Ido Fishman Talks About The Gadgets That Can Change Your Cutting Game Forever

The task that takes away enjoyment from cooking is the prep work that it requires. It is the most time-consuming task of the entire process and is often the reason why people feel lazy to cook. There are some people who suggest cutting up vegetables and freezing them for future use, but frozen vegetables don’t bring the same flavor as freshly cut vegetables do. So, what can you do to eliminate this fun-sucking element of cooking?

Well, one solution would be to hire help that can prepare the things that you need to cook food. However, that is an expensive option. An alternative would be to get some gadgets that come in handy when preparing vegetables for your meal. Culinary expert, Chef Ido Fishman, has shared some of his top picks of gadgets that can change your cutting game and make it a fun process.

Top Cutting Gadget Picks ByIdo Fishman

Vegetable Slicer

This is something that you will often see on cable TV where a person is demonstrating unbelievable ways of cutting vegetables. While not all of them will work as seamlessly as you want, you can invest in a costlier slicer and cut back on meal prep time. You should try to pick out a slicer that allows you to cut vegetables in several different shapes so that you can have a pretty dish.

Grater/ Zester  

Sometimes you just need very finely sliced vegetables for noodles, rice, and other dishes that need soft vegetables. For this, you need to have a grater at hand. This will save you a lot of time that you may need to spend slicing and then chopping up vegetables. Similarly, a zester is a smaller and finer version of a grater that allows you to get lemon or orange zest for your desserts.

Peeler

Let’s all agree that peeling vegetables with a knife, more often than not, results in peeling away half of the fruit or vegetable. To minimize waste and speed up the peeling process, you need to have a peeler in your kitchen. There are several different shapes of peelers and if you haven’t used them before, it may take some time to get used to them. But once you get the hang of it, your peeling speed with increase a lot. 

Hand Chopper

This is another one of those devices that you see on cable TV after midnight that try to sell such gadgets through phone calls. Ido Fishman says that these are great for quickly chopping up herbs and leafy vegetables that you may need to chop on a chopping board. These come in handy when you are running out of time or are short on working space. 

Lemon Squeezer

This is another great gadget that everyone must have in their kitchens. Not only does it save you from the hassle of getting your hands soaked with lemon juice, but it also catches all the pulp and seeds that you may miss while squeezing lemons with your hand. Moreover, these make sure that the lemon is squeezed completely and that it is not going to waste.

Garlic Press

Who doesn’t love a hint of garlic in their food? However, peeling and then chopping up garlic can be an annoyingly slow process. While there is no quick shortcut for peeling garlic, you can always speed up the process by using a garlic press to chop up the garlic.

Mortal & Pestles

This combination of stick and bowl is Ido Fishman’s personal favorite because it allows instant chopping of herbs, roots such as ginger and garlic, spices, etc. All that you need to do is put the item that you want to crush in the bowl and smash it with the stick.

The Bottom Line

Ido Fishman has listed a variety of tools that can help you cut back on cooking time and change your cutting game forever. In this food blog, some of the most important tools have been discussed. So, if you are someone who doesn’t like the extra prep work that cooking requires, then you should definably get some, if not all, of the gadgets that have been mentioned in this article.