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?

This pan: www.objectsofuse.com/kitchen/crepe-pans

Already mentioned, but:

Stick blender
Aeropress
Digital thermometer
Microplane grater
Procook double walled insulated teapot

Joseph Joseph garlic rocker in stainless steel. Not the plastic one.
Not cheap but will last forever. Ours gets used 4 or times a week.

Joseph Joseph Microwave Rice Cooker. £20.
Barely bothered making rice before as felt like a faff but this makes it fool-proof, hands-off and mega quick! Buying everyone one for Christmas 🤣

My Pyrex measuring jug, plastic ones loose their markings.

The under £30 very quickly got overlooked

Electronic scales, though they probably already have them

www.lakeland.co.uk/26454/Prue%E2%80%99s-World-2-Piece-Mezzaluna-Chopping-Set

Cute alessi timer uk.alessi.com/collections/kitchen/products/kitchen-timer-kitchen-timer

@KeepOnKeepingOnKeepingOn

Meat thermometer - no dry chicken ever again!

I recently trew out my meat thermometer as it ruined everything I ever tried it for. Went back to old fashioned prodding and poking. No more chewy leather.

Lazy fish corkscrews make an impressive present. www.hartsofstur.com/bar-craft-lazy-fish-corkscrew-bclazyfish.html?gclid=Cj0KCQiA5bz-BRD-ARIsABjT4ngXirKzXZuN_La5SUAGHLpwvuG22Nacgl9gRZ8CJ_E6Tf0f3nn9Np4aAl5REALw_wcB

Lots of things! My favourite and often used things under £30
Good knives(individually)
Mandolin
Electric milk frother
Electric Spice grinder
Stainless steel arty style jug for pouring olive oil
Pancake pan and wide spatula
Set of 6 Joseph Joseph chopping boards (often on offer)
Stainless steel set of nesting mixing bowls
Stick blender
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@PontiacBandit which egg boiler do you have please? I fancy one of them

[quote Oblahdeeoblahdoe]@PontiacBandit which egg boiler do you have please? I fancy one of them[/quote]
It was a £10 one from Wilko.
It's very clever, little measuring jug to put in enough water for soft, medium or hard boiled. It buzzes when all the water has evaporated and is ready.

Well now I’m truly spoiled for choice. Thank you all so much for these wonderful suggestions. So far I’m going with either a microplane grater , an aeropress or a stickblender. It is entirely possible that I will have a rethink and then decide on something else. I’ve gone from hardly any ideas to a shedload.

Digital meat thermometer

A good grater.
And I'm rarely parted from my frying pan - but it cost rather more than £30.
I've had my Mason Cash mixing bowl for decades.

@MrPanks

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

Second this. Was £30. Mine has a wee attachment to serve as a mini food processor, great for making pesto, dressings, breadcrumbs etc.

Also my Salt Pig because it’s gorgeous!

My mini chopper.

I would say you need something nice and fancy but suitable for this particular person.
I personally love coffee but aero press would be waste of money on me, I went through lots of fancy gadgets but gave up and moved back on instant.
People who like cooking and baking usually have knifes, spatulas, tins and bowls. Also they often follow a theme in their kitchen: colour or style wise so your present could look out of place.
A good stainless stick blender usually takes you over £30.

One of my favorite items is one of my chopping boards. It’s really good quality wood and fancy shape, great for cutting and serving (people always comment on the shape).
I also have a set of nice serving plates: beautiful flowery pattern. They transform afternoon tea, also being a plastic ones they can survive any picnic ( and children).
My friend gave me a linen table cloth as a house warming present about 20 years ago. I still use it for family occasions.
All other things I can’t live without will take you over £30 or very individual ones like a peeler from the Home bargains shop and a small container for cupcakes from M&S.

Rice cooker. Perfect rude, no mess and duper simple.

www.josephjoseph.com/products/m-cuisine-rice-cooker-white?variant=36470414311496

Tofu Press
www.lakeland.co.uk/73399/Tofuture-Tofu-Press

Really does help yo remove the liquid from tofu to give fimer cooked tofu

Garlic chopper
www.hartsofstur.com/chef-n-garliczoom-garlic-chopper-102540388.html?kk=a4c6361-17646524bf3-4c880&gclid=Cj0KCQiA5bz-BRD-ARIsABjT4nip1M1lShh9Nn_hoBD8qb64563hyxtMrbQjIKVslyeB8Uh05rTJnmsaAl0qEALw_wcB&utm_source=kelkoouk&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=kelkooclick&utm_term=Chef%26%23039%3Bn+Chef%27n+GarlicZoom+Garlic+Cho

Jar opener, cost about a fiver. Love it so much I bought them for others too. Mine is like green and lives in my cutlery drawer!

All things Pyrex. I love my measuring jugs and have bowls of all different sizes which I love & have had for years

northender my Pyrex mixing bowl and jug were bought in 1983 and still going strong so you’re right it’s a good thing to buy someone.

capgun it's great because it really doesn't matter if it's a duplicate for them, still useful. I must be getting old, it's what my mum used to buy for wedding presents!

Silicon tongs and spatula.

Measuring spoons. I was quite upset to think I'd thrown out my 1/2 teaspoon by mistake. A few weeks later I found it in the drawer below where they are kept (they are hung up on a cupboard handle).

Electric hand whisk. I've had it for 32 years and use it at least twice a week.

Garlic dicer and slicer and plastic knife for cutting traybakes/brownies in the tin without damaging the non stick, both from Lakeland. Also impressed with their easy cake release.