Gracie's Great Gadgets!

Over the past several years of cooking, I have added quite a few pieces to my kitchen. When I started cooking back in 2016, I just moved into our first house with my fiancé (and now amazing husband) and we only had 4 plates, 4 forks, 4 knives, and 4 spoons and just some basic kitchen gadgets.

I didn't even have a garlic peeler or real wine glasses yet, y'all. That is how we started out. Now over the past 4 years, I have collected all sorts of fun gadgets that I now do not how I would live without them.

1. My Chef'n garlic zoomer from Williams Sonoma- I just received this for Christmas and it is seriously the best garlic chopper I have ever had. I love love love garlic, so I cook with it all the time and having a nifty new tool is quickly chop it is amazing.

2. These aren’t named brand spatulas but they are the most useful ones I have in my culinary arsenal. The red one can whisk, mash, and scrap the inside of a bowl. The orange one is great for scooping out small jars or sautéing a small amount of something. The 2 grey forks I use to shred my roasts without scratching my crockpot.

3. My husband got me this cold carafe for Valentine's Day several years ago and I love it! I only drink iced coffee (yes, even in wintertime!) and this item is perfect. It was an insert where you can fill it with coffee grounds and let it seep and chill in the fridge, or you can just brew hot coffee and pour it in the carafe and chill it.

4. This Ozeri wine bottle opener is something that I could not live without. I hate having a bottle of wine with a stubborn cork and sometimes I have had the cork break in the bottle! This one also comes with a foil cutter to help peel it off. It's definitely a must buy for a wine lover!

5. My Cuisinart crock-pot was a gift from my parents several Christmases ago and I do not know how I functioned without it. You can sear in this one and it has a digital timer so you know how long the roast has left.

6. I received the Calphalon set as a wedding present and it is the most useful pots and pans set! I love having the large pasta pot for spaghetti and having a large sauté pan for large dishes.

7. I love having these Wusthof knives! They are always so sharp and they never seem to get dull!

8. MY OXO colander is one of my favorite colanders! The slits are small enough to drain really small pasts without losing them down the drain, and it is also the perfect size to rinse berries.

9. My OXO can opener is seriously the best can opener I have ever owned! I use to only by the cans with the pop tab to make it easier to open, but now I don't have to.

10. Anolon bake ware- I received this set as a wedding gift and it is amazing. The cake tins are the perfect size for a layer cake and the large baking sheet is the perfect size for a large portion of baked chicken and vegetables!

11. OXO salt and pepper shakers- I received these several Christmases ago and they are so nice! They are so easy to fill and use!

That's this week's update on my favorite kitchen tools. Check back next week for more!