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Sunday, June 22, 2025

The Kitchen Must-Haves

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Dr Safeeya Mohammed
532 days ago
20240107

The 360° Ap­proach to your Well-be­ing

Dr Safeeya Mo­hammed

guardian.wemagazine@gmail.com

“I am al­ways on the go! I want to pre­pare nu­tri­tious meals for my fam­i­ly but I don’t think I have the time,” says every busy mum|busy dad in­un­dat­ed by work and try­ing to bal­ance a holis­tic healthy lifestyle.

WE mag­a­zine of­fers some so­lu­tions.

WE re­viewed sev­er­al kitchen gad­gets that can spice up your cook­ing ex­pe­ri­ence and make at-home meal prep­ping eas­i­er. In­vest­ing in mul­ti-func­tion equip­ment can help both novice and ad­vanced home chefs pre­pare de­li­cious and nu­tri­tious meals with ease and ef­fi­cien­cy.

Our Cri­te­ria was easy:

The best kitchen gad­gets:

1) Sized to your needs

2) Easy to clean

3) Worth the in­vest­ment.

No mat­ter if you’re buy­ing small gad­gets like sal­ad mix­ers to big­ger tick­et items like an air fry­er, you’ll want to make sure it’s durable, ef­fi­cient, and high-qual­i­ty.

1. Hamil­ton Beach® Cord­less Portable Blender

This ver­sa­tile, portable, cord­less blender sells it­self, eas­i­ly! Prep your favourite nu­tri­tious smooth­ie, or pro­tein shake at home, right af­ter gym, at work or while trav­el­ing and it’s ready to in­dulge, guilt-free! In ad­di­tion to drinks, it’s al­so per­fect for blend­ing dress­ings, sauces and ba­by food. The shat­ter­proof 16 oz jar with sip-through trav­el lid is made for leakproof porta­bil­i­ty. The USB ca­ble lets you recharge and blend any­where. In­cludes dish­wash­er safe blade guard, jar and lid for easy cleanup.

2. Table­top OXO Spi­ral­iz­er

Three stain­less steel blades cre­ate spaghet­ti cut (1/8th inch), fet­tuc­cine cut (1/4 inch), or rib­bon-cut noo­dles. Food hold­er with sharp teeth holds food se­cure­ly while spi­ral­iz­ing, cre­at­ing uni­form spi­rals from fruits and veg­eta­bles for curly fries, sal­ads, and gar­nish­es. Al­so dish­wash­er safe.

3. Cuisi­nart Air Fry­er & Toast­er Oven

This unique kitchen work­horse is ac­tu­al­ly a pre­mi­um full size toast­er oven with a built-in air fry­er. That means it not on­ly bakes, broils, and toasts, it al­so lets you air fry right in­side the oven. En­joy the crunch with­out the calo­ries and messy cleanup.

4. Cuisi­nart Duet Blender with Trav­el Cups

Mul­ti­pur­pose kitchen blender that comes with two 16oz trav­el cups that twist on­to the blade as­sem­bly, al­low­ing you to blend your smooth­ie in­side the cup. Elec­tron­ic touch­pad fea­tures in­tu­itive con­trols with LED in­di­ca­tors to let you know what blend­ing task you’re us­ing. Re­mov­able stain­less steel blade as­sem­bly of­fers easy cleanup and dish­wash­er safe­ty.

5. Cuisi­nart Stain­less Steel Grill Set 14pc

This must-have set in­cludes all the nec­es­sary tools to make your grilling ex­pe­ri­ence easy and con­ve­nient.

It in­cludes a Chef’s Spat­u­la, Grill Tongs, Sil­i­cone Bast­ing Brush, Clean­ing Brush, Ex­tra Clean­ing Brush Head and 4 Pairs of Corn Hold­ers. Each tool is de­signed with elon­gat­ed han­dles for safe­ty and a hang­ing ring for con­ve­nient place­ment dur­ing grilling. When you are fin­ished grilling, store the whole set in the durable alu­mini­um case! This is the per­fect gift for any­one who loves grilling!


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