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    29 Things For Anyone Who Hates How Long It Takes To Make Food

    Making dinner doesn't have to take up the ~entire~ night.

    1. An Instant Pot if you want delicious meals to basically cook themselves in not much time at all! You won't believe how quick and simple it is to make dishes that actually taste incredible using this miracle appliance.

    An Instant Pot surrounded by food

    2. A personal-sized NutriBullet for the fastest, easiest smoothies you can imagine. A quick breakfast doesn't have to mean an unhealthy breakfast! This device's powerful motor can blend nuts, berries, spinach, and more so your on-the-go meal is packed with nutrients.

    Model drinking a smoothie out of the NutriBullet cup

    3. A manual food chopper so you can forget dragging out the cutting board and not being sure if you're crying because of the onions or because of the huge mess in your kitchen.

    Model's hands pulling back on the handle and holding down the device while it chops up some greens

    4. A microwave pasta maker that lets you make perfect al dente pasta...IN THE MICROWAVE. Just insert noodles and water, stick it in the microwave, and you'll have delicious pasta in minutes. No mess or sticking!

    5. An air fryer to cook perfectly crisped french fries, veggies, chicken wings, and more in less than 20 minutes — no oil required!

    6. An avocado slicer so that a quick slice of avo toast isn't a messy, potentially dangerous struggle. This three-in-one tool can split an avocado, remove the pit, and make perfectly even slices with minimal effort and cleanup on your part!

    7. A breakfast sandwich maker that can SIMULTANEOUSLY cook an egg, toast bread, warm precooked meat, and melt cheese into the perfect sandwich in five minutes or less. From now on, I want all of my sandwiches to be prepared by robots.

    8. A toaster oven, because it will change your life! This thing can bake, broil, toast, and keep warm — allowing you to make perfect pizza, golden slices of toast, chicken nuggets, and more in just minutes! Plus, you won't have to heat up the whole house by turning on the oven.

    A reviewer image of some vegetables cooking inside the toaster oven

    9. A bagel guillotine so you can safely and effortlessly slice a variety of bagels, muffins, buns, rolls, and more while shouting "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!"

    10. And a boiled egg peeler that will make you wonder why you ever peeled them by hand.

    11. A set of silicone cups invented to make cooking perfectly poached eggs so much easier. You can even make them in the MICROWAVE.

    12. A pack of delicious pre-prepared seasoned beans for those nights when you need one more side dish to fill out a meal, but don't have the time or ingredients to start from scratch. Just throw these in the microwave for 60 seconds, and BAM — your problem is solved.

    13. A rechargeable personal blender great for busy people or anyone with limited storage space. Just dump in your favorite ingredients, press the blend button, and enjoy.

    14. An easy-to-use pot that lets you steam meat and veggies while your rice cooks below. You can also use it to make oatmeal, chili, and soup! If you're not trying to spend a whole lot on a fancier cooker, this thing is a great start.

    15. A dual breakfast sandwich maker that can cook two sandwiches in FIVE MINUTES. Plus, all the removable parts are dishwasher-safe.

    Two sandwiches cooking in the maker surrounded by bread, bagels, eggs, ham, and more.

    16. A pair of bear claws that make it so much easier to shred meats. Hate getting your fingers covered in greasy rotisserie chicken? Use these instead!

    Model shredding meat with the claws

    17. A multi-function chopping board that has a smooth side for normal cutting, and a side with specially designed spikes to grip meat, making it much easier to slice. It also features an angled cutting surface designed to catch any dripping juices or crumbs that go a-tumblin'.

    Model cuts meat on the cutting board, using the spikes to keep it in place

    18. An apple slicer that makes preparing a quick snack almost absurdly quick and easy. Try drizzling some honey over your perfect apple slices and thank me later.

    19. A Ninja Foodi that makes it super easy to pressure cook, steam, slow cook, sauté, air fry, bake, roast, broil, and more — all in one device.

    20. A very ~cool~ gadget that'll turn any hot or cold non-carbonated drink into an iced one in mere minutes without watering it down. Try it out with wine or steaming hot coffee and thank me later.

    Model pouring coffee out of the gadget

    21. A fruit slicer set cleverly makes slicing up fruit faster and easier! It comes with a watermelon slicer and scooper, a strawberry slicer, and a peach pitter so that you can have a healthy, refreshing, and hassle-free fruit salad in no time! Plus, it's dishwasher-safe!

    22. A pair of herb scissors so you can clip your ingredients directly into your plate and not have to involve cleaning a cutting board! What was once tedious chopping is now fast and easy clipping!

    the herb scissors clipping some green onions

    23. A hassle-free Crock-Pot that'll simmer on its own all day! All you have to do is add the ingredients in the morning, turn it on, and pretend someone else cooked when dinnertime rolls around.

    The crock pot filled with and surrounded by food

    24. An Everyplate subscription so you don't have to keep trying to come up with ideas for dinner every single night. You'll receive three to five meals per week that are super easy to make and will save you a lot of grocery shopping and meal prepping time.

    25. Or a subscription to Freshly so you can have pre-cooked nutritious meals shipped to you that just have to be microwaved! The best part is that they don't have that bleh taste that microwaved meals usually have. These are actually delicious and satisfying!

    A delicious-looking meal containing foods like veggies, rice, sauce, and more

    26. An egg mold that fits perfectly in the Instant Pot (but doesn't require one!) and lets you make Starbucks-style egg bites in just minutes. Breakfast just got a whole lot easier!

    Mixture of eggs and other ingredients being poured into the mold to make egg bites

    27. An automatic pan stirrer with a built-in timer designed to take over at the stove while you do literally anything else.

    a tube-like gadget with three prongs at the bottom that sit inside a pan and stir for you

    28. A variety pack of delicious pancake mixes for those ~breakfast for dinner~ kinda nights when you don't wanna get involved with making batter from scratch and wondering if it'll come out any good. All three flavors can even be used to make waffles, muffins, biscuits, cookies, cupcakes, funnel cakes, and more if you aren't in the mood for flapjacks!

    29. And finally, an amazing Always pan designed to replace eight pieces of cookware so preparing a variety of dishes can be a lot less complicated.

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