If you’re like most home chefs, once Sunday rolls around, you’re busy prepping your meals for the work week ahead. Bread goes in the oven, a soup gets made, and you slice fresh veggies and make homemade hummus for a grab-and-go snack. You may even start marinating barbequed meat for an easy Monday night meal (the perfect accompaniment to Monday Night Football).
Planning for the week makes you feel grounded and prepared. But we get it—you don’t want to spend your entire weekend meal prepping. So, with a little help from Amazon’s new kitchen tools, you’ll be chopping onions in one fell swoop, pressing garlic with little effort, and scoring your sourdough bread like a professional baker. These new kitchen releases cut meal prep time in half so that you can sneak out for a Sunday stroll to enjoy the fall colors, since you’ll now have the time.
Best New Amazon Kitchen Tools for Meal Prep
- MealHelper’s 12-in-1 Seven-Blade Veggie Chopper and Container, $14
- NeoRov Extractable & Magnetic Bread Dough Scoring Tool, $9 (was $10)
- Drip EZ Collapsible BBQ Prep Tub, $50
- Circle Joy Electric Salt and Pepper Grinder Set, $25 (was $28)
- Gorilla Grip 5-Blade Heat-Resistant Potato Masher/Meat Chopper, $9 (was $13)
- Husfunov 5.5-Inch Stainless Steel Burger Press, $7
- Zezzo Stainless Steel Garlic Press Rocker, $5 with coupon (was $6)
- Mik-Nana Digital Food Scale for Baking, $7 (was $10
- Swicado Stainless Steel Onion Holder for Slicing, $5 with coupon (was $7)
- Vaincre Bench Steel Dough Scraper/Chopper, $6
- Gasuio Double-Sided Titanium Cutting Board, $44 with coupon (was $49)
- SveBake 5.3-Quart Stainless Steel Salad Spinner, $36
- Phoenix Star 2.5-Inch Spice & Herb Grinder, $17
MealHelpers 12-in-1, Seven-Blade Veggie Chopper and Container
Wouldn’t it be nice to chop an onion with the simple press of a lever, or shred carrots in seconds flat? MealHelper’s veggie chopper allows you to do that and more. Achieve perfectly even slices of potatoes for your signature au gratin—and without the fear of shredding your hand. This chopper’s dicing blade produces a consistent chop every time, and its lattice blade creates restaurant-style French-fried potatoes. The chopper’s stainless steel blades never dull, and the storage box features drain holes and a lid to strain off any excess liquid. One five-star reviewer says this chopper saved her time and cleanup, saying, “It eliminates the need for multiple kitchen tools by providing all-in-one access.”
NeoRov Extractable & Magnetic Bread Dough Scoring Tool
NeoRov’s bread scoring tool makes your homemade creations look like they just popped out of a professional bakery. Its ergonomic design allows you to score lame dough in precise lines before it bakes to create intricate baked patterns. The innovative push-pull handle design assures safety and has a locking mechanism that prevents the blade from sliding while in use. The magnetic feature also allows you to attach it to your fridge—within arm’s reach—for easy access. One Amazon shopper calls it “a fantastic baking tool,” and said she used to struggle to create beautifully carved designs with another tool. She wrote, “It definitely slices dough beautifully and lets you unleash your creativity in baking.”
Drip EZ Collapsible BBQ Prep Tub
Say goodbye to the constant waste of marinating meat in plastic bags. This BBQ prep tub marinates, stores, and serves without the waste or the mess. Simply slice your meat on the included cutting board, mix your marinade in the tub, add the meat, and then store in the tub in the refrigerator until grilling time. After you’re done, this prep tub can be washed, either by hand or in the dishwasher, and then collapsed for easy storage. The easy-carry handles work great if you’re headed to a dinner party with the main course in hand, or even if you’re just heading across the yard to the smoker. One five-star reviewer said this tub “makes prep work and transporting so much easier” and added, “I prep in the kitchen and all my seasoning stays in the tub on the tray. Once it’s prepared, I pick up the tub and the weight of the pork keeps it down so that the tub extends to what I call ‘carry mode.”
Circle Joy Electric Salt and Pepper Grinder Set
Arthritic hands are no problem for this electric salt and pepper grinder. This gravity-fed set can be operated with one hand by simply tilting the grinder upside down, dispensing the perfect amount of spice every time. Adjust the high-quality ceramic grinder to your desired level of coarseness, depending on the type of spice you’re using, and then watch the LED light automatically turn on when the grinder is in use. The Type-C port allows you to charge the grinder on your kitchen counter (no batteries required), so it’s on-the ready when it’s time for meal prep. This no-brainer purchase offers a 60-day guarantee and a free service after one year of use, too. Several shoppers claim this set works “so much better” than battery powered grinders. And one reviewer noted the superiority of the inverted design, writing, “This is particularly clever because it eliminates the problem of stray grains of material coming out of the bottom when set down after use, as with other button operated grinders.”
This is just the start of an easier meal prep experience. For other new Amazon kitchen gadgets that will help cut down your time in the kitchen, keep reading on.
Gorilla Grip 5-Blade Heat-Resistant Potato Masher/Meat Chopper
Husfunov 5.5-Inch Stainless Steel Burger Press
Zezzo Stainless Steel Garlic Press Rocker
Mik-Nana Digital Food Scale for Baking
Swicado Stainless Steel Onion Holder for Slicing
Vaincre Bench Steel Dough Scraper/Chopper
Gasuio Double-Sided Titanium Cutting Board
SveBake 5.3-Quart Stainless Steel Salad Spinner