Category — Cookware

Eggs, besides being incredible and edible, are slippery little rascals. Break one open and it rarely stays in one place. No problem when it comes to scrambled eggs, but poaching them requires a little more wrangling.

The Fusionbrands Poachpod Stainless Non-Stick Egg Poaching Tool is a good way to make sure your runny eggs don’t run away. Featuring a non-stick interior and silicone handles, all that is required to poach an egg is to float the Poachpod on boiling water. After adding an egg, of course.

An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but after a while it can boring eating the same thing day in and day out. For a change of pace try baking an apple. Add cinnamon, a little brown sugar and a dab of butter and you got yourself a sweet treat that’s good to eat. Don’t bake the core though; you’re going to need to remove that. Also, you’re going to need something to cook it in… something like this Mastrad Fruit Cooker Set. Featuring a combination scoop and corer to complement the fun apple shape, the silicone cooker has the added benefit of reminding you of what’s in the oven.

Sometimes all you want is one egg. Even the fast food joints haven’t (yet…?) invented the Double Egg McMuffin. There’s a reason Mother Nature made the egg a perfectly reasonable single sized serving. I don’t know what that reason would be as you can’t really make an omelet out of just one egg, but so be it; sometimes one egg at a time is OK.

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One of the many good things about dried pasta is that it offers something for everybody. With an almost endless variety of shapes and styles, a pasta aficionado can quickly amass quite a collection. When it comes time to reach into the pantry and cook up a batch, chances are choosing can become a difficult decision—especially considering everyone has their own personal faves. But there is a way for everyone to have the pasta they want without boiling pot after pot of water.

The Jokari 229476 Healthy Steps Pasta Portion Basket is part of a set that allows for up to four individual servings of pasta to be prepared in one cooking vessel. The cooking baskets rest on the edge of a pot, allowing pasta of any type to cook undisturbed. Spaghetti and macaroni at the same time? No problem—just lift out your pasta basket when done. As for the sauce… well, for that you’re on your own.

When one thinks “moist”, one normally doesn’t think of the oven. But that’s exactly what Moistly Roasted Oven Humidifier looks to overcome. The slim pan measures 19.5-inches by 14.75 inches, but most importantly measures .75-inches tall. Why is that important? Because the enclosed interior is where one would pour juice, wine, beer, or even plain ol’ water so as to add moisture to the oven while cooking.

Thanks to four steam vents that release steam into the oven, the accessory provides an interesting way to add flavor to foods. Designed primarily for turkey, roasts and the like, the flavor-enhancing pan is designed to provide tender and moist results without the need to baste the food. One large vent assures easy refilling during the cooking process, so just remember to pace yourself.

Kind of like a burrito (at least a San Francisco burrito), but wrapped in a pepper instead of a tortilla, stuffed peppers provide an amalgamation of ingredients that become something more when placed together. Rice, meat, spices, cheese, tomato (or salsa): put it all together in a pepper and you have a complete meal. Top with sour cream, maybe some hot sauce, add slices of avocado on the side and suddenly the humble stuffed pepper is transformed into a meal that offers something for every taste palate. (Well, except for those that have some weird aversion to bell peppers, that is.)

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