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15 Simple Methods (& Tools) To Elevate Your Cooking
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items If you are looking to upgrade your cooking, look no further! As someone who has been cooking from scratch since 2010, and worked at various restaurant jobs for many years, I’ve learned some of the best and time-efficient ways to make some of the grea...
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Quality Food Delivery Services
Utility Swaps
Kitchen Methods
Quality Food Delivery Services
Using Quality ingredients in your cooking is the number 1 determinator for the Quality and Flavor of your meals. We buy 50-60% of our groceries from online markets, 20-30% in grocery stores, and 20-30% locally depending on quality, seasonality and af...
As of 1/22/25 we have received 153 boxes from Misfits Market! This service is incredible, bringing you high-quality and delicious food with a plethora of organic options. This is an open-market, you choose exactly what you want in each box and the fr...
Grocery Delivery - Get $25 off for a Limited Time
This is another online market similar to Misfits, sadly Imperfect Foods doesn't deliver to our area so I don't have a firsthand review however I have heard great things about it!
Imperfect Foods
Another popular food delivery service that specializes in meat and seafood, a service with excellent value and quality options that are much better than your normal average box stores!
ButcherBox
This is not a product link, but an article to why you should be choosing local farm-fresh or yard eggs! It is well known that the conditions chickens face in factory farms contribute to disease, poor quality in life, and lower nutrient content in egg...
Benefits of Farm-fresh Eggs
Utility Swaps
Going non-toxic not only benefits your health, but it benefits the flavor and quality of your meals as well. It is well known now that certain materials leech heavy metals, plastics and chemicals into your food when cooking. Here are some smart swaps...
If you haven't already, switching to Cast Iron not only provides a non-toxic, flavorful and evenly heated cooking experience, but they are durable and sustainable in that they will last forever as long as you take care of them and a well-seasoned cas...
Cast Iron Set with Organizing Rack
Ditch the plastics that leach into your food and don't last long. Wooden Spurtle Spatulas are a non-toxic switch every home cook needs in their kitchen.
Spurtle Wooden Kitchen Cooking Utensils
If you aren't ready for Cast Iron or want to have more options in your kitchen, stainless steel is another non-toxic option for cooking to keep you and your family safe from harmful metals and cancer-causing chemicals in other materials.
Cuisinart 11-Piece Chef's Classic Cookware
Swap your old teflon coated air fryer for a non-toxic stainless steel air fryer to help avoid hurting your families health in the name of air frying!
Cuisinart Air Fryer Toaster Oven, TOA-70
Stop using bleached paper and aluminum foil for all your cooking. Aluminum foil will always have its place for certain things but it doesn't need to be used for anything that parchment paper can be used for instead!
Unbleached Parchment Paper Roll
Kitchen Methods
These are some convenient tools that help you to prep and cook your from-scratch meals smarter, not harder!
One method you should consider while you are cooking and preparing is using an immersion blender for your dressings, soups, chunkier dips, and more. This is a convenient way for you to do things in the containers or pans that you are preparing in wit...
Mueller 4-in-1 Immersion Blender Handheld
Assuming you are a Tofu eater, this is an easy method of streamlining your Tofu-making process. I used to stack books and paper towels and it was such a hassle. I will always have a Tofu press now!
Bamboo Tofu Press
If you don't prefer to hand chop your veggies or want a convenient way to shred and slice cheese, a mandolin is a kitchen must-have! Quickly prepare your ingredients in a uniform shape and size for a streamlined prepping experience.
Vegetable Chopper & Cheese Slicer Set
Mill you own flour, oats, rice, corn, whatever you need to create fresh bread, cereal, snacks and more for your family while retaining the nutrient content and avoiding all the synthetic vitamins, harmful ingredients and preservatives in store bought...
Classic Grain Mill (360 Watt, Wood)
The Kitchen Aid Mixer is an absolute staple, it is extremely versatile with many different attachments that help you to make your from-scratch meals with ease.
Maker Inspired Stand Mixers - KitchenAid
One of our favorite attachments for the Kitchen Aid, this can cut a block of cheese in 60 seconds easy!
KitchenAid Cheese Grater