Most people tend to eat take outs instead of cooking because of the hassle preparing ingredients take-from slicing to peeling and all that chopping. And since new years signal new beginnings, you can change that. Adapting a more domisticated lifestyle by cooking should not be a huge leap. Like with everything, the key is taking it slow and gradually change things little by little. One way of kickstarting your change is by shopping for these brilliantly invented kitchen tools that will make you feel like a professional chef in no time.
People share their most favorite and ever reliable kitchen tools on Buzzfeed. Here are 19 of the most suggested ones:
1. Egg Cooker - Boiling seems like an easy task, so why need an egg cooker. Well, doing so requires constant attention and checking. With the egg cooker, 8 eggs can be boiled simultaneously and each egg is perfectly cooked and timed. Who has time to stand by the stove and wait for the freakin' eggs to boil, right?
2. A Vegetable chopper
3. Strawberry Huller - "Best 10 bucks spent" according to Ani Villareal. You need this because when you chop the leaves off a strawberry, you throw almost a quarter of it and it's a waste. It is also dishwasher safe and cute at the same time.
4. Portable Tea Press
5. Rice Maker - Istead of buying rice takeouts all the time, facebook user Mandy Hubbard commends and recommends her rice cooker that can also serve as a steamer for vegetables and other steamable food.
6. A quality can opener - Everyone of us has bought a cheap can opener just because. Remember that crappy can opener you had back in college, when all you ate was canned food? Investing in a really good one is the right step towards maturity, in one way or another.
7. Water Filter Built in Sink - If you consider the money spent buying filtered and miniral water just because you don't want tap, getting this installed is relatively cheap for only $50, plus $30 refills per half a year.
8. A solid butcher block cutting board - No, not just the regular chopping board, a cutting board, especially when you are dealing with meat and poultry.
9. A Crock-Pot - You can make almost any recipe with just one pot--soup, breakfast, lunch or dinner! There are hundreds of recipes online that are made specifically with the use of crock pots!
10. A Waffle Maker - One step of getting yourself to eat healthy is preparing your own food. And to make that more enjoyable, try using this waffle iron for making breakfasts everyday.
11. An electric kettle
12. A french press - If saving money is your number one priority this year, and cutting off that expensive hand crafted coffee is not off the table, get one of a quality French press and learn how to make good coffee yourself.
13. A good Water bottle -If you promised to be healthier this year, one of the easiest way of staying true to that goal is by keeping hydrated all day round. And having yourself your own water bottle might do the trick.
14. A Soda Stream
15. A Food Processor - If the main reason why you generally don't cook is the lack of time and energy to prep the ingredients, getting a food processor might be the answer.
16. At Home Espresso Maker
17. A Milk Frother- Remember quitting Starbucks? Buying a frother and topping your coffee with the froth makes your coffee game a tad higher and stronger
18. A Blender -You can surely use it in preparing food and making drinks!
19. A reliable garbage bin -Because one way of being healthy is staying as clean as possible, remember the motto of your favorite restaurant: CLAYGO-Clean as You Go.
