Favorite Kitchen tools/appliances that keep you eating healthy

rumijs
rumijs Posts: 218 Member
edited November 14 in Food and Nutrition
This one probably seems silly to some, but I was recently gifted an egg cooker and it's my favorite thing to use in the kitchen now! It fits 6 eggs and is timed for how boiled you'd like the eggs, or can make poached/cooked omelet/ etc. It's small and quick to use.

I used to cook eggs in microwave if I was too busy to use stove in morning, or boil eggs on stove. Not that doing that was too difficult or time consuming, I just like not having to watch over them with this.

This is the one I have

I'm thinking about purchasing a kitchen scale. Any recommendations for best value of one? I'd like to keep it cheap, but don't mind paying a little extra for better quality/accuracy/extra perks.
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  • Lizzy622
    Lizzy622 Posts: 3,705 Member
    Blender - I love my smoothies. They are the best for a quick breakfast. You can also mix up a quick batch of batter for gluten free pancakes.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    edited March 2015
    A food scale. As long as it's digital, has a tare button, and can do grams and ounces that's all you need. You can find them at Walmart/on Amazon for cheap.
  • carolynmo1969
    carolynmo1969 Posts: 120 Member
    Do I have to pick one favourite? (1) My nutri-bullet. I tried juicing for about a second and couldn't get past how much fibre I was missing out on, sold the juicer & bought the bullet. (2) My citrus zester & reamer (3) My pineapple corer
  • sfbaumgarten
    sfbaumgarten Posts: 912 Member
    Scale
  • SF2514
    SF2514 Posts: 794 Member
    rice cooker =)
  • RunTimer
    RunTimer Posts: 9,137 Member
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  • KarenB927
    KarenB927 Posts: 94 Member
    Besides my food scale which I use every day, I splurged on a Kitchenaid Stand Mixer. I got tired of spending almost $5 on 4 gluten free hamburger rolls that pretty much taste stale and hard, especially since the only place I can get them is the health food store and they keep them in the freezer. I wanted nothing more than a fresh, delicious hamburger roll. Now I make my own, I actually made another batch yesterday, wrap each one separately and them put them in a freezer bag, and when I defrost one, they're still soft and not hard like a hockey puck. A lot of the gluten free recipes I've found require a stand mixer and it was a good excuse to finally buy one.
  • rumijs
    rumijs Posts: 218 Member
    RunTimer wrote: »
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    Hhah! I have one of those but my refrigerator is Houdini so it doesn't work out
  • 9Rounder
    9Rounder Posts: 40 Member
    #1: Food scale. I use it several times a day. I have a Salter brand and like it, but wish the platform was a little bigger. The TARE button and grams/ounces switchover is great.
    #2: NutriBullet. I make a smoothie nearly every day.
    #3: Rice cooker. Perfect rice every time!
  • rumijs
    rumijs Posts: 218 Member
    I have a rice cooker/veggie steamer combo that I LOVE. I'm trying to find my next kitchen addition. Definitely a kitchen scale. I've thought about a nutribullet many times but don't know if it's something that I'd use a lot. I do like smoothies, but think the "usefulness" of it would ware off after a few weeks and then I'd never look at it again :-/
  • 9Rounder
    9Rounder Posts: 40 Member
    rumijs wrote: »
    I've thought about a nutribullet many times but don't know if it's something that I'd use a lot. I do like smoothies, but think the "usefulness" of it would ware off after a few weeks and then I'd never look at it again :-/

    I have used my NutriBullet most days for more than a year. It's a habit now and I love starting my day with 2 cups of spinach and a cup of berries, plus water. The usefullness has not worn off yet. I've gotten way more than the $90 I paid for it out of the product.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    edited March 2015
    Food scale, George Foreman grill and immersion blender.

    Still want a rice cooker and bread maker but no room.
  • Vune
    Vune Posts: 674 Member
    A sharp knife. I use that more than anything.
  • debrakgoogins
    debrakgoogins Posts: 2,033 Member
    Can't pick one but I love my nutribullet, rice cooker, George Foreman grill and kitchen scale. In answer to your concerns about whether you would continue to use the bullet, I almost never use mine to make drinkable smoothies. I most often use it to make homemade hummus, guacamole, salsa, veggie smoothies to be added to meatloaf/burgers/soups/etc., blend homemade spice mixes...all kinds of things besides smoothies to go.
  • trisH_7183
    trisH_7183 Posts: 1,486 Member
    My Ninja blender.I usually have a smoothie for brfast made with Greek yogurt,protein powder,vanilla,cocoa...lots of ice for 190 cals.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    My mandoline and my garlic press. Cutting up vegetables is the big one.
  • carolynmo1969
    carolynmo1969 Posts: 120 Member
    Before I got my nutri-bullet, I wore out 2 magic bullets with my everyday use, and my kids' everyday use. It sits on the counter and I make a drink with it every single day.
  • kindrabbit
    kindrabbit Posts: 837 Member
    I love my salter scales. As well as a kg and oz option it also measures fluid oz and mls so you can measure your oats, then tare and measure your milk / water.
  • Dragn77
    Dragn77 Posts: 810 Member
    I ditto the rice cooker / veggie steamer combo, and I'll have to add on my George Foreman grill.

