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Kitchen: where the day begins
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items My favorite place to be in the home. The kitchen holds so many memories. It can also be the most chaotic. I need it to be functional, efficient and have all the things to make meal times and hosting a huge success. I mill our grains for fresh flour and wholesome nutrition. I invest in higher quality kitchen tools to help with efficiency.
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Appliances
Bring on your style
Dishes
Grains and grocery’s
Appliances
I research and read tons of reviews to find the best appliances that we can afford. If I love it, I want others to know about it.
🎉This is the mill I shared a video on using it. It went viral w/ over 20 MILLION views. 🎉This shop (Pleasant Hill Grains) has ALL the BEST mills.
How to mill grains the easy way
Recommending this highly rated grain mill since the one I have is sold out everywhere. This shop has all the best mills, excellent customer service and everything you need to bake bread.
Mockmill Lino 200 Grain Mill
I absolutely love my black mixer on the counter. It’s so sleek, kneads 4 loaves of bread dough at once, whips cream, has other attachments to grind coffee beans, juice, grate, etc. it’s made in Sweden, a gorgeous appliance on the counter.
Ankarsrum Assistent® Original Stand Mixer, 7 Qt.
It’s important to get grains from a trusted organic farmer. Nothing worse than getting grains and they’re too rusty or sprayed with pesticides.
Great River Milling Organic Soft White Wheat 25Lb
Mine is still going strong after 15 years. If it ever dies, I’d buy another vitamix for sure. It’s made nut butter, excellent smoothies, etc.
Shop All Vitamix Blenders - Smart System, Classic, and Space Saving Blenders
This shreds a block of cheese in less than 10 seconds. It dices potatoes so fast, chops garlic/onions super well and does much more. it’s incredible and totally worth every penny.
Food Processors, Choppers & Dicers
Breville has the best customer service. I have several of their appliances including this machine. If anything goes wrong, they repair/replace. They're amazinig products. I love my espresso machine.
Breville Stainless Steel Barista Express Espresso Machine Light Silver BES870XL: 15 Bars Pressure, Milk Frother, Grinder
Yes!!! You can learn how to be your own barista! I love my machine and have had it about 5 years
Home Espresso Coffee Machines - Automatic & Manual
I hardly use the large oven or microwave because of this toaster oven.
Smart Oven Pro - Multifunction Toaster Oven | Breville (US)
STOP GOING OUT FOR COFFEE!!!!
Honestly, I don’t have one YET but I have used it at my sil’s and it’s on my list of purchases. For a home barista, it’s at the top.
JURA E6 Automatic Coffee Machine
My daughter lover her beast. She uses it almost daily.
Beast Mighty 850 Plus Compact Personal Blender
It’s a must for baking. It actually makes the process quicker, you don’t have to use 10 different measuring things out…just weigh in the same bowl or two!
Digital Kitchen Scale, Stainless Steel
We use this kettle almost daily. I had one for years and it died. I bought the exact model again because it’s that good! I like the hold temp function, auto off after an hour.
Bonavita 1L Digital Variable Temp Gooseneck Kettle
We love using this frother for matcha, hot cocoa, cold foam milk.
Zulay Kitchen Milk Frother Wand w/ Batteries
I love using this after I make yogurt for greek yogurt. It's easy to clean and does a great job straining
EuroCuisine Greek Yogurt Strainer, 2 qt.
Berkey Water Purifier-Filter
Keeping to the Minimal color here
The Container Store Nylon Flex Turner
Glass is better! Love the multipurpose function of this appliance.
Ninja Crispi Portable Cooking System Blue FN101GY
I’ve made yogurt, air fried whole chicken and made bone broth in this. It’s great
Instant Pot Duo Crisp 11-in-1 Air Fryer & Pressure Cooker, 6 Qt
Bring on your style
No boring kitchen here. Bringing my style though art, prints and color in the dish towels, elevate/replace the syrup and oil bottles, kitchen chairs, measuring cups/spoons.
HANDS DOWN, my favorite hand towels in the kitchen. This brand has hundreds of prints, there’s bound to be at least 10 you’d like.
Kitchen Tea Towel Collection - Custom Tea Towel Designs – GEOMETRY
These also work great for mouthwash! So, step it up, replace store packaging with prettier containers.
