Happy holidays, friends! We’ve gathered our favorite kitchen tools perfect for gifting to the cooks in your life (or yourself)! Click on the images or links below for more details.
Food Processor – Our absolute favorite food processor, perfect for making coconut butter, nut butters, hummus, sticky doughs/batters, falafel, and more!
High-Speed Blender – An absolute essential in the kitchen for creamy smoothies, sauces, cheesecake filling, and more!
Weck Jars – These adorable little jars are the perfect storage solution for DIY spice blends, yogurt, and more. These larger sizes are ideal for storing larger batches of nut butter, coconut butter, sliced vegetables, and herbs!
Cookie Scoop – The one kitchen tool I can’t do without when it comes to baking! Perfect for getting consistent cookies, protein balls, and scooping out bite-size melon.
Dutch Oven – A new-to-us item that’s become an absolute favorite! Perfect for making large soups, stews, bone broth, and curries. And although we haven’t tried it, it apparently bakes amazing bread.
Milk Frother – Our go-to for afternoon chai lattes, matcha lattes, mushroom coffee, and more! It froths, blends, and heats (optionally), and is totally worth the investment for beverage lovers.
Mugs – The perfect affordable gift for the beverage lover in your life. Perfect for sipping the perfect cup of coffee, matcha latte, golden milk, and more!
Nut Milk Bag – An essential for dairy-free folks who make their own dairy-free milk at home! Check out our Guide to Dairy-Free Milk for recipe inspiration!
Reusable Storage Bags – Ditch single-use plastics in favor of reusable storage bags, perfect for storing half-cut avocados, chopped veggies, snacks, and more!
Cast Iron Skillet (Small and/or Large) – Our absolute go-to for cooking eggs, pancakes, potatoes, shredded chicken, and basically everything! Plus, easy to clean and naturally non-stick. Lodge is our favorite brand!
A few honorable mentions: Our go-to stocking stuffer will forever be Theo Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Bars, our go-to cookbook is Amy Chaplin’s At Home in the Whole Foods Kitchen, and this pretty white saucepan is the perfect pan for whipping up Pumpkin Spice Lattes or the Perfect Bowl of Oats!
Jenny Hide says
Hi
Any recommendations for stainless steel or other safe non coated metal baking sheets?
I already use a stonewear one but would like a bigger metal one with an edge
Thanks
Jenny
Ah! Good question. As for non-coated metal, we aren’t sure. These are our go-tos.
Amanda M says
I got Lincoln wear ever half sheet pans from a restaurant supply store many years ago. I love them. They survive the broiler and they are not nonstick. We use parchment paper or foil on either to contain mess or for non stick properties.
Caroline says
Great list! I actually want to put a cookie scoop on my list but I’m not sure what size. Do you use the medium or large? The link just goes to the Amazon page with all the sizes.
Thanks so much!
We like the medium scoop!
Linda Boyle says
Is the cookie dough scoop really $41! That has to be a misprint but it came up three times for me at this price and the messsge in red was “only 16 left!”
I appreciate your recommendation on a food processor as I am in dire need of a new one. And it’s reasonably priced — only $20+ more than the cookie dough scoop and much more versatile.
Thanks for all your wonderful recipes!
That’s so odd that it is priced so high right now! Could be a supply issue? We definitely did not pay that much!
Ally Bally Boo says
Linda, there is a new version of the cookie scoop which is $15. The one for $50 is an older version, which is apparently a collectible because I don’t know who would pay $50 for that for everyday use! You’ll see the newer version (same thing, really) in a little note below the one for $50. Hope this helps! :)
Linda Boyle says
Excellent! Thanks so much for the heads up on this.
Monica says
Check again- the price I see is $14.99
Tara Courtney Howard says
Thanks, guys! Does the frother work on Almond Milk, too?
Yes! It will be more frothy if using store-bought because the gums help it froth, but we find it works with homemade too as long as it isn’t too diluted. Hope that helps!
tracy says
Good list, I recently added a stand mixer to my kitchen mostly for kneading chickwheat and breads. I would love to see your recommendations knives. What do you use? Currently I’m using a Faberware knife for pretty much everything and I just put it into the self sharpening sleeve after use but I would be interested in what you suggest as must have knives.
We love this set!