This $20 Kmart buy will help you eat more vegetables

A must-have for meal preppers

Striving to cook more healthy meals in 2024, but can’t stomach the time-consuming admin involved in prepping your favourite dishes? Time to get your hands on Kmart’s trending kitchen gadget.

Most home cooks will agree on the two most obtrusive hurdles to culinary exploration. 

While we’d all probably love to channel our inner Jeremy Allen White and whip up steaming hot masterpieces whenever a craving takes hold, the reality is, that most of us barely have the time (or energy) to butter burnt toast after a long day in the office. 

The rising cost of ingredients and cooking gadgets, as well as the time it takes to prep, cook, and clean up a kitchen masterpiece, can be enough to deter home chefs from exploring their skills. 

Now, one trending gadget from Kmart is set to change the game, taking all the messy and time-consuming admin out of meal prepping.

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Kmart’s Multi Grater and Dicer will have home cooks ready to slice, dice, chop and grate almost anything they can get their hands on. 

Prepping for Taco Tuesday has never been easier, thanks to the wide variety of attachments and blade configurations. For just $20, shoppers will receive two julienne attachments, two grater attachments, and three dicer attachments, making any desired vegetable shape just a firm slap away. 

In addition to the blade attachments, the food dicer comes with a blade holder, a hand guard for safety, and a cleaning tool.

Kmart, Multi Grater & Dicer, $20 from kmart.com.au

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While food choppers have been around for years (often featured on an 11 PM shopping channel buy-one-get-two-free deal) Kmart’s latest drop is a long-awaited response to the culinary trends that took over 2023. 

Amidst the endless stream of nutritional tips and ‘easy’ recipes posted to TikTok over the last year, one eye-catching (and mouth-watering) instructional video stood out, virally trending amongst the app’s users for months. 

Thousands of ‘Cowboy Caviar’ recipe iterations were posted and shared by professional chefs, nutritionists, and everyday home cooks, each one praising the simple dish’s flavours and rainbow appearance. 

Essentially, the glorified pico de gallo salad is made from a finely diced variety of vegetables. Without a food chopper, the process could take the average home chef more time than it’s worth, but armed with Kmart’s trusty gadget, you could be enjoying the salad in only minutes. 

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The reviews speak for themselves

Of course, even the most life-changing of culinary devices come with a few limitations. The attachments are not dishwasher compatible, and as always, be mindful of the stainless steel blades– there’s a reason they’re so efficient at slicing. 

Nonetheless, there’s no shortage of positive ratings online for the kitchen gadget. 

One five-star review from a satisfied shopper can’t praise the kitchen enough, “Have used a few times now and love it. It's Easy to use, easy to clean and omg I have perfectly cut veggies,” writes the customer. “Tip: you have to slam it quick for tomatoes so they don't squash it.”

Another describes how the device has encouraged the entire family to take part in cooking, “I can get the kids to help out on taco night, chopping up all the ingredients. It's so fast and easy. Lots of fun to use,” they say. “Very good for when you need to chop large portions, for say when the family are over for salad wraps for lunch.”

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