This Costco Holiday Kitchen Gift Set Is Perfect For The Food Lover In Your Life

With the holiday season coming up, it's time to start thinking about what gifts to give your loved ones. Gift-giving can be tough, especially on top of everything else we have to take care of during the holidays. If someone in your life loves food and you've got a Costco membership, then we have the perfect thing: a set of different fancy toppings and treats from Stonewall Kitchen, which you can find right at your local Costco superstore.

As of this writing, the Stonewall Kitchen gift set costs $89.99, plus tax, and comes with four gift boxes containing sets of various foods. There's a Blueberry Breakfast box, which comes with pancake mix, blueberry syrup, and blueberry jam, along with a Cheese Pairing collection, which has two different types of crackers, white fig spread, and a jar of roasted garlic onion jam. The Italian Dinner box has a box of penne pasta, a bottle of Italian dressing, and marinara sauce, while the Pepper Jelly collection contains two jars of pepper jelly, one Red Pepper and one Hot Pepper Cranberry. It's perfect to pick up while you're shopping for some of Costco's best holiday desserts to bring to a holiday party.

In addition to the delicious goodies inside, the gift boxes are sturdy and beautiful, so your hungry loved ones can reuse them after the holidays. If someone comes to mind, don't hesitate to pick it up and introduce them to some new flavors. Just try to avoid a common Costco mistake and don't go on the weekend; the store is busy enough without adding the holiday crowd to the mix.

What could be better than a gift set of delicious foods? Some pairing ideas to go along with them, of course. Starting with the pepper jelly, it works great as a condiment in different foods like sandwiches, but you can also use it for cooking as part of a glaze or sauce (it goes particularly well with pork), or to spruce up frozen meatballs.

With just a couple of cooking tips, you can use the pancake mix to make diner-worthy flapjacks at home, perfect for pairing with the delicious blueberry jam and syrup. Don't overmix the batter, since it can make the final result tough. Use medium-low to medium heat, ensure even heating, and use a non-stick or cast iron pan to make pancakes worthy of that blueberry syrup.

The Cheese Pairing box doesn't actually come with cheese, but the crackers make for a great complement for herb cheese like Boursin, and brie or camembert go nicely with the sweet and savory spreads. As for the pasta, try cooking it with the Italian mantecatura technique; in other words, cook it in water until there's just a few minutes left, then finish cooking it in the sauce and add some of the pasta water and a bit of butter or oil. It makes the sauce much creamier and infuses it into the pasta for extra flavor.