How to Master Your Kitchen

I love simple evenings of having dinner with a friend and catching up. That was my evening last night and it was wonderful. Don't you just love great evenings like that? My friend, Jeanna, and I met in our first classes of our Masters program and took every single class of that program together. I feel very blessed and fortunate that even after graduation, our friendship has remained. I got to the restaurant a few minutes early and did some browsing at Old Navy. Have you been in there lately? I love a lot of their basic dresses in the stores right now.

Today for my kitchen series, I am talking about the rubber spatula, a classic kitchen item. 

If you need a refresher as to why I started this series, it is because I believe that having the right tools in the kitchen will help each of you be a better cook or maybe even want to cook a bit more frequently. You have certain tools at work that you have to make your job a bit easier and functional, I feel the same goes with kitchen tools. This was the inspiration for this series. The previous installments in this series are: whisk, stand mixer, garlic press, tongs, citrus juicer, steamer, zester, food processor, Dutch oven, a box grater, cutting board, a colander and a rolling pin.

A rubber spatula is a staple because it many different uses. You can mix batters with the spatula, you can flip pancakes, french toast or eggs or you can spread icing with this kitchen tool. You can scrape the sides of a bowl with this tool, when a recipe calls to fold in egg whites, reach for your rubber spatula. 

The spatula heads can be in different sizes, small ones to reach inside a jar to scrap up that last bit of peanut butter or a larger head to really fold in those egg whites. I own 4 spatulas, a small head and then 3 larger heads. The handles will be made of wood or metal. The metal handles are nice because they can be washed in the dish washer. 

Remember that next Tuesday to link-up with Kasey and I are our bachelorette re-cap link-up bash!