Welcome to the Eat This Not That podcast brought to you by Bob's Redmill. I'm John Hammond, and this is Megan Murphy. Hi, guys. And in this episode, we are unveiling some major kitchen hacks that can save you time and money because you won't have to buy as many gadgets, hopefully. And we'll show you how you can use some of those, you know, handy kitchen utensils that you already have to pull double duty, right? And this is, this is kind of a fun one. Yeah, totally.

Because I'm one of those guys that like... those, you know, handy kitchen utensils that you already have to pull double duty, right? And this is,

this is, this is kind of a fun one. Yeah, totally. Because I'm one of those guys that, like, I'm, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a gear person. I like gadgets. Me too. Yeah. Or gadget girl. Or, or gadget girl. Not just a guy thing, of course. But, like, it's one of those things where it's like, like herb scissors, right?

Like I have herb scissors that I've used twice, right?

Just collect. thing, of course. But, like, it's one of those things where it's like, like herb scissors, right? Like, I have herb scissors that I've used twice, right? Just collecting best. They're there. And I like, I like knowing that I have herb scissors, but I don't really use them all that much. And so all of a sudden it's like I have drawers and like, you know, like the count, like the thing on the counter that's like stuffed with all these things. Yeah.

When I probably just need like a rubber spatula, a wooden spoon and maybe two other things, but there's all this other stuff in there's like three different like whiskers. Like there's like a rubber rubberized one. There's like the steel one. You don't really need all this stuff, right? Yeah. I mean, you're handy in the kitchen. Yeah. I love to cook and I mean, who doesn't love a good kitchen hack, but I'm definitely a gadget.

Like I have way too many kitchen gadgets.

I get to cook. And I mean, who doesn't love a good kitchen hack? But I'm definitely a gadget per-like, I have way too many kitchen gadgets. I get super excited and geek out over our new kitchen gear. But a lot of it, you know, I don't use day-to-day. And then when space is limited and you want to stay organized in your drawers and not have like cabinets like overflowing with stuff you don't use every day you know I always like to okay every so often let's just scale back a little bit yeah sometimes

less is more yeah sometimes more is more so if you if you're obsessed with kitchen gadgets hey go on

do your thing like stock up if you if you got counter space and floor space then whatever then that's fine

like a couple different islands maybe there'll be a couple tips in here that you use but otherwise you'll be

like you guys are crazy i love all my kitchen gadgets but if you are looking to you know just be a little

more efficient a little more effective kind of pare down and get some of your counter space or shelf

space or drawer space back, then these tips are

going to be for you. Look, the truth is, most common utensils can actually pull double duty in the

kitchen, right? It's just about how you look at it. You know, that avocado pitter was absolutely

adorable and you know you needed it in the moment, but in reality, it's just a glorified spoon, right?

Just get a soup spoon and just like scoop

the avocado out. So, you know, while we hope that all of these cool new gadgets will make, you know, life that much easier, they probably won't at the end. And finding new uses for the things that you already have is way easier. It's going to save you money. It's going to save you time. And it doesn't clutter up your space. So let's get to the Eith, that's not that kitchen hacks.

I love it. So let's get to the Eith. That's not that kitchen hacks.

I love it. So everybody has a pair of metal tongs, right? You have to have metal tongs. Of course. So you can actually use them to squeeze lemons and limes. There you go. When you juice citrus by hand, sometimes you don't get all the juice out. You have to squeeze really hard, and then your hands are a mess.

And instead of getting a specific citrus juicer, which I'm guilty of, because I didn't know this tip, but you can use a pair of tongs to squeeze down really hard on the citrus.

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