10 Best: Kitchen Utensils

• A paring knife. With a good knife you can do anything – well, anything involving cutting, slicing or dicing, that is. This can be used to slice anything from vegetables to bread. A dull knife can be very frustrating, so invest in a good one.
  
• A vegetable peeler. This one is pretty self-explanatory. It’s a lot easier to peel potatoes and carrots if you have this utensil handy.
  
• A good carving knife for cutting meat. Your paring knife isn’t big enough to tackle a turkey, now is it?
  
• A small hand-whip or whisk. This makes your egg yolks fluffy, but can also be used for salad dressings and batters. It is great for whipping things together without the expense of a hand mixer.
  
• Measuring spoons. Invest in that cookbook you’ve been meaning to buy and use these spoons to ensure you add in exactly what the recipe calls for. Keep two sets on hand so that you can use one for wet and one for dry substances. This way you don’t have to keep washing them while you are baking.
  
• A variety of spatulas. Whether you’re flipping an egg or scraping a bowl clean, these are great to have so that all ingredients get into your final product and your omelette slides neatly onto a plate.
  
• A grater. Essential for grating cheese, mincing garlic and shredding chocolate - a lot easier than trying to thinly slice with a knife and cutting your fingers. An even easier solution that is popular now are box graters: plastic boxes with a grater as the lid so as you grate, the grated food falls directly into the box – no clean-up required.
  
• Spoons: a mixing spoon, a slotted spoon and a ladle. With all three of these at your service, you can’t go wrong. A mixing spoon is great for stirring things together and it can also double as a serving spoon if need be. A slotted spoon is ideal for draining vegetables to serve or for serving soup without vegetables for a picky eater. A ladle is necessary for scooping pasta sauce or soup.
  
• A good pair of kitchen scissors. Cut the plastic away from a fresh bouquet of flowers or snip the string off a bunch of asparagus - these will come in handy more often than you think.
  
• A can opener. Whether it’s a standard handheld or an electric model, you just can’t open a can without it.
  

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