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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. 

  • Mmm I do have a slow cooker and I use it intermittently usually in the winter. Most people I speak to seem to own an air fryer these days but I don’t.

    I can’t say I’m a gadget person I would probably struggle to work them. I like simple things that are well made, I don’t have an electric kettle I have stove top kettle, I figured there is less to go wrong with it and I shouldn’t have to replace it often.

    The last thing I bought that might be a gadget but I’m not sure was a Moccamaster filter coffee machine, it’s a water drip type just nice and simple and well made and nice to look at at its in yellow and black and it makes me feel nice inside every time I look at it.

    I think batch cooking works for me regarding healthy eating.

    A thing of beauty right!!

    Blush

  • in reply to Marianne72

    I agree,   , things generally don't last as long as they once did, so a long-lasting thing is a blessing. I like old crockery and cutlery.

  • I fell victim to the spiraliser craze a few years ago. It's only been used a couple of times as it's such a faff to assemble and clean! It takes up far more cupboard space than it's worth. Also bought a pastry lattice roller for a school project - which is very fun but has only been used once.

    I've always wanted a rotary cheese grater, but have so far held off from purchasing. 

    A friend's dad apparently has all the fancy Ninja gadgets (air fryer, oven thingys, blenders etc.) and rarely uses them. I've always wanted to look inside their kitchen after hearing this!

    I wouldn't know where to start with an Instant Pot, but it sounds intriguing 

  • in reply to leveller61
    leveller61 said:
    the Dualit toaster: 27 years old and just keeps doing its thing.

    Now something so long-lasting is to be treasured, especially when it has family history. I find so many gadgets break down very quickly and are not repairable. I love secondhand equipment like jugs, handled by so many generations of people over time.

  • Inherited a lot of gadgets from deceased relatives. Counter is well cluttered. They get used but are not truly essential and some of them beep (see separate thread). The one gadget I bought is my favourite - the Dualit toaster: 27 years old and just keeps doing its thing.