The holidays are around the corner, and if you have an aspiring chef at home (or you just love to cook like we do) here are a few ideas for things that are probably on their wish list too!
Such a fun addition to the kitchen. Who doesn’t want a wood smoke infuser? This cool tool will add a smokey flavor to your food and drinks quickly and easily. Although it comes with a few samples, there are more available here.
Let’s be honest, we all want a sous vide cooker. With the sous vide method, you vacuum seal your food, immerse it in a a water bath a a set temperature for an assigned amount of time and it cooks thoroughly and evenly. Most people also sear their meat after sous vide cooking. To give it color and a crust. You can attach the cooker to a large pot, or you can invest in a sous vide food container. You can use zipper bags with your sous vide, but using a vaccum sealer is much easier.
Yum, sushi… Here’s something new to us, the Sushi Bazooka. There are several great places to shop for sushi grade fish in Lethbridge, Nakagama R Co downtown has great fish and exceptional service too.
Like Lego? Like to play with your food? How about A silicone mold so you can do both! These seem to be oven safe. I’m not a baker, not would I want teeny tin block man cakes, but I suppose someone might.
We really like the idea of the instant pot. Rice cooker, slow cooker and pressure cooker all-in-one. We’d be happy if Santa left this under our tree.
Is there anything we missed? Let us know if the comments below!
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The Spice Project
I spend a lot of time in the kitchen. When I’m not in the kitchen, I’m thinking about what I’m going to cook next. Even when we go out for supper, I’m usually thinking or talking about how I’m going to reproduce the amazing thing I’m eating. As someone who spends many of their waking hours engaged in food related activities, I’ve developed a love hate relationship with my spice cabinet.
I love the spices themselves, I’ve got everything from allspice to yellow mustard and all kinds of delicious flavors in between. However, to add to my spice habbit, I’ve taken many a trip to Bulk Barn. Which means tons of plastic bags which, at one point, were neatly labeled. Now they are mostly in their bags, with the exception of the 1/4 inch of mixed spices at the bottom of the box the little bags live in. This weekend I nearly used thyme in place of oregano, and that’s when I decided I needed to reclaim the spices.
My solution to the spice problems? Little mason jars, with chalk paint lids. These were actually really easy to make, and my spice cabinet will be so tidy! These were actually very easy make, I’ll write up the instructions later this week so you can make some too!