Anonymous wrote:If you enjoy cooking at home and prepare healthy meals, what are (or is) your favorite/ most useful tools?
I start: the mandoline slicer and the cordless mixer.

I wish I weren't afraid of this. I actually don't have one because I'm so afraid of it, but it would be so handy for the things I regularly make.

Anonymous wrote:Set of bamboo steamers with silicone liners

Oooh…tell me more! How do you use these? Do you need a special pot?

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Anonymous wrote:Loving the recs! I feel like we need some context to some. For example, I live in a townhome with a small kitchen, and I put my Kitchenaid mixer in storage years ago and don't miss it. Too much counter space and I'm a cook not a baker! Just didn't have the space. My big one, that's not exactly a gadget is my Breville oven. I have precious little counter space but use that thing constantly. I also have a really good emon press and garlic press I use a ton. Also wonderful Japanese knives but I don't count those as gadgets.

Tell me more!

We're getting ready to downsize in both household size and house size so I've asked for a "toaster" oven and Breville pops up over and over as a favorite. Which model do you have? How long have you had it? Would you buy it again?

They’re really big. This is actually on my list for if I get a BIGGER house.

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Anonymous wrote:Garlic press like this which you can also use on herbs. I hate the regular kind.

https://www.amazon.com/AmDONGKING-Stripper-Silicone-Stainless-Squeezer/dp/B07F912WG8/ref=asc_df_B07F912WG8/?tag=&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309781210043&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2656899529706310506&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007528&hvtargid=pla-569432524491&mcid=31b171de3e293c478faa277bf8e54cf3&ref=&adgrpid=60510365926&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqpSwBhClARIsADlZ_TlxKI3IxOQxySgn867ltQZUG5jZzPSpm40Gs7X92xDddwoQPDwCk7saAh6VEALw_wcB&th=1

But do you have to peel the cloves first? What I like about my garlic press is you can use unpeeled cloves.

Set of bamboo steamers with silicone liners

Anonymous wrote:Loving the recs! I feel like we need some context to some. For example, I live in a townhome with a small kitchen, and I put my Kitchenaid mixer in storage years ago and don't miss it. Too much counter space and I'm a cook not a baker! Just didn't have the space. My big one, that's not exactly a gadget is my Breville oven. I have precious little counter space but use that thing constantly. I also have a really good emon press and garlic press I use a ton. Also wonderful Japanese knives but I don't count those as gadgets.

Tell me more!

We're getting ready to downsize in both household size and house size so I've asked for a "toaster" oven and Breville pops up over and over as a favorite. Which model do you have? How long have you had it? Would you buy it again?

Loving the recs! I feel like we need some context to some. For example, I live in a townhome with a small kitchen, and I put my Kitchenaid mixer in storage years ago and don't miss it. Too much counter space and I'm a cook not a baker! Just didn't have the space. My big one, that's not exactly a gadget is my Breville oven. I have precious little counter space but use that thing constantly. I also have a really good emon press and garlic press I use a ton. Also wonderful Japanese knives but I don't count those as gadgets.

I love this thread am getting great ideas that are new to me.
My favorite gadget is my immersion blender. For most of my life I poured hot soup into a blender in batches, all while trying to not get dangerously burned and it always resulted in a mess. Every time I use the immersion blender I feel like it’s magic.

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Anonymous wrote:The Joseph Joseph spatula here: https://us.josephjoseph.com/products/uni-tool-gray?_gl=1*det60g*_up*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAjwh4-wBhB3EiwAeJsppKbTQQ2NpM2tVxU-_0Tl33UbwxrEkeNC5FV14xG7z5Bb7mMt0TQT7hoC7iIQAvD_BwE

And then, this isn't really a gadget, but I buy the little frozen squares of garlic and ginger that Trader Joe's sells. Makes my life SO much easier!

I'm confused by the photos in this one. Where do the holes go?

My most important tool in the kitchen is my good knife, but for gadgets, I love my KitchenAid mixer with grater attachment and also my instant pot and blender (both stick and regular). My food processor broke and I am in the fence about replacing it or just making do with these tools.

What kind of blender do you have? I needed a new one, but they are all so huge now.

Instant Pot - use it a couple times a week

Mueller vegetable chopper: https://www.amazon.com/Mueller-Austria-Chopper-Vegetable-Container/dp/B08N9Q24M9/ref=asc_df_B08N9Q24M9?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80058300288157&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583657832269599&th=1
OXO peeler, but only this one: https://www.amazon.com/OXO-Good-Grips-Swivel-Peeler/dp/B0000DAQ46/ref=asc_df_B0000DAQ46?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80058242182084&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583657842228978&th=1

Garlic press like this which you can also use on herbs. I hate the regular kind.

https://www.amazon.com/AmDONGKING-Stripper-Silicone-Stainless-Squeezer/dp/B07F912WG8/ref=asc_df_B07F912WG8/?tag=&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309781210043&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2656899529706310506&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007528&hvtargid=pla-569432524491&mcid=31b171de3e293c478faa277bf8e54cf3&ref=&adgrpid=60510365926&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqpSwBhClARIsADlZ_TlxKI3IxOQxySgn867ltQZUG5jZzPSpm40Gs7X92xDddwoQPDwCk7saAh6VEALw_wcB&th=1

My apple slicer-corer. I didn't grow up with one but I now use it almost every day for kid lunches.

If anyone is looking for a peeler, this is the best I've ever used-

https://www.amazon.com/Kai-Select-stainless-Peeler-DH-7163/dp/B00ZVTRL6Q?th=1

I'm also a Benriner mandolin fan and almost consider it a necessity rather than a gadget (much like a potato peeler and scale....which are prep game-changers). Reviews from thekitchn and bonappetit. I buy them at our local Asian store for less than the Amazon list.

As for an actual gadget, I'll go with my OXO mango slicer. Definitely not needed but, gosh, it makes enjoying that fruit so much easier.