Great Stocking Stuffer Ideas For The Home Cook Slideshow

As any ultimate chef extraordinaire will know, a finely grated cheese for that soup, salad, or pasta can take a dish from plain Jane to brilliant. This microplane zester/grater makes grating cheese or zesting fruit easy, and its sleek design fits easily into most kitchen drawers.

Making poached eggs (and avoiding the subsequent mess) has never been easier than it is with the Poachpod silicone egg poachers. Just crack an egg into the pod and set it in a pot of boiling water. They're great for poaching, baking, and molding eggs, plus they're dishwasher-safe.

Five kitchen gadgets in one? We've died and gone to kitchen heaven. This handy dandy multipurpose tool can be used as a slotted spoon, a turner, a cutting tool, a solid spoon, and a spatula. Just imagine how much time you'll save on washing.

Oh hello adorable wine chiller that is easy to clean, looks great, and is much better to use than an ice bucket! Perfectly temped wine is on its way with the easy-to-use Corkcicle. Just open a pre-chilled bottle of wine and take a sip (to avoid spillage), then insert the pre-frozen Corkcicle. Bam! A cool-looking tool that keeps your wine chilled. Cheers to that!

For all those small chopping tasks that you'd rather not do by hand or get out the big food processor for, the OXO mini chopper is just perfect. Plus, with measurement markings right on the clear container, you'll know what serving you're getting with each chopping session, and the container comes with a storage lid for easy saving of leftovers.

We're embarrassed to admit how many times we've skipped peeling vegetables simply because we hate using the old-school peeler. Enter the Chef'n PalmPeeler Vegetable Peeler. This cute little gadget fits right on your finger and makes peeling extra easy.

The Portion Classic Spoon is another multipurpose tool that any kitchen connoisseur can appreciate. The Portion has a hollow clear plastic handle that doubles as a measuring cup for wet or dry ingredients up one-quarter cup, and a silicone spoon with lines indicating a half-teaspoon, teaspoon, and tablespoon of measurement.

Now you can keep your recipes loaded on your tablet in the kitchen and keep your tablet from getting dirty. The stand fits neatly on any countertop and allows for several viewing orientations while the magnetic-tipped stylus (included) lets you use your touchscreen without having to wash your hands each time.