Kitchen Tools that assist you with your healthy lifestyle

* Cast iron pan: natural non-stick, and you get the best sear on your meats. Perfect when you use a dry rub to seal in the flavor. Or get your fish skin crispy
* Pepper grinder (and pink peppercorns -- these are amazing they have a bright and fruity flavor. Try it on fruit...)
* Santoku knife (much easier to cut with than a chef's knife. Especially if you have smaller hands) I can slice things thinly, chop herbs and everything else to keep my plate looking pretty. Makes short work of making orange segments for a salad. I now have 2, a mini one to replace my paring knife and a big one for everything else
* Microplane grater (use it to grind hard cheeses or chocolate. The shavings are so tiny and light, you can add a ton with very few calories. a huge pile of grated parmesan is around 30-40 calories this way, and the small shavings make it easy to flavor your whole plate.
*Immersion blender: make your own smooth veggie soups or purees easily. You plug and blend in the pan
*Mini food processor: use it for dressings, chimichurri and to make quick work of the onions

Measuring spoons/cups and my digital food scale. I found out I was over estimating peanut butter and under estimating lean meats.

My Dutch oven and a ton of 2-cup Pyrex bowls for freezer storage. The huge pot makes whipping up a large batch of uber-healthy soup or spaghetti (I call it that, but pasta is by far the minority ingredient) super-easy, and then I just ladle it into the Pyrex bowls & stick them in the freezer. I can get 10 or 11 servings (2 cups each) out of one batch -- makes taking lunch to work SO easy, and I always have a healthy dinner option when I might otherwise be too tired to cook something healthy.

I also really dig my silicone garlic peeler -- you just put the clove in the tube, press it flat with your hand & roll it around a bit, and the skin comes off like magic. I use a lot of garlic, so I love this thing!

I love my cast iron pan, too. It's a family heirloom, haha! Honestly, even cooking on it takes minimal oil.
I don't like non-stick pans all that much.

I have 3 or 4 sets of measuring cups / spoons (thank you, dollar tree!) to last throughout the day (hubby uses them too).
I have an OLD food processor - love it - use it even to make dishwasher & laundry detergent! LOL

I have a couple items on my wish list - but for now they are just that - wishful thinking.

Magic Bullet. Smoothies and protein shakes rock my socks.

I have digital kitchen scales. I weigh everything on it. Even when it says half a cup. I measure it out on the scales to get a more accurate reading. Although its metric so sometimes I have to convert it to imperial on the laptop.