    If someone broke into my house and stole my stuff, I honestly, genuinely think that I would curl up in a corner and cry over the grill. I bought mine 12 years ago, and I heart it so bad!!!!
  • JPW1990
    JPW1990 Posts: 2,424 Member
    Aside from some already mentioned here - the deep freezer. Before we had it, it was a constant cycle of make the same one or two things all week, then hurry and use the leftovers before they went bad. Half the time, the last of them went bad anyway, because we were sick of them. Now I have a ton of options in the freezer, and I don't have to make something with the intention of eating it all week, just package up what's left and throw it in, and defrost the leftovers from 2 weeks ago the next day if I don't feel like cooking.
  • jessjess210
    jessjess210 Posts: 91 Member
    rumijs wrote: »
    This one probably seems silly to some, but I was recently gifted an egg cooker and it's my favorite thing to use in the kitchen now! It fits 6 eggs and is timed for how boiled you'd like the eggs, or can make poached/cooked omelet/ etc. It's small and quick to use.

    I used to cook eggs in microwave if I was too busy to use stove in morning, or boil eggs on stove. Not that doing that was too difficult or time consuming, I just like not having to watch over them with this.

    This is the one I have

    I'm thinking about purchasing a kitchen scale. Any recommendations for best value of one? I'd like to keep it cheap, but don't mind paying a little extra for better quality/accuracy/extra perks.


    I like your avatar
  • pchenley
    pchenley Posts: 22 Member
    My son bought a sandwich maker for me for Christmas. I didn't think I would like it, but it's great to fix a homemade egg McMuffin. I use Thomas Hearty Wheat English Muffins, an egg, and canadian bacon. If I add cheese, it's either lowfat or fat free cheddar. Works great for an occasional craving for the foods like an egg McMuffin! It's a little round appliance that you lay the bottom half of the muffin in the bottom of the maker, put the cheese and canadian bacon on top of that, then it has a surface that folds down that you break the egg into and then lay the top half of the english muffin directly on the egg. close the main lid and time it for 5 minutes. This way is much healthier!

    I also love my George Foreman Grill. I use mine almost every day.
  • rumijs
    rumijs Posts: 218 Member
    debrakgoogins wrote: »
    Can't pick one but I love my nutribullet, rice cooker, George Foreman grill and kitchen scale. In answer to your concerns about whether you would continue to use the bullet, I almost never use mine to make drinkable smoothies. I most often use it to make homemade hummus, guacamole, salsa, veggie smoothies to be added to meatloaf/burgers/soups/etc., blend homemade spice mixes...all kinds of things besides smoothies to go.
    Good point. Love homemade salsa and dips!
  • blueridgeloner
    blueridgeloner Posts: 56 Member
    Scale goes without saying around here HAHA. Hate to say it, but a microwave is probably at the top, with my George Foreman a VERY close second. Third would be a pressure cooker even though its not an appliance. Fourth would be my vaccum sealer. Funny thing is my microwave died this evening and I am on the hunt. Going to have to replace it ASAP. I use it to fix my steamed veggies and green giant steamer packs almost daily.
  • beautyzlight
    beautyzlight Posts: 23
    Most definitely.... my blender, I have to have it to have my shakes in the morning which get me going!! ;)
  • kimw91
    kimw91 Posts: 355 Member
    Kitchen scale, food processor, electric grill, my very good non stick pan, spriralizer.
  • Dragn77
    Dragn77 Posts: 810 Member
    You know, I was thinking about this thread, and Im going to have to add my scale on there. Ive only had it a week now, so in comparison to my other two *must haves* that Ive been using for a decade or more, I didnt think to include it..but...

    I must say, I already wonder how I managed to do anything without it! Not just for the aspect of keeping track of calories, but also generally speaking for baking and such..to get my quantities right and produce better results.
  • karinagw
    karinagw Posts: 25
    edited March 2015
    rumijs wrote: »

    I'm thinking about purchasing a kitchen scale. Any recommendations for best value of one? I'd like to keep it cheap, but don't mind paying a little extra for better quality/accuracy/extra perks.

    You can get a non-electric kitchen scale from Bed Bath and Beyond for around six bucks. It's accurate. It measures up to 18oz/500g. It takes up practically no room. I use it all the time.

    Just looked it up, it's called Polder® Diet Utility Scale
  • Dragn77
    Dragn77 Posts: 810 Member
    I got mine at Walmart for $20 (I later heard the same one is a BB&B for less than that) it has "The Biggest Loser" printed on it, which is sort of annoying to me, but whatever LoL

    Its digital, and the thing I love about it is that when Im putting together my plate, I just set my plate on it, and tare it after everything I place on there. Makes it *very* easy to measure exactly whats going on my plate with literally no extra effort...
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,839 Member
    One thing I love is my cheap ceramic-bladed mandoline. It makes slicing veg like summer squash, etc., a breeze. The Kerocera one I have was only about $20 and it goes through the dishwasher like a champ.
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