With the price of small kitchen appliances being so affordable these days (especially at websites like ChumbaDeals.com), our kitchens surfaces can end up becoming too overcrowded with all the latest kitchen gadgets and gizmos, so here are some tips on storage and where to put them in your kitchen.

First of all, you have to get a little ruthless, as I recommend chucking out any kitchen appliances that aren’t working properly. For kitchen appliances that do work, and you haven’t used in the past year take them to a charity shop.

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If you are anything like me, or maybe I’m just an oddity, but I can’t ever seem to get rice just right. It ends up a stodgy mess and half of it gets stuck on the bottom of the pan - a nightmare to wash up. I had literally tried every tip under the sun, but perfect rice still eluded me.

I have tried both microwave rice and boil in the bag rice, which is perfect every time, but is a rather expensive way of going about what should be a simple cooking task. Don’t even get me started on fried eggs! And I am a good cook!

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