With your sights set on a better body, a cleaner lifestyle, or a more diverse diet roster, you can benefit from ten of the best kitchen gadgets for healthy cooking.
Whether you’re into overnight oats, meat and potatoes, or you just want to get some greens in, there’s something in this guide for everyone.
Let’s dive into the top ten most useful and best kitchen gadgets for healthy eating.
Quick Take
Here are our recommendations from the list:
The Instant Vortex Plus 6QT offers ample cooking space for healthy meals. Just toss in your food, turn it on, and wait for the timer to signal when it's ready.
DRKIO's Overnight Oats Containers simplify the process—add oats, your preferred protein powder, and any extras like almond butter, fresh fruit, or Greek yogurt. The possibilities are endless.
This Food Processor quickly chops, slices, and purees with a button. The wide loading mouth handles whole veggies, saving time on knives. With a 14-cup capacity and a 720-watt motor, the Cuisinart processor is powerful for meal prep.
Read on for more info and the complete details…
Top Ten Best Healthy Kitchen Gadgets for Wholesome Cooking
I’ve separated this list into sections based on what the gadgets achieve. Some tools are great at staving off sweet tooth cravings, while others are terrific for portion control and meal prepping.
Kitchen Appliances for Cooking Healthy Meals
These gadgets make your post-workout meal a cinch.
Instant Vortex Plus 6QT Air Fryer
The convenience of a quality air fryer cannot be overstated. Plus, if you’ve been microwave-bound for some time, you won’t be able to get enough of the crispy chicken and roasted vegetables that take only a few minutes to prepare.
The Instant Vortex Plus 6QT offers six quarts of cooking space, which is more than enough for healthy dishes like chicken, salmon, veggies, and so much more.
Just throw your meal in, turn it on, and let the timer tell you when your food is ready to devour.
What makes this particular air fryer stand out from the crowd is its six-in-one functionality, though. You can bake, broil, roast, air fry, dehydrate and reheat all in the same gadget.
If you’re short on counter space, this handy Swiss army knife of an air fryer will do your diet (and your taste buds) wonders.
As an added tip, anything that’s safe to put in the oven is safe to put in the air fryer; try setting a layer of aluminum foil down in the basket for easy cleanup.
If you’re looking for healthy recipes, the Instant Vortex Plus 6QT pairs with the free Instant Brands Connect app (available for iOS and Android), which has hundreds of preloaded recipes available to pick and choose from.
Crockpot 7-Quart MyTime Cook & Carry Programmable Slow Cooker
Healthy pot roasts and shredded chicken have never been easier. Just toss your dish in the Crockpot 7-Quart MyTime Cook & Carry Programmable Slow Cooker and go on about your day.
Truly a set-it-and-forget-it style of cooking, you can even adjust this slow cooker’s settings to prepare your meal at a certain time of day.
So, rather than setting a roast to cook for six hours, you can schedule it to be finished when you get home from work at 5:45 PM, and it’ll auto-adjust the cooking temps accordingly.
It’s also oven and dishwasher-safe, meaning you can broil a pork loin in the oven to finish it off before serving, then pop the stoneware and lid in the dishwasher to clean it all up.
At a 7-quart capacity, you have plenty of room to prepare delicious, healthy meals.
BLACK + DECKER 6-Cup Rice Cooker
Everyone knows chicken, rice, and broccoli are the quintessential healthy foods. While there are plenty more options, and you shouldn’t limit yourself to those three choices, they’re staples for a reason.
Rice is great for adding volume to your meal, making you feel full and satisfied. What definitely isn’t satisfying, however, is the process of making rice in a skillet or saucepan.
The good news? A rice cooker can solve that problem in a jiffy.
This BLACK + DECKER 6-Cup Rice Cooker gives you everything you need: a removable nonstick bowl, cook and warm modes, and indicator lights that differentiate between the two.
Pour your rice in, add some water, and flip the switch to cook. Now, you can focus on your main protein and side greens without stirring and worrying.
DRKIO 4 Pack Overnight Oats Containers
I’m sure you’ve seen the trend of overnight oats taking over breakfast as we know it.
They’re tasty, healthy, and easily customizable — you can’t go wrong.
These Overnight Oats Containers from DRKIO make it a breeze; toss in some oats, a protein powder of your choice, and any other add-ins of your choosing like almond butter, fresh fruit, greek yogurt… the sky’s the limit here.
This set stands out because of its color-coded, leak-proof lids and side-loaded spoon holders. These features make it easy to load up a few flavors the night before, wake up, grab your oats, and go.
