Kitchen Essentials

Most wanted kitchenalia
A well fed list of can't-live-without kitchen items

• Non stick frying pan - for non stick fry-ups
• Pans, Set of at least 3 if not 5 - for when you finally pluck up the courage for that Sunday roast with all the trimmings.
• A wok - there ain't nothin' you can't cook in a wok!
• Salt and pepper grinders/shakers - seasoning makes a world of difference.
• Wooden spoons - you never know when you might need it and metal ones get HOT.
• Garlic crusher - eat garlic! its good for you.
• Lemon juicer - PANCAKE DAY!
• Hand whisk/food processor - always good, for when you can't be bothered to mix/cut by hand.
• Set of knives - duh.
• Veg peeler - also good for slicing cheese.
• Potato masher -also good for mashing bananas for banana cake, just sayin'.
• Big bowls, little bowls (cardboard box) - for cereal, spaghetti, noodles, soup, popcorn, salad.
• Big plates, little plates - jam on toast, cheese on toast, for helping jelly wibble and wobble.
• Wine glasses, standard glasses, mugs - standard.
• Pint sized mugs! (trust me, you'll thank me the morning after)
• Sugar pot, tea pot, coffee pot (usually sold as a three, but do go charity shopping and see what random pots you can get a hold of!)
• Mixing bowl - good for mixing. and also serving salad/popcorn/large quantities of ice cream.
• Cake tins - one day, you will have to make a cake without eating all of the raw mix first.
• Zester - lemon drizzle cake. Need i say more?
• Cheese slicer - self explanatory.
• Pestle and mortar - crush it crush it crush it real good.
• Growing herbs - good for helping 'left overs' day feel less like 'left overs' day.
• Griddle pan - steak.
• Marble chopping board - for good old fashioned pastry making, pastry needs cold. Also good for putting cheese on.
• Knife sharpener - always better to cut (food) with a sharp knife that a blunt one.
• Pallet knife - if you never use it to flip pancakes, can make for excellent wall paper peelers.
• Pastry brush - for egging/milking your pastry.
• Rolling pin - or cold empty wine bottle.
• Thick wooden chopping board - takes a beating better than the thin plastic ones.
• Measuring jugs - if all else fails and you don't use it for cooking, good for helping along party mixers.
• Slotted spoon - nobody likes soggy pasta.
• Oven gloves - saves you burning your fingers or dish towels.
• Hot sexy boyfriend that cooks so you don't have to - not compulsory but worth looking out for.
• Tin opener - your best friend when you're tired and want instant gratification and you realise the tin has no ring pull.
  
• Table spoon - much faster serving with a big spoon.
• Microplanes - for grating cheese, chocolate, carrot, fingers.
• Bottle openers - you always presume you have one, yet when it comes to opening the ice cold beer after work you realise you do not.
• Casserole dish - multipurpose.
• Spatula - for getting every last drop, for instant consumption or just for a correct recipe.
• Scissors - opening packets, cutting paper, cutting ribbons, stray threads, broken nails.
• Flat and deep baking trays - multipurpose.
• Egg slicer - really only useful if you like sliced egg in your salads.