Favorite Kitchen tools/appliances that keep you eating healthy

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  • kristydi
    kristydi Posts: 781 Member
    Love my scale, but my favorite kitchen thing has to be my cast iron griddle \grill pan. It gets used most nights to grill meats with little to no added oil. I don't even bother to put it away I use it so often. It lives on 2 of my stove burners. I got it when my old George Foreman died and like it even better.
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    I bought a food scale. I love it and use it frequently. What a B) shock when you visualize what a portion should look like.
  • FatFreeFrolicking
    FatFreeFrolicking Posts: 4,252 Member
    Food scale
    Ninja blender
    George Foreman
  • Runcakes
    Runcakes Posts: 92 Member
    Vitamix
    Food Processor
    Veggetti Spiral Cutter
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    karinagw wrote: »
    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

    500g would never cut it for me, lol.
  • sa11yjane
    sa11yjane Posts: 491 Member
    Mine is most definitely my soup/smoothie maker that I use every single day to make a healthy breakfast smoothie and also to make soup for lunch. If it broke I would replace it straight away!
  • LittleNell107
    LittleNell107 Posts: 71 Member
    Really low-tech, but mine's a metal veg steamer basket that I can just pop in a pan when I need it.
  • Lissa_Kaye
    Lissa_Kaye Posts: 214 Member
    I love my juicer, my mandolin slicer and my veggie spiral noodle cutter. I don't know how I lived without my mandolin slicer, it saves me so much prep time. I like to cook a ton of veggies and can bang out a stir fry so fast with that thing.
  • belimawr
    belimawr Posts: 1,155 Member
    edited March 2015
    Mine would be my Ninja blender and my toaster oven. The toaster gets used every night. Throw my eggs with some veggies in a ramekin, set toaster and take my shower. Get out and dry off to hot food. Of course all weighed with a digital scale. Ninja makes my favorite treat... peanut butter!
  • DaneanP
    DaneanP Posts: 433 Member
    So many to choose from, it's hard to pick just one. I love my scanpan frying pan, my immersion blender, my Panini press. But (and while this isn't in my kitchen) if I absolutely had to pick one, my Traeger grill. I use it several times a week.
  • AlabasterVerve
    AlabasterVerve Posts: 3,171 Member
    Definitely a decent knife I keep honed. For years I worked with a wooden block full of dull knives without realizing how bad they were. Never again; meal prep is so quick with a sharp knife!
  • dalem48
    dalem48 Posts: 86 Member
    My food scale. Hands down.
  • PiSquared
    PiSquared Posts: 148 Member
    I love my food processor. I actually have two, a mini food processor, and a full sized one with a couple different blades, I've named them Mr. Choppy and Big Papa Chop, respectively. The mini one I use all the time, and has become my preferred method for chopping onions. Also great for making small batches of sauces (I did a roasted red pepper based sauce the other night to go with pork chops and it was superb). Big Papa Chop (11 cup Cuisinart) sees a lot less action, but boy, does it come in handy! I use the slicing blade a lot for prepping for stir fries, and the grating blade for shredding cheese or veggies for slaws.
  • rumijs
    rumijs Posts: 218 Member
    A good food processor is next on my list. Id like to make more healthy sauces
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Food scale, plates/bowls & cutlery.
  • juliebowman4
    juliebowman4 Posts: 784 Member
    1) food scale.
    2) Ninja blender
    3) realllllly great non-stick frying pan. I can fry an egg with no additives.
  • MsJoisey
    MsJoisey Posts: 29 Member
    1) Food scale
    2). Tupperware bought over the years that allows me to freeze meals so I have something healthy to eat handy....
    3) Immersion blender
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    My dil....oh, sorry. All I saw was favorite tool. I feel sheepish. :flushed:
  • econut2000
    econut2000 Posts: 395 Member
    I love my veggie noodler thingy <--- technical name of course! It's the handheld kind not the Paderno one that sits out on the counter. My little handheld makes amazing long strings of squash! Makes me so happy lol
  • artsbysimon
    artsbysimon Posts: 14 Member
    Blender and my grill two things that help with my weight loss
  • brownsdown
    brownsdown Posts: 3 Member
    Food scale
    My food scale
    And a close third, the food scale
  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,535 Member
    Non-stick skillet, George Forman Griller, ceramic knives, food processor, Vitamix, KitchenAids, shot glasses, frozen glasses. These are a few of my favorite things!
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    Vune wrote: »
    A sharp knife. I use that more than anything.

    I second this - you can do anything with a sharp knife. My fave is a double bladed mezzaluna - perfect for my fresh herbs.

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  • Daisies4Days
    Daisies4Days Posts: 76 Member
    1. Vitamix
    2. Food scale ( digital and has liquid/dry ingredient options) measuring cups and spoons
    3. Chefs knife -veggie prep!
    4. InstaPot
    5. The Weber
  • SKME2013
    SKME2013 Posts: 704 Member
    My Blendtec blender and a food scale
  • justcat206
    justcat206 Posts: 716 Member
    I love our champion juicer. We rarely use it for juice anymore, but you can put the 'blank' on and feed frozen bananas or fruit through the top to make 'ice cream' which we eat all the time. Also, a good sharp knife, cast iron skillets, my very simple citrus juicer and my slow cooker (I love to slow cook meats them keep them in the fridge to shred over salads, into stir fries, etc).
  • coolfry
    coolfry Posts: 48 Member
    My food scale, measuring cups+spoons, and Tupperware+baggies. I can prep all my work meals with primarily these tools to keep myself on plan all week.
  • ruqayyahsmum
    ruqayyahsmum Posts: 1,513 Member
    my 8 in 1 cooker. i use it for rice, porridge, steaming veggies, make stews etc
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    Favorite kitchen tools..in no particular order.

    1) digital food scale
    2) Good knives
    3) Measuring spoons/cups
    4) Good rubber spatulas
    5) Cast iron pans


    Also a large assortment of herbs and spices and a fresh herb garden out back.
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