Batch Cooking Kitchen Essentials

This list of kitchen essentials will help you build your batch cooking repertoire. Having the right tools will turn dreaded meal prep tasks into something you look forward to! Buy within your budget- you don’t have to buy top of the line products and can find good quality items at reasonable prices.

Knives Go to the store and try out a variety of knives to decide which handle and weight feel best in your hand. Chef’s Knife Boning Knife Paring Knife This will be your With a sharp point Like a chef’s knife go-to knife! Be and narrow blade, but smaller. It’s sure to choose this is good to ideal for peeling one that fits remove bones and other smaller your hand and is from and butterfly more delicate comfortable. meat and fish. work.

Cutting Board (Wood or Plastic) Storage Containers

Wood Plastic Stock up with Clean with hot, Choose boards PLENTY of soapy water and with gripper feet glass, air-tight disinfect with on the bottom to containers and white vinegar. Be prevent slipping. jars in various sure to wipe dry! Dishwasher safe. sizes and shapes.

Skillet Casserole Dish Set of Mixing Bowls This pan does A large, deep You can never everything from dish used in the have enough sauteing to oven and as a prep bowls! scrambling! serving dish! The Get a stackable Choose cast most versatile set to save iron or any basic size is 9x13in. space. heavy skillet.

Saucepans or Pots Large Stockpot Colander or Strainer Have both Tiny, all-over a small and holes drain This big pot is medium pot on liquids quickly perfect for boiling hand. A simple, without food pasta in or making good quality pot slipping soups and stews. will do! through.

Baking Pans These rimmed pans are essential for roasting and baking items in the oven

Half sheet Quarter sheet Approximately Approximately 18in x 13in. 13in x 9in. Choose aluminum Choose aluminum or stainless steel. or stainless steel.

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Tongs Spatula Kitchen Shears Shallow pincers Firm-but-flexible, For when you grip everything silicone spatulas don’t want to from heavy scrape and stir pull out a knife! roasts to slender well, clean easy These sharp vegetables and and stand up to blades easily help move food heat well. cut through just around in a pan. about anything.

Spoons (Wood or Silicone) Slow Cooker Wooden Silicone Also called a Non-abrasive Stands up to Crock Pot, it’s and last heat well without great for soups forever. Just melting, cleans and stews and don’t put them in easy and they tougher cuts of the dishwasher! look pretty, too! meat that can simmer all day.

Can Opener Peeler Garlic Press A must-have to Buy a good Put whole garlic open any canned quality, sharp cloves (skin and items. A long peeler to skin all) in, press, and handle offers vegetables or voila you have good leverage to fresh ginger or perfectly minced tidily remove lids. even to shave off garlic! This can’t cheese! be easier!

Kitchen Towels Oven Mitts Pot Holders Keep a couple These insulated Offers protection kitchen towels mitts will protect for only one hand easily accessible your hands from at a time against at all times to hot pots or pans hot pots or pans. wipe up spills or on the stovetop or Use two when dry your hands oven. lifting a pan with or dishes. two hot handles.

Food Thermometer Food Processor (Large and/or Mini) Use to easily Large Mini ensure food is Good for slicing, Great space cooked to a safe grinding, mixing, saver with same temperature. shredding, abilities but Choose digital, grating, pureeing just for smaller if possible for or chopping. batches of food. easy reading.