Finding time to prepare and cook the wonderful Mediterranean Diet meals can be challenging. Whether or not you love to cook, making the time to prepare meals can make this difference between a well prepared nutritious meal and well, one that is not. Although we are eating the same healthy diet that was already ancient when Leonardo da Vinci painted the Last Supper, we do not need to cook and prepare food that same way. Some people look at this as a cost saving measure, certainly every meal eaten at home is saving you money, multiply that by the number of people in your family and it is clear that one of the best ways to save money and balance your budget is to eat at home instead of going out. It is easy to enjoy Mediterranean Diet meals if you have the right ingredients and right equipment so let’s review some great tools that can be given as gifts, even to yourself.
I was introduced to the Instant Pot from members of my Facebook Group. These were credible people that take the Mediterranean Diet seriously, are good or great cooks, and already have well stocked kitchens. So I was interested but it wasn’t until a friend of ours prepared a meal for us with it that I became convinced it was a must have for busy cooks. The Instant Pot uses high heat and high pressure gadget to quickly prepare meals those otherwise take hours to cook. Of course it is also safe due to a locking mechanism that protects the impatient.
The Instant Pot does take a little lead time before getting up to cooking temperature, but the time savings on cooking your favorite meals more than makes up for a five minute wait.
The other speed is slow. As great as an Instant Pot is it is also nice to have a fully, cooked delicious meal when you walk in the door in the evening. These cookers are ideal for throwing in just the right vegetables letting them simmer. You then know you have a nutritious meal waiting for you at the end of the day. Crock pot food is tender, juicy and full of flavor
Check out this highly rated powerful hand 6 speed hand blender that is dishwasher safe, lightweight, with some very useful attachments. I use this blender to make guacamole, pico de gallo, pesto’s, vinaigrette’s, smoothies, and soups in a snap, then just clean it in the sink easily or throw it into the dishwasher.
This handheld zester is designed with a specific tooth like this takes the flavorful rind directly off the citrus fruit, Grate cheese grate ginger and garlic into a minced pastes to flavor many popular foods. Create ground spices from whole hard cinnamon or nutmeg made of surgical grade stainless steel this material stays rust-free and maintains sharpness over time. True stainless steel is magnetic, so this item can be hung on your magnetic knife strip. Non-scratch end tabs help protect counter topsthe tool is easy to clean, simply rinse immediately after use. Use a kitchen brush on the underside of the blade to clean out tough to reach particles. The zester/grater can also be placed in the dishwasher
This high quality bundle comes complete with 7 interchangeable blades, an extra blade caddy for safe blade storage, a printed color user manual and more. This tool makes it easy to prepare the most beautiful salads and make the healthiest raw food pasta quickly and efficiently. It’s the most efficient way to replace carb-loaded, calorie-loaded meals with a wide range of healthy veggie alternatives. Use the spiralizer to
slice and shred the firmest fruits and vegetables. E ideal tool for making healthy veggie noodles from firm fruits and veggies like beet, turnip, apple, onion, potato, sweet potato, carrot, zucchini, cucumber, cabbage, and squash. This great utensil works with veggies up to 10 inches long and 7 inches wide.
No matter what the cook in your family or friends passion, one or more of these will be sure to please. A healthy diet begins with spending more time in the kitchen cooking up delicious Mediterranean Diet recipes, why not make it easy with these top rated, best value kitchen utensils.
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My new Where’s My Stomach? program successfully integrates two of the healthiest practices in modern life. The Mediterranean Diet has ranked as the #1 healthiest diet in study after study after the initial study in the 1950s. Intermittent Fasting does not recommend what you eat, it just determines when you eat allowing the digestive system to rest each day.
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