kitchen tools for the gaps diet
I don't have a lot of work surface in my kitchen, being only an English 3-bedroom semi-detached house, so I try to only have the things that I really need. I also don't have lots of money to buy expensive machinery.
Here are the tools I couldn't do without.
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Here are the tools I couldn't do without.
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My trusty Kenwood food processor come blender. 750 W motor. Small but compact and does the job for a family of four.
It makes all our cakes and bakes! |
This is a smoothie maker, but I use it for crushing small seeds, like linseeds, mixing dates to a paste and other such little jobs. Easy to clean and small. I can't make kefir smoothies in it though as the fizz makes it all leak out!
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My cast iron frying pan is used through the day from breakfast for pancakes, to tea for stir-frys. So much better for you than 'non-stick' alternatives. Easy to care for, wash with water and use lots of fat! If necessary, wipe some olive oilover it before putting it away.
Caution: very heavy! |
Before we started GAPS I made my own bread all the time - I did find a good soaked recipe on the Weston A. Price Website. I hope to return to it once GAPS is over. This is a Panasonic. I was given it as a present 8 years ago and it's still going strong. Expensive, but lasts.
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I have this smaller one for travelling - it's great!
The slow cooker is invaluable for GAPS. It's on all the time, but also for any traditional diet, bone/meat broth is so good for the gut supplying many vitamins and minerals as well. So it's good to incorporate home-made broth in your meals as much as you can. In my experience slow cookers never last very long - the bowl ends up cracking. So never buy an expensive one.
Now to smaller but just as handy pieces of equipment.
Now to smaller but just as handy pieces of equipment.
A stick blender is so valuable, especially when making lots of soups! Less washing up!
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These silicon cake cups/loaf mould are so helpful. I soon found that GAPS/nut muffins stick in their paper cases terribly, but they glide out of these effortlessly. Similarly, the loaf moulds are great for meat loaves, coconut butter bread etc...
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A variety of whisks are great for tackling jobs of different sizes - whisking eggs, batters etc...
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A variety of flasks, not just for transporting gallons of soup on picnics, but also for making yoghurt and sour - cream. I have two 1 litre, one for food and one for drinks, and two 500ml, one for food and one for drinks. Yoghurt and sour cream can be made in any of them.
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