Much of your time in your kitchen is spent on preparing snacks and meals, not to mention the trouble of cleaning up afterwards, these fun kitchen gadgets will help simplify the process and reduce the elbow grease spent on preparing a delicious meal. With these recommended kitchen tools, you will make cooking time a breeze. In fact these everyday products are so essential, you’ll be wondering how you ever lived without them in the first place!

1. Mandoline slicer

Cutting vegetable is a tedious errand, and on the off chance that you a veggie fan this apparatus is perfect to make the whole technique faster. Your work time can be lessened to half and mandolins give you far more versatility than a knife, regardless of how much of an expert you are with it. Mandolins gives out different sharp edges to cater various cooking styles. From slicing a tomato paper-thin to making perfect carrot sticks, this gadget has got you covered. 

2. Can Opener

Nowadays most of the food products are now only available in cans which makes this gadget a definite kitchen essential. It is a way safer tool to use rather than using knives which makes opening cans an ordeal.Can openers of all sorts are now available in the market. Some contains built in knife sharpeners and bottle openers thus solving all purposes. Its best to invest on these all-in-one can openers to save kitchen space.

3. Microplane

Anyone who has a microplane or also known as a “rasp”,  knows how this beloved kitchen companion makes grating, zesting, curling, etc. so much easier. Some kitchen tools are unitaskers, but not this one! It has so many more uses beyond just zesting a lemon. You can wield this like a weapon for a lot more of ingredients like cheese, garlic and nutmeg. Ohhh the possibilities are endless!

4. Pressure cooker

Though this cooking appliance may look somewhat like your ordinary pot in the kitchen, it comes with a specially designed lid that seals the cooker completely trapping steam and allowing pressure to build up inside which enables you to cook food up to almost 70 percent faster. Food cooked in pressure cookers are able to hold on to most of its vitamins and minerals because it consumes less water and requires shorter cooking time. And lastly, with a pressure cooker, you just put all the necessary ingredients and leave it to cook giving you the luxury of time to do or attend to other important tasks making this one a nifty kitchen gadget.

5. Peeler

Back in the days where you merely use a knife for peeling, you probably ended up with a lot more waste than is necessary to remove the skin. And let's not forget how easy it is to cut your fingers by using it. That's where peelers come in. Not only are they faster and easier to use, they're really good at removing only a very thin layer, which means more potato for cooking and less in the compost pile. And, of course, they're designed for safety. With a comfortable grip that gives you the right leverage for the task of peeling, and a blade that's not likely to come in contact with your fingers.

So there you go, those are just some of the kitchen gadgets that are sure to save you time, money, and hours of hassle. These ingenious kitchen accessories are so practical and innovative they make such great wedding and housewarming gifts for your family and friends. But I bet you’ll keep one  or all five on your kitchen cupboards too!