If you’re off to college,  moving into your first apartment or starting fresh in a new city, preparing meals is simple with five kitchen must-haves.

Five kitchen must-haves to set up a kitchen

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Don't you love the space-saving design and nest-able nature of these colorful measuring cups... they are beyond cute! 

Neat and colourful measuring cups 

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With a kitchen as busy as ours, you quickly learn which kitchen tools are space wasters and which are must-haves. We pick our kitchen essentials; plus recipes for your home testing

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Five basic items every kitchen should have

Neat and colourful nesting measuring cups

Top 10 kitchen tools in the Chatelaine Kitchen

An illustrated history of our favourite super-sharp kitchen tool