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Cooking made easy for a busy family!
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items Welcome to “Cooking Made Easy for a Busy Family”—your ultimate resource for smart kitchen solutions! I review the best cooking gadgets, multi-function appliances, and smart kitchen tools designed to help busy parents save time and energy. Whether you...
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Prep & Cooking Helpers
Smart Seasoning & Precision Tools
Bonus Picks for Foodies
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Smart & Multi-Function Appliances
Explore multi-function appliances and cookware that simplify meal prep for large families—perfect for busy moms and dads.
Cuckoo is well known brand used by many Asian families.
It has the capability to cook various type of rice and has multiple functions.
Cuckoo CR-0655F Rice Cooker & Warmer 6C
Instant pot had made my life easier.
With a family of 3, I am able to prep and cook a meal in one pot. Just place food, set it and forget it until dinner.
Instant Pot Duo Plus 9-in-1 Multicooker 6Qt
You are looking at a CHEF iQ MiniOven Smart Toaster Oven Air Fryer Combo. This is a 11-in-1 Countertop Convection Oven that bakes, broil, air fry, dehydrate, 1750W. The size is 25 Qt Capacity with touchscreen controls
Introducing: The Chef iQ MiniOven
Want to cook like a pro with just the press of a button? Try this Dreo ChefMaker Combi Fryer. The Dreo ChefMaker combines food science and chef mastery to deliver the most perfectly cooked meals. Taste perfectly cooked steaks, succulent tender salmon...
Dreo ChefMaker Combi Fryer 6 QT, Smart Air Fryer
This is a great smart oven. It's a 6-in-1 countertop convection oven. It steams, Toast, Air Fry, Bake, Broil, and reheats in one. It also has an app that you can control through your smartphone. Highly recommended.
Tovala Smart Oven Pro 6-in-1 Convection
This is one of my favorite steamers. Its big enough to steam multiple dishes. Great for those that want to eat a healthy diet.
BUYDEEM G553 5-Qt Electric Food Steamer
Great for those that are back to working in the office. This Crockpot is a life saver when I'm in between meetings and can't get to the microwave. You plug it in and it will heat your food up while you have meeting. By the time you have a break, your...
Crock-Pot 20oz Electric Lunch Box - Black
No more having to buy soy milk from the store. This machine helps make soy and nut milk of your choice without guessing that else in your milk from the store.
8-in-1 Automatic Nut Milk Maker, 50oz Soy
My favorite on the go lunch box. This lunch box is great when you need to warm lunch and don't want to wait at the microwave. Just a tip - you do need to start the heating process 30 mins before you start your lunch so its great if you have a meeting...
Carsolt Electric Lunch Box Food Heater 80W
Holidays are here. A slow cooker is must have!
Crock-Pot 7 Qt Oval Manual Slow Cooker
Prep & Cooking Helpers
Discover top-rated cooking gadgets and smart kitchen tools that make feeding a big family fast, easy, and stress-free for busy parents.
Hate have to manual open cans with an opener? Try this Electric can opener with a simple press of a button. All hands free and currently listed as one of the best seller items on Amazon. It has over 110K reviews.
Kitchen Mama Auto Electric Can Opener - Red
No more guessing on how is a gram of salt or 8 oz of water. This digital scale will help and taking the guess work out.
Dual Platform Digital Kitchen Scale 0.001oz/33lbs
You are looking at a Anatole Electric Cheese Grater Stainless Steel Vegetable Shredder. No more manually turning the handle to grate that cheese. Just plug into an outlet and stick the cheese in and see the magic happen.
Anatole Electric Cheese Grater 6 Blades 250W
No more stirring by hand. What a great idea. Hands free automatic pan stirrer.
Uutensil Stirr Auto Pan Stirrer LED Teal
Great mixing bowls for all your kitchen needs. These mixing bowls comes with a cover and is stackable.
26PCS Stainless Steel Mixing Bowls Set with Lids & Graters
These glass containers are great for storage or those that are going back to work and need to bring lunch. Its leak proof and microwave safe. I got rid of all my plastic containers with now using glass only.
8 Pack Glass Food Storage Containers with Lids
Smart Seasoning & Precision Tools
Some smart gadgets that help with cooking the perfect steak.
Meat cook to a perfection. A wireless meat thermometer is what you need. I'm a medium rare steak kind of girl. I hate when I over cook my steak. This thermometer has helped me cook the perfect steak. Hands down best gadget. Worth ever penny.
CHEF iQ Sense 2025 Smart Meat Thermometer
Great gift idea for those that love to cook. Who doesn't want freshly grind salt and pepper on their food. No more joint pains on manually grinding those old school salt and pepper grinder.
COSPRO Electric Salt & Pepper Grinder Set of 3
This one is a highly recommended thermometer by American Test Kitchen. It is pricey but a great gadget for precise cooking.
ThermoWorks Thermapen ONE Instant-Read Thermometer
Bonus Picks for Foodies
Smart kitchen solutions for busy parents: reviews, tips, and hacks for cooking with gadgets and tools that save time and energy.
Great for bakers. I have the same kitchen aid mixer for over 20 years. Its still going stronger. It might be pricey but its worth every penny.
KitchenAid Artisan 5Qt Tilt Head Mixer Aqua
This blender was a great bonus to my kitchen. It blends and it chops. Love this blender.
Ninja Mega Kitchen System 1500W Blender & Food Processor BL770
If you have some extra time on your hands or want to try out using the sous vide method. This is my highly recommended brand. I had used this to cook prime ribs, chicken, and steak. It helps with getting the perfect temperature for you food.
Anova Culinary Sous Vide Precision Cooker 3.0 WiFi
Another great find on a sous vide machine that works wonders. So many great dishes that you can creat using the sous vide method.
Breville Joule Turbo Sous Vide Machine connected wifi app enabled Polished Stainless Steel BSV600PSS
Great coffee grinder. This machine is able to grind coffee into different size for different coffee machine.
OXO Brew Conical Burr Coffee Grinder Silver
Great for traveling parents. This insulated stainless steel coffee tumbler works for cold and hot beverages. It has a double-wall insulation which keeps drinks hot for 6 hours and cold for up to 24 hours.
Owala SmoothSip Insulated Coffee Tumbler 12oz
Cookware
When cooking in the kitchen, you have to have great pots and pans to use. It makes a big difference on the results you trying to achieve. I recommend the following products that last long and cooks your food perfectly.
I used the pans, pots, and the 14" wok for Hexclad. My steaks sears perfectly with a nice brown crust and my stir fry with the wok has been awesome!
HexClad Cookware
My favorite 3qt pot by hexclad. I used this pot very often from oatmeal in the morning to pasta at night. This pot is non stick and boils water very fast. Its my go to pot for alot of my cooking.
HexClad Hybrid 3-Qt Saucepan w/ Lid
The HexClad 14” Wok is a busy parent’s dream. It’s perfect when you need maximum surface area to make your tasty vision come to life. Serve up stir-fries, pasta dishes, soups, and more. When you’re cooking for a crowd or when you want to prepare a wh...
Hybrid Wok with Lid, 14" wok
Great Brand without the high price tag. These pots are engineered not to scratch. Great for everyday use. Plus its metal allowed. Major plus for that.
Circulon A1 Series Nonstick Induction Cookware Set, 9 Pc, Graphite