Our Newest Favorite Kitchen Tools

Myrna and I can’t resist new kitchen products and gadgets.  Here are some of our latest favorites.  We bought our own, we just like these - no advertising intended!

Myrna Says: 

As anyone who knows me can tell you, kitchen gadgets are my downfall.
Here are my newest favorites. The round-container egg slicer. It has three egg slicer inserts, half, sixths for wedges and slices. The best part is that they all fit together to store and take up so little room. 

The coated wire whip has a sturdy handle and works great in my new nonstick Calphalon pans. Nice size and I use it more than the larger coated wire whip I have, washes very well.

The pancake/cookies turner is my favorite find. I really like the one I have that I always used but it is all metal and so I needed to find something else. This is great! Small length handle from end to end which is what I liked about my other one. Overall length is 9 ½ inches. Not a long turner and this works so good to turn over easy eggs. I now have two of them and would not use any others. Great tool by OXO. 

The last and newest gadget is the green spoon holder. Clip it on any pan or bowl and it holds your spoon, whip, etc. over the utensil and not over the stove or counter. I am going to buy several more. I bought two, but my daughter took one and now wants another also. Great idea and one that works!

Sue says:

I can’t cook without a scale…my husband even uses one to weigh out our breakfast cereal right into the bowl.  My old scale is 20 years old and not made anymore, but it got lots and lots of use over the years.  I wanted a new one, and this Soehnle weighs up to 30 pounds, has an easy to read dial, and won’t shut off until you shut it off, one of my pet peeves about many scales – they turn off halfway through your recipe.  I wanted one I could use to weigh canisters of flour, and quantities of food for canning and freezing, but still measures 10ths of an ounce.  This is the one – if only it didn’t show every fingerprint!

These colorful silicone lids really work – and I have them in several sizes to fit my pans and bowls that don’t have their own lids.  It really almost eliminates plastic wrap.  They come in a variety of designs.  They can even be used as pot lids or in the oven, although I have not tried it.

The roller is for tamping down those crumb crusts in pie pans or bar pans – slick.

And the stainless steel measuring spoons fit into my spice jars, include a ¾ teaspoon and 1/8 teaspoon size, and only cost me $5 at the outlet mall kitchen store.

And I have to second Myrna’s OXO turner…after I saw hers I bought 2, and my husband loves them for eggs, as they are a handy size.