TOP 10 KETO KITCHEN GADGETS
Top 10 Kitchen Gadgets
Want to enjoy cooking a little more or save time? I suggest to invest in a few items.
Buy picking up a few kitchen gadgets, you will save you time and money in the long run. Cooking at home is so much cheaper than going out to eat. Packing lunches for my family has not only kept us keto, it also helped us save money.
If it were up to my husband we would have every kitchen gadget made, but I enjoy simplicity and I do not enjoy clutter. Here are my top 10 kitchen gadgets!
1. Slow Cooker
How often I use it: once a week, but I love to cook if you are someone who doesn’t have time this is a great tool that can be used daily.
Price: $45-$120
Recipes: slow cooker sloppy joes, crock pot chicken, or tons of ideas in The Art of Healthy Eating Slow Cooker Cookbook!
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2. Veggetti Pro Table-Top Spiralizer
How often I use it: twice a week.
Price: Under $25
Recipes: To make zucchini noodles and broccoli noodles.
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3. Stand Mixer
My mother-in-law bought my first stand mixer about 10 years ago and I have been hooked ever since. I didn’t think I would use it as much as I do! I absolutely adore my stand mixer!
How often I use it: twice a week
Price: $150-$500
Recipes: Keto Buns for hamburgers, whipping whites, making “healthified” cheesecakes, to fine the Protein Sparing Bread!
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4. Quality Blender (Blendtec or Vitamix)
How often I use it: Daily
Price: 150-$700
Recipes: makes great breakfast shakes and purees salad dressings
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Click HERE to find Vitamix and other top blenders with a variety of prices.
5. Immersion blender
How often I use it: once every 2 weeks
Price: Under $30
Recipes: soups and shakes
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6. Large cast iron skillet with deep edges
How often I use it: Daily
Price: Under $20 (buy at Thrift store for $2)
Recipes: BEST for deep frying. I once had a Fry Daddy but with a good thermometer, nothing fries food as well as cast iron. It holds heat. I use it for frying eggs daily!
Click HERE to find a Cast Iron Skillet for $15.
7. Quality Knife Plus a Serrated Knife
How often I use it: Daily
Price: $100-$300
Recipes: keto bread, chopping veggies, tomatoes, a good sharp knife makes prepping food so much more enjoyable!
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8. Ice Cream Maker
How often I use it: weekly
Price: $45-$100
Recipes: “healthified” ice creams
9. Toaster Oven
How often I use it: twice a week
Price: if you invest in a toaster oven get a quality one that goes up to 400 degrees. $100-$299
Recipes: I love this for reheating leftovers! This is awesome for someone making single servings and who doesn’t want to heat up the whole kitchen during the heat of the summer. Reheating just about every recipe.
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10. Smoker! It is the best cooking vessel we own!
How often I use it: once a week
Price $100-150
Recipes: smoked ribs, smoked salmon, smoked cauliflower steaks…
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BONUS GADGETS:
1. A whip cream canister
How often I use it: twice a week
Price $20-99
Recipes: frozen fat bombs, garnish for desserts
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2. Radio/Music
If you watch my videos we added beautiful Italian music. Creating a peaceful environment is something I do whenever I cook. During the holidays you will hear holiday music throughout the house, on a warm summer day the breeze streams through the windows with sounds of Caribbean music or Bob Marley.
How often I use it: Daily
Price: $25- $$$
3. Snow Cone Maker
How often I use it: twice a week
Price $20-99
Recipes: “healthified” snow cone
4. Tortilla Press
Price: $23-40
Recipes: to make my “healthified” tortillas and “healthified” pizza crusts!
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I agree there isn’t anything better than a good smoker!
A general question; is there a supplement you recommend for dogs with arthritis, other than the glucosamine that vets suggest? Thank you!
You can check at Springtimeince.com they have wonderful supplement for Dogs arthritis. Check it out.
bone broth, just like you!
Never glucosamine. “Glucos”amine is sugar.
I would feed them beef heart like we do with our dog.
Thank you Maria, Gary & Laurie for your help!
