Many people rely on their food processors and stand mixers to create daily scrumptious meals. After all, it would be super time-consuming without this innovative way of cutting food and mixing ingredients. Aside from these big-daddy kitchen appliances, here are some tools you never knew you needed:
- Angry Mama Microwave Cleaner – No longer sweat cleaning the insides of your microwave. Just fill this mama with white vinegar and water, place it into the microwave, run it for 5 to 7 minutes, and enjoy the fresh microwave right after.
- Burger press – If you love homemade burgers, make sure to invest in a cool burger press. Even branded ones from Cuisinart are inexpensive and can give you so many variations of burger patties, from perfectly rounded ones to stuffed burger patties using your choice of filling.
- Herb Shears – You don’t necessarily need to have your own herb garden to buy this. If you love topping off your meals with fresh herbs or regularly eat salads, this pair of herb shears would truly change how you prep your food. It can mince, slice, dice, chop, or cut any herb without any effort.
- Garlic Press – Say goodbye to sticky, smelly garlic hands with a garlic press. This handy tool allows you to crush garlic cloves with ease, extracting more flavor than mincing with a knife. Perfect for adding a burst of garlic to your dishes without the mess, it’s a must-have for any home chef.
- Meat tenderizer tool – If you’re like me and just use a regular knife or some other DIY tool to tenderize your meats, it’s probably time to invest in a real tenderizer. Many tenderizing tools come super cheap, so buy one, and your steak will forever be cooked like a pro.
- Meat claw shredder – Here’s another one for meat lovers and Wolverine lovers! This tool lets you shred meat up for your sandwiches, pita meals, tacos, and similar dishes by literally “clawing” the cooked meat. It’s a perfect tool to gift your friends or family who always invite you to their BBQ cookouts.
- Butter cutter – Anyone who loves butter usually doesn’t like the process of cutting hard, cold butter because of how messy it can become. The cool thing about the butter cutter is that the stick of butter will be encased inside, so your fingers will be free from dripped butter every time. You just have to load the slicer with a stick of butter, place the tool on top of your bread (or pan), and then just squeeze the tool to cut a perfectly sliced dollop.
- Tortilla press – A tortilla press will definitely take your homemade tacos and tortilla dishes to the next level. This fancy-looking kitchen tool is easy to clean, store and use.
- Whisk cleaner – Bakers know how annoying it is to clean a whisk. The makers of whisk cleaner share this dilemma and designed the tool to catch any drips, then slide all icing or any other ingredient off of the entire whisk. It’s pretty impressive!
- Baker’s dusting wand – Here’s another kitchen tool for the baker. Get all whimsical with this fun kitchen tool. You can sprinkle and dust confectionaries sugar, cocoa, coffee, and other powdery goodness on top of baked goods or drinks.
- Heated knife – Need butter now and have no time to wait for it to melt? A heated knife lets you slice into your butter in just a minute. It works with chocolate, cheese, and other similar ingredients as well.
- Sushi Bazooka – Sushi lovers should definitely invest in a Bazooka (or any other sushi kit maker). Not only will this make your sushi night super-authentic, but it also makes your dinner pretty memorable, both for kids and adults alike.
- Breakfast sandwich maker – If you love making sandwiches for breakfast, you need to get yourself a breakfast sandwich maker. Imagine no longer meeting Salami or Ham Up. No more multiple pans when cooking bacon, eggs, and your other go-to breakfast dishes.
With a breakfast sandwich maker, you get to cook eggs, bacon, ham, and other ingredients directly in the sandwich maker and heat up any of your chosen bread. Even kids can use this to make their own breakfast meals.
- HyperChiller – Just came from the summer heat outside and want a slushie now? The HyperChiller is a super-cool (literally) kitchen tool that lets you freeze any iced drinks in the freezer very quickly.
- Smooth-touch Can opener – You don’t have to ensure Oldschool can openers that require every bit of your strength just to open a can of tomatoes. Upgrade to a smooth-touch can open (there’s a handheld, and there’s a stand version), so you just slide the can and let the tool do its magic. You can even open a can with just one hand! How cool is that?
- FoodCycler – If you’re dipping your toes in composting, you need to save up some money for the FoodCycler – a digital tool that chops and dehydrates scraps so you can just use the processed ingredients as fertilizer automatically. Sure, there are manual composting kits that are way cheaper, but FoodCylcer is worth every cent.
Were you able to pick a handful you’ll be investing in this year? Many of these kitchen tools are affordable and easy to store, so have fun collecting them all.