Set of 4 Coffee Syrup Bottles 16.9oz w/ Labels
These are so modern, feel great and work well. I’m happy with these
LARS NYSØM Manual Salt & Pepper Grinder Set
This is a beautiful cutting board. A place to rest your homemade bread to slice or serve charcuterie.
Acacia Wood Cutting & Serving Board 17x13"
Dishes
Daily dishes to cookware to food storage
Honestly, I don’t have any but on my wish list so I’m confident I would recommend!
Le Creuset Outlet Store
How could you not have at least one of these? It’s pretty much all I cook in.
Lodge Cast Iron
I used these for my daughters party. They were great quality, easy to assemble and disassemble for storing. Beautiful and chic
24 Pcs 10oz Ribbed Disposable Martini Glasses
Make the splurge for these beautiful measuring cups. Dishwasher safe too!!!
Gold 4-Piece Measuring Cup Set - Le Creuset
Lovely 40oz Stanley. I drink way more water than before
Stanley 1913
Invest in higher quality from the beginning and you won't have to think about it again
Stainless Steel Deep Round Stockpot | Le Creuset®
All you'll need for decades when you invest in high quality
All-Clad D3 10-Piece Stainless Steel Set
Food storage containers, don’t do plastic!! Glass is a much nicer option.
4pc (Set of 2) 2c Round Glass Food Storage Container - Figmint™
These work well for leftovers as a safer plastic option but still…glass is better.
Rubbermaid 3.2 cup 2pk Brillance Food Storage Container: Clear Plastic, Microwave & Freezer Safe, Dishwasher Top-Rack Safe
I have lots of stasher bags. This size is great for storing opened cheese blocks, leftover jalepeno, or quick snacks to go. Stashers are awesome. I freeze bone broth and leftovers in them. You’ll want lots of sizes
Premium Silicone Reusable Food Storage Snack Bag
For the someone who loves leopard print
Bone China Leopard Pattern Cup & Saucer Set
I love this little bottle. It’s great for serving creamer in.
OXO Good Grips Glass Creamer
Freezer and micro safe, nesting cute storage or prep containers
Progressive Nesting Snack Set
Grains and grocery’s
Grains and other items needed for milling. Other grocery items we like or pantry staples.
It’s important to get grains from a trusted organic farmer. Nothing worse than getting grains and they’re too rusty or sprayed with pesticides.
Organic Soft White Wheat Berries 25Lb for muffins, pancakes.
These lids are essential to keeping your grains free from moisture, dust, and critters. I use red for my hard red wheat, white for hard white wheat, blue for soft wheat berries.
Gamma2 Seal Lid 3pk for 3.5-7 Gal Buckets
Store your grains in these high quality buckets but buy the gamma lids. These are difficult and not the best at sealing.
ePackageSupply White 5-Gallon Food Grade Buckets 6 Pack
This collagen is a staple in my supplement regiment. I add a scoop to my coffee. Mix it in any foods for a little extra boost.
Ancient Nutrition Multi Collagen Peptides Powder, Vitamin C & Probiotics, 40 Servings
A very important ingredient for making that nutritious bread. Yeast and this is the brand I and may bread baking shops recommend.
Lesaffre Yeast Instant, 16 Ounce
Chocolate is essential. This is a yummy brand.
Chocolove Dark Chocolate, Raspberries, 55% Cocoa - Instacart
The most amazing caramels. They melt in your mouth like butter. When I used them for pecan turtles, everyone asked about the caramel used.
Caramel Candies
Not technically food but it’s a grocery item. The gum I’ve bought for years. It’s better than some of the other “healthy” gums
Spry Dental Defense Sugar-Free Gum with Xylitol Natural Peppermint -- 100 Pieces
We do a lot of steel cut oats. A lot better for you than rolled oats. But if you have a grain flaker, can use these for rolled oats to use in cookies or other recipes. Can mill steel oats for fresh oat flour too!!
Organic Steel Cut Oats
I freeze my bread in these bags and use to give bread away to friends. They’re large enough to hold 2 loaves
Reusable Plastic Bread Bags 100 Pack Clear
This protein is really good! I like adding protein powder to my plain Greek yogurt or oatmeal. I don’t do smoothies much or at least in the colder weather days.
FlavCity Protein Smoothie Powder - 10 Servings - Vanilla Cream - 430gms