Back to the Basics: Building a Better Pantry Misc Tools (Part Three)

People ask me all the time what are the best tools for me to have in my pantry so I can create wonderful meals? The answer is always the same “Cooking is an art if you don’t have the right tools your creation will not come out the way you want it to.”

So my question to them is what are you trying to prepare? You can’t have every tool in your pantry to start off with so what are some of your basic dishes so we can start with basic tools.

Cooking more effectively comes from having the most effective tools to do the job. There is a term in the kitchen the right tool for the right job.

Please keep in mind that you don’t have to go out and purchase everything that is listed. The items I will go over are suggestions and not required to create wonderful dishes you will be proud of.

Let’s begin:

This part we will take a look at Miscellaneous Kitchen Tools 

• Miscellaneous Kitchen Tools
• Measuring Cups and Spoons

• Essential to and recipe these come in Dry measure and wet measure. Wet measure cups should be heat resistant and the dry measure cups should be able to give you a level cup of any ingredient

• Rubber Spatula

• Used for scraping the sides of bowls down this tool will make sure you get every bit out of you mixing bowl, pot or measuring cup

• Offset Spatula

• Used for frosting cakes this tool allows you to get an even layer of frosting on the surface of the item you are working with

• Fish Spatula

• Flexible and thin this tool helps you to turn fish in your sauté pan

• Regular Spatula

• Common spatula used to flip burgers and turn eggs versatile and useful in the kitchen

• Thermometer

• Instant Read- used to tell you the temp of any item instant read thermometers will give you control over cooking temperatures of all your items
• Candy- used to read the temperature of items such as sugar this tool allows you to monitor the stages that your product is going through so it can be utilized at the right time in the cooking process
• Infrared- these are used to take the surface temperature of an item. They use infrared technology to display the temperature.
• Probe thermometers- are found in ovens it allows you to monitor the internal temperature of your item in the oven. Some ovens will automatically turn off when a preset internal temp has been reached

• Mandoline
• Spoons
• Slotted
• Wooden
• Ladles
• Metal Spoons
• Serving Spoons
• Soup Spoons
• Whisks
• Balloon
• Wire
• Sauce
• First Aid
• Burn Ointment
• Band aids
• Rubber Gloves
• ***Do not use butter on a burn***
• Kitchen Sheers for cutting bone, twine and parchment
• Needle nose pliers for removing fish bones
• Rolling Pin
• Mixers
• Stand Mixer
• Hand Mixer
• Blender
• Spice Grinder
• Colanders / Sifters
• Large Bowl Metal / Plastic
• Medium Bowl Metal / Plastic
• Mesh Strainers
• Fine Sieves Chinois
• Flour Sifter

• Bake ware
• Roasting Pans
• Sheet Pans
• Silpat Silicone Baking Sheets
• Cupcake Pan
• Muffin Pans
• Cake Pans
• Spring form Pans
• Loaf Pans
• Box Grater
• Kitchen Timer
• Kitchen Scale
• Juicer
• Skewers
• Metal
• Wood
• Kitchen Long Stem Lighter
• Hand Can Opener
• Corkscrew