Take your kitchen out of winter hibernation with these easy upgrades
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We’re all waiting for those warm spring nights when we’ll be able to hang out in our yards or on our stoops again (with friends masked up, of course). But after a long winter of non-stop quarantine cooking, your kitchen probably needs a little pick-me-up before you’re ready to whip up your famous spicy wings.
Upgrade, de-clutter, or just add some new color to your kitchen with these picks from Walmart and get ready to socialize like it’s 2021.
A racy red air fryer for under 50 bucks
Think of this 4-in-1 mini air fryer as the little red race car of air fryers. You’ll get tons of cooking mileage here. It fries up crispy crowd favorites like tots and rings using hot air instead of oil. It also roasts, bakes, and reheats takeout for your stay-in solo movie nights. Oh, and did we mention it’s red?
Handle the pressure with this 6.5-quart cooker
This space-age-looking pressure cooker not only looks sick on your countertop and cooks a batch of your killer vegan chili up to 70% faster than stovetop cooking, but it has a special crisping lid that lets you air fry, bake, roast, and broil. It gets any job done.
Multi-task your party menu with this air fryer oven
Some of your friends are vegan, some are carnivores, and the rest are just picky. No problem — this small French door air fryer toaster oven is a serious workhorse. The 17 One-Touch cooking features let you do it all: wings, rosemary fries, and a 12-inch half-pepperoni, half-veg pizza.
Use what you’ve got with these organizing canisters
These airtight glass canisters keep your cooking staples front and center. Bring those rubber-banded bags of nuts and pasta into the light and you might be inspired to make a roasted rosemary nut medley or a pot of pasta for a feast on the cheap.
Flaunt your inner oenophile with this eco-friendly wine rack
A year into this brave new world means maybe it’s time you got a grown-up wine setup already. This 12-bottle bamboo rack is a stylish choice and will make your collection of cheap wines look like they belong to a bona-fide oenophile. (Don’t worry, that just means you really love wine.)
