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My Kitchen Favs

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Did you know that what you cook with matters? Did you know what you eat off matters? Follow along on my kitchen journey. I'll share my favorite replacements for plastics!
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Cookware

The best kinds of cookware are Glass, Copper, Cast Iron skillets and Stainless Steel. Everything else is out of my house! 

 
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Cookware from my childhood. I've been collecting pieces for the last several years! Glass dishes and my food tastes so much better in these. My girls use the little ones to cook soup. So much better than the microwave!
Vintage Corningware
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My every day dishes. The food just tastes better!
Visions Cookware
 
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I use these almost everyday. I don't need any spray to keep things from sticking
Stainless Steel Cookware Sets, Pots and Pans
 
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Nothing says memories like cast iron. Everyone's great grandparents prefered these over everything else. You can smell the childhood food coming back. I know you can. No one cooks like great grandma anymore.
Classic Cast Iron Skillet | Shop All Sizes Online
 
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One of my favorite sets is my copper cookware.
Copper Sets - Mauviel USA
 
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The best cooking sheets
Stainless Steel Baking & Cookie Sheets
 
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I try to use copper. At least copper plated/coated pans. They really are the best!
Copper Baking & Cookie Sheets Bakeware

Dinnerware

My favorite dishes, plates and bowls. Again, we only use glass, copper and stainless steel. Sometimes stone!

 
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We use a lot of pink depression glass plates and bowls.
Pink Depression Glass
 
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Pretty much our everyday dishes. Green Depression glass
Green Depression Glass
 
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Another one of every day plates.
Yellow Depression Glass
 
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My favorite color in our depression glass rotation.
Blue Depression Glass
 
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A beautiful color, more burnt looking than yellow.
Amber Depression Glass
 
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It doesn't have to be colored to be depression glass. There are beautiful pieces that look just plain.
Clear Depression Glass

Drinkware

My favorite cups, glasses and jugs. 

 
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These glasses literally sit on our table every day. We keep them filled with water all day long.
Green Glass Depression Tumblers
 
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Our favorite fun glasses for teas
Yellow Depression
 
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My set has grapes on them, but these are perfect for Milk or juice. I love them.
Vintage Anchor Hocking 8 Oz Flat Drink Tumbler Hobnail Milk Glass ...
 
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We keep this set on our table too, also full of water.
Blue Depression Glass
 
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When I am feeling fancy, these are my favorites
Pink Goblets
 
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We always make sure we drink daily from our copper cups!
Copper Cups
 
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My everyday traveling cup. Solid glass, solid glass handle, bamboo lid and stainless steel straw. Mine has a silicone protector on it. But i refuse to drink from plastic!
32 Oz Tumbler
 
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My girls drink from stainless steel cups, no plastic straws, they open it and sip. These are their traveling cups. We always have water with us.
32 Oz Tumbler
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Coffee drinkers… ever had coffee out of a stone mug?? DELICIOUS!
Mugs

Flatware

My favorite eatery sets! Again, Stainless steel, Silver plated or Gold plated. No plastics! 

 
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My pattern is discontinued, but these are best everyday flatware. Stainless steel!
Stainless Steel flatware
 
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If you can afford sterling, they are by far the best to eat with!
Sterling Silver Flatware
 
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Silver plated is a cheaper option if you can't afford sterling.
Silver Plated Flatware
 
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I don't think many can afford solid gold, but gold plated is just as good! If you can find it!
Gold flatware
 
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You will never find solid copper, because copper is a soft metal. Its usually all copper plated. But a beautiful set non the less!
Copper plated flatware

Utensils

Again, I only use stainless steel and wood in my kitchen

 
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My everyday cooking utensils!
Wooden Utensil Set for Nonstick Pans & Cookware
 
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Every day set in my kitchen
Stainless Steel Utensils
 
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I seriously needed these. I LOVE to eat, but these help me control portions better and they are stainless steel
[Set of 4] Stainless Steel Soup Ladles
 
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I'd figure I would just throw these here.. for those grilling machines out there!
Grill Tools Set
 
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My favorite Knives
Knives & Cutlery - Henckels

Mini Appliances

My favorite mini's. NO MICROWAVE needed! 

 
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THE EXACT ONE I use almost daily! It does everything!
Toaster Oven Air Fryers
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Our absolute favorite for cooking beans. We got this at Sam's Club years ago! Black Friday special.
Power Pressure Cooker XL
 
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As someone who traveled a lot, this is our favorite when we stay in hotels. Now we have our own at home. Too bad its not the shape of Texas!
Waffle Makers | HamiltonBeach.com
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Favorite Kettle! All glass.
HadinEEon Electric Kettles & Tea Machines