Kitchen Tools

Mixing bowls are very important in the kitchen and are used all the time, so it is good to have enough of them. Basically you need to have these three most common sizes: Small (1 – 3 QT), which is great for mixing small amounts of ingredients, Medium (4 – 5 QT), which is perfect for single/double portions of salad preparation, proofing dough, meat marination, for a water bath, and for mixing ingredients, and Large (8 QT – 12 QT), which is perfect for preparing salads for your family, mixing and proofing double portions of dough (I always make double batches of dough to save time and to not have to make another batch soon after). I would recommend having at least six small, three medium, and two larger bowls, but if you can get even more, do it. I find that there are never enough mixing bowls in the kitchen.

You can easily substitute a small mixing bowl with a small salad/soup bowl for serving. The best material for a mixing bowl is stainless steel since it is most durable, but it is also good to have a couple small and medium bowls made from glass since they are microwavable, which can be convenient. If you already have mixing bowls from other materials and you are satisfied with them, there is no reason to replace them.