There are a lot of whacky kitchen gadgets out there. Some are useful, others useless, but some are must have kitchen gadgets. The first is a hand blender, and the second is a food processor.
Hand blenders are incredibly handy little kitchen gadgets. You don’t want to get the old type that has two extensions that come down and mix the food. The style you want to get are the stick style hand blenders. Everyone who cooks regularly should have one of these in their kitchen.
The second thing you must have is a gadget is a food processor. For tasks that are bigger than your hand blender can handle, you have your food processor. You can also get all kinds of attachments for your food processor that makes it infinitely more useful. If you can imagine something that needs to be made, there’s probably a food processor attachment that makes it.