How many utensils do you need for convenient cooking?

Cooking is partly a creative process. To prevent it from turning your kitchen into chaos, it is important to have only important and necessary tools on hand. Let's find out how many pots, pans and other utensils are needed for convenient cooking.

Basic set of dishes

To delight your loved ones with culinary masterpieces, you don’t need a large set of dishes. Important competently organize the kitchen space and empty drawers of unnecessary junk, after all, it blocks freedom of movement and fetters us while preparing dishes.

This is especially true in small-sized kitchens, of which there are many in our country. It is important here that everything is in its place.

Pots of different diameters

For a small family of two adults and two children, only three pans will be needed. One of them should be pretty voluminous, with high walls, capacity - three liters. It is convenient to cook pasta or prepare soups for the whole family.

For stews or stews, you will need to choose a pan with low sides and a tight-fitting lid. The moisture in such dishes evaporates faster.

It is better to purchase both pans as a set.

It's worth buying a saucepan too. It will be needed for preparing sauces and cereals. The long handle and small volume are great for cooking in small portions over high heat.

Choose products with a thick bottom, coated with enamel or stainless steel. This is a durable type of cookware.

Frying pans

Even fewer items will be needed here. First of all, a regular frying pan with high sides, diameter - 26 cm. You can fry steaks of meat or fish on it, prepare omelettes and other dishes.

If you buy a model with a removable handle, it will also be useful for baking in the oven.

It will also be required pancake pan. As the name suggests, it is designed for baking pancakes and pancakes. They can also fry scrambled eggs, cheesecakes or fluffy pancakes on it.

Baking dish

If you have a frying pan with a removable handle, you will not need this item. Otherwise, you will have to buy a form. We advise you to pay attention to square or rectangular models with high sides and sufficient volumeto prepare meals for the whole family.

The famous Cinnabons or apple charlotte, for children, potato casserole with mushrooms or lasagna - the cooking possibilities in the oven are endless.

This is the whole set that required for cooking for an average family of 3–4 people. Additional dishes will only take up space in the cabinets and will make you trip over them every time you need to get what you need.