The Best Kitchen Essentials, Gadgets Tools To Own or Gift! Dear Creatives

The Best Kitchen Essentials, Gadgets and Kitchen Tools to cook with. Whether you love cooking or just moved and are setting up a kitchen (or know someone getting their first apartment or home) you will love these kitchen tools. Plus, they will make a great wedding, college graduation, first apartment, first home, and new home gifts. It will make the cooking experience a breeze!

The Best Kitchen Gadgets

The Best Kitchen Essentials, Gadgets, and Tools - Perfect for setting up a new kitchen, or improving your home cooking. See this list of Kitchen essentials and more helpful lists at DearCreatives.com

I have helped 5 young adults set up their kitchens, not to mention my experience setting up my own home kitchen. My top 12+ must-haves for every kitchen! These kitchen tools will help you prep meals, get dinner on the table, and ensure you have success when cooking. Plus, I have included a few items for baking. Find more helpful kitchen tools to own via my other lists below too.

Must-Have Kitchen Essentials For Cooking

Make cooking speedy by using a food chopper, a mini food processor (3-cup), or a full-size food processor. They are worth owning and versatile, plus great for chopping, kneading dough…
A good set of kitchen knives (Also see #6) is necessary for any budding chef or home cook! Can’t afford a set? The top 3 knives you need are a chef knife, paring knife, and serrated utility/bread knife. Get a starter knife set like this, plus a bread knife.
An investment for the kitchen and worth every penny is a Vitamix Blender like this or the one I own which is the Explorian Vitamix Blender.
With spring on the horizon a lemon/lime squeezer like this.
Garlic press for crushing garlic cloves.
Vegetable Peeler.
A utensil set (446°F Heat Resistant Silicone Kitchen Utensils for Cooking) like this will serve you well when cooking. Or this Caraway 14-piece kitchen prep set (that includes kitchen knives) would make the perfect gift for the wedding couple or home chef.
Consider a smart home gadget with self-cleaning chopping/cutting boards and knives (cleans and sanitizes). Or cutting boards like this.
The smart home gadget is on my Mother’s Day gift list. It boasts new technology and an innovative gift.
An electric hand mixer or a KitchenAid stand mixer like this.
17-piece cookware set like this Chef’s Classic Non-Stick Hard Anodized Set by Cuisinart… Or this Caraway 12-piece Non-Stick Set of cookware.
6-Piece Set of Oven Mitts and Pot Holders that are heat resistant.
Great for food prep, mixing, and serving. M ixing Bowls with Airtight Lids Set, 26PCS Stainless Steel Bowls with Grater Attachments, Non-Slip Bottoms & Kitchen Gadgets Set -Size 7, 4, 2.5, 2.0,1.5, 1QT,
Cooking/Baking Mats like this set of 2 Silpats to protect your baking sheet-pans.

Shop

My favorite places to shop for essentials for the kitchen are Amazon, Target, and Walmart.

I can’t believe my daughter just graduated college and already lined up a job in another state. We’ll be setting up her apartment with her after graduation. I’ll take some photos and share them along with a checklist, list of kitchen basics and items we purchased recently to get her started. Do you have a new college grad?