Holiday Gift Guide: Kitchen and Home

My Cookbook: I am still blown away by your support and excitement over this cookbook. Thank you! I’m obviously a little bit biased, but I think it would make a fantastic gift for anyone who enjoys cooking or baking. The recipes are approachable, fun and familiy-friendly.

Butter Dish: I have had many butter dishes over the years, and this one stands firm as my favorite. It fits one stick of butter (maybe a bit more) – it comes in a bigger size, too.

Electric Whisk and Frother: there are many brands of these on the market, and I’ve definitely had one before that was rather pitiful. But I love this one! It is high powered and long-lasting. We use it almost daily for hot chocolate, mixing protein powder into milk, and any small whisking job that needs a little power behind it.

Dachshund Salt and Pepper Shakers: adorable and fun (can you guess where the salt and pepper shake out from? 😉), these little salt and pepper shakers are perfect for a stocking stuffer to gift to anyone that loves dogs. I gave them to my son when he had graduated and was moving on his own for the first time.

Sherpa Lined Throw: we are a huge blanket family and keep many stocked in the closet off the living room for easy access during the winter (and often during the summer, too 😂). This is one of our favorites! Super cute pattern, cozy sherpa lining, and it’s very affordable.

Ninja Creami Machine: are these worth the hype? In our household, yes! We’ve had one for nearly a year, so I can say with confidence that it was worth the purchase for us (check your local Costco for a slightly cheaper price). We make chocolate protein ice cream nonstop AND we use it for regular frozen treats, too. I recently made 15 milkshakes in one night for my son’s homecoming dinner with this thing. It’s brilliant, and we love it!

Bread Knife: this affordable bread knife is incredible. I bought a very expensive one at the same time as this one to compare, and this $17 knife is just as good, if not better, than the $100 serrated knife. Can’t recommend it highly enough!

Rotary Cheese Grater: after a bazillion of you recommended this to me, I finally caved and got one. I was skeptical how it could be better than my every day box grater, but I have become a big fan. It grates cheese so much faster than the box grater (without the cumbersome girth of my food processor). I use it all the time. It’s not hard to clean at all – most of the pieces are dishwasher safe. Soft cheeses can get stuck sometimes, but if you tap it out often and/or freeze the cheese for a few minutes before shredding, it works just fine.

Slushie Maker Cup: this fun little cup makes slushies in an instant out of any liquid you can think to put in there! (The cup has to be frozen prior to using.) One of Cam’s brothers gifted this to her for her birthday, and she literally uses it almost daily. Orange juice, chocolate milk, you name it, and she’s making a slushie with it. So fun!

Best Kitchen Scale: after having several kitchen scales go haywire on me, I finally invested in this scale, and it has been going strong for several years now. It never glitches, it’s super accurate, and I use it daily.