Essential Kitchen Tools and Appliances

With practically every kind of machine being made lately for easy and stress free cooling, kitchen have become more than a place where meals are cooked these days. With this essential in your kitchen you are good to go; turning your cooking into a work of art.

1. Knife Set - one large knife is acceptable, but do you know that there are knives for different purposes. Large chef’s knife for slicing and dicing; a paring knife for detailed oriented tasks; a serrated knife for bread or fruits and so on.   

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2. Large Spoon - used to stir, scoop and serve most of the things whipped up in the kitchen

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3. Flatware - you definitely need to eat with the right spoons and forks.

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4. Spatula - Used for mixing and spreading things. Eba, Amala, semo, etc, Do we still need to list the usefulness?

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5. Toaster - Bread/sandwich/bagel lovers, do I need say more?

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6. Dishes - large and small plates to serve yourself and your guests when they visit. 

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7. Mixing Bowls - one or two larger bowls can be used for mixing ingredients. However, get the set with lid coverings for storage purposes.

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8. Cups, Glasses and Mugs - This needed for the coffee and wine lovers.

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9. Plastic Storage Containers - You don’t want to cook every day or there is some leftover meal, this can be used to store them in the freezer.

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10. Cutting Board - Slicing the vegetables, fruits and other food without a cutting board isn’t advisable to both your counter-top nor knives.

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11. Towels - No kitchen is complete without this. We use them to clean up spilled water, messes, dry dishes, and even as make-shift pot holders.

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12. Plate Rack - If you don’t have a drawer where you store your plates, then this will suffice.

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13. Pressure Cooker - Pressure cooker is faster than the normal pots, using less water and doesn’t require constant monitoring. Though that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have at least two or three pots hanging around. No one knows when they might come in handy.

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14. Strainer - we all need to drain out the excess water, or when washing chopped vegetables.

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15. Blender - A blender is an incredibly useful tool to have in the kitchen. Grinding stone is nice and all but won’t you prefer using a blender. It makes things so much faster.

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16. Microwave - Apart from thawing frozen food, it can also be used for cooking simple meals like noodles, rice, grilling, etc.

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17. Electric Kettle - The electric kettle is faster than boiling water on the stove. But when there is no electricity, you reverse to your kettle.

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18. Skillet Pan - Perfect for stir- frying and quick cooking when you are moving ingredients around a lot in the pan.

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19. Gas Cooker/Oven - This is the queen of them all. Do I really need to list its usefulness? It is faster and leaves your pot sparkling. Remember when we had to wash the blackened part of the pot with grounded eggshells or vim and iron sponge?

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20. Fridge/Freezer - This is the king of the kitchen appliances. Apart from keeping everything stacked in there, cool; for the working household, instead of daily cooking, you can cook a weekly/bi-weekly meals and stuff it all in the freezer.

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