One of our recent favourite vege gadgets is the Nicer Dicer.  In essence you force the fruits or vegetables through sharp cutting blades in a variety of shapes into the storage container below.  There are blades for quartering and wedges as well as slicing and four different dicing sizes. There's also attachments for grating and mandolin fine slicing plus a peeler included.  
It can be quite loud as you slam the top down to force firmer vegetables through the blades - that being said its speed and versatility make it worth while.
The Nicer Dicer has one of those hard-sell "but wait there's more" videos which you can see here - but don't be put off - it's a great gadget for fruit and vegetable preparation.
It's available from lots of retailers or online.

Meet My Weight Loss Pal... it's an iPhone App actually called "My Fitness Pal" but don't let that put you off it's great.

Managing weight is all about balancing the energy-in/energy-out equation right?  But if you're anything like me you hate calorie counting!!

My Fitness Pal is brilliant for two reasons: 1) it does all the calorie counting for you through an amazing database with so many foods right down to specific brands including lots of New Zealand's most popular brands like Watties, Anchor, Molenberg etc. You simply find the food in the database and indicate how much you've had and it calculates the calories and adds it to your daily log. It has all your frequent items in a list so after a couple of days it takes no time at all to log your food.
2) The second reason I love My Fitness Pal is that it's based on Nett calories. That's right nett calories - any cardio based exercise counts as negative calories so you can eat more and still be on target. It's a great motivation tool because if you exceed your target you're can get up and go for a walk or pull out a skipping rope for 20 minutes or so and bring yourself back on track.

Best of all "My Fitness Pal" is FREE so look for it on iTunes App Store or go to www.myfitnesspal.com (may also available on Android).