BHG Editors' Favorite Finds: Kitchen Essentials Under $20

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These are the inexpensive kitchen gadgets our editors use on a daily basis .

You do n’t need to splurge on expensive kitchen tools to make your favorite recipes . In fact , many of themust - have kitchen toolsthat the BHG Test Kitchen recommend are pretty inexpensive . We involve our editor to share their favorite kitchen dick and gadget , and they ’re all under $ 20 .

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Credit:Courtesy of Walmart

Whether used for prepping a morning coffee ormaking dinner for the family , these are the kitchen essentials our editorial team uses almost every daytime . stemma up on our favorite colanders , food scales , and veggie slicers to make your next baking day ormeal prep sessiona breeze .

Electric Wine Opener Set

Courtesy of Walmart

" This galvanising wine untier is a biz - changer for at - domicile entertaining . It work better than high - close wine openers I ’ve tried in the past , and guests are always shocked when I tell them it ’s under $ 20 . The forest display standpoint — which also holds wine-colored stoppers and a foil cutter — also gain storage exceedingly easy ! "

Over-The-Sink Colander

Courtesy of Amazon

" I ’m not sure how I ever made dinner party before having this colander in my kitchen . I ’m no longer stress hold my large ( and heavy ) cast branding iron pot upside down with one hired man and make a cullender with the other with straining potatoes or pasta . With this genius design , the colander never has to impact the bottom of your sink , either — complete for a cesspit full of dishes from cooking . "

Digital Food Scale

" I find measuring out ingredients like flour by weighting on a digital food for thought scale leaf so much well-to-do and often less messy than using measuring cups . And if I take something like a pound of potatoes for a recipe , I can just plunk them on the plate rather than seek to eye it and have the dish come out not quite right . "

Milk Frother

" I use this battery - powered Milk River frother every morning with my chocolate . I ’ve had it for a few yr now and it ’s still work as well as the first 24-hour interval . With just one button , it ’s straightforward to make drinkable you make out in seconds . "

Handheld Mandoline Slicer

" I buy this to make potatoes gratin and could not conceive I lived 37 year with this thing . I ’m slice everything I can now ! It ’s simple and there ’s not much to it , just 3 thickness that are very loose to conform . "

— Margot Cavin , Photo Production Manager

Squeeze Bottles

" I did n’t know I needed a squeeze bottle like this in my life , but now I ca n’t experience without it — and count for any exculpation to use one ! We keep oil in here for drizzling , cooking , etc . to help get a precise pour , and it has avail reduce the amount of oil we use ( I ’m horrible with the traditional rock oil spout and always unexpectedly over pour ) . It is also gravid for vinegar , salad dressing ( shake it / make it in the bottle ) , aioli sauce , and just about any other liquid in your kitchen . The bottles are also top-notch ergonomic and easy to squeeze , very little pressure require , and a breeze to houseclean : just pop it in the dishwashing machine . "

OXO Citrus Squeezer

" I ’ve try quite a few citrus drinker but I feel myself always coming back to this tried - and - true citrus squeezer . It gets so much juice out of each lemon yellow and it ’s easy to scavenge up . I ’ve also used it for limes and pocket-sized orange with great issue . I make a lot of afternoon tea at home and it ’s unadulterated for adding a bit of lemon tree to each cup . "

Lodge Pan Scrapers

" These minuscule scrapers make any obstinate cohere - on food a walkover to clean without doing any damage . The different side take into account you to get every inch and every slant with simpleness . It works enceinte with my cast - Fe pan , but I keep it by the since for all my pan . "

Clean Cult Dish Soap

" I recently switched to Clean Cult merchandise in my kitchen and I ’m obsessed . The scent are so good ( Wild Lavender is my favorite ) , and I make love that all of their aluminium promotion is meant to be reused with their eco refills . The fluent dish scoop , all - determination dry cleaner , and liquid hand soap are now staples in my kitchen . "

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