5 THINGS FOR YOUR KITCHEN FROM AMAZON (EVEN THOUGH YOU SHOULD NEVER BUY FROM AMAZON)
These are not just things I’ve randomly found on Amazon, just now. These are my favourite things - in my kitchen right now. Things I use all the time. Things I enjoy all the time. And I’m actually excited to tell you about them. There’s loads I own that I wouldn’t recommend to you, no matter what they pay me. Like, I have a Le Creuset pot (it was on mad sale and I was like YES PLEASE) and it’s shit. Yeah yeah, maybe I’m using it wrong but I hate it. My much cheaper pot is much better. I also have a lot of Joseph Joseph stuff and I don’t like the colours. It’s just fine. So - trust me - I don’t just recommend any old shit to you. This is GOOD STUFF.
Okay, I’ll let you scroll now. ENJOY.
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The. Slow. Cooker. Because. You. Need. It. Goddamnit.
If you’ve ever heard me speak, the words ‘slow cooker’ will have been amongst the words you heard me say. I belong to the church of slow cookers. Because listen. You wake up in the morning - with so much energy because you just slept eight hours. You brush your teeth and go to the kitchen. You chop some vegetables. Shove it all in the slow cooker. Turn it on. You then get on with your day. Meanwhile, the wonderful smell of food spreads in your home and you get excited for what you’ll eat tonight. You clean up in the kitchen, so there’s less to do after you’ve eaten. And then - food that melts on your tongue. Meat that falls apart in your mouth. I’m crying writing this. With joy. Because slow cookers. This particular one is the one I swear by. It’s not painfully expensive and it works really well, it’s sturdy and all that. If you’re cooking for more than one or two, you might want a bigger one. But. Treat yourself.
Mmmmmm, kitchen storage jars - sexy ones too.
I have tried them all. The plastic ones, the bulky hipster ones, the metal ones, the fancy ones, the cheap ones. And then I met these beauties. I’m not kidding, I’ve actually hugged one of them because I was so pleased with them. Yes, the lids are good and all that, but mostly they’re just super practical AND beautiful. They take up NO unnecessary space. They look way more expensive than they are. I just… listen, I just love them. If you get them, I’ll probably even feel a little jealous, even though I have my own.
Best Garlic Press Ever. EVER.
I hate pressing garlic. Hate it, hate it, hate it. I hate it as much as I love eating garlic, which is frustrating. I hate pressing garlic mainly because I hate 1) peeling the garlic first and 2) washing the garlic press up afterwards.
But then I met this prince. This handsome bastard. Look at him! First you shove the garlic into that pipe thing and then you just roll it around - it’s super fun. Then you let it back out and it’s been magically peeled! You then just roll over the garlic with the press and scrape it out and into your food (slow cooker). There’s then a little layer of garlic at the bottom of the garlic press but you just press it - and it falls off. IT IS SO GOOD. My life is changed. I eat so much garlic. I eat nothing but garlic.
Rice Cooker - I can’t live without it but it’s also super expensive, so feel free to hate me for bringing this to your attention
I cannot cook rice. For the life of me, I cannot. I have tried all the different ways, I have read the articles. But I have eaten burned rice and ruined pots so many times, it became a matter of investment. This one rice cooker costs the same as 3-4 new pots. But it has made my life so much easier. You just plug it in, shove the rice and some water in there and leave it. It starts counting down when there’s 10 minutes left. After it’s done, it just keeps the rice warm till you’re ready to eat. The rice slips easily out of the pot inside of it and are perfectly cooked. The inside-pot cleans up super easily. Honestly. Worth every bitcoin.
The Hand Chopper - I know you’ve been waiting for this one
I once used one of these while I was doing an Instagram Live months ago and people are still DM’ing me asking me about it. It’s a HAND CHOPPER. You just put the onion or fruit or nuts or whatever you want chopped to pieces. You put the lid on. Then you pull the string a few times and it’s all chopped! No electricity needed. I wouldn’t know what to do without mine. Some things I just can’t chop finely enough myself. Herbs, onions for meatballs, nuts. I hate cleaning my blender. This little guy - super easy. And quick. And cheap. It’s perfect, basically.
Now, go cook!
Of course, none of these are necessary. You can chop anything by hand, some people can make rice, apparently you can just crush garlic with your knife (if you’re a psychopath), you can slow cook in many good, sturdy pots and the kitchen jars you already have are probably lovely enough. But if you just won the lottery and you feel like splurging - hey, I won’t mind you clicking those hot, hot Amazon links.
Much love.