Cooking Thanksgiving dinner can be stressful, time-consuming, and most frustrating of all, it requires the use of lots of cooking equipment. So, it’s extra nice to have a few gadgets on hand that will help make your dishes easier to prepare.
These 8 must-have gadgets for holiday cooking will knock your socks off they are so fabulously useful. They’ll help save you time and might even make you want to cook more. You never know. {wink} Enjoy!
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Turkey Baster
If you baste your turkey to ensure a moist and golden finish, you’ll need a great baster. This baster has powerful suction so you can be assured that you are able to retrieve juices when you need to.
Stackable Mixing Bowls with Silicone Bottoms
You are going to be doing a lot of food prep for your holiday meal, and so having bowls that won’t go sliding all over your kitchen counter are a must. Bowls with silicone bottoms and handles pretty much make me want to swoon because they are so useful and are great for utilizing space.
Gravy Separator
Making gravy from your turkey drippings can be a real pain when it comes to separating the fat from the meat and juices. This gravy separator cup makes it super easy! Just pour your poultry drippings into the gravy separator (which is designed to catch drips) and it’ll separate the fat from the juices from errant meat pieces so that you can make your gravy with less fat.
Adjustable Rolling Pin
Don’t worry about eye-balling the thickness of your pastry dough, because this rolling pin has adjustable disks which allows you to get the perfect thickness for your recipe. It’s pretty much brilliant.
Slip-on Pour Spout
A slip-on pour spout just might make you cry with happiness. For one thing, it’s super inexpensive. It works by clipping onto your pan or bowl so that it can direct the flow of ingredients into something else. Since it’s made of silicone, it’s heat resistant up to 400 degrees F so you can use it with all of your hot Thanksgiving/holiday food!
Strain and Serve
You can ditch your cumbersome salad spinner and colander and streamline with this prep and serve bowl. It’s amazingly easy to handle and just plain gets the job done. Basically, it has the functionality of a prep bowl, colander, and a serving bowl all in one design.
Herb Mincer
Everything tastes better with fresh herbs, and this herb mincer makes it super easy to mince your herbs without bruising them. Just put on your finger and roll over the herbs. Super easy.
Mixer Splatter Guard
Chances are you’ll be doing a lot of mixing, and if you don’t want the contents flying (think flour or mashed potatoes), this is the perfect solution. The mixer attachments fit through the middle of the guard so you can mix without splatters. Smart.
What’s your favorite cooking gadget?
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