Enhance Your Food Prep & Cooking with Great Kitchen Gadgets & Tools

The right tools can make preparing and cooking your favourite meals go a lot easier. A rotary eggbeater, for example, can whip up a quick creamy emulsion, and a fine-grind hand grater can combine shredded cheese in seconds. A good potato masher will make short work of your spuds, and a vegetable peeler with no-slip grip is safer to use than a sharp knife.

Consider task-specific silicone utensils to avoid scratching your non-stick pots and pans. These include spatulas, spoons, ladles, tongs, whisks, and pasta servers. Make sure to have large diameter splatter guard at the ready to contain grease and cooking liquids.

A citrus juicer lets you extract the maximum amount of liquid from lemons and limes with minimal mess. Avocados are also messy to work with, but a slotted avocado peeler can create perfect slices with one scoop of the tool. Multi-blade herb scissors are specially designed to chop large handfuls of fresh herbs, while a mortar & pestle will let you mix up dry spice mixes specific to the dish at hand. Garlic is also essential to many dishes, and a combination garlic press & slicer will let you prep it whichever way your recipe requires.