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If one of your 2024 resolutions is to learn how to cook or to make more meals at home, we've got you covered. The shopping experts at E! have compiled a list of everything you need to become a kitchen pro. Turns out, you can make so much more than a microwaved meal, you just need the right tools.

The right kitchen equipment can make preparing meals easy, fun, and dare we say... relaxing? No more coming home too exhausted for anything but takeout — our roundup of must-have kitchen essentials is designed to help you whip up weeknight dinners, office lunch meal-prep, weekend breakfasts and more, in a snap!

With these kitchen essentials you can look forward to cracking the code to perfectly cooked rice (every time) with a rice cooker, making pasta sauces, marinades, soups, salsa and more with a variety of blenders, and the perfect pots, pans and ovenware for all your cooking and baking needs. Plus, this kitchenware is so pretty, you know you're going to want to document your whole cooking journey on TikTok. 

These must-have cooking tools and kitchen gadgets are available at a wide variety of price points. No matter if you're reallocating your food app budget to buy all new kitchenware or just plan on buying a few key pieces, there are must-have kitchen essentials here for you. 

Keep reading to shop our top kitchen picks from Our Place, KitchenAid, Cuisinart, Hexclad, Nutribullet, Oxo and many more.