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Here are my ULTIMATE<\/strong> crunchy kitchen must haves…if you’re unfamiliar with the term “crunchy” it basically means a person who is more naturally minded. They have chosen to become mindful of the food their family consumes, they try to eat a “whole food” diet, cutting out processed foods, making things from scratch, less foods made from a box and or foods loaded with chemical ingredients. Believe me when I say this wasn’t always me, because it wasn’t. I’ve enjoyed cooking in the kitchen since college but I didn’t really understand how to cook healthy, with healthy food, or that the tools and gadgets that I chose to cook with are also equally important. For the past 10 years we’ve slowly made dramatic changes and in our home. We try to cook with clean pure water, pure clean ingredients, and clean non-toxic cookware. A lot of cookware can be loaded with lead, Teflon, heavy metals and chemicals like BPA, so we try to be conscious of what we are using. We also chucked our microwave (aka food radiation nuker) 8 years ago, and honestly I don’t miss it one bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you’re like me and you try your best to make all the food for your family from scratch, then there are a few essential kitchen gadgets that I consider to be a must…Here are the bigger ones that I feel no kitchen should go with out. I realize that all these items are a big investment, but when it comes to your health and trimming down the costs of food, you just can’t go without. Slowly add these big guns to your kitchen. You’ll save so much time and money in the end. You will find that it takes less time to prep and prepare a home cooked meal and therefore you’ll be be less tempted to take the family “out” for dinner. So if you’re looking for a nice big ticket item to add to your Christmas wish list…add one of these. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Berkey Water Filter<\/strong><\/a> (& future filters…these<\/a>) this is how we get clean drinking and cooking water free of heavy metals, bacteria, fluoride, and chlorine. This is extremely important to us because the water we drink and cook with does in fact affect our health. <\/li>
  2. Vitamix<\/a><\/strong> – a must for any crunchy kitchen. You can make amazing smoothies that taste like ice cream and have greens in them and your kids will never know. Make homemade soups, ice creams, nut butters and nut milks. The list of what you can do with a Vitamix is AMAZING. I’ve had mine for 8 years and recently I switched to a Blendtec just for fun and gave my sister-in-law my Vitamix (which she loved) and honestly I prefer my Vitamix. I’ll be going back to the old school style at some point soon! <\/li>
  3. Cuisinart<\/a><\/strong> <\/a>Food Processor<\/a> <\/strong>– I use my food processor a few times a week to shred cheese blocks, chop or shred veggies, or mix up homemade granola bars or cookie dough. It’s definitely a must. I have the Waring Commercial one but I’ve heard this one is fabulous as well. <\/li>
  4. Omega Juicer <\/a><\/strong>– store bought green juice is expensive, you can make your own for a fraction of the price, but you need a really good juicer in order to make it worth your while. We have this one and LOVE it. It is a slow masticating juicer which means it doesn’t destroy foods enzymes and your juice will stay good for up to 3 days. And it’s easy to clean. <\/li>
  5. Breville Immersion Blender<\/a> <\/strong>– last year I got two of the Kitchen Aid blenders, one for soap making and one for soup, and to be honest they are not worth the money. They are poorly made and extremely frustrating (the blender part falls off while blending! NOT COOL!). If you add one of these to your kitchen be sure to get a good quality one like this one, don’t go cheap, you’ll highly regret it. <\/li>
  6. Instant Pot<\/a><\/strong> <\/a>(the big one!) I got my instant pot before everyone went crazy for them and I love it, I only wish I had the bigger one so I could get one of my giant farm raised chickens in it. Get the bigger one if you can. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Other considerations not featured above: <\/strong>A really nice electric tea kettle (I love this one!) And a vegetable spiralizer (great for making zoodles-noodles out of veggies) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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