Essentials Inwards The Blueish Schoolhouse Menage Kitchen

This yr when nosotros were inwards Seaside for jump interruption nosotros rented a house.  I dearest when nosotros rent homes for opor-garai because it keeps us from having to swallow out every meal.  I dearest to fix (obviously), hence this is a process for me.  We nevertheless swallow most meals out, but I dearest cooking at "home" a nighttime or ii as well as beingness able to pack picnic lunches for the beach.

We loved the dwelling nosotros rented inwards Watercolor (124 Sunset Ridge) - it was hence lovely.  You'll never estimate what color the kitchen was... blue!  It got me thinking almost what I would proceed inwards a opor-garai dwelling kitchen - amongst alone essentials.  Then I remembered that I do have got my real ain "only essentials" bluish kitchen - at the schoolhouse house.



We painted the cabinets Benjamin Moore Puritan Grey.  More details almost the slowly DIY renovation, hither >

I'm planning a Seaside post service almost our trip as well as my recommendations soon, hence remain tuned for that.

We have got done a lot of cooking as well as entertaining at The School House.  We've done solid unit of measurement big dinners there, hosted a bonfire/hayride for friends, "put up" create from the School House garden, made big batches of Tomato Sauce and hosted opor-garai parties.  It is also the "break room" for the schoolhouse solid girls where they construct their coffee, oestrus upwards their lunch, bake cookies inwards the afternoon, etc.  It is a hard-working niggling kitchen!

Everything nosotros proceed hither has lots of uses as well as do double duty on diverse things - the commutation to keeping an essentials alone kitchen.

*This is the same construct of seagrass carpet I proceed inwards our ain home.  Shop hither >

I idea you lot powerfulness similar to run into the few items that I proceed at that spot as well as how I organize/store them, if you lot are setting upwards a novel kitchen, a weekend house, or only starting fresh inwards your ain kitchen for spring.

Kitchen Sink :

Clear Kitchen Bottles

Bamboo Dish Brush

Classic Stripe Kitchen Towels

Classic Stripe Kitchen Towels

Just to the correct of the sink, I proceed it total of fresh construct clean towels.  When nosotros lived inwards Concord, Ma., I i time helped a friend construct clean out her kitchen as well as reorganize.  She resisted starting amongst all novel fresh kitchen towels, hence I said, "life's also curt for stinky, stained kitchen towels."  She laughed hence hard!  But it is true!  When I did personal catering inwards peoples homes, my clients would ever apologize almost their dish towels.  Why can't nosotros permit them go?!  Put them inwards the rag pile as well as outset fresh.

Under the towel drawer, I proceed a drawer amongst all of our Plastic as well as Paper Containers.  These are handy for leftovers or packing upwards picnic lunches.

Plastic Kitchen Containers
Paper To-Go Boxes
To-Go Soup Containers

We used the To-Go Soup Containers this wintertime when nosotros filled them amongst Creamy Mushroom & Chicken Vegetable Soup.  I'll percentage the recipe soon.

Another means I dearest to usage these when we're having friends as well as solid unit of measurement over - I pre-scoop H2O ice cream into them, popular the lids on as well as stick them dorsum inwards the freezer.  When it's fourth dimension for dessert, I clit them out of the freezer as well as laid out toppings for them create sundaes.  They are keen for kids to accept exterior as well as nosotros don't have got to worry almost breakage.

We usage the recipe) inwards the summer.

Plastic Kitchen Containers

To the left of the sink, nosotros proceed a java maker as well as canister of sugar.  The drawer straight below is filled amongst k-cups.  Below the k-cup drawer is where nosotros proceed Paper Coffee Cups as well as Clear Plastic Cups.

Paper Coffee Cups
Clear Plastic Cups

Oh how I wished our opor-garai dwelling inwards Seaside had had newspaper to-go loving cup as well as cups amongst lids for the kids! I dearest to locomote out early on each morning time on a walk amongst a loving cup of coffee, as well as having these newspaper to-go cups have got larn such a usage of my daily routine, it was difficult to non have got them.  I ended upwards only taking a regular java loving cup as well as sloshed it all over myself : )

It is hence prissy to proceed the clear cups as well as lids some for kids!  Every fourth dimension Emma has friends over, nosotros sharpie their names on the exterior as well as nosotros don't have got spills as well as nosotros don't have got mixups.  Would've loved to have got these amongst us on vacation.  We usage the clear cups at dwelling for homemade smoothies on the go, too.  Recipe, hither >

I proceed Tote Bags, watering cans as well as pitchers hanging on the pegs nosotros installed.  The pitchers do double duty every bit vases for flowers as well as branches nosotros cut.

Tote Bags volition live restocked soon!

To the left of the stove, I proceed our cooking tools.

Essential Tools :

Tongs
Wooden Spoons (in crock on the counter)
Whisk
Knife (I alone proceed i sudden knife here, but could belike usage a practiced serrated i too)
Can & Bottle Openers (happy hour!!)
Large & Small Scoops (cookie dough as well as H2O ice cream)
Plastic Wrap & Foil
Cupcake Papers
Pastry Tips
Offset Spatula (spreading icing, buttering bread)
Scissors
donut as well as muffin batter, making eclairs, decorating cupcakes as well as cakes)
Small Strainer (dusting powdered sugar, straining lemon seeds for lemonade as well as vinaigrettes)
Measuring Cups & Spoons
Paper Disposable Tart Pans (used these for muffin batter also - to construct "muffies" muffin tops when I realized I didn't have got a cupcake pan here)

The middle drawer holds :

Large Baking Sheet Pans
Small Sheet Pans
Parchment Paper
Donut Pans
Blender (smoothies as well as sauces)
Liquid Measure
Glass Bowl Set (also used for slime as well as immediately has glitter on them...)
Mini Food Processor (garden salsas as well as chopping)
*Need to add together a muffin pan.

I would've loved if our opor-garai rental had had basic baking sheets as well as parchment paper!  We baked some cinnamon rolls (from a can... ha!!) a brace of mornings as well as I had to scrub as well as scrub to larn the pans clean.  I'm spoiled past times parchment newspaper at dwelling - it is only also easy.  Not to mention, I construct hence many "Sheet Pan Supper" meals that are hence slowly - would've been a keen selection for dinner.

I attempt to proceed the schoolhouse solid freezer stocked amongst frozen cookie dough balls as well as scones for them to popular inwards the oven when they postulate a treat.  Here are a brace of my favorite recipes that are perfect out of the freezer :

Lemon Scones

Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies

Everything Cookies

Pots & Pans : 

These were all hand-me-downs from my ain kitchen that I flora I didn't use, but could usage here.

8" Cake Pans (we have got to a greater extent than than nosotros postulate due to some samples nosotros received!)

Large All-Clad Skillet/Saute Pan

Stock Pot amongst strainer for Pasta

Cast Iron Skilled

*I nevertheless postulate to uncovering a practiced 4-quart modest sauce pan for reheating soups as well as making Mac as well as Cheese : )

I only dearest this niggling bluish kitchen.  Another time, I'll demo you lot what nosotros proceed inwards the closet for our entertaining essentials, too... basically creamware platters as well as enamelware along amongst some vintage vino spectacles : )

Of course, I ever similar to proceed something growing on the windowsill, too.

Is at that spot anything I missed that is an essential inwards your house?

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