Cooking simply and efficiently without surrounding yourself with thousands of gadgets and household robots is possible!
It’s been 4 years now that we have adopted this simple and zero waste lifestyle and that we cook a lot and especially in a varied way. We have never lacked accessories for all our culinary ideas. Let’s not lie to ourselves, our grandparents had almost none of the gadgets that we are offered today and yet it went very well in their kitchens! Obviously some can clearly make the task easier, but others are so useless!
In recent years, the more time has passed, the more we have gotten rid of things in our kitchen. We have only kept what is useful and healthy (limiting toxic materials or plastic as much as possible) and have replaced 4 or 5 objects (by giving them to people in need) with more sustainable ones: plastic cutting board changed for wood, plastic kettle changed for steel… The only thing we have missed in recent months is a waffle iron! So we bought one. Yes, we had to become real northerners!
Some items like the kettle or the pans require a small investment, but they are of good quality that will last us for years compared to the crap we had in the past! Especially since many things can be found second-hand on Le Bon Coin at low prices.
I prefer to remind you that we are a family of 3 and that we have adopted a mainly vegetarian diet with a vegan tendency. Because even if it does not necessarily play a huge role in the equipment, everyone has their needs according to their life.
- 2 wooden cutting boards
- stainless steel cutlery
- 1 wooden spoon
- 1 wooden spatula
- 1 small carving knife
- 1 ceramic knife
- 2 pairs of chopsticks
- 2 coasters
- 1 hand whisk
- 1 grater
- 1 ladle
- 1 vegetable press
- 1 pair of pliers
- 1 funnel
- 1 rolling pin (a glass bottle will also work)
- 4 tea balls
- 8 steel straws
- 1 corkscrew bottle opener
- 1 Swiss army knife
- 1 peeler
- 1 manual citrus press
- 1 knife sharpening stone
- 1 rubber spatula
- 1 bag of vegetable milk (not shown in the photo)
1 glass fountain with faucet: we put tap water in it with ceramic beads to purify the water (a Binchotan charcoal stick can also work to filter impurities)
1 steel kettle • 1 organic waste storage bin (goes to compost afterwards) - 1 Bialetti Italian coffee maker (not shown in the photo) • 1 pair of scissors, 1 lufa sponge, 1 tawashi, 1 soap
- 1 daisy steamer basket to place at the bottom of the pan • 1 bottle brush, 1 dishwashing brush, 1 vegetable brush
1 blender mixer • 4 glass dishes, 1 pie dish • 1 Tefal frying pan (the last not so great thing…) - 1 electronic scale • 1 colander • 3 stainless steel saucepans: small, medium, large • 1 stainless steel frying pan • 1 waffle iron
And otherwise in terms of large household appliances we have an induction hob, an oven, a freezer, a washing machine and a dishwasher.
And that’s it!
Soon I will tell you about my life without a fridge for a year 😉
And you, what is your essential kitchen item?
