Rethinking My Kitchen

We have been updating the kitchen over the last year with different appliances...
About two months ago, a big appliance switch took us from updating to rethinking.

We now have two new appliances that we use ALL THE TIME:

#1 TOVALA 
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MBB talked me into the Tovala oven over the summer and we committed to a year of their meal program. It is really nice to have something that takes about 2 minutes of effort and 20 minutes later - dinner!  It also has the great factor that we could eat different things (like a restaurant).

The extra nice thing is when cooking other things (not their meals), you can save the cooking times in the app (if they aren't already there) using the barcodes on boxes. This helps with tweaking the cooking times/styles and saving for future ease. 

It has replaced our toaster oven (which previously replaced our toaster) and some things that used to go in the oven or microwave now get cooked here.


#2 NINJA 4-IN-1 AUTO IQ
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When my large crockpot cracked over Thanksgiving, the "investigation" of the replacement began.
There was a big instapot vs crockpot discussion  in our house that evolved into watching a YouTube video of instapot vs crockpot vs multi-cooker.
I had never considered a multi-cooker before, but being able to make my crock pot recipes while dirtying up less dishes was a huge bonus in my book.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the IQ.
The IQ Cookbook is extremely helpful and has got me back into cooking WAY MORE.  MBB also picked a bunch of recipes that he was willing to try that were things I NEVER thought he would try.  Score!

I am now starting to look into using my IQ for some other non-crockpot recipes that are not in the super convenient cookbook. This may take a bit as the IQ does cook extremely hot, so my cooking temps and times may need to be adjusted slightly.

It has replaced all of our large crockpots (I still have some small ones for dips).  It also has the capability to kick my steamer to the curb, but still working on that one.


SO...
We are still looking to see if any other new great appliances would help reduce the amount of older appliances taking up space in our cabinets and will help with my goal to reduce our restaurant spend this year.

Any suggestions (no, I don't want an instapot!).

Namaste.