You don’t need to have all the latest gadgets or loads of different appliances in your kitchen to make everything yourself. Make ice cream with a food processor, bread in a slow cooker or whipped cream in a french press and surprise yourself with how useful the items you already have are. Check out these 24 new uses for your old kitchen appliances.
1. Use your waffle iron to make extra-crispy hash browns.
Triple the crannies! Get the recipe here.
2. And waffle BROWNIES.
Get the recipe here. Honestly, the waffling possibilities are endless.
3. Kitchenaids can also whip up homemade butter.
Here’s how to make it.
4. Ice cube trays are a neat way to freeze and store handy portions of all kinds of food.
Pesto, stock, tomato sauce, fruit and yogurt for smoothies.
5. Quickly shred cooked meat in a stand mixer.
here’s how.
6. In times of need or confusion, a coffee maker can boil vegetables and other foods.
Get more coffee pot cooking tips here.
7. Immersion blenders also make ace cream-whippers.
Get detailed instructions here.
8. …baking bread…
Get the recipe.
9. Same goes for rice cookers.
Single-use gadgets are usually good for a lot more than they let on. Get rice cooker recipes here.
10. A bundt pan doubles as a handy chicken roasting rack.
With plenty of room for veggies to soak up all the yummy chicken juices. Get instructions and a recipe here.
11. The freezer bowl of an ice cream maker is great for quickly chilling wine or drinks for a party.
Take the bowl out of the freezer, fill it with water, put the bottle(s) in, and it’ll cool that booze right down. This also works without water to keep chilled wine cold; just make sure to wrap the bottle in a kitchen towel or stick a soft ice pack in with it to keep it from banging around too much and damaging the bowl.
12. a great job caramelizing onions…
Recipe here.
13. Use a French press to whip cream…
It won’t get super fluffy, but is a great shortcut if you just need a nice dollop to put on a slice of cake.
14. A slow cooker is ideal for perfectly cooking dried beans.
Here’s how.
15. cooking tons of other things.
This thing can do lasagna, chocolate cake, mac ‘n’ cheese — you name it. Get ideas and recipes here.
16. Use a Microplane to grate garlic and ginger.
This is way faster and easier than finely mincing, and a great way to thoroughly incorporate ginger and garlic into sauces, dressings, etc.
17. Keurig coffee machines can make instant oatmeal, ramen, or anything else that just needs hot water.
Honestly, better to use it for this than for actual coffee pods, which are pretty terrible for everything.
18. You can actually cook food in your dishwasher while it’s running.
Get more info here.
19. Slice strawberries or mozzarella with an egg slicer.
This works great for mushrooms or other soft fruits and veggies, too.
20. Make easy ice cream in your food processor.
Just freeze the base in an ice cube tray, then blend into creamy perfection. Get the full explanation and recipe here.
21. brew loose tea.
The built-in strainer makes it handy for all kinds of things. More ideas here.
22. Microwave lemons and limes before squeezing to get more juice out of them.
Just zap for about 20 seconds.
23. Use a pizza wheel to chop delicate fresh herbs.
24. A processor is also the fastest, best way to make homemade pizza dough.
Seriously, better than hand-kneaded. Get the explanation and a recipe here.
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