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HBIC in the Kitchen
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items Food is my love language, disability is the specter that haunts me, here are the many tools that allow me to live deliciously.
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Seasonings
My Favorite Cooking Tools
Disability Kitchen Hacks
Apartment Kitchen Organization
Beloved Vegetarian Foodstuffs
Delightful Dishes
Seasonings
There's nothing more important than FLAVOR!
UGH I MISS THIS STUFF. Gorgeous smoky flavor, a little bit of heat but nothing too overpowering… I would make homemade tortilla chips tossed with this and some olive oil and eat the whole lot, oh my GOD it's so good.
YOSHI Shichimi 5-Spice Togarashi 60g
Sorry not sorry this is the best non-small batch chili oil and I stand by that. I could--and HAVE--eaten it right out of the jar with a spoon. It's perfectly savory, just the right amount of light heat in the throat… and oh man it makes such an amazi...
S&B Chili Oil with Crunchy Garlic 3.9oz x3
This and some nutritional yeast on some freshly oil-popped popcorn make the BEST movie night popcorn snack. I don't eat my popcorn any other way.
Trader Joe's Onion Salt, Savory Blend, 2 oz
So this is a sun-dried pepper, not a peppercorn, but it gives this really gorgeous low smoky pepper note to anything you use it on. A little goes a long way, it's got a good little funk to it.
Fusion Select Urfa Biber Pepper - 7 Oz Jar
THE classic Cajun and Creole seasoning, can't be beat (except for the stuff I get at Steamboat Bill's when I go home but that is a very special case).
Tony Chachere's Creole & Cajun Seasoning 2 Pack
I understand this is not easy to get, but please understand this: it is perfect and delicious and I am hoarding my last ounce of the stuff, okay? If you find yourself in a position to get some of this, DO IT. Such a great smoky spicy flavor with a lo...
Royal Spice - Scarborough Faire®
My Favorite Cooking Tools
All my favorite pots, pans, cups, and food storage solutions!
I used my Cuisinart Dutch Oven for YEARS to make no-knead breads, gumbos and soups full of love for my friends and family. When I moved away, I passed it on to a dear friend who still uses it to make delicious meals. I think of it as my Strega Nonna ...
Chef’s Classic™ Enameled Cast Iron Cookware 7 Qt. Round Covered Casserole
This was a pricey Dutch Oven upgrade, but it really is a good one. I got mine in one of Sur La Table's bigger sales, so look out for those. I went with a smaller one so I could make smaller loaves of bread, but it also worked so well for soups and gu...
Staub Round Dutch Oven, 5.5 qt.
The most perfect measuring cup, when I lost my weird-measurement rice cooker cup this saved me because it has so many measurements on it, almost anything you could think of. I cook from metric and imperial recipes and this just helps SO MUCH and make...
OXO Good Grips 2-Cup Angled Measuring Cup
Hi, as someone who makes SO MUCH SOUP, these saved my vegan bacon so many times. Loved having portions of my favorite soups available in tidy little servings for when I was finally ready to eat that particular flavor again, haha!
Silicone Freezer Trays
If the price of Souper Cubes makes you cringe, there are alternatives!
XOMOO Silicone Freezer Tray w/ Lid - 2-Pack
I used this for popcorn. It's huge. I am not ashamed, it was amazing, it held so much popcorn.
Vollrath 47935 5Qt Stainless Steel Bowl
Disability Kitchen Hacks
Did you know you don't have to stand up the whole time? GAME CHANGERS.
This is in Disability Hacks because I find touching wet dough to be SUCH a sensory nightmare with my various neurodivergencies. Danish dough whisks were an entire game changer for me when it came to mixing up quickbreads, cookies, and other sticky do...
Zulay 13-Inch Danish Dough Whisk - Wood & Steel
Changed EVERYTHING for me the day I realized I didn't have to stand up AND I could move around my kitchen so easily. And I had a TINY kitchen, too! But this still was so helpful in letting me scoot around quickly to grab things, got me on a good leve...
Mineloff Rolling Stool 400lbs Capacity, Purple
Apartment Kitchen Organization
I had a tiny kitchen, I had to do something about it!
The way this changed my kitchen! Mounted with heavy duty Command hooks, two of these held up my knives, spoons, whisks, and other kitchen tools for Y E A R S.
FRIADE Wall Grid Panel Photo Display Set of 2
Used one of these across my wall grids to hold my chopsticks and other long flat items that couldn't hang for whatever reason.
Blulu 4 Pcs Metal Grid Wall Baskets w/Hooks
Great for corralling smaller items onto your wall grid!
Oungy 10 PCS Wire Baskets Wall Grid Panel
I used two or three of these per wall grid panel to hold them up--on a STUCCO wall, mind you--and they lasted YEARS, never fell once. And I hung a lot of stuff on those things!
Command 5 lb Large Utility Hooks, 7 Hooks & 12 Strips
Keep your seasonings organized and visible on your countertop! I had a glass-top version of this that I wish was still available but this is very nice.
Vtopmart 2 Tier Clear Under Sink Organizer
When I went to Finland and saw their over the sink cabinets had drying racks for bottoms, I WANTED ONE SO BAD but America has not gotten on board with astiankuivauskaappi just yet sadly so this is a good alternative.
Over The Sink Adjustable Dish Drying Rack
Beloved Vegetarian Foodstuffs
I'm a pescatarian who mostly eats vegetarian, these things helped me make such tasty meals!
Anthony's is the best, period. This nutritional yeast is so flavorful! And it comes in such a good-sized bag for the price.
Anthony's Premium Nutritional Yeast Flakes 1lb
This is such a good little pantry staple! Easy to reconstitute and flavor, plus it works so well in a fauxlognese sauce or to sub into any soup that has ground beef in it.
Anthony's Textured Vegetable Protein TVP 1.5lb
I used this to make some of the BEST vegan seitan shawarma, once again so much bang for your buck and such good quality.
Anthony's Vital Wheat Gluten, 4 lb, Vegan
Raise your hand if you, too, got caught up in Emily Mariko Salmon Bowl Fever in 2021? Yeaaaah. And I know everyone loves plain or sea salt flavors of the seaweed snacks, but as a Certified Sesame Junkie, that's the best flavor, hands down.
Gimme Seaweed 12ct Organic Roasted Sheets
I love adding this stuff to smoothies, nice cream, mug cakes, oatmeal, anywhere that could use a delicious little extra protein boost. It's a really nice protein powder!
Vegansmart Naturade Vegan Protein Powder Vanilla
With a little extra seasoning, this made for a great lunch! Eat with pita chips, so good.
Loma Linda Plant-Based Greek Bowl Meal 3-Pack
Delightful Dishes
You can eat off of cute things!
Love a good bowl of noodles in this! The lid is good for keeping pesky nosy kitties out when you have to leave the bowl behind for a moment, lol
WHJY Japanese Hand-painted Ceramic Bowl with Lid - Blue Plum
Too cute not to recommend!
VanEnjoy 25 Oz Microwavable Ramen Bowl with Lid
I can't help it, I love oddly shaped plates and it is even better when they're pretty!
vancasso Simi 9.5" Rectangular Dinner Plates Set of 6
I know it is expensive but I really loved taking this to the office. Kept things warm, it was nice to be able to reheat stuff with the vent lid.
Corning Ware 20oz Meal Mug w/Lid, Blue