Kitchen Gadgets | Pad Patter 11.10

When I think of kitchen gadgets I think of small tools to speed things up and if I'm going by that... THIS chopper is the best gadget I own currently! I hate chopping onions because I really love my onion pieces to be small and uniform, so my being picky means I take longer to chop them the way I like them... but this toy makes it SO fast and just the way i like them. I make slices and then chop chop chop and I'm done with the whole onion! Then I put the rest in a bag in the freezer for the next recipe. SOOOO much easier! I was pretty skeptical at first especially since I knew I'd have to store the thing, but it has definitely been worth it!

 

My husband.....rofl

 

Ours is a toaster/convection oven. It’s on the convection setting most of the time.

It’s great for my 13 year old son to heat up his pizza, chicken nuggets, etc. He has reached that always hungry stage!

 

Wait...how does any liquid INSIDE the bowl not leak out???

1 Microwave but while I have a good oven, I use the microwave more. Very little baking of anything the past year+

2. Our faux Keurig - come 11am, I have two cups of coffee, 1 decaf and the other caffeinated because that's how the PSL comes. After 1 more PSL cup it will be all plain decaf. n.b these 11s are after a pot of decaf black tea starting at 06:30

 

@Karen omg I may need that as I'm seeing how many IP recipes use chopped onions as a base. I think I may try doing a large batch in the Food Processor and see how that goes first. I know my eyes can't take hand chopping; slicing yes, chopping no.

 

My kettle, hands down.
One time we stayed at an air bnb in America where there wasn't a kettle and the owner said to boil water in the microwave, but that's a no go.
Copious cups of tea means a kettle that boils quickly is a necessity.

 

The holes are on a "brim"/ring on the outside the bowl (not sure if it makes sense... Sorry, English isn't my first language). So when it's upside down in the dishwasher, there's no water left in there.

 

Hmmm.
That's a tough one.
Definitely need coffee every day. So that's probably the first thing I would keep.
Next would probably be my instant pot, slow cooker or rice cooker. If I had to choose I would keep my instant pot first.

 

@cinderella I understand now.

 

Lol, there's definitely been a lot of talk about kitchen gadgets lately! I would have to say the coffee maker tops the list for me since I can't live without my morning coffee! It varies as to which type it is ... was Bunn for a long time but we've scaled back on the amt. of coffee we drink lately and it's just the two of us now - so lately it has been a Keurig.

Other faves:
-I'm also a big fan of my small convection toaster oven. I use that thing everyday and for everything.
-Also we can't live without our Ninja for making smoothies. I have the one that is a big blender, a food processor and has 2 individual to go cups. I make the green smoothies ahead of time and pop them in the frig. Then in the AM before work, I add a little water/ice, then blend and go. Quick healthy breakfast.
-I also second Courtney's immersion blender - I picked one up about a year or 2 ago and love it for blending soups right in the pot!

Need to get/miss having:
-I'm probably gonna pick up an IP for black friday so that will be a new fun kitchen gadget to explore soon.
-I'm mourning my pampered chef cheese grater - I ruined it by putting soft cheese in the thing and could not get it clean for the life of me so I tossed it. That thing was easy to use and I loved it.

 

Keruig first, rice cooker second. We cook rice about once a week, mostly for Chinese stir-fry type dishes but I have also started doing more Creole type dishes served over rice.

I do want to try making oatmeal in the rice cooker. Bet it turns out yummy. Otherwise the mixer (we have a boring one and a Kitchen Aid that belongs to my daughter). I usually use my boring one since it is lighter and easier to get out of the cupboard.