For people who love to cook the holiday season is the ideal time to give a gift that shows your appreciation for the amazing meals they cook throughout the year. From seasonings to cook books, to must have kitchen tools, the possibilities are endless. I’ve put together a few of my picks for top gifts any foodie on your list will love.
GelPro Elite
After a long day at work, standing in the kitchen for hours while cooking and cleaning up dinner is just another chore. You can bring joy back to the kitchen with the addition of a GelPro Elite comfort mat. This ergonomic floor mat is gel-filled and 3/4″ thick, ensuring that even when you’ve spent all day on your feet, cooking dinner doesn’t add any additional strain.
In my job, I spend most of the day sitting even with a standing desk. It’s a terrible habit that I really need to break. For Drew, it’s the complete opposite. His day is spent on his feet, with several pounds of heavy gear on his waist. Adding a GelPro mat to our kitchen allows us to spend more time together cooking and chatting as we work together on dinner.
No matter what your job is, you can appreciate the luxurious cushion making standing at the stove or sink that much easier on your back. GelPro mat’s come in thousands of colors and patterns so finding one that matches your decor is easy! I chose the Quincy in black and the 20″ x 36″ size fits perfectly in front of our kitchen sink. For First Responders, GelPro has an amazing 25% off discount all year round and there are amazing sales happening right now for the holidays when you shop directly on their website.
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Hamptons Salt Company
Good seasonings are one of my favorite gifts to give during the holiday season and for someone who loves to cook, high end sea salt is something they will love. Hamptons Salt Company was founded to create safe and delicious seasoning alternatives without all the chemicals found in lesser quality seasonings. Without additives like anti-caking agents each ingredient in your salt kit will lend to the full flavor profile of the meals you choose to create.
There are seven unique gift boxes to choose from, each with carefully curated salts selected to match the gift set style. I chose the Flavor Seeker gift set to experience a wide variety of the seasonings Hamptons has to offer. Five different types of salt make this the perfect well rounded gift for anyone one your holiday shopping list.
While all of the flavors were delicious, the Ghost Pepper and Smoked Hickory were my favorite. I love a little spice in most meals and the Ghost Pepper salt hits the nail right on the head. Add just a pinch to guacamole and you have the perfect amount of heat.
Smoked Hickory is my new go to for instant pot meals. I added a teaspoon to a rub for roast beef and it made the dish taste like it had cooked for half the day in a smoker, not just a quick dinner in the Instant Pot! These salts are seriously full of flavor and a little bit goes a long way.
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Flavor Seeker Gift Set | Smoked Hickory| Ghost Pepper
Sweet Rolling Pins
For most of us, the holiday season is the time of the year when the oven is on and baking is plentiful. Everyone has memories of the first time they learned how to roll out sugar cookie dough, covered in flour and using mom or grandma’s rolling pin. It’s amazing how each year the simple act of rolling out dough can evoke so many memories.
When picking a gift for a foodie who loves to bake you can’t go wrong with a laser etched rolling pin from Sweet Rolling Pins. With dozens of patterns you are bound to find a design that you know they will love! Built to become a family heirloom, each pin is high quality and intended to be used over and over again on pies, sugar cookies and more.
As much fun as it is to decorate cookies, the Christmas tree pattern can save you an extra step in your cookie making process. Just roll out the dough and use a glass to cut circles out of your favorite sugar cookie recipe. Your coworkers will be so impressed!
For holiday pies I am loving the forest scenery pin. With trees, deer, bears and moose the entire forest will find a home on your holiday display!
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Pocono Modern
For lovers of vintage decor or pyrex collectors, Pocono Modern is the perfect addition to a mid century modern kitchen. Classic pyrex patterns are such a fun way to add some history to a contemporary kitchen and every foodie needs new tea towels come Christmas season!
With family favorite designs, most people will recognize a pattern or two from their childhood. Butterfly gold, the second pattern from the bottom is one of my favorites because it is a bit easier to locate at thrift stores. Pocono Modern has an entire line of art prints and even a calendar with vintage pyrex patterns, perfect for the collector in your life.
Outside of Pyrex, Pocono Modern is the go to for modern takes on Mid Century Modern decor and style. Art prints, t-shirts and even playing cards harken back to a time when Frank Sinatra was on the radio. Just close your eyes and you might even be transported back in time to a Christmas of years past.
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Tea Towels | Art Prints| Playing Cards
Southern Living Cookbooks
If you are stumped about what to gift a foodie you truly can not go wrong with a new cookbook. Cookbooks offer new inspiration and foster creativity in the kitchen and the makers of Southern Living Magazine have amazing new options for 2018. Southern Living’s cookbooks are full of vibrant color and photography that really helps me to imagine how the food is going to come out.
What Can I Bring is a collection of favorite recipes for potlucks or other gatherings. During the holiday season there are plenty of occasions where a new recipe is just the ticket for getting outside the box and making sure that there aren’t six kinds of potatoes at the company holiday potluck. Ranging from brunch favorites to appetizers, you are bound to find the perfect dish for your next event in this cookbook.
Written by Atlanta chef Todd Richards, Soul is an homage to southern cooking with heart. Richards combines his chef training with favorite home recipes to create new dishes that will quickly become family favorites.
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Ancient Foods
Amazing olive oil is the perfect indulgence to gift to a food lover this holiday season. A newly launched company, Ancient Foods is a direct to consumer line of food products, bringing the highest quality and best tasting ingredients from where they have been crafted with care to a kitchen near you.
Kero’s extra virgin olive oil is harvested from olives grown on the trees outside of Sparta. Full flavored, this silky accompaniment to a meal is perfect with bread as an appetizer before the main course. The rich buttery flavor is perfect for salad dressings or adding a bit of zing to your favorite recipes.
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Disclaimer: I received product samples to help facilitate the creation of this guide. All thoughts, opinions and writing are my own.
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