In The Kitchen: Must Have Tools

There are a few essentials to have in the kitchen if you are going to be preparing alot of your own food, and eating raw. 

My Favorites are:

#1. A Vitamix.

These are spendy. But let me tell you, it makes life so much easier. It helps with all your raw desserts, nut butters, flours, grinding, salad dressings, daily smoothies, and the list goes on. Before we bought this we went through 3 Cuisinarts in one year. And in 5 years the Vitamix hasnt let us down. Even if it does it has a 7 year warranty. 
Another option, Ebay has some great deals on used ones.

#2 A Juicer.

We love the Jack LaLanne juicer. It has a wide mouth which makes a huge difference in juicing, and so far it had held up. Ours is about 6 years old and still does the job. Costco has the best deal for these, I believe they are $90 there.

#3 The Excalibur.

We asked around and did research before we purchased a dehydrator and this one got great reviews and were adding ours..we love it. So simple, tons of room. We got the 9 tray and seldom fill it completely up. were usually at 5 trays so I could see the 5 tray being practical, although I would love to start getting it maxed out. Its just a matter of time between prep, and baby. We got ours on Amazon.com.

So those are my 3 favorite items aside from the basic essentials. These make a big difference in time and ease for our whole food / raw food prep.