Aaaand tonight, in our newest episode of “Karen Can’t Cook,” we talk about bulky things hidden away in cabinets, spaghetti noodles as well as new kitchen area tools, likewise understood as “kitchen doohickeys as well as thingamabobbers.”

When the Progressive Wedge & Pop Apple Slicer went into my life as well as subsequently rocked my world, I realized that I have a strange thing for kitchen area tools. I don’t always understand what to finish with them as well as can’t always figure them out, however deep down inside I like having them around.

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I got some new ones last week as part of my continuous effort to eat less processed food as well as discover much more about cooking.

Truth: cooking? Not my forte. many of the time it amounts to me throwing a lot of stuff into a pot as well as praying for it to be edible.

But I’m trying!

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So, right here are the new kitchen area tool additions…

First thing: the Kuhn Rikon Julienne Peeler ($17). Basically, it’s an improv spiralizer (a tool to turn fresh veggies into faux-noodles). I’ve been wanting a spiralizer to make zucchini noodles, however seriously, the last thing I requirement is one more bulky appliance stowed up on a high shelf in my cabinets, however I figured that with the Kuhn Rikon, since it’s smaller, I might just store it in a drawer for simple access.

How does it work? Well, you just rake the blade across the top of a vegetable to cut it into long, thin strips that look a bit like spaghetti noodles.

Very cool, however it’s type of frightening to clean since those teeth are hella sharp.

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The second thing: the double slice Mandoline ($20), likewise by Kuhn Rikon. I grabbed this the other night on a trip with El Hub to our regional hardware store (we needed lightbulbs). It’s for slicing extremely thinly. I utilized it last weekend to make scalloped potatoes for Easter lunch, as well as it worked great. You just stick that hat-looking thing to whatever you want to slice (it has prongs that insert into the vegetable), location the soon-to-be-sliced veggie on top of the slicer, hold on to the hat-thing, as well as run it back as well as forth across the slicer. The result? Thinly sliced food.

The third as well as final thing: the Rada Cutlery vegetable Peeler ($8.99). exactly how I made it this far in life without a vegetable peeler, I have no idea. Honestly, this isn’t extremely exciting, however I needed a peeler…and this gets great evaluations on Amazon. So far I’ve utilized it to effectively peel carrots, potatoes as well as beets. It feels in my hand as well as gets the task done.

Oh, as well as P.S. — did you understand that peeling beets is much simpler if you cook them first? Yeah, lesson learned.