Tools #1

Tools #1

These are a few of my favorite kitchen tools I use all the time and I hope that by using them you will find preparing a plant-based meal quicker and easier.

1 Steamer Baskets

  • Steaming vegetables is the healthiest way to cook them. This tiered set of baskets allows one to stack the vegetable in order of how long the cooking time is. Check out the super nutritious method I use and then use any of the dressings or sauces on the site to dip the veg into.

2. Cuisinart Burger Press

  • This simple tool makes the most beautiful and professional looking burgers. Checkout the burger section of the site for some great burger recipes and particularly the Mixed Veg + Black Bean burgers to see how they turn out of this little press.

3. Vitamix Blender

  • This sturdy workhorse is a must when preparing soups, nut milks and large batch smoothies. It is more powerful than all other blenders and produces a silky smooth finish to blended foods.

4 King Arthur Flour Pre-cut Parchment Sheets

  • These sheets used for baking save time, fuss and bother and you can cut them in half for smaller baking tins. And make washing up the tins much quicker.

5 EVO Olive Oil Spray

  • I don’t like to use a lot of oil in my cooking and this little spray is perfect for spraying on very little oil when baking and roasting food. Other mist sprays clog up or stop functioning. Not this one which I have been using almost daily for many years.

6 Silicon Souper Cubes

  • I have featured this before but am including it as it is the perfect tool for freezing soups.

7 Instant Pot

  • As you know by now, I use this pot almost daily for cooking grains, legumes, stews and steaming. It saves loads of time and allows one to cook large amounts which can be frozen and popped out of the freezer later to add to any meal.

8 Structured Trudeau Silicon Muffin Pans

These are structured and do not flop around in the oven or freezer. I use these in three sizes:

  • The small one for juicing lemons, limes, ginger, turmeric and freezing them.

  • The medium one I use for freezing cooked breakfast oats, making muffins, cooking onions and many other functions.

  • The large one is great for freezing grains like quinoa, farro and rice or legumes like lentils and beans.

  • With all of the above I pop them in zip-lock bags once frozen and it is simple to pop one out for use while preparing a meal.

9 Oxo Stacking Collander/Storing bowls

  • These are just so great for washing produce, rinsing cans of beans and since they have lids I also use them for storing salads or any other dishes. I use them all the time!

10 NutriBullet

  • This is probably one of the most frequently used appliances in our kitchen - great for smoothies, salad dressings, sauces, dips, grinding flax for breakfast and the list continues.

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