My essentials

I thought it might be helpful to share some of my essentials, including food I always keep in, and tools that i always use for cooking and food preparation etc. It's also quite a handy way for me to keep details of those tools in one place so i don't forget them when they need replacing etc. I hope you find it useful!

(note: a few of these have links next to them, if you click these links they'll take you straight to places where you can buy them from. these are affiliate links so I will earn a small commission if you do this)

I have updated a few of these to include some of my favourite tableware and utensils:

Tools

• Lurch Spirali 10203 Vegetable Spiralizer Green/Cream

This is the big one. I use my spiralizer literally all the time. This is so amazing for making zoodles with and I use it literally every day. You can make pasta-like meals in quicker than the time that it takes to make pasta, and they taste amazing too! The one I use can be found here, I tried a couple and this one has lasted me the longest, and it gets very heavy use!

• Nutribullet

Amazing for making sauces, pesto, cauliflower rice, and of course juices and smoothies, I use this all the time, and it takes a minute to clean and is nice and compact so it doesn't use up too much valuable workspace! 

• Vitamix Aspire Black Food Mixer & Blender

Have you used/ got a Vitamix yet? If not you need one. They are so powerful and you can actually make soups from scratch in 5 minutes. You can also make ice cream, frozen yoghurts, cocktails, frappuccinos, you name it! Bulkier and pricier than the nutribullet but so so worth it!

• I-Bake Non Stick 1 m Cooking Liner Roll

Do you use this stuff? If not, why not? It is amazing. It comes on a roll, you cut off as much as you need and then use it to line whatever you're cooking with. You can line a frying pan with it and then fry your egg on it without oil. You can line a baking tray with it and then peel your cauliflower crust pizza off it easily. You can line the bottom of your oven with it and then remove it revealing a pristine oven floor underneath. Honestly this stuff literally is life saving! 

Ok, so they're a few of my essentials, now onto the important bit; the food:

Vegetables 

-Kale

-Advocado

-Tomatoes

-Spinach

-Mushrooms

-Cucumber
-Cauliflower 
-Broccoli
-Courgettes
-Aubergines

Dairy

-Free range eggs

-Duck eggs

-Very strong cheddar

-Feta

-Goats Cheese

-Halloumi

Nuts/Pulses

-Pine nuts

-Linseeds

Treats

-Peanut Butter

-Atkins bars
-Sugar free chocolate 

Storecupboard

-Pesto