The Best Kitchen Appliances for Home Cooks

Anyone who loves cooking, baking, or prepping food in the kitchen is likely to have a few staple appliances and gadgets that they love to use regularly. From making life easier to taking your culinary skills to the next level, there is a vast selection of large and small appliances available to expand your cooking horizons.

When it comes to large appliances, the size and layout of your kitchen may play a part, but overall, the best kitchen appliances to invest in depends on what type of cooking you enjoy most, and what you most regularly make.

Anyone who enjoys baking is likely to appreciate a stand mixer, which is ideal for stepping up your cupcake and pastry game, while a super-fine sieve is a great tool for making the softest, lightest fairy cakes and buns.

While anyone who is following a vegan or plant-based diet would benefit greatly from a food processor. These nifty devices can be used to make a huge range of recipes from hummus and pesto to energy balls and healthy desserts.

Other electric appliances that have become very popular across the UK, in particular throughout lockdown, are coffee makers, espresso machines, and air fryers.

Food Prep Utensils

Some electric appliances can come with a hefty price tag, though there are plenty of small, inexpensive baking tools and other kitchen items that can also elevate your cooking skills and expand the range of recipes in your repertoire. Some popular, small kitchen utensils for cookery and baking lovers include the following:

• Measuring cups for liquid and dry ingredients
• Baking tins in various sizes (loaf, round, deep)
• Citrus press
• Spiralizer for making courgette and other vegetable noodles
• Electric hand mixers, which are small, inexpensive, and highly versatile
• Good chopping boards and high-quality knives
• A french press or v60, a great kitchen essential for coffee lovers

Batch Cooking

For food prepping in particular, and for anyone who likes to bulk cook meals for the days and weeks ahead, a great selection of food containers or food storage boxes in various sizes also makes a great investment.

Batch cooking a couple of dishes at the weekend and then storing them in the fridge or freezer can be a great time-saver during the week.

If you regularly batch cook and prefer to cook just every few days, a slow cooker is also a worthwhile appliance to invest in. Soups, stews, curries and dahls can be prepared in a slow cooker and all make healthy, delicious midweek dinners.

Maintaining Kitchen Appliances

With larger kitchen appliances like a cooker, microwave, fridge or dishwasher, it is important to maintain them well to keep them performing at their best. It is recommended that you spring clean your appliances at least once every six months, perhaps more if you live in an area with hard water. 

There are lots of ideas around how to upkeep appliances available online and it is worth researching the best materials and methods to use when maintaining home devices. Regular maintenance will also help prolong the durability and life span of your appliances.

Cleaning and maintaining kitchen appliances and devices can be done as part of a wider household spring clean.

Not only will this ensure a longer life span for your appliances, but a deep clean can be very satisfying once complete.

There are lots of spring cleaning tips and ideas to help inspire you when planning a decluttering and deep cleaning of your kitchen or home.

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