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10-04-2014, 11:50 AM | #1 |
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Have a minimalist kitchen? Share your selection of cookware, please!
I have been put out a lot looking at my pantry, as I have way too many cookware type things and am always having to move them off the counter/stove to use the counter/stove. The cupboards I have are full....of other stuff.
I need to seriously cull a lot of the things I've been keeping around just in case. I know. But I'm not sure what the absolute essentials to keep around are, kwim? I like a little variety every now and again, and some of the stuff I keep is very usable, and sentimental because they were wedding presents from over a decade ago but they're Corelle bakeware and I love them.... So....if you've already been through the whole get-rid-of-nonessentials and have simplified your kitchen, please share. You can share pics, or just a list of what pots/pans/bakeware you have would be awesome. I just need to see how other people operate, to know it's doable to get rid of a bunch of this stuff.
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10-04-2014, 12:12 PM | #2 |
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Re: Have a minimalist kitchen? Share your selection of cookware, please!
I could do with less but I have several stoneware pieces that I use for baking (2 bar pans, 1 muffin, 1 cake, 1 pie, 1 loaf and 1 square.) I also have a bowl but I never use it so it's probably going.
I have several casseroles that match my dishes. I would never have bought them but they were a package deal. I do use them but could get along fine without. I have a kitchen aid and a food processor and they are now essentials even though I lived without for a long time. I have 2 small and 2 large cast iron fry pans that I use a lot. I could get by with one small and one large. I have a Dutch oven but rarely use it because I use my aluminum Dutch oven. I also have a cast iron wok but I don't need it. I have a waffle maker and a rice maker. I could get by without the rice maker but it's nice to have. I have other I need a sauce pan. I have none. I could get along with 1 frying pan, 1 casserole, 1 Dutch oven, 1 sauce pan, 1 loaf pan, and a cookie sheet and good knives. Why not take out everything you think you don't need and keep it in the garage for 6 months. Retrieve things if you need them and then get rid of whatever you haven't pulled out. |
10-04-2014, 12:54 PM | #3 | |
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Re: Have a minimalist kitchen? Share your selection of cookware, please!
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I think I will start with what I bolded in the quote, plus a cutting board. Great idea on storing the stuff I don't always use---that way I can keep the stuff I do use accessible but not on my countertop/stove! Our garage is very....rustic and very much outside, but perhaps I can stash them somewhere else. Question: Where does your cast iron live? Mine is always on the stove(stacked) or in the oven(stacked) or on top of my crockpot (with lid inverted) on the counter. My cast iron consists of: 1 large skillet, 2 medium and one small(omelet size) skillet, and an enameled cast iron dutch oven. I have multiple pieces of things like loaf pans, pie pans, muffin tins because there is that part of me that wants to bulk cook (and does....sometimes) and I really neeeed to have multiples to get the job done more quickly and to conserve energy. Maybe the extras should live in Elsewhereland until I need them.
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10-04-2014, 01:26 PM | #4 |
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Re: Have a minimalist kitchen? Share your selection of cookware, please!
I have one large, one small, and one medium flat cast iron pan, plus a lid for the large one. They live on one side of a lower cabinet next to the stove.
I have a 2 qt, 3 qt, and 8 qt stainless steel pots, along with their lids. They live on the other side of that same cabinet. I have a large glass baking dish (cake size), a 8x8 glass baking dish, and a glass loaf pan. They are stacked on a shelf in an upper cabinet. I have 3 different sizes of cookie sheets because we use them several times a week. I have 2 muffin pans and 1 mini muffin pan. All of these are stacked on one side of a lower cabinet. The plastic cutting boards are on the shelf of above them. I get them for 2/$3 at a store across town, so there's several there until I start throwing them out. During all the moving, I finally parted with my Corelle casserole dishes. I hadn't used them in years. I was able to find a good home for them where they get used regularly. (Makes it sound like a gave away a puppy )
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10-04-2014, 01:59 PM | #5 |
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Re: Have a minimalist kitchen? Share your selection of cookware, please!
My cast iron is in the lower cupboard next to the stove except for two pans that live on the stove because I use them constantly. At my old house they were all on books on the wall and I loved that.
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10-04-2014, 02:12 PM | #6 |
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Re: Have a minimalist kitchen? Share your selection of cookware, please!
I don't have a minimalist kitchen but I do not want to have every single gadget, type of pan, or small appliance on the market. I think hard before I buy something if it's worth giving it space. I could stand to lose a large amount of kitchen stuff even still, mostly stuff I never use or use very little that's been given to me.
I like multi-use stuff. For instance, I would never buy a citrus reamer because I just use the tip of my chefs knife for that. We cook so much and have several pans going for most meals so my essentials are a large skillet, a small skillet, a dutch oven, two medium saucepans and one small, several sizes of sheet trays, several sizes of casseroles and I love my pizza pans (even though they are single use for the most part ). In a harder to get place in a cabinet, I have a really large stockpot that I use when I make meals for a large crowd. I have three crockpots and that might seem over the top but it's amazing how much I use them regularly all at the same time for church potlucks, large family dinners, etc. I've had a toaster oven for many, many years, but I realized I only used that toaster oven very rarely for a piece of toast or to toast nuts and so when it broke I didn't replace it and put the large crockpot there that I use almost weekly so I didn't have to lug it out of the cabinet each week. Toast or nuts on a sheet pan in the oven work just as well. I think if you think through the things you use on a regular basis, those are the things you should keep. If there is something that you use every once in awhile but it would be hard to do without (like my great big stockpot) those could stay as well. You could also keep those things that would serve multi functionally and get rid of the single function item that you can use a multifunctional item to accomplish the same task. The items and the amount are going to look different for each household and our individual needs. One of the things I'd like to work on is getting over being afraid of getting rid of stuff I haven't used in forever but I'm always afraid as soon as I get rid of it, I'll need it. I love the idea that another poster mentions about putting things in a box. And we won't talk about my obsession with pretty dishes and how many of those I own. There may or may not be dishes in nearly every room of my home on display.
