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2 Kitchen Tools a Raw Kitchen Can’t Live Without

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2 essential kitchen tools

by Kristen Suzanne

A fully functioning raw food kitchen can be filled with all kinds of fun tools, appliances and gadgets.

But, what do I recommend for a raw food newbie? There are a couple of definite must haves to get you started.

The list is longer once you get your groove on with your raw lifestyle, but these are a couple of items that I think every raw food newbie should have:

  • A great knife
  • A high powered blender!

A Great Knife!

The thing you’ll do the most in your raw food kitchen is chopping, dicing, and mincing… more than anything else. Even if you’re going to use your blender, you’re usually still chopping something before you put it into your blender.

So! Get a great knife! Here is my favorite: MAC Knife. I’ve had it for years and I love it. It’s light in my hand so I can chop for hours and my wrist and hand don’t get tired.

A great, quality knife makes chopping fun! Seriously… FUN! Although, I think some people think I should reevaluate my idea of fun – haha.

A High Powered Blender!

2 important kitchen tools for a raw food newbieI’ll start by saying that I cannot imagine my foodie life without one of these bad boys!

It’s true that you can make smoothies easily with a normal blender. But. If you want extra powerful smoothies (the high powered blender can bust through cell walls and pulverize seeds to release more nutrition) as well as the ability to make other great foods like:

  • raw ice cream
  • raw cheesecake
  • raw soup
  • raw juice (Yes, juice! By using a nutmilk bag to strain your blended mixture, you can have fresh juice)
  • raw mousse
  • raw pesto
  • raw slaw

and so much more… then treat your health to a high powered blender.

Obviously, if you don’t have a high powered blender, you can still successfully make some raw foods. It’s just easier, more fun, and usually healthier with a high powered blender.

Building up your raw food kitchen can take time, but starting with these two great tools will get your raw food lifestyle on the fast track.