Kitchen Gadgets for Easy Meal Prep
These best healthy kitchen gadgets make preparing food ahead of time as easy as can be.
Greater Goods Nutrition Scale
All good meal prep starts with a scale. You need to know exactly how much of each food you’re eating per meal if you’re concerned with measuring calories and controlling your weight.
The Greater Goods Nutrition Scale is an excellent option.
It has an 11lb capacity, a 5.38 x 5.38-inch platform for resting plates, bowls, and more to measure, and an LCD screen that outputs the weight as well as the macros of whatever food you input.
Meaning if you add 100g of avocado to the scale and plug that into the scale (which is loaded with nutrition data from over 2,000 foods out of the box), you can see the exact breakdown of protein, fats, carbs, and calories.
Anyone who has tried meal prep in the past knows how much of a headache that info is to track. Don’t get a macro-tracking-induced headache; get the Greater Goods Nutrition Scale.
DFP-14BCNY Cuisinart Custom 14 Food Processor
Meal prep certainly comes with some trials and tribulations, not the least of which is the time it takes to slice and dice fruits and vegetables.
However, a good food processor takes the hassle right out of the equation.
The DFP-14BCNY Cuisinart Custom 14 Food Processor can give you chopped onions, sliced tomatoes, and perfectly pureed foods at the press of a button.
The wide loading mouth that accommodates whole vegetables is such a time saver you won’t even want to look at a knife and cutting board again.
And, with a 14-cup capacity and a 720-watt motor, this Cuisinart food processor is easily powerful enough to get the meal prep job done.
Rubbermaid Brilliance Meal Prep Containers
It’d be pretty tough to meal prep without containers to store your food. But, cheap plastic containers are prone to leaking, cracking, and affecting the taste of some foods stored inside.
Investing in a nice set of glass meal prep dishes can save you money down the road. Plus, with the Rubbermaid Brilliance Meal Prep Containers, you get glass lids for easy meal identification in the fridge.
These microwavable two-compartment containers are also terrific for portion control, allowing you to divvy up a main dish and a side in every container.
Of course, if you have one large meal like a stir fry, you can just as easily fill both compartments with one dish.
Besides that, there are real benefits to the leak-proof smart lid system. It features two lockable handles to keep your food safe and secure even while traveling.
Healthy Kitchen Gadgets for Your Sweet Tooth
Just because you’re eating healthy doesn’t mean you don’t like dessert! The key is to control what sweets you eat, and these gadgets can turn an all-night binge into a controlled treat.
Ninja NC301 CREAMi Ice Cream Maker
If you’re an ice cream fanatic turned healthy eater, the Ninja CREAMi is a lifesaver.
Prep a pint with ingredients like protein powder, a milk of your choosing, and all the mix-ins you want (you can really go crazy here, adding in a dash of cereal, your favorite candy, or a handful of fresh fruit to kiss your cravings goodbye).
Then, freeze it for 24 hours and pop it in the Ninja CREAMi for a silky smooth cup of ice cream with ingredients you control.
You can also make milkshakes, gelato, smoothie bowls, and all kinds of other healthy, tasty treats. As an added bonus, all parts and pints are dishwasher-safe. Easy cleanup is the best kind of cleanup.
Magic Bullet Blender
No one wants to dirty a full-size blender to make a protein shake or fruit smoothie. That’s exactly why the Magic Bullet Blender exists.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve used this little blender to get my daily protein, creatine, and vitamins in.
Load up one of the three included containers with fruits, protein, and milk or water, then screw the blades in and press down to combine. It’s that simple.
And, while the Magic Bullet is great for hitting your sweets cravings where it hurts, it’s also a great tool for preparing savory sauces to pour over your main dish.
“But is it Dishwasher safe?” You bet it is.
SodaStream Terra
If you’re trying to kick conventional soda to the curb, the SodaStream Terra gives you flavored sparkling water in seconds.
You get control over your drink’s carbonation levels and flavoring. Load up a Co2 cylinder, pop a reusable carbonating bottle in, and press the button on top to watch the magic happen.
Once you have the machine, you’ll need to replace Co2 cylinders and flavors every so often.
The cost of these replacements can be a potential downside—that said, you won’t have to pay the ever-increasing price of 12-packs anymore if you are looking.
Conclusion: Eat Healthy at Home
Making food at home and avoiding restaurants can be a hard thing to get in the habit of. But, with these kitchen gadgets, you’ll be able to whip up quality, delicious meals to gain muscle, lose weight, and satisfy your sweet tooth.
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