{"id":14003,"date":"2022-11-22T03:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/?p=14003"},"modified":"2023-11-27T13:54:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T21:54:42","slug":"best-long-lasting-kitchen-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/article\/best-long-lasting-kitchen-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Kitchen Gifts They’ll Love for a Long Time, According to Sporked\u2019s Gwynedd Stuart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u2018Tis the season to buy people a bunch of junk they don\u2019t need just so they have things to open on Christmas morning. The ironic part is that so, so many of these landfill-bound presents are made of plastic, meaning they\u2019ll exist on planet earth literally<\/em> forever<\/em>. Listen, I know the last thing you need is to worry about our environmental future when you\u2019re just trying to make it to 2023 in one piece. So think of this list of highly useful and long-lasting kitchen gifts as an antidote to existential anxiety. You\u2019re welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stasher Silicone Reusable Storage Bag Bundle<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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Ziplock baggies are super convenient, but unless you\u2019re washing and reusing them, they\u2019re just another single-use plastic that\u2019ll end up clogging a sea turtle\u2019s intestinal tract or whatever. I live a baggie-free existence thanks to reusable storage bags. These colorful, resealable silicone bags from Stasher are great for on-the-go snacks<\/a> and leftovers, but you can cook in them too\u2014they\u2019re safe to use in the microwave, oven, and on the stovetop (you can sous vide veggies by tossing a Stasher into a pot of boiling water; who knew?). These are pricey at around ten bucks a bag, but they\u2019ll last forever and you\u2019ll never buy a box of single-use baggies again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Swedish Wholesale Swedish Dishcloths<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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When I say these are life-changing, I swear I\u2019m not being hyperbolic. Even if you\u2019re a paper-towel addict who hates the idea of using and reusing the same stink-o rag to clean surfaces around the house, I promise you\u2019ll love these. They\u2019re extremely absorbent, heavy duty, easy to clean (I just rinse mine in hot water between uses and throw them into a pot of boiling water for a deep clean once in a while), and they don\u2019t smell musty like towels and rags do. I still buy rolls of paper towels, but I buy a lot <\/em>fewer of them since I started using these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OXO Good Grips POP Container Set<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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OXO makes some of my favorite kitchen tools. They\u2019re ergonomic, handy, and they really last. These OXO dry storage containers, which have a mechanism on top that forces out air and seals the lid, are great for pasta<\/a>, dry beans, flour, cereal<\/a>\u2014basically anything you might store for a while but want to keep fresh and free of whatever weird little pests might live in your pantry. They also look really nice on a kitchen counter once they\u2019re filled with lentils, spaghetti<\/a>, or whatever you might need to store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lodge Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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When I bought a Lodge dutch oven in 2008 or so, I actually wanted a Le Creuset, but couldn\u2019t justify spending that kind of money on a recent-college-graduate\u2019s salary. I am now a very adult woman and could buy myself Le Creuset if I so desired, but I don\u2019t have to because my Lodge is still in such excellent shape. I\u2019ve purchased these as gifts for people in the past and it feels so good to give something I know they\u2019ll use frequently and for years to come. And who doesn\u2019t love finding a 15-pound box under the tree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Breville Smart Toaster Oven<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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How is a toaster oven sustainable? Hear me out: I\u2019ve had one of these in my kitchen for around a decade and it\u2019s still kickin\u2019, even though we use it multiple times a day, every day. It\u2019s great for heating leftovers, toasting bread<\/a> and bagels<\/a>, and it\u2019s even big enough to accommodate frozen pizzas<\/a>, which keeps us from having to use our gas oven all the time. (If you don\u2019t have central AC, you know the value of not heating up the whole house just to heat up a pizza.) This was actually a gift from my husband\u2019s sister and brother-in-law, and I think of them whenever we use it. That\u2019s a good gift!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018Tis the season to buy people a bunch of junk they don\u2019t need just so they have things to open on Christmas morning. The ironic part is that so, so many of these landfill-bound presents are made of plastic, meaning they\u2019ll exist on planet earth literally forever. Listen, I know the last thing you need…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":13775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,375],"tags":[],"articletype":[41],"coauthors":[385],"class_list":["post-14003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seasonal","category-stores","category-gifts","articletype-listicles"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/LISTICLES_GWYNEDDS-RECS_GWYNEDD_HEADER_v2.jpg","posts_featured":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14003"},{"taxonomy":"articletype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articletype?post=14003"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=14003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}