My Vitamix blender. (Same one Starbucks uses)
I use it for so many different things but the most popular item is my homemade milkshakes. Kids love them and it’s perfect for them.
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Recently made the leap to get a relatively expensive ($60NZD / $40USD) variable temperature kettle. Being able to keep the water warm while I take a shower or get coffee/green tea at the right temperature has been such a quality of life improvement!
Every morning, we rotate between a Bialetti moka pot + an Espro P3 french press for coffee depending on what level of expression/mouthfeel we're craving out of our beans that day.
For cooking uses, my most used gadgets are:
- a Ninja digital air fryer to toast/crisp things on the fly.
- a Instant Pot to pressure cook beans or meat when meal prepping.
- a Zojirushi for plain or zhushed up rices for meal prep also.
- a FoodSaver sealer is also used on the reg every time we restock on meat in the freezer or need to store leftovers.
- an OXO water kettle to heat water for coffee either way we make it.
- a microwave to heat up milk for coffee every morning + to reheat meals throughout the day.
- a Baratza Encore to flipflop between diff grind sizes.
...Holy Jesus, I will be shit out of luck during the next power outage that happens.
My favorite is the rice maker. I’ve had only perfect rice since I got it. But the most used are the gooseneck kettle and the hand grinder for coffee.
What hand grinder do you have? I’m looking for a decent one, hopefully simple and sturdy like my grandma had and used for decades.
It's the Hario Skeleton Pro. Not exactly grandma-tier -- it's got plastic parts on it, including the little dial for setting how coarse/fine -- but gets the job done. Hario also makes some wood/ceramic/steel ones that would probably be more durable (and definitely have that grandma's kitchen look).
Thanks! I’ll look into that. I did find a similar one to hers, made in Germany (and crazy expensive). Hers was an oval wooden box that you held between your knees. Cast iron crank and feeder cone. It had a little wooden drawer that you pulled out to get the coffee grounds. Magic!
Cast iron skillet is favourite/most used kitchen item. In lieu of a toaster I use it to brown bread slices.
All 3 of my cutting boards. They get so beat up and I hardly ever maintain them.
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5 mini silicone spatulas. It was cheaper to buy 5 than 1 on Amazon and at first I was like I don't need this many mini spatulas, but they're super helpful and great at scraping and I don't have to worry about washing them between jobs since I have several I can swap between. I find them more versatile than having one big spatula.