Best Raw Food Appliances - The Best Appliances When Starting the Raw Food Diet

Many people ask me what are the best raw food appliances they should buy when starting the raw diet. Your budget will be a huge factor in deciding what raw food appliances to purchase.

When on the raw diet you will be adding a tremendous amount of fruits and vegetables to your diet, so you will definitely need a cutting board and a good knife set. These days good knife sets are available at home goods stores such as Target, Walmart, and Kmart. You can also find them online. I like ceramic knives; even though they are more expensive, they are super sharp.

Once you have a good knife set and cutting board, I recommend buying two affordable kitchen gadgets. The spiral slicer and a nut milk bag are two really affordable and useful tools. The spiral slicer is a lightweight vegetable slicer than can make unique cuts out of vegetables. Most people use it to make zucchini pasta as an alternative to wheat pasta. A nut milk bag is a simple filtering bag that is usually made of nylon. With a nut milk bag you can make almond milk and other nut milks, and if you don't have a juicer you can use it as a juicer to make fresh juice. You do need a blender to make both nut milk and fresh juice with your nut milk bag.

The next appliance I would recommend is a really powerful blender. You should expect to spend anywhere from 150-450 for a high speed blender. A high speed blender is crucial to the living food diet. You can use a high speed blender to make smoothies, soups, sauces, and raw desserts. A regular blender will not give you the smooth texture that you can achieve with a high speed blender. If you can afford it, I would recommend the Vitamix Blender and K-tec Blender. Also, as long as you have a blender and a nut milk bag, you can juice with a high powered blender as well.

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Cecilia is a raw food teacher and consultant in Sonoma, CA. Click here to learn more about raw food appliances. Please visit her website for your Free Raw Food Starter Guide E-book and a Free Raw Foods List to set up your kitchen today!