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Kitchen Essentials I Can't Live Without
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items A collection of must-have items that make cooking and meal prep a breeze. Whether you're a novice or a seasoned chef, these essentials will elevate your kitchen game.
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Daily Must Haves
Speciality Items
Daily Must Haves
Stock your kitchen with these essentials to make meal prep a breeze
Makes grating cheese (or whatever else you wanted shredded or sliced) a breeze. Fast and no muscle work!
Wiselet Slicer/Shredder Cheese Grater
An essiential for baking sheets - use for cookies, roasting veggies, lining baking dishes.
SMARTAKE 200 Pcs Parchment Paper 12x16
Ceramic is great for an even bake and an easy clean up!
Versatile Cookie Sheets | © GreenPan - GreenPan
Braiser pans are my go-to for soups and pasta dishes I use this and my dutch oven more than any other pot. I love the flip lid with the grill pan side.
2-in-1 Enameled Cast Iron Braiser Pan
This is such a versatile kitchen item. Make soups, casseroles, pasta dishes, bake bread, making a cake is next on my list to try!
Essential Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven | Shop Online
This has quickly become a staple item in our kitchen. Cookies, pizza dough, and shredding cheese with the attachment on this list are weekly occurrences!
Stand Mixers | KitchenAid
We can't live without this ice machine! Frees up space in your freezer, and when you don't have a fridge that makes ice, this is the next best thing. Always have ice when you need it.
Amazon Best Sellers: Best Ice Makers
This Berkey is LIFE! Never had bad tasting water again. With a family of 6, if we fill the night before we have enough water for the next day usually.
USA Berkey Filters: Buy Berkey Water Filter Systems & Parts
A good pair of kitchen shears is an absolute must! My favorite things to cut are pizza (into bite size for little kids!), and herbs - cilantro and basil all day every day.
Best Kitchen Shears
Flour and Sugar canisters are great to keep your cupboards a little cleaner from power leaking from the bags. Choose a glass option to have an easy inventory. Great for storing coffee beans and even laundry soap!
Flour And Sugar Canisters
Ceramic bakeware is perfect for enchiladas, casseroles, brownies, and cake!
Ceramic / Bakers & Casseroles / Bakeware
Metal mixing bowls are great for an easy clean, keeping ingredients cool during mixing, and easy storage! These ones with lids are extra helpful.
Stainless Steel Mixing Bowls - Viking Culinary Products
Vegetable peelers come in a variety of shapes and sizes, you'll find one that is perfect for you! I like this simple metal one. Carrots, potatoes, and even apples are peeled in a jif.
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Measuring cups are a daily use item. Glass measuring beakers are perfect for all your liquid ingredients, and the metal ones are for all your dry ingredients. I love the small 2 oz size cups for making cocktails!
Amazon Best Sellers: Best Measuring Cups
Our air fryer gets daily use, and its very easy for the kids to use to make their own snacks or weekend lunches. Our air fryer lives permanently on our counter.
Air Fryer
Instapots are a must for easy quick cooking. Anyone can make dinner in one! With so many features, you can make staple meals like soups and roasts, to specialty items like yogurt. I love making hard boiled eggs in ours!
Instant Pot
Loaf pans come in a variety of materials - metal, glass, ceramic. It comes to preference and the individual oven. I love making breakfast breads in ours.
Bread & Loaf Pans / Bakeware
The Vitamix is a hard core blender. It can handle all the frozen fruit your smoothies need, or just use it as a simple way to mix up your pancake mix. They are durable and long lasting.
Vitamix: High Performance Blenders - Blending Machines
We were given our rice cooker and I have never looked back. Now we have perfectly cooked rice every time! No burnt pans or undercooked rice. This is a must have if rice is part of your staple diet.
Rice Cooker
Meat thermometers take the guess work from knowing if you've properly cooked that chicken or steak. We have a small one good for all types of cooking, and we have some that stay inserted in the meat while it's in the BBQ so you can monitor it without...
Best Meat Thermometers & Timers
Speciality Items
To elevate your cooking and baking game - check out these specialty items
Springform pans are great for homemade cheesecakes and tortes. You can also use them instead of a traditonal cake pan.
HIWARE 9 Inch Non-stick Springform Pan
Trifle Bowls are a fun specialty item. Trifles are layered desserts that could have brownie or cake layers, whip cream, pudding, mousse, fruit, or caramel. It's our families favorite birthday dessert! You can also serve salads in these bowls for a vi...
Trifle Bowls & Serving Bowls: Home & Kitchen