A modern kitchen is the heart of any home. It is the place where fresh food is prepared and transformed into delicious meals for the whole family.
Have you ever wondered what the essentials are in a kitchen for meal preparation? Not just cooking, but preparing all the meals.
These are the kitchen tools and appliances that can make a simple cook into an expert in no time at all. Read on!
A Food Processor
For a kitchen to function properly, it must be properly equipped with the right meal preparation appliances such as a food processor, a mixer, cooker, etc. So, what is a food processor?
A food processor is an indispensable kitchen tool for the busy and health-conscious cook. With it, you can accomplish your task in minutes which might take hours if you depend on your knife skills alone.
Functions of a Food Processor
You can quickly chop up large quantities of vegetables or grate carrots and cheese into the perfect texture for a casserole. It is also used for grinding, slicing, pureeing, blending, and kneading.
It saves you time and effort in the kitchen and allows you to create delicious recipes even if your culinary skills are minimal.
A Mixer
Evenly Blends Ingredients
Food mixers are kitchen devices used to mix food and ingredients together in preparation for baking. The main function of a food mixer is to evenly blend ingredients with minimal effort and time.
It comes with 5 essential components, which include: the bowl and beater attachment, the motor base, switches or buttons, the speed controller and the cord. The bowl and its detachable lid also come with a central shaft that attaches to the beater blade assembly.
Food mixers have a motor that turns the beater blade at specific speeds to make batter for pancakes, cakes, cookies, pizzas, just to name a few.
When you have to mix dough evenly, then you must first combine all ingredients in a bowl until well-blended.
A cooker
If you want to cook food without ruining its nutrition and taste, you should use a cooker for food preparation.
Cooks food
A cooker is defined as an appliance that cooks food. These appliances are used worldwide for preparing different kinds of food. They are mainly used by homemakers, but they can also be found in restaurants and hotels.
Cookers use different methods and systems to prepare food such as induction, and electric heating elements.
Its Features
A cooker is used for boiling, baking, saut ng, frying, and many more options. The most important thing that one should consider before buying any type of cooker is the type of features it should have such as multi-level baking.
Some cookers come with multi-level baking where you can bake several items at the same time while conserving energy and time. A multi-level oven has 2 or more shelves.
Advanced cookers come with lighting to help see if the food is cooked properly.
A Microwave
A microwave is a great innovation, which has simplified the preparation of our food. In the last decades, they have become ordinary household appliances.
There are very large microwaves, and small ones, such as the one in your kitchen. The main function of this appliance is to heat food, but there are other functions that it can do based on specific models.
Defrost Food
The most common use of microwave ovens is defrosting frozen foods. The reason for thawing frozen meat or poultry in a microwave is that it does not take so much time as other methods. For example, there’s no need to turn on your oven in order to thaw your food if you have a microwave.
You may hear this defrosting feature referred to as a “defrost cycle,” which usually lasts between 5 to 8 minutes after you enter the appropriate time setting.
Cooking Food
A microwave oven can cook your food within minutes and save you a lot of preparation time. It also helps with cooking large meals which would take hours in an oven.
Other Food Preparation Tools
Other food preparation tools that can be in this list include a measuring cup, spoons for cooking, sieve, mixing bowls, and even pestle and mortar.
A measuring cup is a specific type of container that you will use to measure the amount of dry or liquid ingredients for cooking and baking.
Spoons are quite versatile when it comes to kitchen tools. They are used when cooking and serving food. They are also useful in transferring ingredients and food that need to be served in large quantities.
Mortar and Pestle is usually made of stone, ceramic or wood. It has been used for so long but still very helpful in today’s kitchen preparation. It’s used to grind and crush ingredients like garlic into fine, small pieces.
Sieve is a wire or plastic mesh that is held by either a metal or plastic frame. It’s a strainer that helps filter unwanted particles from a mixture.
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