This addiction bears its ugly head strongest when Nate goes on travel. I stay up until 2am perusing the internet for projects, furniture, things for our home, and of course kitchen gadgets.
I recently bought the Smitten Kitchen Cookbook. It's amazing and also a "2am my husband is in Seattle and I'm lonely splurge". There's a section in the book called "Make Your Own Smitten Kitchen". She says, "Keep a list- a list of things you are lost without or dying to replace because they are the bane of your cooking existence. You can't figure this out in a store; it's gotta happen in the kitchen."
She speaks the truth people. And this lead me to realize that the disfunctionality of our pantry needed to be dealt with. Since going veg, our pantry is stocked with beans and nuts galore, most of which are held by half empty plastic bags piled on top of one another. It was impossible to see what we had or to find things when I needed them most. My frustration partnered with the dozens of extra mason jars we have lying around lead me to this little 2 am project.
So now my pantry looks a little bit like mason jars on speed but it's made cooking way easier and more functional. I can see everything and just grab what I need.
Speaking of functional, I spent some birthday money on this bad boy a couple of weeks ago. The best part about it is it's expandable, so one day when our kitchen is larger than a closet, it will still fit.
Nate has always loved pot racks. We drool over them every trip to Crate and Barrel, but to be honest I was a little weirded out at the idea of having all our pots out on display and not perfectly tucked away but after a few weeks with this thing I can say it is probably the most functional thing in our kitchen. It's freed up a ridiculous amount of space, keeps pans from getting scratched, and keeps me organized.
