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15 Essential Kitchen Tools
Are you just starting out and ready to equip you first kitchen? Or maybe this time at home has you thinking it might be time to pare down an overload of gadgets? Whatever your motivation, check out our list of must-have kitchen essentials for tools you’ll actually use.
Tips
DIY Nonstick Pizza Cutter
When you cut pizza with a pizza cutter, do you lose half the cheese and toppings to your cutter? Here's a simple tip to make it nonstick so your toppings stay put.
DIY Jar Grip
Some jars are tough to open. Save your money and don't purchase those rubber jar grips! You can make a DIY version at home with a rubberband.
Use Dowels for Even Dough Rolling
Rolling dough and pastry to an even, accurate thickness is hard with just a rolling pin. Here's a simple way to create guides to ensure even rolling of your pastry and pie doughs.
An Easy Way to Line a Springform Pan
Instead of carefully tracing and cutting your parchment to fit into the bottom of your pan, here's a quick way to line torte and springform pans.
Griddle Grilling
Expand the possibilities of your grilling by using a cast-iron griddle as another cooking surface for your grill. You can cook just about anything you would make in your cast-iron pan or griddle indoors and it takes the fun outside.
Why You Need a Pair of Kitchen Tweezers
Kitchen tweezers may seem like an unnecessary, restaurant-only kitchen tool for placing and removing the smallest or most delicate ingredients. But they are incredibly useful in the home kitchen as well. Here are some of the best uses for tweezers in your kitchen.
The Many Uses for a Bench Scraper
One of the best kitchen tools is the bench knife (also known as a pastry or dough scraper). It’s a baker’s best friend and performs many tasks. Here are a few ways to use one in your kitchen.
Multi-Purpose Pasta Insert for Soup & Broth
Make soup, stock and broth-making a breeze by putting your pasta insert to use! Clean up is a breeze and yet another unitasker becomes a multi-purpose kitchen tool.
An Easy Way to Sharpen Kitchen Shears
Your kitchen shears probably get a good amount of use—but they are the last kitchen tool you might think to sharpen! Here's an easy way to sharpen your kitchen shears.
How to Test the Accuracy of Your Thermometer
An accurate thermometer is crucial to your cooking and baking success! Thermometers come in handy for all types of recipes, from frying and testing meat for doneness to baking bread and making candy. Here's an easy way to test your thermometer for accuracy—no special equipment required!
How to Cut Perfect, Bakery-Quality Brownies and Cake Slices
Want those crisp, clean edges on your perfectly square brownies? Turn to your pizza wheel to make your brownies and cakes look like they came straight out of the bakery.
How to Freshen Your Cutting Boards—and Remove Odors
Even after cleaning with hot, soapy water, wooden cutting boards can still have a pungent odor. Here's a simple tip to freshen your cutting boards and reduce lingering odors.
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Recipes
Limoncello Prosecco Spritzers
Set up a bar with a bucket of ice-cold (and affordable!) prosecco, a bottle of limoncello, seltzer, fresh lemons, and ice cubes. Prosecco is perfect for this cocktail, but seltzer is great for a lighter option.
Minty Melon Mojitos
Frozen cantaloupe cubes make this cool cocktail even more perfect for warm evenings with friends.
Fried Chicken Katsu
This easy recipe with tonkatsu sauce, made of malt vinegar, yeast, and fruit and vegetable purées, may be your new favorite way to eat fried chicken.
Asian Chicken Tacos
Inspired by the Vietnamese sandwich bahn mi, these tacos will have you counting and recounting the number of ingredients because the flavor punch you get with each bite defies the laws of five ingredients.
Chicken Shiitake Marsala
We’ve taken this Italian American dish and added our own flair. We love the rich flavor of the shiitake mushrooms with the mildly sweet Marsala wine.
Curry Pork Chops
A creamy, spicy coconut milk sauce keeps pork chops moist and vegetables tender. Serve over brown rice to make sure not one bit of this deliciously addicting sauce gets left behind.
Crispy Gnocchi Primavera
It’s time to let the pot of water take a back seat, because your sheet pan is the hero in this. With fresh flavors— and plenty of sharp pecorino cheese— you’ll be wondering why you haven’t roasted gnocchi before now.
Whipped Cream
Raspberry-Banana Pudding
Try this fruity new spin on the classic summertime sweet.
Strawberry Pretzel Tart
Use the leftover strawberries from making the syrup to dollop on ice cream.
Frozen Berry Swirl Sheet Cake
No time to make the raspberry sauce? No worries. Use ¾ cup seedless raspberry jam mixed with ¼ cup water instead of the homemade sauce.
Shoestring Okra
These little strips of fried okra get tossed in a homemade lemon pepper seasoning; serve this dish right away, as the okra will lose its crispness if it sits too long.