During the past few weeks, many of us have spent a lot more time thinking about and preparing food. This means that now is the perfect moment to extend your cooking skills.

The good news for those who are into material sports – cooking falls into this category of hobbies! There are plenty of tools for your kitchen. Some of them make your everyday cooking easier and more enjoyable, and some of them are for those rare occasions when you really try on the most extravagant recipes.

Update Your Basics

Before you go on a shopping spree, though, you should have a look at the kitchenware you use for everyday cooking. It makes sense, doesn’t it? Having the perfect gear for everyday use gives you more satisfaction, every day.

Make an inventory of your knives, your cutting boards and of course your pots and pans. If you are not satisfied with what you find in your cupboards, get new ones. Knives should be razor sharp, cutting boards should be clean and looking good enough to use as a interior decoration prop, and your pots and pans should give you an excellent result every time you use them.

Does Setting Your Table Spark Joy?

If not, perhaps it is time to look into getting new sets of plates, cutlery and glasses. Your china really makes a huge difference to your cooking, even if it is not really involved in the cooking per se.

There are millions of designs for plates and glasses, so simply pick one you like. As for cutlery, the most important thing is that it fits your hands and that it is balanced in a way that suits you. Finding the perfect cutlery may take some testing and searching, because it should of course also look nice.

Finally – the Gadgets

This is where you can more or less go wild, so unless you have unlimited resources, do keep a tight grip on your credit card.

A coffee machine that makes perfect coffee is something that would make the mornings easier to endure for many of us. Then all you have to do is choose whether you want a coffee brewer, an espresso maker or a pour-over set. Naturally there are plenty of choices within each category.

Have you started making your own pasta yet? This is a growing trend online, with enormous amounts of recipes and pictures of skillfully coloured homemade pasta overflowing social media. Buy a pasta machine and you are all set to catch on the trend and eat lovely, scrumptious pasta for dinner every day, of course.