If you want to get control of your health and feel good consistently, you must eat at home more often than you dine out. For those who find that concept just the least bit intimidating, let me help you get started. With these five tools, a few pots and pans and a handful of healthy recipes, you’ll be on your way to healthy meals in no time!

1. 5 Kitchen Cooking Essentials
Marissa Vicario, Founder and
Wellness Expert
Marissa’s Well-being and
Health
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2. Why Cook at Home?
• One of my favorite places in the whole world is
my kitchen.
• I was never a good cook. Only in the past five or
six years have I started taking an interest in
cooking and just how simple creating a delicious
meal can actually be.
• I truly believe that if you want to get control of
your health and feel good consistently, you must
eat at home more often than you dine out.
• For those who find that concept just the least bit
intimidating, let me help you get started.

3. Blender
• You don’t have to break the bank
on a powerful, high quality
blender.
• Get the best one you can afford
and use it to mix up smoothies,
nut milks, salad dressings, soups
and more!

4. Chef’s Knife
• Whether you choose a heavier
German model, a lighter
Japanese one or a hybrid, this
item will be a bit more of an
investment.
• The good news is you don’t need
an entire block of knives.
• Just one or two good chef’s
knives will do the trick.
• Try a few out and choose the one
that feels best in your hand.

5. Microplane Zester
• Professional chefs sing the
praises of these simple tools.
• They zest anything from
citrus to fresh, whole spices
and even garlic.
• It’s the perfect way to add
finishing flavors to anything
you make.

6. Mandoline
• I don’t know how I ever lived
without one of these.
• They’re a quick way to throw
together a salad or thinly
slice difficult-to-cut root
veggies like beets, sweet
potatoes and fennel.

7. Steam Basket
• This is one of the first
cooking tools I ever owned.
• For the first year I spent
learning how to cook, I
steamed every single
vegetable imaginable.
• And truth be told, when I’m
feeling time-crunched in the
kitchen, I still do.

8. Bottom Line!
• Not only are these tools inexpensive, they
make cooking a lot easier.
• So with these five tools, a few pots and pans
and a handful of healthy recipes, you’ll be on
your way to healthy meals in no time!

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