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The Recipe for an Amazing Kitchen
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items As someone who loves to cook and post their recipes, having a kitchen with curated cutlery, appliances, and cookware is essential. Here is a roundup of my most coveted kitchen products.
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Cookware
The cookware pieces I can’t live without!
A seasoned cast iron skillet is essential in my kitchen. Having a cast iron skillet in conjunction with the Dutch oven is very useful for nights where you’re cooking smaller portions meals. Especially if I just need to sear or roast meat, then I will...
Lodge Cast Iron | USA Made Cookware, Bakeware, Pans ...
The our place cookware set is great to start out cooking with. They have really good sales multiple times a year so you always get a pot and pan duo at a reasonable price! I enjoy the nifty features such as the ability to store the wooden spatulas ne...
Our Place: Essential Cookware & Dinnerware | Kitchen ...
I love the instant pot! It’s great to cook rice, slow cook, or pressure cook. The instant pot is perfect for days where I want to make a high quality meal with low maintenance and just let the pot meld all the flavors for me! The pressure cook featur...
Shop Instant Pot & Instant Appliances | Official Website
Stainless steel pan is essential for me because I love recipes the involve deglazing and acidic sauces such as bolognese. Stainless steel like cast iron retains heat very well, but doesn’t required to be seasoned and doesn’t react to acidic ingredien...
Cookware Sets - Tramontina USA
A Japanese teapot set is a beautiful luxury, especially if you’re a tea lover like me. They’re typically made of cast iron to retain the heat of water well and decorated like a piece of artwork. This set comes with matching tea cups to add to the aes...
Japanese Teapots Sets Online
A Dutch oven is one of the most versatile pieces of cookware allowing users to bake, braise, slow cook, roast, and simmer. What makes a Dutch oven so unique? Dutch oven’s ability to retain and evenly distribute heat. There are many wonderful Dutch ov...
6-Quart Dutch Oven - Goldilocks
If you’re stir fry fanatic, then a wok is the best tool to use to make a superb stir fry! The rounded bottom allows food to be easily flipped and mixed. Great also to cook quickly!
Leidawn 12.8" Carbon Steel Wok - 11 Pcs
Cutlery
My favorite kitchen knives and utensil sets.
Cuisinart knife sets are my go to! They’re made of stainless steel, always come with a knife block, and durable. I find their handles very sleek and comfortable to use. And of course their knives are great at slicing, chopping, and dicing.
Cutlery: Kitchen Knives & Knife Sets - Cuisinart
Utensils while of course functional can also be aesthetic. I love a utensil set with a stylistic flare. These rainbow colored stainless steel set matches all plates and bowls, and just makes food even more fun to look at!
Rainbow Silverware
This one maybe a little extra but if you love making sushi, sashimi, poke, or nigiri then I highly recommend buying a sushi knife. The sushi knife is designed to cut fish in singular direction. Versus other knives, sushi knives are typically made out...
Sashimi Knife(Sushi) | Japanese knives
A microplane is a must if you love to zest, grate, shred, or mince. I particularly enjoy using a microplane to zest my citruses such as lemon, limes, and oranges. It’s easy to store, easy to use, and multifunctional.
Microplane: Zesters
A sushi make kit is such a fun accessory to have! What I love about this set is that it’s very beginner friendly coming with a bazooka and links to online tutorials. I also enjoy that the set includes a pair of chopsticks, oil brush, and rice paddle ...
Alas 20 Piece Sushi Making Set for Beginners
A mandoline slicer while not necessary, is so nice to have because it significantly cuts down the meal prep time. I love using it to slice my vegetables or julienne them when I’m feeling fancy. It’s worth it for the amount of time it saves and the pr...
6-Setting Adjustable Mandoline Slicer 16.5x5
Gadgets
The miscellaneous products that typically go unnoticed but are important to maintain and improve the kitchen.
It’s essential to carefully clean your cast iron and reseason after each use with neutral oil to prevent any rust! The fact lodge has a care kit for their cast iron products is amazing! This is the only kit I use to clean my cast iron and I love the ...
Seasoned Cast Iron Care Kit | Shop Online
Let me tell you I only discovered this pink paste about 6 months ago and my cooking life has been astronomical better since! This pink paste can remove any difficult stain, burn mark, or grub on the cookware and stove. It makes me kitchen spotless ev...
Cleaning Paste - The Pink Stuff
I love wood cutting boards to cut my produce and cheese. In particular the ones with trays beneath are wonderful because it allows me to store my chopped fruits, cheeses, and vegetables without having to waste my bowls. Having all the chopped food in...
Cutting Board With Tray
For meats, I opt for a plastic cutting board because it’s less porous that wood so therefore less likely to get contaminated. While plastic cutting boards are a basic material I still like to have a nice design to mine. Just makes slicing and dicing ...
Black Marble Cutting Board
If you’re buying a mandolin, having cut resistant gloves is imperative. These ensure your hands stay safe while using the mandolin and protect your skin.
Mandolines and safety gloves. Recommendations? : r/Cooking
Perfect for grinding spices and creating pastes! It’s game change for making guacamole, pesto, curry.
Mortar & Pestle