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My Top 10 Kitchen Must-Haves of 2025
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items Step into my 2025 kitchen journey and discover the 10 tools, ingredients, and culinary treasures that carried me through the year. From the comforting ritual of pastelle making to the essential Promasa cornmeal that fuels pastelles as well as many di...
Sections
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The Tools That Made 2025 Easier
Ingredients & Cultural Anchors I’m Grateful For
Honourable Mentions
The Tools That Made 2025 Easier
This section celebrates the kitchen helpers that quietly carried me through a challenging year. From appliances that saved my energy to seasonal tools that kept me connected to culture and tradition, these are the items that made cooking and caregivi...
My quiet hero this year. With my stove on the fritz, the rice cooker carried me through long caregiving days and low-energy moments. From rice to one-pot meals, it made life in the kitchen effortless and dependable.
Toshiba Mini Rice Cooker, 3 Cups Uncooked
Fast, reliable, and endlessly versatile. It helped me keep meals interesting when my energy was low, allowing me to create comforting, nourishing food without standing over the stove.
6qt Digital Air Fryer with Touch-Activated Display – Beautiful™
A real lifesaver when time or energy was limited. Soups, stews, beans, you name it. It gave me the freedom to maintain healthy meals for my mum and myself, even on hectic days.
Instant Pot Duo Plus 9-in-1 Multicooker
Caregiving is physically demanding, and this dishwasher gave me moments to sit and breathe, off of my feet. IIt lifted a huge weight from my shoulders, allowing me to recharge and focus on both my health and my kitchen craft.
COMFEE' Portable Countertop Dishwasher 6L
A seasonal and cultural anchor. Beyond convenience, it reconnects me to Trini Christmas, childhood memories, and family traditions. Using it makes me feel rooted and in tune with the rhythm of the season.
Wooden, Pastelle Press With Handle
Ingredients & Cultural Anchors I’m Grateful For
Here I honour the ingredients, cookbooks, and heritage treasures that grounded my kitchen in memory, culture, and connection. These items are more than just food or recipes, they carry stories, rituals, and love. Each one has helped me to celebrate T...
This cookbook is a talisman of culinary heritage. Having it nearby reminds me of the twenty-year path I’ve been walking, connects me to Trinidadian history, and inspires me to create meals that honour tradition while being uniquely my own.
Sylvia Hunt's Cooking: Trinidad and Tobago
A quiet gem. I’m still cooking my way through it, and each recipe teaches me something new. Lime pepper jelly quickly became a household favourite. It’s a cookbook that quietly but powerfully celebrates our culture.
The Culinary Heritage of Trinbago: Seasonal Foods
A vital staple that carries love and memory. From Jamaican cornmeal porridge to arepas, polenta, and coo coo, it allows me to serve dishes my Jamaican mother treasures, reminding me that food is the language of care and connection.
Promasa Yellow Corn Flour Imported From Trinidad 1 kg
A simple but profound comfort. Lighting a candle turns my kitchen into a calm, cosy, emotionally regulated space. On stressful days, it’s a small ritual that restores balance and invites me to slow down.
Scented Candles
Honourable Mentions
These are the personal favourites that quietly supported my creativity and daily flow this year. While they may not be culinary tools or ingredients, they were essential for keeping me inspired, organised, and connected to my work and my rhythm. Some...
One half of my creative command centre. How i write, create, edit, and serve the TriniGourmet community
iPad Pro
The other half of my creative command centre. How I write, create, edit, and serve the TriniGourmet community.
Logitech K380 Bluetooth Keyboard for Mac
Keeping cultural nostalgia alive. Reconnects me to Trini memory, energy and rhythm.
My Trini Xmas Spotify Playlist🎄