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1. A Dash Rapid Egg Cooker that makes six easy-to-peel hard-, medium-, or soft-boiled eggs in mere minutes. It can also make individual omelets, two poached eggs, and scrambled eggs with included simple attachments. This isn't a personal chef, but it is a personal egg chef, which might be even cooler.
2. A linen towel (or two...or five) so you always have something on-hand to clean up messes while ditching paper towels. I always like to cook with a towel slung over my shoulder so I can dry my hands, grab hot handles, or quickly wipe up any spills.
3. A Crock-Pot — the best way to make immensely delicious, simple, comforting home-cooked meals. Just throw your ingredients in in the morning, go about your day, and enjoy the best meal you've ever made eight hours later.
4. A set of nonstick oven liners so you never have to clean your oven again. OK, that's probably an exaggeration, but you WON'T have to scrape off any burned-on food — the worst cleaning task.
5. A set of three measuring beakers with lids that are perfect for measuring, storing, and pouring everything from soups to batters to sauces. They're also heat-safe up to 400 degrees in the oven or microwave, as well as dishwasher-safe.
6. A mandolin for feeling like a real pro while slicing. This mandolin is the OG — I always spot it on cooking shows and competitions, and for good reason. Once I got one, I couldn't believe how precisely it cuts. It really just makes you want to cook nothing but potato chips and zucchini rounds. And don't even get me STARTED on how thin you can slice garlic.
7. An electric kettle so you can boil and pour water quickly and efficiently — no more oh-so-carefully pouring boiling water from a big 'ol pot into a tiny mug hoping for the best.
8. A bamboo cutting board with an extra deep juice groove so your counter tops don't get sticky and messy, even while carving a watermelon. It also features a unique phone slot so you can have the recipe you're following at attention.
9. A rice cooker and food steamer to whip up a full, healthy meal all in one unit. Yeah, cooking rice in a pot can be easy — if you have nothing to do but watch the stove like a hawk to make sure it doesn't over-boil. This cooker switches to warm automatically when your rice is done, so feel free to watch Selling Sunset while dinner makes itself.
10. A slicing and grating bowl that lets you easily prep ingredients directly in the bowl the need to end up in. How many slivers of cheese have I dropped on the ground while trying to transfer them from a cutting board? Give or take one billion.
11. An Instant Pot for anyone who thinks that slow cooking is, well, too slow. In case you haven't heard, people love this six-in-one appliance for its versatility and speed, and those who stan REALLY stan.
12. A foldable prep and pour cutting board so finagling your perfectly cut produce into a bowl or onto a sheet pan isn't so darn difficult.
13. An Imarku Pro Chef's Knife. A new knife is a life-changing investment and makes cooking such a joy. With the right tool, every slice of tomato is a work of art, every diced sweet potato a symphony. Too much?
14. An Everyplate subscription so you can lose some of that "what are we having for dinner" stress. This affordable meal kit service sends you three to five easy-to-make meals per week and each meal only has six steps! What a relief.
15. A super handy apron that features built-in potholders, a conversion chart, three large pockets, and an adjustable neck strap. I have this apron and have no notes — it's perfection.
16. A jar opener for all the times you need a little extra elbow grease...even though you totally loosened it on your own first.
17. A clean/dirty dishwasher magnet so you don't have to launch a full investigation into the status of the dishwasher every time you want to throw in a fork.
18. A set of multi-purpose silicone lids that are *seriously* airtight. They're fantastic for covering bowls, leftovers, and even pots without lids since they're heat-safe! Look, I can pick up a heavy bowl of cookie dough with just the handle from this light lid!
19. A stainless-steel dough scraper with ruler measurements on two sides so you can batch out your dough with precision. Perfect for cookies, pasta dough, bread, and so much more.
20. Nice, large sheet trays that you will basically use every day. If you refuse to spend all day baking only to find your cookie bottoms burned to a crisp, it's time for a new pan. And get ready for the simple joy of fitting SO MUCH onto pans that are bigger than you're used to.
21. A silicone brush so you don't have to messily drip egg wash onto bakes with a spoon. This will also come in handy to baste meat to keep it nice and juicy. Mmmm...
22. A pan and lid organizer that can be used both horizontally and vertically so that loud, complicated dance of getting the pan you need out from the bottom of the stack ceases to exist.
23. A Mr. Coffee drip pot if you find that your coffee routine has only gotten more and more complicated over the years and you want to get back to the basics.
Me showing the internet my photoshoots with my Crock-Pot and Mr. Coffee as often as humanly possible:
