WHAT YOU NEED:

*1 x Large, 1 x Medium & 1 x Small Non-Stick Pan. Perhaps our most used kitchen items full stop for obvious reasons. Various sizes come in handy for different uses and invest in some decent non-stick ones with a glass lid if possible.

*1 x Large Frying Pan. Pick a larger size that can double up for multi-uses. If you feel like you’d use it more for meat over anything else then look into a skillet instead, to add extra flavour.

*2 (or more!) x Chopping Boards. Just make sure you have enough so that you can chop up veggies, fish and meats on different ones. I like the ones I’ve linked up because they are easy to store (and look chic as hell too).

*1 x Large Caserole Dish. We only recently upgraded to this fancy schmansy casserole dish (which now lives permanently on our hob because it’s too big to go anywhere else!), but it’s handy to have a huge dish that can be used in the oven and on the hob. It means you can skip on a slow cooker because this can do the job for you.

*1 x Roasting Tin. Roast your meat, roast your veggies – whatever you fancy. A high-topped one gives you the option to make gravy in it and again I love me a non-stick version.

*1 (or more!) x Large Glass/Ceramic Dish. A glass or ceramic dish is something that we use a lot when we’re doing batch cooking recipes like mac and cheese, or gratins or bakes. A large one is great for main dishes and desserts and a smaller one for accompaniments and sides.

*2-3 Non-Stick Baking Trays. We’re not fussy with our baking trays. We just like them a standard size and find that 2 or 3 is the perfect amount for us where we’re not having to wash up too often during a dinner service.