My Mom Owns Lots of Cookware, but This Nonstick Set Is Her Go-To for Everything (It’s Half the Price of the Fancy Brands!)

While I can hold my own in the kitchen, when it comes to the big family meals, my mom is still the one who handles all of the comfort foods. Every time my brothers visit from California, they’re craving Louisiana staples like gumbo and crawfish étouffée. Our family also loves breakfast and some of our favorite time spent together is at the table with lots of eggs, bacon, sausage, grits, and more. From my brothers to my nieces, I’ve heard everyone say how much they love my mom’s scrambled eggs — and I can confirm that they’re delicious.

Besides all the love my mom pours into her cooking, another thing I know from spending so much time with her in the kitchen is that she loves to experiment. Not only with recipes and flavors, but with her cookware, too. She has her longtime favorites — such as the Magnalite skillet she (reluctantly) gave my little brother when he moved — but she’s also discovered some new go-to cookware pieces. Of all that she’s pan-fried, steamed, and stewed in the past year, the pots and skillets I see her using the most are from the GoodCook Healthy Ceramic Titanium-Infused Cookware Set.

GoodCook’s nonstick titanium-infused ceramic cookware is available as a 12-piece set you can score for under $150. It includes an 8-inch fry pan, 10-inch fry pan, 12-inch fry pan, 3-quart saucepan with lid, 2-quart sauce pan with lid, 5-quart Dutch oven, one wooden spatula, one wooden spoon, and a compact bamboo steamer basket that fits the 2-quart pot. Each piece features a wood-like handle, a smooth matte blue exterior, and a stylish speckled cream interior. They’re also made with nontoxic recycled materials.

Designed for less oil usage, GoodCook cookware offers a stainless steel induction base, an aluminum-forged core, two layers of nonstick ceramic, and a top layer of titanium-infused nonstick ceramic. They’re also free of the manufactured chemicals PFAS and PFOA. The full set provides everything you need for small and large-batch meals, which makes them a great choice as a starter cookware set to gift or a replacement set for old pots and pans that have seen better days. Conveniently, if you don’t need a full range of cookware but could use a set of skillets, GoodCook also offers a three-piece set that includes the 8-inch, 10-inch, and 12-inch fry pans.

Besides the GoodCook ceramic cookware being my favorite color, it really is a beautiful set right out of the box. As someone who’s moved and helped siblings move more than a few times over the past decade, I love that it’s truly an all-in-one set that even comes with the utensils you need for efficient food prep. I don’t often use the steamer baskets that come with pans from other brands, but seeing my mom turn out a batch of broccoli that’s steamed to perfection has completely changed my mind. I also really like that the basket is a smaller size, so storing and cleaning it is way less of a hassle.

When it comes to cooking, this nonstick set is the real deal. It seems like every time I visit my mom, at least one of these skillets or pots is on her stove. During the holidays this past year, my mom’s house was constantly full of people since my brothers and extended family were there, so this set was getting a ton of work. Despite how much cooking we were doing with the skillets and pots, they were never a challenge to clean. The scrambled eggs were cooked to a great fluffiness and wiped right off of the interior before washing, and at one point, we even used the Dutch oven as a last-minute salad bowl that was filled to the brim — we just liked it that much!

I’ll be the first to say that expensive cookware has its merits, but it’s always so great to find an affordable set that I’d happily recommend to anyone. GoodCook’s Healthy Ceramic Titanium-Infused Cookware is definitely one of them. (Psst! We’ve got some great news: Amazon is offering a 10% off coupon, so be sure you clip it before adding it to your cart to take advantage of this great deal!)

Buy: GoodCook 12-Piece Healthy Ceramic Titanium-Infused Cookware Set, $116.99 ($129.99)