Deciding to make better nutritional choices is not the difficult part; most of us have declared "TODAY is the day I turn this thing AROUND!" Maybe it's a resolution on New Year's Day, or your birthday, or maybe you know someone not making healthy choices and you are seeing how those choices affect daily life. I've always been active and enjoyed healthy food, but over the past couple of years I've watched family members endure a steady decline of health, due to lack of exercise and poor nutritional choices; this strengthens my resolve to eat right! Taking 5 - 8 pills a day has become the norm for our society along with routine doctor visits and it's sad. To the very best of my ability, I plan to avoid this pattern! Keeping in mind the old saying, "You are what you eat!" I cook every day. Yes, cooking takes time, but with forward planning and the right tools --- it can be very efficient.
Setting yourself up for success is the first step in implementing change. There is no better way to ignite change than by investing in a new kitchen tool to GUARANTEE easing prep time and even be fun.
Setting yourself up for success is the first step in implementing change. There is no better way to ignite change than by investing in a new kitchen tool to GUARANTEE easing prep time and even be fun.
This post focuses on the kitchen tool I consider a MUST HAVE!
EMERSION BLENDER
The emersion blender's biggest selling point is ease. Using a full size blender often requires dragging it from the cabinet, adding ingredients to the blending pitcher and once blended, you gotta pour your blend into another cup or dish; this adds up to more clean up, which adds up to more time! Emersion blenders are small, quick and versatile! They do more than make smoothies:
- Blend or cream soups while in the cook pot
- Quick, smooth blend of dip ingredients -- right in the serving bowl!
- Puree fruit for toppings
- Blend ingredients for cookies, breads, etc without the hand mixer
Don't go cheap and get one with smallish blades and a single speed, you'll be sorry. They run between $35 and $50 before using your 20% discount card from Bed Bath and Beyond so make the investment in blades large enough to chop or puree larger chunks. The variable speed, even if it's just "HI" and "LOW" will come in very handy . I'm willing to bet you use this just about every day!
RECIPE ideas -- TOPPINGS:
- Half a Banana plus 2 Tblsp of Almond or Peanut Butter, blended and placed atop your morning pancakes in place of syrup.
- Tomato, cilantro, lime juice, a few pieces of chopped zucchini and onion for some quick salsa
- After slow cooking meat and veggies, remove meat and drop the emersion blender in the crock pot to blend dripping and cooked veggies for a delicious sauce!
UPCOMING…
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