The 13 tools every mom needs in her kitchen

If you’re a mother you know how to manage energy, so with the gema’haaam in the background when your (toddler) teenager calls for food or when you’re changing the umpteenth diaper. Some things are beyond your control, because we are the ones caretakers for the sweet grub. But when it comes to handy helpers that help you save energy even more, we don’t say ‘no’ to that, do we?

The following thirteen kitchen tools every mother should have in her kitchen.

Blender

From pureeing baby snacks to making soup and fresh guacamole. Do we need to say more? A hand blender literally saves lives in the kitchen. We can’t do without it anymore.

French fries cutter

Most kids, not all, prefer to eat fries every day. With a dollop of mayo and ketchup. Of course that is delicious once in a while, a fat bite from the snack bar. But what if you can also delight them at home with tasty fries, homemade and healthy too? Peel potatoes, coat them through the potato cutter and put them in the oven. Guaranteed feast.

Sink scraper

You know it, washing all that food leftovers off the plates before everything goes into the dishwasher. Half always ends up in the sink. How annoying is that? Precisely. The invention of the century, without immediately getting your hands dirty: a sink scraper. Once you have one, you won’t understand how you ever lived without it.

Rice cooker

Honestly, who can cook rice without it getting mushy or burning? Keep it constant and stir. We do have better things to do. A rice cooker does that trick for you. All you have to do is: measure and wash rice (yes, always wash), measure water and add water to the rice cooker, turn on the button and wait until it is ready. Perfectly cooked rice without stress. Just possible!

Hand citrus press

Squeeze lemons or limes without a pit disappearing in your dish? How easy can it be. With a special hand lemon squeezer you will no longer be bothered by this. Simply squeeze, seeds stay where they belong and you can efficiently empty your citrus fruit down to the last drop.

spiral cutter

Nice those zucchini spaghetti or carrot strings for a salad. Can you see yourself going with a cheese slicer? Been there, done that. Until the invention of the century: a spiral cutter, also known as a spiralizer, that simply does everything for you. All you do is rotate. Ideal!

blender

Healthy smoothie bowls so that those little rascals still get some fruit and vegetables. Secretly yes, because of course we don’t reveal what we throw into it. But making tasty pasta sauce full of vegetables, dough for healthy date balls and batter for banana pancakes is also a piece of cake with a blender.

Air fryer

We just talked about homemade fries. So you can also just bake them in your airfryer. The airfryer is seriously your best friend when it comes to saving time. Especially when you have one with two compartments. You can put whatever you want in it: chicken, vegetables, fries. You name it, your air fryer will make it.

Mandolin

Cucumber or onion pickles seem like something to you. But then you want thick slices of course. Or how about perfectly cut julienne carrot strips? You can do this in a second with a mandolin. Nice music in the background and go! Warning, watch out for your fingers. Or order one of those handy gloves for safety.

Countertop organizer

Isn’t a swinging washing-up brush, sponge and dishcloth strange to you? Ideally, you want to keep the kitchen a bit ‘tidy’. A countertop or sink organizer does the work for you. Or well, of course you have to put your loose swinging stuff in it. But then you immediately have a tidy piece of countertop. And rest in the kitchen is rest in your head, right?

Kettle with temperature control

Boiling water with a kettle is a luxury. But did you know that you also have kettles with which you can regulate the temperature? Some teas don’t like the water boiled in 100 degrees. And what about preparing your baby food for your little one? You can easily regulate the heat of the water with such a smart kettle.

Small waste bin for GFT

Do you always mess with the chopped waste of your vegetables while you cook? Place a small waste bin next to you on the counter where you can already collect your GFT waste. This way you can easily separate your waste and you don’t have to walk to your large GFT bin outside every time. Don’t you separate GFT waste? Then such a waste bin is still a super help. Saves a lot of mess and hassle.

Glass storage containers

You may have heard of food prepping. It’s smart cooking with some extra portions, which you can either freeze or eat again the next day for lunch or dinner. Saves time, you have more quality time with the kids, your partner or yourself. But then you want nice containers in which you can store this. Of course without all those annoying hormone-disrupting substances such as BPA in plastic. Glass containers are your sustainable solution. Grab a few and you are good to go!

Do you already have some of these handy tools in your kitchen collection?

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