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1. Slip on these cut-resistant gloves made with the same material Superman uses for his suit (probably), so you won't lop your fingers off when you're slicing and dicing in the kitchen!
2. And brush up on some basic knife skills because the ability to properly wield a knife into some vegetables is like cooking 101.
3. Try out a cookbook that shall scientifically guide you to becoming a better chef in no time. The power of science helps those of us who need a deeper understand of why not to put a dab of butter in a pan on stovetop level 10, so the fire alarm doesn't wake up the whole house again at three in the morning.
4. Make sure you have a trusty slow cooker on hand for easy dump dinners on busy weeknights, but also don't be afraid to experiment! You can use that slow cooker to bake bread, bake potatoes, and even cook a whole ham 👀.
5. Put a spin on classic recipes by switching up ingredients. For example, pouring soda in with the chicken wings isn't ~fowl play~ when you're whipping up slow-cooker root beer chicken wings 🤤.
6. Or keep things simple yet delish via a roasting rack and an *uncluckable* (sorry) three-ingredient roasted chicken recipe.
7. Check the temp of that chicken and all other food in your future with a food thermometer, because if there is one thing you should be confident about it should be that your food is cooked to the correct temperature!
8. Break out a can of tuna, listen to the kids groan about eating tuna salad again, and surprise those young dweebs with a tasty tuna sesame Onigiri.
9. Use these herb shears to chop up herbs like a professional chef for an easy addition to recipes, or to garnish it up.
10. Know that non-slip mixing bowls exist, and get a six-piece set of them so you can whisk that custard into shape without fear of it getting all over your counter.
11. Learn this impressive egg hack so you can fry perfect eggs every time with the help of a stainless-steel strainer.
12. Watch this video of healthy breakfasts you can make in a muffin tin, and voila — now you have three fool-proof meals to bake in one of the most basic items in your kitchen.
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13. Research the world of no-bake dinners and desserts, and you just may become a cooking champion without turning on the oven! These no-bake vegan donut holes are just begging for a brunch appearance.
14. ~Roll~ out of your comfort zone and into delish sushi time. I want you to think of that $13 life-changing sushi roll you ate when you took your partner out to their birthday dinner, and believe deep in your heart that there is an even better way to spend $13 dollars on sushi: this sushi-maker will have you hosting sushi parties for life.
15. Elevate the basics and learn how to cook perfect rice every time, because better rice = better sushi, better burritos, better risotto, better fried rice — you get the point.
16. Save the bread you put in the oven on broil from sudden death when you forgot about it for a littttttle too long with an oven rack push/pull gadget. Confidence that you are not gonna burn yourself is key!
17. Ditch the oven altogether and become the air-frying wizard I know you can be. This handy device circulates hot air all around your food, so it cooks faster, gets crisper, and fries everything up with little to no oil 🍟.
18. Prevent pesky boil-overs via a boil-over safe guard I wish I had when I was first learning how to cook fresh pasta and most of it ended up on the stovetop 🍝.
19. Meal prep your way to confidence, because sometimes the only thing standing in your way in the kitchen is not knowing what to cook! This guide shall help.
20. And last but not least, invest in a KitchenAid stand mixer that'll have you whipping, beating, spiralizing, experimenting, and cooking up huge meals for the whole family in no time. This babe will take even a next-level chef to the next next level with its power (plus it is down $100 right now!!).
Stitch is my fearless chef inspiration.
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