35 Products for Foodies Who Love Summer
Appetizers and Sides
– An appetizer tray with storage slots for ice to keep your produce chilly, even though your family reunion is scheduled for the hottest day of the year.
– An eight-pack of fancy kabob skewers designed with a flat blade (so your food doesn’t spin when you’re turning it while cooking) and a push bar so you can remove the cooked food with ease!
– A versatile veggie chopper that’ll help you prep (and clean up!) with speed that feels downright magical. The interchangeable blades just pop out, then just throw them right into the dishwasher.
– A tortilla press made in Mexico out of old Singer sewing machines…seriously. You’re gonna be hard pressed to find another tortilla maker this cool.
– A trio of Bachan’s Japanese BBQ Sauce with The Original, Hot and Spicy, and Yuzu — use these as this season’s *secret* sauce, and people will be talking about your BBQs for years to come.
Main Courses
– A beer can chicken roaster to put the pedal to the metal while cooking up your famous backyard BBQ masterpieces.
– A premade cheese and charcuterie board (from Oprah’s Favorite Things!) you can have delivered to your home, making meal prep an absolute bries when you have a million other things to do in preparation for your next party.
– A classic Coleman camp stove designed with two burners and heat control, so you’re gonna be able to cook up something stellar every night under the stars.
– A stackable deviled egg carrier that’ll make everyone’s favorite summer side *much* more travel-friendly.
Desserts
– A KitchenAid shaved ice attachment (you read that right!!) for giving your KitchenAid a new job when it’s way too hot to be baking.
– The Poke Cookbook: The Freshest Way to Eat Fish — these 45 fun, fresh recipes are put together to help home chefs create and customize their own perfect poke bowls.
– A marshmallow roasting set , because *nothing* tastes like summer as much as a heartily burnt s’more.
Seafood
– A “wicked giant” lobster tail (we’re talking 8-10oz; literally the size of a forearm) for folks who don’t live on a coast but want oceanside-quality lobster rolls anyway — this dock-to-doorstep meal is the freshest possible pick and downright delicious.
– A cast-iron Dutch oven to prepare meals outside that are sure to taste especially good inside…your stomach.
Everyday Cooking
– A bottle of everyday olive oil and a package of pasta from Frankies 457 for folks whose love language is pasta.
– A picnic basket filled with everything you’re gonna need on a summer picnic. We’re talkin’ dishes and utensils for two, a wine opener, salt and pepper shakers, and a waterproof blanket!
– A diner-style hot dog steamer and bun warmer for folks who know there’s only ONE appropriate meal to eat during the dog days of summer.
– An immersion blender , because cold soup season is finally here and we should all plan on eating gazpacho…daily.
– A pair of corn cob dishes for anyone who loves to slather corn in so much butter it becomes a full-on dairy product right before your eyes. Delicious.
– A kooky pair of corn holders that’ll delight anyone who knows how ~ruff~ holding corn is with your bare hands.
Kitchen Tools
– A sushi-making kit that’ll keep you on a roll as you continue growing your cooking skills (without an oven…it’s way too hot for that right now).
– A portable Cuisinart vertical smoker for people who only cook when they can do it outside. This *treasure* slow-cooks everything from turkey to brisket.
– A tomato knife to make chopping up this pesky piece of produce tomat- oh so easy if you plan on eating them on the reg the entire time they are growing in your garden.
– A variety pack of six Heyday Canning Co. Beans with kimchee sesame navy beans, apricot glazed baked beans, coconut curry chickpeas, harissa lemon chickpeas, tomato alla vodka cannellini beans, and *breath* enchilada black beans for the outdoorsy among us who make sure their campfire dinners are downright delicious, no matter how easy they are to make.
– A cult-favorite Yeti Tundra 35 cooler that’ll be well worth the splurge when you want cold food while roasting in the summer sun.
– An herb savor pod to 1) make your fridge look like the future and 2) keep your bushel of herbs fresh long enough so that you’ll get the chance to use them in more than one measly recipe.
– A decadent olive oil cake kit with a vanilla and lemon mix and a bottle of Greek extra virgin olive oil. This sophisticated dessert is gonna be a light, citrusy treat perfect for brunch or a BBQ.
– A silicone ice pop mold you can fill with fruit purees, yogurt, or juice and simply pop in the freezer so you (and perhaps, more importantly, your toddler) can have a cold snack on a hot day.
– A smokeless portable fire pit for inside folks who think a campfire sounds nice, in theory. The 360-degree airflow design guarantees a perfect flame for cooking and chilling out, even if your fire-making skills aren’t exactly going on your resume anytime soon.
– A Bonfire Pi Fire pizza oven attachment you can place right on top of your Solo Stove to make Michelin-worthy pizzas in minutes!
– Or a Solo Stove cast iron wok top that’ll help you whip up some awe-inspiring stir fry from your backyard or a campground.
– An Oxo 3-in-1 avocado tool to split, pit, and slice avocados with ease. Guacamole is the sustenance we humans need all summer long, and using this tool just might make the prep a satisfying cinch!
– An onion holder for cleaning and seasoning your grill in the best way possible. This tool has a spike in the center of the spoon for making sure the onion half stays in place. Rubbing half an onion across dirty grill grates removes charcoal buildup better than cleaning products *and* it makes your food taste great! Who would have thought?!
– A Cuisinart ice cream maker that’ll create homemade frozen yogurt or ice cream in 20 minutes! They say patience is a virtue, but I’d rather enjoy ice-cream-o-clock in an instant.
– A campfire fishing pole so you can ~fish~ for a laugh while cooking up dinner and dessert during a camping trip or bonfire night.
