This beautiful slow cooker from Breville is not only beautifully finished with a modern brushed steel exterior but it can also go straight from fridge, to counter, to table, to dishwasher for hearty and nutritious meals that are also no muss, no fuss. You’ll be able to feed an army with the 4.8 litres inside that you can stuff to the brim with delicious goodies and watch it all through the glass lid to make sure it’s cooking perfectly and simmering along at the perfect rate. The low and high temperature settings can also help with preparing the perfectly-cooked meal or really take the work out of it and put it on auto for the meal to do all the thinking for you! And if your meal is ready just a little bit early, keep it at the perfect temperature with the ceramic inner pot that also helps to distribute the heat evenly.

Once the food is perfectly cooked, you can take it right to the table with the cool-touch handles and the grips also make it easier to maneuver. Once the meal is over, throw the inner pot right into the dishwasher and give the beautiful brushed steel a quick wipe to clean up any spills. Enjoy great meals from one pot with minimal cleanup – this Breville slow cooker truly makes life easy!

Price: £39.95
From: Cucina Direct

For the very best-tasting meat or fish, you need the very best marinade and while that may not be a problem, the time that the meat needs to marinate may be. In today’s busy world, very few people have the time to make sure that they have gathered the marinade, turned the meat in it – and sometimes this needs to be done for 2 days! The High-Speed Marinator, which can be found on www.cucinadirect.com, allows you to still enjoy deliciously marinated meat but doesn’t make you sacrifice all your time to do it! Simply place your meat with your marinade into the drum of the marinator and set the timer. In 9 short minutes, your food will be ready to cook! The marinator works as a vacuum once you have placed the meat inside and so this vacuum opens up the meat to allow the marinade to get to its nooks and crevices in an extremely short time! Add to that the special ‘tenderiser plate’ that loosens the meat and gives you that perfectly moist piece of meat that almost falls apart with your fork! There’s no better way to make delicious-tasting food a part of your busy life! Get one for only £39.95. And because you’re also too busy to clean up? The High-Speed Marinator can be cleaned quickly too in the dishwasher!