Kitchen appliances and gadgets

swtgran wrote:
A small electric pressure cooker, that browns, slow cooks, steams and keeps warm, takes care of a lot. Cooks rice, oats and other grains. Fastest possible way to make bean soups. Makes mac and cheese, all manner of meats, soup, stews, puddings, pasta, veggies and one pot meals, such as pork, kraut and small potatoes, even cheesecake. I always boil and poach my eggs in it. In a pinch you can even scramble eggs in it on the

An electric water pot, takes care of water needs including coffee. My husband uses a Melitta pour over coffee brewer, so no need for a separate coffee pot. I drink tea. terry r.

These two are great ideas. We're beginners in dutch oven cooking so we have a twelve inch d.o. It's just the two of us so we don't have mixers or any of that other. Just two fry pans in cast iron for the stove or grill. We do make ahead baking mixes that we found written in a d.o. recipe book. Sharp knives. Spices. Cutting board. The only other things we'd consider adding are the above mentioned multipurpose pressure cooker and hot water pot.