In my opinion, Fall is all about food. Of course, I sortof think that every season is all about food! Whether I am planning healthy breakfasts for my kids to help fuel them for school or putting together a meal to throw on the grill, food is always a big part of our day. I love kitchen accessories and my drawers and cabinets are full of gadgets that are designed to make cooking faster, easier, and less of a mess to clean up. I was given the opportunity to work with Fusionbrands for the Blog POP event and thought this would be a great fit for our busy kitchen. If you have never heard of Fusionbrands, here is some information about them from their website:
Fusionbrands distills the function of our common tools, gives them a spirit, and recreates them as a cast of characters soon to become fixtures in your household. They conceive with intent, design with style, and prioritize experimentation. They design to make your everyday experiences a whole lot cooler.
Fusionbrands offers a ton of different kinds of kitchen accessories. Each one is a blend of design and function so your kitchen accessories will do the job they are supposed to with just a touch of flare. Whether you are looking for the perfect egg cracking bowl or a set of finger tongs, these are unique items that will make mealtime preparation easier and add some style to your cooking.
For my review, I was sent 2 different kitchen accessories to try out. The first item I tried was the poach pods. I chose the stainless steel variety but it also comes in silicone as well. It is:
- High heat resistant
- 18/8 nonstick stainless steel
- Nonstick interior
- Dishwasher safe
- Set of 2 (with dark and light green silicone finger grips)
- Poach, bake, mold, serve
Kitchen Accessories for Eggs
My opinion: Using these cool little kitchen accessories was amazingly simple and made poaching my eggs so easy to clean up! Just rub with a little bit of olive oil or spray with non stick spray, set them in your pan of water as it is heating up, crack your egg and wait for it to cook. When it is done cooking, slide it out onto your toast and season to taste. Cleanup was as simple as warm, soapy water. I didn’t cover the pot of water and probably should have to get the top of the egg to cook a little faster but overall it was extremely easy and I was left with a very attractive looking poached egg. Unlike when I try making them in a pan of simmering water without the poach pod…then they come out rather messy and ugly! I definitely like these!
One of the kitchen accessories that Fusionbrands carries is the food loop which I was really curious to try out. What exactly is a food loop? Basically it is a heat-resistant silicone food trussing tool designed to replace kitchen string and toothpicks in the prep and cooking process. It is heat-resistant to 675°F and made of FDA food-safe silicone. It is nonstick, reusable, dishwasher safe and comes with a mesh storage bag. There are 4 loops per package and they adjusts from 1″ to 4″ depending on what you are trying to tie up. They are 15 inches long and are BPA free. If you need them to be longer, they can link together.
Kitchen Accessories for grilling
So, my opinion: I decided to try the food loop out on the grill. The instructions say not to expose to open flame so to be safe I put down some foil to cook over. I had a ton of leeks from the garden that I wanted to try grilling and I thought this would be a great way to keep them all bundled together. You can use them to wrap a roast or to keep a whole, stuffed fish closed or anywhere else you would use kitchen string or toothpicks. How did they work? This was incredibly easy to use and even easier to remove and clean up. You just slide the silicone ‘string’ into the end portion and pull to tighten. I was trying to get it pretty small and it slipped a couple of times before I got it adjusted right. However, once I got it in place it stayed there and held the food together nicely. Cleanup was a snap, I just washed by hand with some warm, soapy water. You could throw it in the dishwasher if you wanted to. The mesh bag is a nice addition to keep the four loops together for easy storage. I really liked the food loop and can’t wait to try it for my Chicken Kiev which I HATE trying to hold together with toothpicks!
I think that the kitchen accessories carried by Fusionbrands are both stylish and functional. They made my mealtime prep easier and they design of the products is really stylish.
Want to try these kitchen accessories out for yourself? Read on!
WIN IT:
Fusionbrands has given me permission to give one of my readers a set of poach pods and food loops to try in their own kitchen. This is a Rafflecopter giveaway. Follow the instructions in the form below to enter. This giveaway ends at midnight EST on September 21st, 2012.
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I like the crack pot
The Love Handle!
stirstick
IceOrb®
I would love to try the crack pot and the food pod. These look like very useful items.
