Finally…
…grown-up cookware.
Over ten years ago, as my husband and I drove across country moving from Chicago to our new home and life in New York, we stopped off at an outlet mall in Indiana to purchase T-Fal pots and pans. It felt like a big deal at the time because when we married we essentially filled our kitchen with family hand-me downs.
Over the past year and a half I’ve planted myself firmly in my kitchen to make and create delicious vegan food. I take cooking classes at the Natural Gourmet Institute, Organic Avenue and, mostly recently, at The Christina Pirello School of Natural Cooking and Integrative Health Studies Three-Day Intensive Study Program. Each time I walk out of a class I have serious cookware envy.
At the age of 45, I have purchased grown-up pots and pans.
Why Gunther Wilhelm cookware? Because Christina recommended it. Okay, wait, I’m not that impressionable. I actually asked her for recommendations with varied price points and she offered four suggestions. We then did the research on our end and opted for Gunther.
I immediately put those pots and pans to good use.
Kasha, Macaroni and Veggies (PRINTABLE RECIPE)
(Inspired by Christina Pirello)
Serves 6 – 8
Ingredients
- 1 cup buckwheat groats
- 1/2 cup Kamut elbow macaroni
- 3 cups water
- 1/2 small onion
- 2 small carrots
- 2 stalks of celery
- Sea Salt, to taste
- Fresh thyme, to taste
Instructions
- Bring water to a boil in one pan.
- In another pan, toast buckwheat over medium heat for five minutes.
- Add a pinch or two of salt, onion, carrots and celery to the boiling water. Boil for 3 minutes.
- Add macaroni and boil for 3 minutes.
- Slowly add the toasted buckwheat and bring to a boil.
- Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove from heat, salt to taste and serve with fresh thyme.
This is a classic macrobiotic breakfast dish but, because I’m a bad girl, I enjoyed this brunch with packaged Fakin’ Bacon.
And the cookware? WOW. I couldn’t believe how quickly the pots and pans heated up (so much so that I learned that you must take the food out ASAP because it will keep cooking even off the flame)! The handles do not get hot, which is a bonus, and the lids have props that sit up on the counter. I felt like I was big deal cooking up that macro brunch!
What’s in your kitchen that screams grown-up?
19 thoughts on “Gunther Wilhelm Cookware Unboxed (Plus a Kasha-Macaroni-Veggie Recipe)”
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Beautiful cookware JL! I’m always like a little kid in a toystore when I walk into a cookwarestore… I can’t help myself and want to take everything, really if it would help I would even cry (though, it doesn’t help, unfortunately).
I’m still living in this small rental appartment that I started to hate, but in a few months we are moving to our own house.. Still not much of grown-up kitchenitems, though I bought a big Le Creuset pot 2 months ago, there were half the price and that’s a big difference for Creusetpans.
Loved the before and after shot of the cookware. Very pretty upgrade. 🙂
It’s been 10 years?!!!!
Girl, can you believe it? 10 years flew didn’t they?
New cookware is so exciting! My “grown up” item(s) are getting good knives. My Shun knife in particular rocks my world. Added bonus: they make a LEFT-HANDED knife!
Oh, a Shun knife! Would love one!
JL, it is so awesome that you bought that cookware! It looks absolutely gorgeous. When I switched from a cheap fry pan to an All-Clad the difference was huge. I can only imagine using Gunther Wilhelm! Very nice. 🙂
We figure if we’re going to buy cookware every 10 years we could “go for it” 🙂
I am sooo jealous. Especially of your kitchen scale, but really of everything. I could really use some new cookwear right about now. Enjoy! 🙂
Actually, that thing that looked like a scale is an induction cooker! It came with the set. I have no clue how to use it 🙂
Ooh, so shiny! Very nice indeed. I bought some Paderno pots a few years back and they have served me well. Latest grown up purchase was a ceramic knife. Enjoy christening your pots!
Oh, Paderno! Very nice! Aren’t ceramic knives amazing?
Love the cookware, very nice! My kitchen has become more functional with just the appliances I need and a huge island for food prep since getting more involved with my food prep. Before it was more centered around style – but an Excalibur dehydrator isn’t very stylish. 🙂
LOL about the dehydrator! It makes for nice fruit and veggie “countertop” storage!
“What’s in my kitchen that screams grown-up?” My rice cooker, which I recently purchased and looks just like yours. Now I have cookware envy (along with garden envy.)
Don’t you love the rice cooker?! I made some great lentils in it over the weekend. And rice, too 😉
I just found your blog today. I have recently gone vegan and am looking at training for a triathalon. I thought we might have something in common. I look forwarding to reading what you have to say. You can find my food based blog at http://rd-wanna.blogspot.com.
Your new pots are shiny and beautiful. I am still working with the family hand-me-downs I got when I got married. 🙂
Sarah, so glad you found the blog and said hello!
Great cookware! In my kitchen – hmmmm, that’s probably the Vitamix that my husband just bought for me with part of his bonus! Such a sweetheart!
Wow, a sweetheart indeed! Bet you’re loving that Vitamix!