Sorry, You’re Not a Grown-Up If You Don’t Own at Least 13/25 of These Kitchen Things

Part of being a grown-up is living independently and being self-sufficient. And that means you should be able to cook a meal for yourself in your own kitchen.

The kitchen can be one of the toughest rooms to properly equip. There are so many appliances and gadgets that are easy to forget until you're in mid-meal prep and realize you don't have them. Having the right tools at the right time simply makes life so much easier when making a delicious home-cooked meal. With the rise of millennials choosing to cook at home instead of dining out, we can only imagine that a lot of you are reading this and nodding your heads in agreement.

You don't need a kitchen full of gadgets to cook great food. But there are some kitchen essentials — from utensils to appliances — that every grown-up should have in a fully functioning kitchen. How many of these items do you own?