Must have kitchen gadgets

badkitti

My metal 3 tier pan steamer from morrisons
My slow cooker donate by the MIL
My wok

scrimperjan

My blender, definitely. I've had it for, let me see, 30 years (crikey, am I that old?) and use it all the time for making breadcrumbs; great soups, often from leftovers, milkshakes and smoothies.

Pink.

There's an older thread on 'must have' kitchen gadgets so I've merged both threads to keep all the replies together.

Pink

Debt_Free_Chick

At this time of the year, my runner bean slicer


ALERT!! ALERT!! ALERT!!

That site's FULL of GADGETS!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

thriftmonster

I have to confess to
Out on th unit:
Very old but trusty food processor
BM
Balance scales and weights
Kettle
Toaster
(NB NO microwave)

In cupboard
Pasta machine
Popcorn maker
Toastie m/c
Waffle iron
Stick blender
Hand held mixer

In garage for occasional use:
Meat press
Hand slicer
SC
Chip pan
Kenwood chef

I would love one of the runner bean slicers where you turn a handle and feed the beans in at the top - my friend's mum used to have one.

LOOYATES

Kitty s... that is so funny... my mums pressure cooker went kaboom when i was about 11, pea whack all over the ceiling, walls everywhere, set like concrete as well im not joking !!! years later when they ripped the kitchen out to put a new one in there were green stains down the back of the cuboards!!!! well since then i have a fear of them, never had one...shame really.:p Mrs Mac im definately getting a pasta maker, ive been dreaming about it, i bet theyre extortionate as well, ...ill have to get saving, ive been putting all the money away ive saved on the grocery challenges for the past 3 months so ill carry on till ive got enough:j

krispyg76

Kettle
Toaster
Small blender
Juicer
Pestle / mortar

That's all I have and I make shed loads of stuff

I'd say spend your money on good pans

Psykicpup

Rotisserie as part of cooker (cooker needs replacing as is ancient) - Used Weeky
Electric Rotisserie (£10 car booty)
Combi microwave - very rarely used except as a ccupboard for hot stuff away from cat!
Kenwood Chef ('70's model £5 car booty)- once or twice a week - this has blender, coffee grinder etc
Morphy Richards breadmaker - not as often as old cheap one as cant get hang of it yet (£10 cat boot)
slowcooker -once or twice a week in winter
Stick blender - weekly (£1.50 car boot)
juicer - rarely
toaster
stove top kettle
2x pasta machines (£2 & £3 from car boot)- once or twice a month
Easiyo yoghurt maker (£1 car boot)- 3-4 times a week!
Hand whisk - weekly
Deep fat fryer - very rarely now

buxtonrabbitgreen

I rarely use the slow cooker as it is too small and I leave for work at 4.30 am and it is as much as I can do to remember to take my sandwiches. We use the sandwich toaster occasionally, it is a bit old and manky but sits upright in the cupboard so doesn't take up too much space. What I couldn't manage without is the filter coffee machine, bread maker, electric hand held whisk, and dishwasher, which are all used daily. I have a cheap fryer that goes on the gas ring. I used to have an electric one, but it took up too much space and was horrible to clean.

lindseykim13

I got a dvd boxset for my b'day but was told i could take it back and get something i wanted if i'd rather, so planning on doing that as no time to watch them!

What would you os'ers recommed, i want something that will maybe save me money or time? Or even both, i don't have alot of kitchen gadgets so any recomendations? I have a breadmaker, smoothie maker, stock pot would there be any point in me getting a slow cooker? does it not do the same as the stock pot left on the hob (electric) for a few hours?

Thanks