Our Favourite Kitchen Gadgets

It’s been said that the kitchen is the heart and soul of the home. Considering we spend so much time cooking, cleaning and gossiping over coffee, it’s no surprise that the kitchen earns this position.

As such as busy room, it also pays to have kitchen gadgets that make our lives easier. If you’ve built a brand new home with a beautiful kitchen, keep reading to see our favourite kitchen gadgets. You won’t want to be without them.

1. Chef Torches/Blowtorches

Bring out the master chef in your kitchen with these torches. Chef torches are easy to use and they are also one of the most effective gadgets for impressive food presentation. You can caramelise sugars, colour poached fruit, and add flavour to vegetables, bread and so much more. Your kitchen isn’t complete without one.

2. Book/Tablet Stand

These stands are such a simple yet incredible invention for your kitchen. Just try holding your cookbook or tablet manually while measuring your ingredients. You’ll realise how quickly you need a stand to give you a hand.

3. Quality Food Processor

A food processor will finely mince and chop food to the texture you want. It will also greatly reduce mess and leave your hands clean and fresh. Whether it’s for onions or nuts, garlic or herbs, vegetables or breadcrumbs, everyone needs a good food processor.

4. Mango Cutter

There’s nothing like mango during an Australian summer but cutting up a mango can be an arduous task. Despair no more and invest in a mango cutter, an absolutely delightful invention. It separates the fruit's flesh from its seed in a quick, safe and easy-to-use manner.

5. Lemon/ Lime Squeezer

Famous chef Nigella Lawson swears by one of these and you can easily see why. Its ability to extract the juice without the seeds and pulp with one press is truly impressive. These squeezers are rust resistant and dishwasher safe too.

6. Melon Baller

Giving you a touch of elegance and flair, this gadget will create both large and small melon balls, curls of butter or mini ice cream snowballs. It’s incredibly quick and easy to use. Place the edge of the scoop on your preferred melon or other soft fruit and twist it into the flesh of the fruit using a smooth wrist motion.

7. Cherry/ Olive Pitter

Excuse the pun, but it’s the pits having to remove cherry and olive pits.  This one of a kind scoop will take care of it for you by removing them in a quick and easy manner.

8. Victorinox Swiss Fruit & Vegetable Peeler

For more than125 years, Victorinox has been producing the original Swiss Army Knife. Now they have expanded to kitchenware with their fruit and vegetable peeler. It costs less than a cup of coffee and it has superior blade and handle technology which makes it easier than ever for you to peel your fruit and vegetables.

Invest in These Must-Haves for the Kitchen Drawer

These gadgets are the perfect addition to your kitchen drawers, helping you to further customise your home.

Talk to the team at McDonald Jones Homes for more information about building a customised home with a dream kitchen. These great kitchen gadgets will be right at home in a sleek kitchen that’s built to meet your needs. Explore our house and land packages for more information.