kitchen must haves | Pad Patter 15 Oct

They're THE best knives, Justine!

 

I don't use any appliances when I cook aside from the stove and the microwave. When I buy bagels, we use the toaster. I used to use the crockpot when I was working outside of the home but now that I WFH, I guess I don't think about using it? I have several other small kitchen appliances but they just live happily in the cabinets.

I'm excited that by next year at this time, my boyfriend will be here all the time and he can use them and/or teach me how to use them.

 

I had an electric kettle when my boy was a baby for his formula, but we got rid of it at some point after that.
We have a water dispenser with a hot water tap and of course cold water. That's what we use for hot cocoa and oatmeal. And anything else we need immediate hot water for. My mom still has an electric kettle. And I have an old fashioned one that can heat on the stove, but I store it since we don't use it often.

 

Why not use the insta pot for cooking rice?

 

I use the microwave for melting butter. If it broke, I probably wouldn't replace it right away. It came with the house.

My kitchen aid stand mixer is a must. I can't live without it! Making bread, shredding chicken/pork, plus we have the spiralizer attachment. My pressure cooker, food saver, food processor, and Vitamix are pretty tied as my next favorites/necessities.

 

Lol I bit of both!? We have a smaller old one we got for our wedding 15 years ago & then was gifted one from a friend who didn't use it. Then a few years ago I got my nice bug one for my birthday! Thankfully we have a "mixer cupboard!"

 

I meant to mention that the knob is cracked. It's also looking aged. But it still functions perfectly well!

 

I can't miss my air fryer and my expresso machine ...

 

@bellbird That's the chopper but you need a deep wooden bowl (maple, acacia, cherry, walnut are good ones for chopping on, I got acacia) so you have room to chop and scoop up from the sides to fold into the middle to keep a nice flow going and the higher sided, bigger bowl keeps anything from flying out. It took me about 2 min to finely chop half a bag of coleslaw, 1/2 container of greens, 1/2 cup shredded carrots and about 2 cups of kale. I also threw in some roughly chopped red pepper too. I have enough for salad with dinner for the next 3-4 days in the fridge now and just need to add a bit of chopped tomato and poppyseed dressing and yum, a tasty salad. Your bowl should be at least 4-5" high (mine is 6") and at least 10" wide (mine is 12").