Five Mother’s Day gifts guaranteed to make you look great

April 4th, 2012

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Is your ma a star? Yeah she is! So this Mother’s Day instead of just getting her some wilted gerberas from the servo like you always do, how about you buy her something that’s actually good.

“What are you talking about?” I hear you saying through a mouth full of Creme Egg, “It’s only April!”

April it may be, but Mother’s Day – which falls this year on Sunday 13th May – has a tendency to creep up. Don’t be caught off guard! With a little bit of forward planning, you can keep mum happy while making all your siblings look like the lousy thoughtless ingrates they are.

Here are our insider’s tops for the hottest Mother’s Day gifts, guaranteed to make you look awesome (and bring your mother joy, whatever):

1. Tefal Fresh Express

It slices, it dices, but wait, there’s more! Colourful and compact, this nifty little food processor is fun to use and easy to clean.

My aunt has one and she swears by it – it’s perfect for:

• Grating cheeses, carrots, potatoes and more
• Thinly slicing cucumber and other fruits and veggies
• Making almond meal from fresh almonds (and other nuts)
• Shredding lettuce and cabbage

See it in action!

2. Sunbeam Mixmaster® Compact Pro

Does your mum like making cakes? If you answered ‘yes’ to that question, you can’t go wrong with this nifty mixer from Sunbeam.

Small enough not to take up too much bench space, this mixer uses a patented twin motor design to turn the beaters and the bowl at the same time, leaving your hands free to add ingredients. You also have the option of detaching the mixer from the stand altogether. Includes recipes for all the classics such as bread, butter cake, sponge cake, icing, crepes, pavlova, pikelets and much more!

Think of this as not so much a gift, but an investment in future delicious homemade baked goods.

ALSO for a limited time, if you purchase this mixer you get a BONUS Sunbeam Slow Cooker (HP005) – which you can keep for yourself and your mum will be none the wiser! Think of it as our little secret.

3. Breville Juice Fountain™

This juicer has received a five star rating from our customers, who describe it as “very easy to use and clean.”

Breville is also the brand of juicer featured in Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead – a documentary about an Australian man who lost 45 kilos and solved his health problems by embarking on a 60 day juice fast.

The best thing about Breville juicers is the extra-large feed chute which makes it possible to juice whole pieces of fruit without chopping them first. Check it out!

4. Tefal ActiFry

A runaway success, this revolutionary new fryer can cook 1 kilo of chips using only 1 spoonful of oil.

This makes it possible to enjoy delicious (yes, they really are delicious) hot chips with only 3% fat.

Yes, we realise this is the second time in two days we’ve talked about this product, but it really is fab! We love it and we reckon your mum will too.

5. Tefal Easy Pressing Steam Iron

Okay, okay, okay. Okay! We know that buying your mum an iron for Mother’s Day possibly isn’t the smoothest move, but bear with us. The Easy Pressing Steam Iron is to ironing what the Ferrari is to driving – fast, smooth, and luxurious.

It’s a fantastic product for a number of reasons, but at the end of the day its main benefit is that it helps you get the ironing done much, much faster.

So if your mother spends too much time ironing your dad’s shirts, do her a favour and get her a Tefal Steam Iron.

Here it is in action at the Tefal showroom:

And here, for no reason, is a cardboard cut-out of Jamie Oliver (does not come with iron):