I love cooking for my family as much as I can. I like to watch cooking shows and try new recipes all the time. I can only do this by using gadgets, utensils, and tools in the kitchen that help save time and effort. I can’t believe how many appliances we use in the kitchen. Let me walk you through a typical day in my kitchen, the most popular room in my house, and show you the “must have” cookware in my house.
The first thing I do in the morning is make coffee. I must have a coffee grinder and an espresso/drip maker. Sometimes your coffee just needs to be a little stronger, and it’s great to have the option of coffee or espresso. I like to grind my own coffee beans; seems to taste better than using already ground coffee.
Once I have my coffee brewed, I’m going to put some in the toaster oven. You really can make a lot of great breakfast items quickly with a toaster oven, from toast and biscuits to eggs and bacon or sausage.
For a snack, I usually chop up some fresh fruit with a cutting board, knife, and/or apple corer. I sometimes use the fresh fruit in smoothies using a blender. These are great on hot days.
For lunch, I often find myself using the microwave. It’s leftovers, soup or a quick microwave meal. If I’m making soup, I also need a can opener. I only use a handheld can opener, but it’s still one of the many kitchen utensils I must have in my house because I use it so often.
A plethora of tools and utensils are used for dinner including pots and pans, graters, colanders, spatulas, pizza cutters, silverware, mixers, and ladles to name a few. Not to say you’ll use all of these items in the same evening, but we vary our dinner routine the most and that’s when I use the most devices. Dinner time is also when I try most of those new recipes.
So far I have mentioned about 15 kitchen utensils that I must have in my home. They all help make cooking at my house easier. There are still a few things I want to get, like a griddle and wok to start with. Unfortunately, I don’t have a big enough kitchen right now to accommodate all the cookware I’d like to have. It takes a bit of time to accumulate all the gadgets we have in our kitchens, but most of the time it’s worth the investment!