Food Gifts and Kitchen Gifts
Ten great kitchen and food gifts for everyone on your list.
Whether you've got a healthy cook, a diabetic with a sweet tooth, or a low carb dieter to buy for, these food gifts and kitchen gifts will delight everyone on your list.
Food Gifts Under $25
1) Gourmet Hot Chocolate and Marshmallows ($12.95-$15.75)
Want to give a Porsche food gift on a Toyota budget? No problem. Give a tin of Schokinag drinking chocolate and a package of gourmet marshmallows.
Not to be confused with hot cocoa, Schokinag is "European drinking chocolate." That means it's made up of tiny chocolate shavings, not cocoa powder. And trust me, the taste is worth the $12.95 per tin price. It comes in flavors like Triple Chocolate and Strawberries and White Chocolate. My personal favorite is the Extreme Dark. And remember, dark chocolate is full of antioxidants.
Round out this food gift basket with a package of Plush Puffs all-natural gourmet marshmallows. I recommend the Chocolate Chippeta or Peppi-Mint. Or a package of Belgian chocolate-dipped vanilla marshmallows from Pete's Gourmet.
Pete's can also accommodate special dietary needs. They have a coconut marshmallow that is dairy-free, as well as a soy-based dark chocolate and a caramel.
Or why not give your food gift basket the homemade touch? Make your own marshmallows with my marshmallow recipe and pair them with Schokinag gourmet drinking chocolate and a peppermint stick. What could be better?
2) Whole Grain Breakfast Gift Basket $22.95)
Why not give them a healthy Christmas breakfast? With King Arthur's Whole Grain Breakfast Gift Basket, they'll can whip up a batch of whole grain cranberry-orange muffins or whole grain pecan cinnamon scones using King Arthur's delicious mixes. And they come packaged in a pretty red tin with an Egyptian cotton tea towel.
3) Set of All-Natural Citrus Oils ($11.95)
I love to cook with lemon zest. And so do lots of other cooks. But grating lemon zest is not only time-consuming, it can be expensive. Not to mention wasteful, if you don't need lemon juice.
These citrus oils are the perfect solution. They give you the zest of lemon, orange and lime in a bottle. No oil is added, just fresh fruit essence. I use them in my Christmas sugar cookies, and the best part is they last for ages.
Food Gifts and Kitchen Gifts $25-$50
4) Personalized Cake or Brownie Pan ($28.95-$29.95)
The baker on your list will love this elegant, classic cake pan or brownie pan. The pans are aluminum, and the lids are a high-gloss enamel finish. You personalize the lid with the recipient's name and your choice of theme.
5) Sushi Making Kit ($35.95)
Making sushi isn't hard if you have the right tools. The Sushi Chef Sushi Making Kit comes with everything you need: a bamboo mat, bamboo paddle, nori (toasted seaweed), sushi cookbook, short grain sushi rice, wasabi powder, pickled ginger, soy sauce, sushi vinegar and rice vinegar. All you need to add are the fresh ingredients: crab meat, avocado, carrots, cucumbers, whatever you like.
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