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I've gotten into the habit of cooking 3 meals a day. Here are the 15 appliances, gadgets, and tools I'm using the most.

Cooking three meals a day is a ton of work, but these kitchen essentials make it a lot easier and enjoyable.

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Appliances, gadgets, and tools I'm using the most 4x3
  • Cooking three meals a day, plus making an occasional cocktail and dessert, is a lot of work.
  • Spending so much time in the kitchen has made me especially grateful for some tools, appliances, and gadgets.
  • Some of my favorites include my Dutch oven, chef's knife, and immersion blender.

It's safe to say I've never cooked more than I have in the past two years.

I love to cook. But with a busy job, a long commute, and a passion for eating out, I generally only cook somewhere in the ballpark of five meals a week in normal times. I drink most of my drinks at bars with friends and hardly ever eat dessert, unless I'm out for a special occasion.

But these are strange times! Now I find myself cooking 20 or so meals a week. My husband and I break for happy-hour cocktails every day at 6, to help transition out of work-from-home mode. And I've developed a sweet tooth that just won't quit.

All this time in the kitchen spent preparing meals, cocktails, and dessert has made me very reliant on kitchen tools.

Here are the 15 gadgets, appliances, and tools I'm using the most.

Dutch oven
dutch oven

All right, this one's obvious. But I'm including a Dutch oven here because it's a staple for any home chef.

Dutch ovens are clutch because of their versatility. They get really hot and also distribute heat evenly. Their enamel coating makes them incredibly easy to clean. They're also pretty to look at. Mine lives on my stovetop, so this last point is important.

What I use it for: bread, sauce, soup, stew, casserole

Insider's favorite Dutch oven:

Immersion blender
immersion blender

Immersion blenders provide you with a supereasy and non-messy way to blend anything from soup to smoothies. They don't take up the counter space that a normal blender would, and they're very easy to clean!

What I use it for: salad dressing

Insider's favorite immersion blender:

Glass food-storage containers
best food storage

If you're cooking every meal, you're going to accumulate leftovers quickly. I highly recommend investing in a good set of glass food-storage containers that you can microwave and stick in the dishwasher.

What I use it for: homemade yogurt, leftovers

My favorite glass food-storage containers:

Food thermometer
thermometer

Using a meat thermometer is the most precise way to tell if your food is cooked through.

If you're also doing a lot of bread baking or making yogurt from scratch, you're going to want a food thermometer to measure the temperature of your water and milk, respectively.

What I use it for: chicken, milk to make yogurt, water to activate yeast

Insider's favorite meat thermometer:

Mixing bowls
mixing bowls

Mixing bowls are for more than just mixing.

When you're cooking more ambitious recipes, it's always a good idea to get your ingredients properly prepped (mise en place, if you're being fancy). This step ensures that you're not frantically mincing garlic when your sautéed onions begin to burn.

A good set of mixing bowls will make it easy to get all your ingredients chopped and ready to go when you need them.

What I use them for: tuna and chicken salads, side sauces (like soy), proofing bread, mise en place

My favorite mixing bowls: Williams Sonoma 10-Piece Glass Mixing Bowl Set

Insider's favorite mixing bowls:

Citrus squeezer
Cirtus Squeezer

Samin Nosrat's "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat" taught me that acid is a critical cooking element for balancing flavors. When I taste a dish that's near completion, the thing it's most often missing is acid. Usually, I'll add a splash of vinegar or a squeeze of citrus, and it always makes the dish taste more complete. A citrus squeezer makes the latter oh so easy!

What I use it for: squeezing lemons and limes for guacamole, salad dressings, and cocktails

My favorite citrus squeezer:

Microplane
microplane grater

A microplane is one of those things you don't know you need until you get one. And then it quickly becomes one of your most essential tools.

What I use it for: zesting lemons and limes, grating hard cheese

My favorite microplane:

Instant Pot
instant pot

I was an Instant Pot skeptic until The New York Times' Melissa Clark persuaded me to give it a try.

An Instant Pot is an electric multicooker that allows you to pressure cook and slow cook, in addition to a number of other functions.

What I use it for: slow-braised meats (like carnitas), soups, yogurt, rice

Insider's favorite Instant Pot:

Salad spinner
OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner   clear

I went way too long without a salad spinner and wasted way too much time and too many paper towels trying to dry lettuce and herbs the hard way.

I like to rinse my salad first, then let it soak for 10 or so minutes in cold water before draining, rinsing again, and then spinning to dry.

What I use it for: salad, herbs

My favorite salad spinner:

Cutting board
cutting board

Virtually every meal I make starts out on the cutting board.

I love to keep a big, beautiful butcher-block-style cutting board on my counter at all times. It just makes the kitchen seem more accessible and easy to use.

What I use it for: chopping everything

My favorite cutting board: John Boos Maple Wood Edge Grain Reversible Cutting Board

Insider's favorite cutting board:

Baking sheets
Wilton Cookie Sheet showcase

I just replaced my old scratched baking sheet with new ones, and I couldn't be happier.

What I use them for: cookies, chicken, roasted vegetables, sheet pan pizza

Insider's favorite baking sheets:

Chef's knife
sharpen knife chef

If you're doing a lot of cooking, you're going to want a good chef's knife. It makes what is arguably the most arduous step of cooking (chopping) a whole lot easier.

What I use it for: chopping vegetables, crushing garlic, slicing meat

Insider's favorite chef's knife:

Cocktail shaker
Top Shelf Bar Supply Stainless Steel Boston Shaker Set

If you're looking to take your mixed drink game to the next level, a cocktail shaker is a must.

What I use it for: margaritas, Bloody Marys

Insider's favorite cocktail shaker:

Soda maker
Sodastream

Lugging cans of seltzer home from the grocery store is never fun. A soda maker provides you with a limitless supply of bubbly water, which is great to add to cocktails or drink on its own.

What I use it for: making seltzer

My favorite soda maker:

Speakers
Sonos Home Speaker
Turn your Audible book into a shared reading experience by connecting to a Sonos speaker

I set our kitchen Sonos to turn to our local news radio station when I wake up, so I don't even have to remember to turn it on.

What I use it for: listening to music, podcasts, and the radio

My favorite speaker:

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