Making delicious breakfasts and serving mouth-watering desserts is all about the quality of the tools in your kitchen. Would you like to experiment with your dishes, try out new meals, cook the best of cuisines, and above all, perfect your cooking skills? Well, you can do all of that provided you have the right set of tools to use. Otherwise, you either have to settle for substandard cuisines or at the very best, limit your kitchen to a place for conventional dishes only. With that said, we will now introduce you to some necessary kitchen tools. Perfect for every skill level, these seven tools will help you prepare all your recipes with relative ease and fun.
Utility pots
In the not-too-distant past, people were cool with having regular pots in their kitchens, but not anymore. Nowadays, it is expected of you to have high-end pots in your stock. Why? Some may quip. While our old-school regular pots can do the conventional food preparation, simmer large quantities of liquids, and run our delicacies, modern pots can now do much more. Many of them, like the best Instant Pots, can now function as a pressure cooker, sterilizer, and even steamer. Such is the advancement that has taken hold in the industry. So why not bring a set of similar tools into your kitchen?
Cutting and carving board
How would you carve your meats and poultry without a quality carving board? Strange as it may sound, but a carving board is as important in a kitchen as any other tool. Two cutting boards are ideal for a perfect kitchen. One for your meats and poultry, and the other for cooked foods and products – to prevent cross-contamination when cooking. If you don’t really have much money to spend, you can go for polyethylene plastic boards; they are cheap, durable, and easy to clean.
Instant-read thermometer
Did you know that you can actually set and cross-check your cooking temperature? Beyond the traditional method of cooking based on one’s instincts and experience, instant-read thermometers present an opportunity to ensure that foods are safely cooked and done to one’s preference.
Conventional utensils like measuring cups and spoons
Kitchen utensils are indeed the heartbeats of every kitchen. From high-resistant nonstick spatulas to vegetable peeler, rolling pin to meat mallet, slotted spoon to wire whisk, tongs to wooden spoons, having the right set of utensils can make a world of difference with your everyday cooking. Also important are measuring cups and spoons which have the ability to help you make precise measurements. Cooking is all about accuracy and precision, and how successful you are in the kitchen can be determined by the quality of measuring cups and spoons you have.
Colander
Perhaps everybody needs a heavy-duty colander. Depending on the size of your family, having the right size of the colander for your family is quite essential (think about how much pasta you need to drain at once). One of the criteria for choosing your colander should be the size of your sink because you want a colander that will fit in your sink.
Prep bowls in every size
Every kitchen deserves a set of prep bowls for organizing all your leftovers, ingredients, and kitchen stocks. Additionally, prep bowls are great space savers. While collapsible prep bowls can help you organize those ingredients that are not really ready for use yet, glass prep bowls can double as serving dishes.
Can openers
How on earth will you cut and open your canned products without an opener? A can opener is absolutely one of the major must-haves in the kitchen. From coconut milk to curry paste, canned beans to vegetables, fruits to crushed tomatoes, there are, indeed, a bunch of things that require a can opener. Never forget to get one for your kitchen.
Conclusively, having the right set of tools in your kitchen is not only important because of how they beautify your kitchen, but because of how smooth and easy they make your cooking become. That said, if you don’t already have any of the tools listed above in your kitchen, now may be the perfect time to bring them in.
Uday Tank has been working with writing challenged clients for several years. His educational background in family science and journalism has given him a broad base from which to approach many topics. He especially enjoys writing content after researching and analyzing different resources whether they are books, articles or online stuff.
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