What's the one kitchen tool?

s0987
s0987 Posts: 22 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I'm not much of a cook but I'm trying to get into it to eat healthier...I've been wanting a spiralizer to encourage more veggie eating, but now I'm considering a food scale...
What's the one kitchen item that helped you the most in starting to eat healthier?
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  • Nuke_64
    Nuke_64 Posts: 406 Member
    scale
  • lilawolf
    lilawolf Posts: 1,690 Member
    Scale followed by crock pot.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Food scale
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    Scale, I wouldn't be without it!
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    lilawolf wrote: »
    Scale followed by crock pot.

    This exactly for me.
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    Scale followed by George Foreman grill
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    I have a spiralizer but rarely use it. Mostly because I forget I have it and don't like having to clean it.

    I can't really think of a kitchen tool that helped me lose weight, at least no more than they helped me gain weight.
  • MrsSylvie
    MrsSylvie Posts: 301 Member
    food scale for sure!
    followed by my nutri ninja.
  • RoseTheWarrior
    RoseTheWarrior Posts: 2,035 Member
    Food scale followed by crock pot.
  • Debmal77
    Debmal77 Posts: 4,770 Member
    Definitely the food scale. Then the crock pot.
  • YeaYeaPueblo
    YeaYeaPueblo Posts: 68 Member
    I'm all about my blendtec blender! After I got it, I started making meal replacement smoothies, at least one per day. Usually two. I also use it for soups, nut butters and processing veggie burgers.
  • brenstar05
    brenstar05 Posts: 70 Member
    I agree with many previous posters... my food scale is a must. When I first started to try and eat healthier, I started with just portion control. I didn't want to change too many things all at once at get discouraged. So, I ate all the same things I had been eating, but I used my scale and measuring cups to actually measure out 1 cup of cereal or 2oz of pasta. It was SOOO eye-opening. I had no idea just how MUCH I was eating. If you are only going to get one thing, I recommend the food scale. But I also swear by my Slow Cooker and my George Foreman grill for healthy ways to cook those measured foods!! :smiley:
  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
    A good knife.
  • robot_potato
    robot_potato Posts: 1,535 Member
    Scale
  • Iguessicandothis
    Iguessicandothis Posts: 2,132 Member
    Crockpot
  • errollmaclean
    errollmaclean Posts: 562 Member
    Food scale
  • socajam
    socajam Posts: 2,530 Member
    Vitamix, every kitchen should have one. Even though expensive, its really worth those $s.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,227 Member
    100% scale!! Most other gadgets you can do without by using another gadget for the same thing, but nothing replicates a scale.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    Food scale, crock pot, and decent garlic press.
  • kyungs
    kyungs Posts: 67 Member
    Grrr... Just typed a big reply and lost it! I'll try again. Must have a scale they don't cost a fortune but will help you understand exactly how much your eating, along with the scale, measuring cups, measuring spoons, a good chef knife or Santoku knife you should have a steamer basket and a smoothie blender (I have an ninja ultima - it works great without the big vitamix price tag.). I have an oil mister and it uses MUCH less oil than pouring or spreading. I have the spiralizer and it does a great job with Asian food prep. With it, I make things that I wouldn't otherwise bother making and Asian foods are generally healthy well, Chinese not as much but Japanese, Vietnamese and Korean cuisines already lean toward very healthy and are easy to modify to reduced calories without losing taste. The crock pot is also a must have - so many good broth based, legumes or plant purée soups to be made. A nice kitchen gadget - get a good avocado slicer/pit remover/slicer. I love mine. Does a great job on these nutritious little gems. I also have a zojirushi water boiler so I have green tea available on demand. If you take your lunch to work, a bento box is perfectly designed to house you weighed meal elements. Also love my tofu press and my cast iron ceramic Dutch oven.
  • utahmomof10
    utahmomof10 Posts: 133 Member
    ValerieMartini2Olives wrote: »
    Scale followed by George Foreman grill

    +1
  • madds2
    madds2 Posts: 25 Member
    Scale
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    I just got a vegetti deluxe and can't wait bc I wanted a spiralizer and no one knew wher I could buy one! But first a good scale with a Tare function absolute first must. 2nd a very good blender like my ninja pro 1200 it can handle anything! I love it. My juicer jack lalanne is awesome. I want now a Excalibur dehydrator and a vitamix in the future. I found also a set of shredders or mandolin slicer invaluable. I want to get a good set of knifes and a better chopping block. My favorite knife is my bread knife it slices wonderfully through tomatoes. Now I'm focusing on containers for portion control and food prep.
  • rebbylicious
    rebbylicious Posts: 621 Member
    Crock pot
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Good ingredients
    Good scale
    Good knife
    Good pans.

    Cheers, h.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    edited January 2016
    I don't remember my knife being anything special, but I'm always shocked when I use knives in other peoples kitchens and they're blunt.

    Other item for me is, frankly, a microwave. I use the defrost function quite a bit for meats and the vegetable option for frozen veg. This means I can store foods for longer and eat them on demand whenever I want
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Hee hee. I have 3 knives in our house that are mine alone. I keep a twin if one of them with a steel at my sons. And have been known to take a knife with me, just in case, if I am going to be working in the kitchen of someone else's house.

    Dull and inappropriate knives are a pet peeve.
    Cheers, h.
  • rathouse28
    rathouse28 Posts: 3 Member
    1. I use a pressure cooker to meal prep, does the same trick as a crock pot but 5x faster.

    2. Blender for my on the go meals.
  • grinning_chick
    grinning_chick Posts: 765 Member
    edited January 2016
    Before you spend $$ to $$$$ on a spiral cutter, this works just fine to determine just how much you'll actually cook/eat foods cut in such a manner:

    https://www.oxo.com/julienne-peeler-208

    OT: digital kitchen scale that weighs in both grams and ounces
  • IILikeToMoveItMoveIt
    IILikeToMoveItMoveIt Posts: 1,172 Member
    Scale and a smaller plate. My regular portions are split so I trick myself into "getting seconds"...

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