Kitchen Tools That Cut Your Cooking Time In Half
Living in a fast-paced world requires you to have tools that help you do more in less time. Our pick of must-have kitchen appliances will cut your cooking time in half and make cleaning up a bit easier.
Here are some of our time-saving favourites:
Slow Cooker
Cut cooking time in half with a slow cooker. With a little prep in the morning, you can leave the food to cook while you’re out and about for between four to 12 hours.
Food Processor
When you own a food processor, it feels like you have an extra pair of hands in the kitchen. It chops, slices, mixes and blends a host of ingredients in a matter of minutes. From soups to sauces, pesto and smoothies, it’s your shortcut to full on flavour.
All-in-One Mandolin
This big boy comes with 11 different blades, a juicer and egg separator, meaning you can peel vegetables, juice fruits, and separate egg yolks all at once. It’s also easy to wash and dishwasher safe.
Vegetable and Onion Chopper
Onions turn any kitchen into a weeping festival. Everyone agrees that chopping, slicing and dicing veggies is tedious and time-consuming. The vegetable and onion chopper is a less expensive alternative to a mandolin, but does the job equally well and in just a few minutes.
Immersion Blender
An Immersion blender is used to blend and purée ingredients quickly and easily. Whether you’re in the mood for a smoothie, soup or want to mash your baby’s food, you can do it all with this convenient tool.
Pressure Cooker
A pressure cooker prepares food under high pressure steam, which cooks meals faster and helps retain vitamins and minerals. You can sauté, bake, poach, and braise food when using this genius machine, and once the lid locks, there is absolutely no need for you to monitor the food.
Air Fryer
An air fryer acts as a mini convection oven, mimicking the results of deep frying but using up to 80% less oil than traditional frying. For the health-conscious, the air fryer turns out beautifully crisp chips, fish and chicken without the excess oil.
Chef’s Knife
Whether you’re slicing a steak or chopping vegetables, a great set of knives is pivotal to achieving great results in the kitchen. Pick a set with a lifetime warranty to guarantee years of sharp blades.
Grill and Smoker
The Grill and Smoker bakes, roasts, braises and braais. Instead of waiting for the food to get ready by standing over the grill, simply put the food in, adjust the temperature digitally and forget about it until it’s time to dish up.
Cook Books
You’ve got your arsenal of appliances, now find the perfect recipe. Express cookbooks deliver recipes, tricks and valuable tips on how you can cut down on prep time.