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More kitchen gadgets, but does it mean eating better or more healthily?

Marianne72

I persuaded myself to buy an Instant Pot  - a pressure cooker, steamer & slow cooker in one. My main aim was saving energy as prices rocket. But will this improve my cooking or lead to healthier eating? Will it 'save time'?  Despite all my appliances, I find myself regularly making, 'on toast', jackets, sandwiches and all sorts of cakes and biscuits.

Is your kitchen full of gadgets you rarely use? Why doesn't someone design a comprehensive appliance instead of a myriad of cooking modes - toaster, microwave, ice-cream/yoghurt maker, air fryer, conventional oven, slow cooker, pressure cooker, kettle? Despite all the gadgets, do you eat better? Or do they sit doing very little except looking shiny and filling your kitchen? Time and again I'm lead astray by clever marketing and persuasive arguments about the latest science of healthy eating. 

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  • I wouldn't use it, I'm not a fan of gadgets, we had a steamer and it was so slow it took 40 mins to do some sprouts, that ended up at the tip, the basket ones that fit on top of a saucepan do them in about 7 minutes. I did have one of those digital pressure cookers and thought it a waste of space, that went on freecycle, the amount you could put in it was tiny I could of made just enough soup for 3 people. All it's programs were for things in the recipe book that came with it, so it lacked flexibility too. 

    I think these sort of gadget maybe alright if live in a studio flat and lack kitchen space, but I'm still dubious, I think often these things sound better than they really are.

    I don't have an airfryer either, they don't do the sorts of things I would deep fry and they're tiny inside too.

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  • I wouldn't use it, I'm not a fan of gadgets, we had a steamer and it was so slow it took 40 mins to do some sprouts, that ended up at the tip, the basket ones that fit on top of a saucepan do them in about 7 minutes. I did have one of those digital pressure cookers and thought it a waste of space, that went on freecycle, the amount you could put in it was tiny I could of made just enough soup for 3 people. All it's programs were for things in the recipe book that came with it, so it lacked flexibility too. 

    I think these sort of gadget maybe alright if live in a studio flat and lack kitchen space, but I'm still dubious, I think often these things sound better than they really are.

    I don't have an airfryer either, they don't do the sorts of things I would deep fry and they're tiny inside too.

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