I’d love to have the FoodPod. What a neat concept!
PMNSL95 at triad dot rr dot com
The FingerTongs™!
I want to try The FingerTongs™!
I love the CrackPot!
Thanks!
h4schaffer at gmail dot com
I’m loving these products! I especially love the FoodPod.
I’d love to try the citrus squeezer.
The Love Handle
I would love to try the crack pot
I would like the tenderpress
I want a FoodPod! (badly)
annazed10 [at] yahoo [dot] com
i’d love the food dam for my picky kids
I would like the Cook Hook.
I like the crack pot.
The SpoonSpreader.
The drizzle stick sounds really cool!
Ana
I like the crack pot
I like Serve it Up Large
I would like to try the stir stick
The TastingCradle looks like a great, hip way to serve up some appetizers!
I’d like the ServeItUp Large
I would like the FoodPod
I like the citrusup
These look really cool! I’d also love to try citrus pod
a silicone pan divider
I like the CookHook
The CrackPot egg tool
I liked the citrus pod, and the video accompanying it was adorable!
I’d like to try the food dam or the ice orb. The CookHook sounds like something I could use too.
Wow, I am loving so many of their products!! I would love the cookhook!
i like the fingertongs!
I would like to try the food pod!
I would love to try their FoodPod. Looks interesting! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
I like the finger tongs… At least they’ll fit in my drawers better
I like the CupCooley
Love the Food Pod. Thanks for another great giveaway opportunity.
Carol L
Lucky4750 (at) aol (dot) com
I really like the look of the TenderPress, it sure is a lot more calming than a regular meat tenderizer.
I would love the PetitPot™!!
I would also love to try the iceorb.
i want the finger tongs.
The love handles would be great to try
I really like the finger tongs, seems like an easy way to cook with these.
love handles
I love the food loop lace
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aaron_amanda(at)Live(dot)com
The Ice Orb.
Finger Tongs
I like the ice orb vertical ice cube tray.
I would like the finger tongs.
The CookHook
SpoonSpreader would be great.
I would really like to try the crackpot. Thanks for the giveaway.
I would love the tenderpress!!
I also like the CitrusPod.
I’d like to try the finger tongs
I like the tenderpress
the food pod
the uk poach pods
I want to try the TenderPress.
I like the TenderPress®
the gentle tenderizing tool
I want the FingerTongs
I like the citrus pod
I would love to try the crack pot and the food pod
Love the Tasting Cradle
IceOrb
CitrusPod.
PetitPot™
the flexible little pot that does a lot (set of 3) is really cute in fuchsia!
I like the IceOrb
Another product I would like to try is the Ice Orb.
Thank you.
I’d love to try the FingerTongs!!
Food Pod
I like the ice orb.
I want the Tender Press!
tERRI p
PR4GATHERINGROSES at GMAIL dot COM
citrus pod
TenderPress
the drizzle stick,looks awesome to me!!
i would love their poach pod in stainless/green
i would like their lovehandle in red
I’d love to have the FoodPod in my kitchen!
The IceOrb is pretty cool!
the CitrusPod™
I like the crack pot bowl
Love the foodpod! So cool, along with everything else they sell!
I NEED the Cook Hook! I’m always dropping my towels in the kitchen!
CitrusPodTM.
What a beautiful site for great products.
Thanks for the contest.
I like the ice orb.
I like the ice orb and many more.
I’d like to try ServeItUp®Large
I like the cup cooley
I would like to try the tender press!
The Love Handle would be great. I hate burning my hands on hot pan handles, and would like to have a place to rest my utensils.
TenderPress® the gentle tenderizing tool.
the ice orb and citrus pod look cool
I want the food pod! How amazing is that! I boil a lot of veggies and would love to have this.
I like the CitrusPod
The FoodPod looks like something I would like.
I would love to try the crack pot
I would love to try the FoodPod
I would like to try them all, but I guess I will pick the finger tongs.
I would love to try their TenderPress.
The IceOrb looks cool.
I want to try the food pod
I liked the citrus pod.
I like the
IceOrb®
the first vertical ice tray.
I’d like to try the FingerTongs.
I want to try the GrillComb!
I’d like to try the neat IceOrb! trixpixel[at]gmail.com