In the last year or so I have really fallen in love with cooking. (Who would have thought?!) From finding stuff on Pinterest to concocting stuff that “looks good” I have really found some family favorites that we love. Even Mike laughs that when he first met me he never imagined I would have an entire cabinet dedicated to my baking goods.
Over this year I have also added many pots and pans and small appliances to my arsenal of kitchen utensils… to the point of overload. My kitchen cabinets are literally bursting at the seams and getting to one particular pot or pan may very well lead to 15 others crashing down around you.
So while my mother was here I decided to clean out the cabinets to get a bit of organization going in there and try to tame the madness.
Nearly an hour later we had a final count -
- nine frying pans
- four large boiling pots
- seven sauce pans
- two large deep skillets
- one wok
- one food steamer
- one hibachi grill
- one griddle
- four Babycakes makers
- four 9×13 pyrex
- four smaller pyrex
- four muffin tins
- one enormous mini muffin tin
- two baking stones
- two cookie sheets
- one quesadilla maker
- one blender
- one Tassimo coffee maker
- seven mixing bowls
- two crockpots
- a coffeemate coffee maker
- and two toasters
Seriously.
After packaging two large paper bags of dishes I decided to part with, we neatly put everything back in, assigning a “spot” for each thing to keep it organized. I felt good about giving all of my gently loved pots and pans to new friends that moved into town and have enjoyed being able to get to everything in the kitchen without threat of personal injury from falling appliances….
Then my birthday happened and I got a $100 Kohl’s giftcard… and immediately began fantasizing about Rachel Ray cookware.
I need an intervention.
I have Rachael Ray Cookware – it’s absolutely fabulous and worth every penny. I have 2 full sets and an extra set of skillets. I am currently salivating over her bakeware which is ironic since she doesn’t bake….BUT I am sure it has the same reliability and durability that her cookware does and hopefully it bakes as evenly as her cookware cooks. The stuff is just absolutely fantastic so I say treat yourself to the good stuff and give away the rest of your gently used stuff – but keep your favorites.
Regarding the Pyrex – I find myself using those over and over and I have one 9×13 and one of the next smaller size down I’m sure it’s 8x something…both have lids and I swear to you the second one of them hits the dishwasher, I need it.
Seven mixing bowls sounds about right as long as they’re not all the same size.
I never use my mini muffin tin. EVER but it sits in there nonetheless LOL
I will say you are missing one VERY KEY appliance – a Kitchen Aid Mixer. Once you have that -all will be complete. Now I would be torn – spend that gift card on the mixer, or the cookware??
I KNOW…. can you believe I do all of this cooking/baking without a mixer!?! That is EXACTLY what I need to get!!
Hahaha we have a lot too but I think you may have won with the most!
You have far more than I, but I want new stuff. I want Racheal Ray cookware too!! Her stuff is gorgeous!
You have 4 cake pop makers???
Are they for backups or so you can make multiple batches at once?
I have a lot of kitchen gadgets too…but you “win” for the most pots and pans.
I have two cake pop makers, the donut maker and the cupcake maker lol
You are fully equipped!! I just got rid of my nonstick frying pan because it was falling apart. We’ve been doing good without it. But I LOVE my nonstick griddle!!
My mom’s kitchen has more pots, pans, dishes and gadgets than you could count and organize in a day. We’ve talked about cleaning out her cabinets, but she keeps saying that my step-dad won’t let her (but she WANTS to). He is a MAJOR pack-rack, worse than I am. We just need to send him out of town for a week!! HAHAHAHAHA!