The Guide to Setting up a Home

This 13pc set is the team’s favorite.

An investment skillet. Some of us have ours over 12 years! The best non stick pan.

We like adding a grill pan to the set. It’s an essential for easy, quick, healthy proteins. This one is our favorite.

This is a great starter 12 cup muffin tin. Here you can find the 24 cup tin. 

This is optional.

The classic bundt pan. Trusted for years.

If you like to bake and roll out babkas and pie doughs, this will save you lots of parchment paper waste and be more efficient too. Large size is great counter mat for challah dough/ sourdough.

We love Nordic Ware Baking sheets these come in 2-pack and 1 pack. We like doing the ridges for Dairy and without rideges (below) for Meat.

The flat surface makes it easy to put these aside for Dairy.

While it’s nice to have a beautiful wooden cutting board for your longer cooking sessions, we like the ease of flexible cutting boards because they can simply go in the dishwasher afterwards, and can be lifted and bended easily (i.e. drop the veggies into your soup).

In great colors to differentiate between Dairy, Meat and Pareve.

For those that prefer straight vs. serrated. Also in lots of great colors.

The only peelers you should own are simple Swiss ones. (And my suggestion is to own as many as possible – somehow they always get lost.)

The 2 cup size is handy and practical for daily use.

It’s available in red at Target. Great for seperating Meat and Dairy.

While this is a total extra, it’s a favorite and serves a different purpose. Read about it in this post.

We love this set because it comes in great colors for Meat and Dairy and looks so neat in the drawers.

also, read Which Spatulas Are Our Favorites. Learn what these types of spatulas can do for you.

This is our go-to. It’s easy and comfortable to use and the quality is always super dependable.

This is a colander/ scoop is simply genius. You can read more about it here in this post. 

Tried and True.

These are our favorite mixing bowls. you can see them throughout the site in many photoshoots. Its great if you need to microwave ingredients like chocolate chips etc.

More colors available for Meat / Dairy / Pareve.

If you don’t microwave in bowls we love these stainless steel mixing bowls. They come in colors as well.

We love that these come in colors and that they are magnetic so there is no taking on and off a ring.

We tested many pizza cutters and this one was the winner. See complete post here. 

The OXO one is also a favorite by many. Read this post here about which garlic press is the best to decide which one is right for you.

Our OXO Julienne Peeler has served us well for years.

We think you all consider this one pretty much essential by now.

We find the brightroom collection containers to to be the sleekest an neatest for kitchen organization. The sizes work well for cereal, flour , sugar, brown sugar etc..

Not at all necessary, but nice to have if you like a neat pantry. The extra features in the Prepworks line of containers are helpful too.

Move over drying racks, these bar mats have found their way into all of our homes – and for good reason. Read about why we love them here. 

We tried out ice cream scoops as well! This was our favorite. Every color is a different size. Check to see what size you prefer. Read more in this post on ice cream scoops. 

These scissors are great for use in the kitchen.

The king for kugel.

If you have/use a Bosch, really a 5 quart Kitchen Aid is fine for other baking and whipping. But a gorgeous 7 quart Kitchen Aid is amazing because it fits a batch of challah dough too. Note that the 7 quart is big, heavy, and powerful so (make sure you have the space to store it first).

This one gets the job done.

The original Crock-Pot brand of slow cookers is super reliable.

This Cuisinart is an upgraded version that we also love.

The flat top slow cookers that you will find in Jewish owned stores are halachically superior. Cooking times/temperatures will be different.

We are fans of the Classic Kitchen Urn, with separate modes for Shabbos and Yom Tov.

If there’s just one oven in your kitchen and you want to serve pizza on Thursday nights, this is the solution! See more reasons why we love the Betty Crocker here. It’s also the perfect traveling companion. We find it useful and convenient in so many ways, but it does take up a lot of space and is by no means necessary.

In lots of households, a panini or sandwich maker is super useful for daily sandwiches and melave malkah. We own the Cuisinart and can vouch for its quality and efficient cooking.

There’s lots of great picks features in this post on the best immersion blenders. 

These will be your favorite serving bowls ever.

Once you try this broom there is no turning back. Its easy to maneuver and catches all the dirt.

Available on Amazon here. Or directly from Ravmag website.

Leaves NO dust behind. The Ravmag dustpan became a quick favorite. It is designed to hug tightly to the floor leaving no gaps for dirt to escape.

This mop is a new product from the Ravmag line that we love and highly reccomend. It maneuvers so easily and is soft so it doesnt scratch furniture and thin enough to go under furniture.

If you prefer a traditional style mop (vs silicone), this is the favorite. You can buy extra mop heads and throw them in the washing machine.

Don’t want to lug a heavy broom around? The OXO is lightweight, height adjustable, and the dustpan works super efficiently. It’s a longtime favorite. Read more in this post on the OXO Broom. 

The Bissell Powerforce has been a tried-and-true pick when on a budget. In our experience, it lasts about 4 years (no more visits to the vacuum repair shop).

A Dyson cordless vacuum is definitely a luxury, but it completely changes the vacuuming chore forever and brings much more ease to the task. No more fear of crumbs. Read more about our favorite stick vacuums in this post. 

CHI Irons have proven reliable at a lower price point of the brand names.

We recommend Rowenta if you want the reliability of a brand name.

These are tried and true and really are great quality.

Sold as a set of 2 and in more colors.

You can find a single one here. 

These have become a staple in Jewish homes. There are so many new options we linked to all of them so you can choose your style.

This is the best pick for Shabbos.

Tried and approved.

Adorn has beautiful options.