Oby's favourite things

Happy new year to you all. Welcome once again to Icymoments!
There are some things I can't imagine life without especially in my home; the kitchen to be precise. I call them my favourite things cos they make life easier in cooking, preparation or even cleaning. Living in Europe, having a nanny is not the cheapest or most affordable luxury so I find myself doing everything I want to alone or with the help of my husband. With my passion being cooking and baking, I always find myself drawn to newest inventions in the kitchen dept. in the malls. Some I purchase from the department stores and others online. But whatever it is, I believe will become handy some day. Some of my favourite things are as follows:

• Apple/Pear cutters
• Pineapple cutter
• Egg Cup
• Deep Fryer with basket (Electrical/Manual)
• Pizza slicer
• Super chef
• Onion chopper
• Garlic crusher
• Microarroz
• Cookie Cutters
• Ice cube box
• Orange juice squeezer
• Caramelizer
• Grilling pan
• Egg slicer
• Vegetable peeler
• Salad spinners
• Bowl covers holder
• Mini-max bowls

Listing all might be too lengthy and become boring, so I will just go ahead and show you how I make these work for me at home and help simplify my life to make it more interesting.




    I cannot over emphasize shapes in foods. The 'numero uno' move to make your children(adults as well) eat what is good for them and they don't really fancy. I love to make pancakes during the weekend especially saturdays because that's the only time I have the whole family eat together without the hustle of the week of rushing off to work or school. But unfortunately, I realised I had so much to stack away after some time cos they started losing interest in the pancake. I held back a little bit and started making the pancakes bi-weekly( making on a saturday and skipping the next) and trying new things in the shape and flavour. My son at his age is so fascinated with animals and shapes and so I bought animal cutters and made out shapes from the pancakes which made him delve in for more just cos of the shapes. With flavours also, I usually freeze up fruits in season especially when they are at very low prices in freezing bags. My kids love strawberries and so I crushed them(frozen strawberries), added it to my pancake batter and how the pancakes turned out- yummmh!

PIZZA SLICER
The pizza slicer might be used for slicing just pizza but not for me. I call this my time saver. In my bakery business, I use the pizza slicer in almost all of my pastry cutting especially with the chinchin(pipocas africana). I guess those of us conversant with making chinchin will sure agree that the rolling and cutting can be time consuming and that can make it very tiresome and boring. It's gliding wheel makes all the difference. Experiment with this when next your making your chinchin; explore. With this tool you can save time, make more shapes, and have better cuts. Below is a picture of cut dough ready to be fried(chin chin) and also a video clip of dough being cut with a pizza slicer.



Coming up in next articles are more on my favourite things. Always visit and tell your friends cos there's so much to learn this year. Ate ja.