What I'm Lusting Over: More Stuff For the Kitchen

Given our confined kitchen space and overall lack of storage, there's a good chance I won't be making any more purchases for the kitchen anytime soon. Doesn't mean a girl can't look though, right? Here are a few things that have caught my eye of late.

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1. Juicer
Do you juice? I've heard great things about juicing, especially in terms of getting in your daily servings of fruits and veggies. I have a feeling if we'd had a juicer this past summer, we would have been a lot more successful at eating all the veggies in our CSA boxes. I've got my eye on this Breville Compact Juice Fountain to join the gadget family in our future kitchen.

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2. Fun Dish Towels

I'm a big fan of kitchen textiles. (Is that a weird thing to admit to?) The quirkier and brighter the print, the better. If  I had my way, I'd have drawers full of fun tea towels, dishrags, placemats, and napkins. Though kitchen stores are a fun place to browse, I could get lost for hours looking through the wares on Etsy, such as the tea towels shown above sold by Kei & Molly Textiles of New Mexico. 

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3. Loose Tea Brewer/Portable Cup
I've been drinking a daily cup of green tea as part of my mid-morning snack. For ease and convenience I've been using tea bags, but in the future I'd like to give loose tea a whirl. This portable tea brewer and tea cup looks like the perfect option for those wanting to drink tea on the go. 

What I'm Lusting Over: Kitchen Gear

Though I have a fairly well-stocked kitchen, every so often I start to lust over kitchen gadgets and gear that would just make my life easier (or my blog photos prettier). Here's what's on my current lust list:

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I have a growing stockpile of Yukon gold potatoes in our cupboard from our CSA, and I really want to try to make gnocchi from scratch. However, apparently in order to make gnocchi with the perfect texture, I need to invest in a ricer. I may have to make this purchase sooner rather than later.

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Though I have a juicer kind of like this one, and I'd really love to have one of these, I think in the meantime I'd like a juicer similar to the one pictured above. For some reason it seems like it would be more efficient and easier to clean than the one I currently own. Plus, it's such a cheery shade of yellow!

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Though I really love my glass Pyrex baking dishes, I'm kind of lusting over a "pretty" baking dish, such as the Le Creuset one pictured above. My glass dish just doesn't photograph that well (particularly since it seems to have developed some crusties over time that just don't want to wash away), and I've seen so many lovely images of colorful ceramic dishes on other blogger's sites. (One of the hazards of blogging about food is the need to have interesting dishes and baking/cooking gear to make the photos pop!)

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I definitely don't drink as much water as I should. But I do really love sparkling water (um, particularly as an ingredient in cocktails, but whatever...). All I need is one of these SodaStream machines, and I could have an endless supply of carbonated water (plus the ability to make my own sodas, if I so desired). Just think how hydrated I would be! D already complains about the amount of kitchen gadgets we own and our lack of storage space, so this purchase may have to wait for awhile. But one of these days, it shall be mine!