But seriously? I'd die without my Ninja Coffee Bar. A Flat White with espresso (except in a regular large mug) everyday... but no sweets or added calories because I just whip the 0% organic milk. Gym fuel that feels fancy.
  • ThePoeToaster
    ThePoeToaster Posts: 1,681 Member
    edited June 2017
    in this order: My Wusthoff knives, Apple corer, mango slicer, mandolin, food processor....
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