One kitchen item under £30 you wouldn’t want to be without?

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Ok so I’m after a housewarming present for someone who needs just about everything. They love cooking and baking especially. What have you got in your kitchen that you would hate to part with?

Proper French peeler (cheap as chips)

Good Dualit kettle

Big Le Creuset casserole (will be more than £30 but equivalent)

Really good Japanese knives

My weighing electronic salter weighing scales

Microwave
Kettle and toaster

Purely because if they need everything then may be best to start with the basics!

www.argos.co.uk/product/8119773?clickSR=slp:term:food%20warmer:1:5:1

Food warmer. We use ours for help yourself Sunday dinners

Large pestle and mortar.

I have a random one. I recently bought what I can only describe as an enormous spoon strainer. It's the greatest thing on earth as I've discovered that you can spoon out an entire portion in one go!

www.dunnesstores.com/p/colander-straining-spoon/7813114

Embarrassingly it's only 3 quid! But it's amazing!

Digital weighing scales or my air fryer (although that was £40). Or my stick blender!

Aeropress, aeropress, aeropress.

whisk. .electric of course

Zyliss manual food processor - so good for chopping up fruit and veg without much to wash up. www.amazon.co.uk/Zyliss-Easy-Pull-Processor-White/dp/B00XYRVZHI/ref=sr_1_19?dchild=1&crid=XOI46FJRHK4U&keywords=kitchen+chopper+manual&sprefix=kitchen+choper%2Caps%2C204&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1607455848&sr=8-19

My KitchenAid chopper. Use it all the time.

An air fryer - possible to get for under £30
Nice champagne (proseco) flutes
A good non stick saucepan and frying pan
A good big soup mug like a cross between a mug and a bowl

Oh and a hand blender (for the soup) 😂

Stick blender

I came on to say stick blender!

Cheese grater
Garlic press

Another one for stick blender!

Also we use our coffee grinder like every day so we have freshly ground coffee.

A really good garlic press and a really good veg peeler.

A good can opener.
Rolling pin bands. They're different thicknesses so you can roll out icing, biscuits etc properly.

kenwood handheld mixer £27. Fantastic for cakes, batters and the like.

Another vote for stick blender.
Slow cooker
Rectangular dish for lasagne
Casserole dish with lid
Cutlery set
Electric whisk
Balance scales and weights

I bought a cheap mixer from Amazon, it’s like an electric hand whisk? I haven’t used it yet as I don’t really bake!

Most of my kitchen gadgets are over £30, but maybe you could find a cheap nutribullet?

I have a 'single strainer' like Elspeths, it's brilliant. Mine was a different brand, but same thing.

I have a wooden handled, silicon ended spatula - love it

If they really need 'everything' & love baking, how about a really nice Mason Cash Mixing Bowl? That's quite practical as well as gifty.

My slow cooker,
Or a good deep baking tray/dish - to make big lasagnes/ pies etc in

Decent can opener, the cheapo ones are useless.
Nicer dicer, don't think you can get these actual ones anymore but I think oxo make a similar product, it's perfect and so easy to chop onions.
A decent wok with a lid, I use mine for many things, not just stir fry, bolognese, curry, chilli, I used it tonight for shepherd's pie filling.
A good knife.
Slow cooker.
Spice rack.
Enamel roasting tin.
Pan rack like this www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/grundtal-wall-shelf-stainless-steel-20341569/
I have one in my kitchen to hang my saucepans and frying pans, saves loads of cupboard space