Great Lakes grass fed gelatin (the green can doesn’t gel) you can add some to their food or get the version that gels and make treats-just mix with water. (warning- the treats smell terrible but dogs seriously love them).
try addin a drop or two of concentrace minerals to their water every day. also magnesium is good for pets. not use of the dosage. someone in a group told us but not having a need at the time i did not write down the amount.
Wonderful list! I still have a few to purchase. Brilliant idea to use the whipped cream canister for fat bombs. Does it clog up? Also, I have 10 lbs to lose and am still having BP issues. I’m not in full ketosis, (but thanks to your great keto calculator, I can fix that). Will ketosis help my BP?
No it doesn’t clog at all!;)
Yes! http://mariamindbodyhealth.com/foods-to-eat-for-high-blood-pressure/
try upping your magnesium we need 5 mg per lb plus more for stressors. also look into your potassium levels
Another gadget I can’t do without is a microplane. I use it for more than lemon zest. Grating garlic, fresh nutmeg, fresh ginger, chocolate, etc.
Regarding glucosamine for dogs, my vet said just to get the same thing we take so I get Costco’s Kirkland brand (around $20) for a lot less money than what a past vet sold it for.
Great idea on the microplane!
thanks for the update maria…
Good old Hemp Oil from Nutiva is great for animals and people with arthritis.
You’re awesome Maria! I’m so thankful to have found you!
Your soooooo sweet!!!!!!!
A gadget I have come to love and rely on is my tortilla press. I bought one to make Maria’s recipe for tortillas and now use it constantly to make crackers. Saves so much time over having to roll them out and bake them. I press them thin between sheets of coconut oiled parchment paper in the tortilla press and pop them in the microwave. I can also use it to make wraps, of course, but I love the flax/egg white/parmesan crackers the best.
Oh!!!! Great idea!
Where is this cracker recipe? Is it on Maria’s blog? I can’t find it. Sounds wonderful!
What cracker recipe?
I have adapted cracker recipes to the point where I make mine out of whatever I happen to have on hand. I think the original recipe came from one of the Low Carbing Among Friends books. I use the dry container for my VitaMix to make flour out of nuts, and if I have a little left over, that goes into the crackers. I like to use ground flax seeds and ground sunflower seeds. I mix those with finely grated parmesan cheese (I just guess at the amount now after making them so many times. I moisten the seed flour/cheese mixture with egg white until it forms a stiff dough, then pinch of pieces and roll into balls, pop into the tortilla press between sheets of parchment paper torn to be about the size of the press. I spray the parchment with a little coconut oil, press the balls into thin circles and pop them, paper and all, into the microwave for 90 seconds or so. Peel off the paper after cooling them a little and store the crackers in a container. Sometimes I sprinkle sea salt on the crackers. I have also used various seasonings and dried minced onion to get different flavors. I imagine almost any low carb cracker recipe would work.
I think Maria’s rosemary cracker recipe would work well, but I like a firm thin cracker best, so I use egg white instead of water to hold the dough together.
Yes. That should work!
Jennifer, which tortilla press do you have? I need to get one ‘cuz mine turn out so misshapen, it’s sad.
Maria, do you ever use a microwave, or is that a “bad” gadget?
We use this one: http://astore.amazon.com/marisnutran05-20/detail/B00164T384
That’s the tortilla press I use, too. Follow Maria’s link.
Yes I do use a microwave;)
Does a smoker have to be used outdoors?
Yes. Garage would work;)
They do make Indoor Smoker stovetop/oven smokers. I’ve never used one.
Thank you for another great article! I was wondering what do you recommend for a 14 year old athlete who has both a dairy and egg white allergy in order to eat healthified?
Hi Maria,
Just to let you know that I received your book “keto advanced”,(in Canada) and I love it. I am learning a lot and plan to start to eat your way to heal my body very soon! I’m diabetic, have High cholesterol, High pressure, weigh 210 pounds for 1,63 meters Height. Could you guide me by kindly tell me where to start?
Thinking you in advance!
Martha
Hi! Thank you for your support!
If it is meal plans you are looking for I have lots of options here: http://mariamindbodyhealth.com/my-services/
I look forward to helping more!;)
Thanks for putting me back on your mailing list. I have not heard from you in over six months.