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Kitchen Essentials 🍳
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items As a huge foodie, these are the kitchen finds that fuel my day-to-day. As someone who cooks home almost every meal, invest in quality equipment that will take care of you.
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Coffee making must-haves ☕️
Quality Cooking Pieces
What a Chef needs in their corner!
Coffee making must-haves ☕️
Who doesn’t love a breville - this does come with a built in grinder. I am in love with these machines.
Home Espresso Coffee Machines - Automatic & Manual
If you are looking for a strong coffee making option that doesn’t require the cost of a whole machine - this is the appliance for you. Using a stove top to heat up, this simple item is low maintenance. Keep in mind this will not be as strong as espre...
Best Stovetop Espresso Makers, Moka Pots
Use these along with your espresso machine for easy pour and seeing the quality of the shots!
2 Pack 75ML Espresso Pitchers with Double Spouts
Whether you make matches, coffees, or teas, a frother is a need. This also works well for cold foams and creamers! Get this to be ready for fall coffees. Be thinking pumpkin cold foam, maple cold foam, cinnamon nutmeg :)
SIMPLETaste Handheld Battery Milk Frother
Keep this cute set at your coffee bar to stir up your coffee! I also use these to get jams or sauces out of jars.
4 PCS 6.7in Gold Coffee/Tea Spoons Long Handle
These super cute trendy cups come with straws, straw cleaners, and lids. And dishwasher safe!
2 Pack (20oz) Iced Coffee Glass Tumblers
If you are looking into espressso machines, I recommend a separate manual grinder simply for the beans. built in grinders don’t always last long. I keep one of these right near my machine to grind fresh beans and get a little arm workout.
Mini Manual Coffee Grinder - 40 Settings
If you have a machine where you pack the grinds yourself, most people get one of these! This way the espresso is packed. Super easy to use, just verify the size you will need for your machine. Super easy to find the size online.
Espresso Tamper Spring-loaded for Manual Machines
If you are getting into coffee at home, or maybe some days you are tired, I still keep these in my fridge to be ready. Just a tablespoon is enough concentrate for that latte taste. .88c per serving. Way cheaper than your pumpkin spice 😉
Coffee Concentrate for Making Coffee at Home
Get these syrup pumps for your coffee (or other 😉) bar. Works for most syrup bottles.
4 Count Coffee Syrup Pump Dispenser - Skinny & Torani
I use one of these so I don’t have to keep moving my bottles around and I have a sturdy place for them! This can also hold wine bottles and other syrups
2 Tier Clear Acrylic Coffee Syrup Rack
Quality Cooking Pieces
As a foodie that was gifted this pan after moving out, I rarely cook with anything else. This pan cooks so evenly. You can do stove top, in the oven, steam, and so much more.
Always Pan 2.0
A kitchen-aid cut my prep time well below half. I use it for baking, bread making, mashed potatoes, home-made sauces, pancakes, and deserts. You no longer have to hide an ugly mixer- because this looks so good on any kitchen. (I got the deep red, but...
KitchenAid
My portable blender I use for Acai bowls, protein shakes, and more. Type-C charging, and they last a long time. Be careful not to overfill it, and run frozen fruits under some water before throwing them in.
BlendJet
Air fryers are the kitchen/dormroom hack to getting crispy food without having to wait for the oven to heat up. Used this Ninja one all the way through college!
Air Fryers | Single, Dual & Large
A birthday gift appliance (Under $60!) that I will worship until the end of time. Rice, grains, slow cook, cake, sautee, steam, and more.
AROMA® 10-Cup Digital Rice Cooker ARC-1230W
Check out this gorgeous hand mixer- especially if a stand mixer is out of your budget! I had used one at an Airbnb for a nice meal with my friends, and it was so smooth and easy to pack up.
Handy Mix Scraper - Handheld Mixer
As someone who is recently home cooking and protein packing my meals - a food processor is a game changer. This helps me make high-protein variations of so many regular meals (and dishwasher safe ;))
Food Processors, Choppers & Attachments
This pan arrives seasoned, cast iron is a healthy way to cook since this keeps harmful microplastics or additives from cheaper pots into your food as you cook. Works on ANY cooking surface!
Lodge Cast Iron
This is another must-have for those that spend a good bit of time in the kitchen. If a stand up food processor is out of budget, an immersions blender will creates any sauce, puree, or blend you are trying.
Stainless Steel Immersion Hand Blender, 600 Watts
A silicon set of spatulas is a must to protect your pots and pans from scratches and keep the non-stick for as long as possible! They move so easily, and don’t melt in pans like plastics.
Spatula
What a Chef needs in their corner!
I have had 4 Ginsu knives for the last 8 years and they are the only cutting knives I will buy. I rarely have to sharpen them, and cut so easily.
Ginsu Knife Set
Plastic cutting boards actually break off plastic pieces into your food! And cheaper wood boards hold bacteria. Getting a tougher wood like maple or walnut tree-cutting boards are an excellent balance. It helps the knife glide so much smoother as wel...
Boos Block Wooden Cutting Boards - Maple, Cherry, & Walnut ...
If you don’t need a set, but rather need a couple quality cutting knives - MAC is the way to go!
Professional Series 8" Chef's Knife with Dimples (MTH-80)
Maple cutting boards last much longer and do not leave harmful microplastics in your meals! I have a maple and an oak cutting board that perform so well!
Maple Cutting Board With Eased Corners (Chop-N-Slice Series)
Leave out the guessing and having to constantly cut the food to see if it’s ready. I use this several times a week- especially for chicken!
Thermapen® ONE by ThermoWorks | Fastest Instant-Read Thermometer