Multitasking kitchen gadgets worth their space in your drawer

Got two cast iron pans? Heat them both, and use them to press grilled cheese sandwiches. (Amazon.com, $15)

Use the flat side of the blade to peel garlic by smashing it — the peel comes right off. (Amazon.com, $20)

Use the humble chopsticks to whisk eggs, toss salads and grab hot things out of a pan. (Amazon.com, $4/pack of 100)

Use a coffee grinder to grind spices, turn granulated sugar into powdered or to make oatmeal flour. (Amazon.com, $36)

You can use an egg slicer to slice mushrooms, strawberries, bananas, avocado, butter and cheese. (Amazon.com, $9)

When you’re not scooping ice cream, you can scoop cookie dough, pancake batter and ground meat. (Amazon.com, $8)

It makes smoothies, shakes and soups, but you can use immersion blenders to whip cream and eggs too. (Amazon.com, $27)

Kitchen scissors will open food packages, mince herbs and cut apart a whole chicken. (Amazon.com, $8)

Use a melon baller to core apples, scoop out cucumber seeds and squash strings and remove pits from plums. (Amazon.com, $9)

Use a microplane to zest citrus, grate whole nutmeg and cinnamon or to scrape burnt toast and cakes. (Amazon.com, $14)

Old-school? Who cares when it crushes garlic, nuts and spices and makes pastes, pesto and guacamole? 

Use a plain ol’ spoon to peel ginger — just use the edge to scrape the peel right off. (Amazon.com, $13)

Toss salad, flip tortillas or pancakes — or use tongs as a trivet for hot pots! (Amazon.com, $10)

Strainer, skimmer, and you can sift dry ingredients by pouring them in and gently tapping the side over a bowl. (Amazon.com, $8)

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