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| Kitchen aid thingy plates |
USE YOUR GADGETS!! (Creatively too!)
In the last few months I've used my kitchen aid thingy - I don't even know what it's called - and it's been marvellous. Capsicum, mushrooms, carrots, fruit - so quick.
From slicing apples for the Apple Roses, to doing all but the broccoli in our dinner meals, to grating apples again! This thing has become very handy since I started pulling it out more. My thumb says to remind people that the slicer plate is also very sharp. :(
I'm sure one day I'll use the zester, as well as that other plate for something other than grating when the grater needs washing...
Tonight, while cutting pears for baby food, I thought I recalled a corer in our drawer. It's not the kind of corer I prefer for apples, so I've ignored it for ages (not even sure how it got there). But for soft juicy pears it was pretty much perfect, and way better than a knife.
The spring mixer looks useless, but it's actually quite robust and excellent at fast mixing. I usually use it for cake batters, but have used it to cream butter and sugar for other things too.
And the cheese grater... do you know you can grate frozen butter? Well, not that neatly, BUT STILL! I gave it a go!*
So I encourage you too - dig through your utensil drawer and remind yourself of the bits and pieces you've got. I'd love to hear of any second uses you've found for what you have! :)
*I also tried using the slicer to chop cold butter for faster melting, but frozen butter really is like a kind of stone - brittle yet changeable. Oh well, now I know.
From slicing apples for the Apple Roses, to doing all but the broccoli in our dinner meals, to grating apples again! This thing has become very handy since I started pulling it out more. My thumb says to remind people that the slicer plate is also very sharp. :(
I'm sure one day I'll use the zester, as well as that other plate for something other than grating when the grater needs washing...
Tonight, while cutting pears for baby food, I thought I recalled a corer in our drawer. It's not the kind of corer I prefer for apples, so I've ignored it for ages (not even sure how it got there). But for soft juicy pears it was pretty much perfect, and way better than a knife.
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| Corer, spring mixer, parmesan grater |
And the cheese grater... do you know you can grate frozen butter? Well, not that neatly, BUT STILL! I gave it a go!*
So I encourage you too - dig through your utensil drawer and remind yourself of the bits and pieces you've got. I'd love to hear of any second uses you've found for what you have! :)
*I also tried using the slicer to chop cold butter for faster melting, but frozen butter really is like a kind of stone - brittle yet changeable. Oh well, now I know.
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