Kitchen Gadgets

While I qualify as a geek on many levels I most closely associate with the title of gadget geek. I love nifty little gadgets, tools, and toys and will admit shamelessly to buying things in the past just to see how it works.

Unfortunately as this point in time technology seems to be outpacing my ability to make purchases. There are a few gadgets that are absolute musts to have in any respectable kitchen. I'll skip some of the more mundane pieces of technilogical marvels that keep our kitchens in good working order and get to my absolute must have kitchen gadget: an electric cheese grater.

I know that many of you are laughing right now but I have this thing about purchasing pre shredded cheese at the store, it just doesn't taste the same as freshly grated cheese and I am not masochistic enough to try and grate enough cheese for this cheese loving family. We have a genuine love of cheese from taco toppings, to quesadillas fillings, parmesean for our pastas, to toppings for our pizzas and countless other reasons to have shredded cheese in between we find ourselves in need of grated cheese far more often than we should probably care to admit.

So off I went in search of a great electric cheese grater in order to fill my kitchen gadget obsession and save my hands from many painful nights of cheese grating. Geek or not, the Deni Giovanna Italy Cordless Cheese Grater is the perfect model for my gadget geek kitchen needs. Really this nifty little grater has all the things I love in a gadget for my kitchen and none of the things I hate. First of all, it's easy on the hands. Second, it is diswhasher safe, and third (for me at any rate) it will grate not only the hard cheeses that devices of this nature are typically suited to do but also the softer cheeses that tend to bog down lesser graters. You should also find that this cheese grater is by no means limited to cheese. You can also grate nuts, chocolate, and other items as well. Last, but not least, this little gadget stores rather easily too.

If you go through a lot of grated cheese or even if you're just looking for another nifty little gadget for your kitchen collection you really should try out this wonderful little grater.

Touchless Trash Can

I must admit that I am completely intrigued at the thought. I absolutely hate constantly needing to wash my hands because I've thrown something away while preparing dinner. This neat little device is not for the price concious but for the sanity conscious. I love the idea behind this product and wish I had been the one that was bright enough to create it. He or she is probably laughing all the way to the bank that no one else thought of this first. At any rate, the touchless trash can is next on my list of must have gadgets and gizmos for the kitchen.

We are in the midst of a vast and extensive kitchen overhaul at the moment so the touchless trash can will definitely be my gift to myself when all is said and done and I once again have a fully functional kitchen in which to prepare all my glorious meals. If you haven't seen one of these yet you can check it out below and I would love to hear your thoughts on the touchless trash can. In my book it rates up there with the robotic vacuum cleaner as a nifty gadget for girls.