Thank you to MIRA brands for providing us with a digital kitchen scale to make cooking easier. All thoughts and words are my own.
One kitchen accessory I’ve always wanted but never picked up was a kitchen scale. I’d really always thought of kitchen scales as a “nice to have” but not really a need. They’re not really that expensive, so there’s really no good reason that I hadn’t previously bought one other than the question I ask myself every time I buy a kitchen product: do we have room to store it?
Now that I have a new MIRA Digital Kitchen Scale, though, I’m not sure how I managed without it before. First, it let me break into the stack of recipes on Pinterest that I had been saving that only list ingredients by weight, not cups or tablespoons. In the past it always made me a little sad when I’d find a recipe that was mouth-watering and I couldn’t wait to try, only to find out that I needed 100 grams of almond flour. Grams don’t scare me off now, though!
Measuring the ingredients was really easy. My MIRA Digital Kitchen Scale came with it’s own stainless steel bowl, but you could just as easily use any bowl of your choosing. Just place it in the depression on the scale, zero out the weight, and pour or scoop in whatever you want to weigh.
The digital kitchen scale also has helped me manage my food budget, too. Because I store nearly all of my non-perishable baking staples in air-tight plastic bins, I have no way of knowing just how much is in there. So in the past if something called for a “small bag of chocolate chips” or a “bag of brown sugar”, I had to go and buy the specified size rather than scoop out of my bin. Now, though, if something calls for a 375 grams of confectioner’s sugar or 6 ounces of chocolate chips, I can use what’s on hand.
Another great use for the digital kitchen scale is one that my husband suggested. Most often when I purchase ground beef, I buy it at Sam’s Club. It’s nearly $2 per pound less than at my local grocery store, so the savings is huge. But that means I’m also purchasing more ground beef than we’re going to be able to use in a week’s time. In the past, I’ve just eyeballed the size and repackaged it into (semi) even amounts to freeze. Now I can get exact weights which lets me do a mix of pound and half-pound packages. Love it!
In what ways would you use a new digital kitchen scale?
About Liza
Liza is a mom (5-year-old daughter, 20-year-old stepson, and 24-year-old stepdaughter) and wife living in Louisville. She loves spending time with her family, visiting the local zoo and parks, as well as planning travel adventures. Cooking and baking, DIY projects and crafts, and coffee - lots and lots of coffee - round out some of her other hobbies.