A Food Lover’s Low-Budget Holiday Gift Guide

 A Food Lover’s Holiday Gift Guide- 10 great gifts for food lovers under $20

I’ve been seeing Holiday Gift Guides popping up all over the place and thought it might be fun to write one of my own including a few of my favorite under $20 kitchen gadgets and tools. (Note, these are not affiliate links, I just really like these products.)

1. Black & Decker Handy Chopper Plus – I don’t have a food processor, so I use this smaller version often to chop nuts and veggies, make salsa, chop onions without crying, chop herbs, make pesto and tapenade, make hummus, etc. I love that I can control how small it chops by how long I hold down the button. Plus it’s all dishwasher safe.

2. Wilton Tilt N Mix 3 Piece Bowl Set – These mixing bowls have rubber feet, tilt so you can get a good angle to mix, have pour spouts, and are dishwasher safe. We use them daily. 

3. Whirley Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper – This is hands down the best way to make popcorn on the stove. Anyone who has come to my house for a game or movie night has seen how mine works and ended up buying one of their own. I love that I can make my popcorn with healthier coconut oil, and make my own kettle corn without the mess. Cleanup’s a breeze too.

4. Wilton Batter Blender – This is pretty much what you get when a whisk, a wooden spoon, and a spatula have a baby. It does an amazing job combining anything mixed in a mixing bowl because it’s very sturdy, and I love to use it on pancake batter, cookie dough and meatloaf.

5. Multicolor 4 pack of Dexas 8″x11″ Non-Slip Chopping Mats – They come in small and large sizes, but I like these smaller ones better because they’re dishwasher safe. Great for having multiple helpers in the kitchen at once or chopping up just a couple veggies. They’re flexible enough to bend a bit when moving prepped veggies and they’re super thin so they don’t take up a ton of cabinet real estate.

6. Orka Flavor and Oil Mister – This neat device lets you turn any oil or vinegar into a spray. You can even infuse oils with herbs or seasonings right in the mister. I keep it next to my stove and use it in place of Pam spray.    

7. Tovolo Groovy Ice Pop Molds – My hubby has a huge sweet tooth. These are so fun to have homemade fruit pops on hand so he has something healthy and sweet to snack on. They are individual molds in a tray so you can pull one at a time from the freezer or just make a couple pops with some leftover fruit.

8. Nordic Ware Natural Aluminum Commercial Baker’s Half Sheet – This is my go-to cookie sheet. I use it almost every day for roasting veggies, baking sweets or breads, candy making, or chicken and fish. I especially love it because it perfectly fits my Silpat, favorite thing #9.

9. Silpat Silicone Baking Mat – I used to use tons of parchment paper, but with this silicone baking mat I can just wash and reuse instead of creating waste. Plus I don’t have to use extra oil or spray to keep anything from sticking. Even fragile lace cookies are perfect every time!

10. Calphalon Textiles Twill Thumb Mitt – I’m the kind of person that burns herself every time she gets near something hot. My sweet hubby gave me one of these oven mitts a few years ago and I really, really love it. It has silicone ribs that grip really well and the thumb style mitt lets me grab and hold hot things easily.   

What’s your favorite kitchen gadget?