T H E S TA S H P L A N

ESSENTIA L EQU IPM ENT

APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT • Saucepans, small, medium, and large,

• Aluminum foil with lids
• Blender (Laura: I love my Vitamix • Skillets, small, medium, and large, with
blender. It is incredibly powerful and can lids
chop, puree, and liquefy; it’s great for • Stockpot
making soups.)
UTENSILS
• Cheesecloth
• Heatproof stirring spoons
• Cooking twine
• Kitchen shears
• Cutting board
• Knives
• Fat separator (good to use for drinking a
cup of broth before refrigerating it) • Ladle
• Food processor • Large fork
• Grater • Measuring cups and spoons
• Lemon juicer • Parer
• Potholders • Rubber or silicone food scraper
• Slow cooker • Tongs
• Strainers, one small handheld and one • Vegetable chopper (optional)
large metal freestanding (Laura: I love my vegetable chopper.
I first got one after my friend sold them in
• Toaster
a mall and gave me one as a present. He
• Toaster oven (optional)
had a whole sales pitch when selling them
• Waxed paper bags and roll, unbleached and gave chopping demos. It was very
• Wire rack funny. One thing I always remembered
from his pitch was “no more tears!” So for
POTS AND PANS
cutting onions, I love to use my vegetable
• Cookie sheets chopper because it really helps with the
• Dutch oven crying factor. I also love it for mincing
• Large nonstick skillet, with cover garlic and herbs.)
• Small nonstick loaf pan for bread and • Vegetable scrubber (optional, but it
meat loaf makes cleaning the veggies a lot easier,
• Roasting pans, small, medium, and large especially if you aren’t peeling them)
• Roasting rack • Whisk

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