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10-08-2014, 08:30 AM | #7 |
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Re: Have a minimalist kitchen? Share your selection of cookware, please!
I use cast iron mostly for cooking. I can use it on the stove top or in the oven. Also I do keep a favorite ceramic skillet because its the only thing I can successfully make an omelette in. Also have one pampered chef baking dish for casseroles, it was a gift from my sis in law. That's about it other than a mixing bowl. I have a tiny kitchen, less is best.
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11-23-2014, 11:11 AM | #8 |
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Re: Have a minimalist kitchen? Share your selection of cookware, please!
Maybe you could box everything up for a year, and see which items you actually go dig out of the boxes. After a year donate what's still packed up. A year would give you time to get through every holiday and season.
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11-23-2014, 11:21 AM | #9 |
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Re: Have a minimalist kitchen? Share your selection of cookware, please!
I have an regularly use my...
Stainless steel.. Chefs pot Large frying pan Medium frying pan Large Pyrex casserole dish Pyrex bread pan dish 3 Bread pans A large croc casserole dish 3 cookie sheets My large ceramic collander My large and medium stainless steel mixing bowls And my pampered chef batter bowl Pyrex measuring cup And set of measuring spoons and measuring cups. I don't know if that could be considered minimalist. But I probably do more cooking and baking than average and often have multiple things going all at once.
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11-23-2014, 01:11 PM | #10 |
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Re: Have a minimalist kitchen? Share your selection of cookware, please!
I have a tiny kitchen and bare essentials but feel like I could shed some of it....
I have: sm, med, and large cast iron pans. Cast iron griddle 2 9X13 pans, 2 loaf pans, 2 pie , 2 casserole dishes one med and one extra large 3 pots, sm med and large and one stock pot. one crockpot and 2 cookie sheets 3 stainless steel mixing bowl. 1 small mixer. I think that is the most of it...... I could probably get rid of 1 or 2 of my pots, a bowl and a pie plate--but than would have to get rid of one at Thanksgiving(am making pies this year!) Pull all that you have out and see what you have for duplicates. When I had deep cupboards it always amazed me what lurked in the corners I didn't know was there!
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11-30-2014, 02:57 PM | #11 |
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Re: Have a minimalist kitchen? Share your selection of cookware, please!
I don't have a small kitchen per se but I have very limited kitchen storage - basically two upper cabinets and two lower cabinets plus a small cart we bought. One of the lower cabinets contains cookware/bakeware: one wok, one large frying pan, one small frying pan, one egg-poaching pan (I'd get rid of that in a heartbeat but it's dh's), one large stockpot, one medium dutch oven type pan, one medium saucepan, one small sauce pan, one muffin pan, 8x8 pan, 9x9 pan, bread loaf pan, pie pan, 2 very small cookie sheets, three bowls, and two glass bakewear with lids, one one-quart round and one weird smallish rectangle (I acquired these in a grocery promo and while I use them I don't need them). I also have a 9x13 glass pan that doesn't have a home because it doesn't fit in the cabinets, so it kind of lives in the dish rack.
The other lower cabinet holds silverwear, towels and rags, and plastic containers, and the upper cabinets hold food and dishes. Knives and cooking utensils are in two crocks on the counter. The cart has the rice cooker, crock pot, blender, and hand mixer, plus a couple bags of flour that don't fit well in the cupboard.
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Re: Have a minimalist kitchen? Share your selection of cookware, please!
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3 sizes of pots 2 sizes of non-stick frying pans 2 baking trays (flat) 2 muffin trays 3 cake pans 2 bread tins (that I usually bake cake in!) 1 slow cooker 1 sieve Oh, and I forgot one glass container thing for the oven |
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Re: Have a minimalist kitchen? Share your selection of cookware, please!
I think i am going to try tackling my kitchen things this week! Wish me luck!
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Re: Have a minimalist kitchen? Share your selection of cookware, please!
I cook a lot. I feel I have whittled down my supply of things to be about perfect for what we need...not too much and not too little:
Stainless steel... 1 large stock pot ETA: 1 wok 3 other pots in varying sizes 1 frying pan 1 griddle (my one thing that is coated) 1 cookie sheet (Though I would use 2 at once if I had another one) 2 muffin pans (When I make muffins I almost always make enough to use both) Clear glass or white ceramic... 3 pie pans 1 long casserole dish 6-7 smaller casserole dishes in varying sizes 8 ramekins I should just clarify, in case all the casserole dishes, pie pans and ramekins sounds excessive...every one of those things doubles as serving dishes and storage dishes for the fridge so they are all in constant use. All the ceramic pieces are white, so it goes well with my white correlle that we use for our daily dishes.
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