In reality, a vegan kitchen is not very different from a conventional kitchen. There’s obviously a complete lack of animal products but as far as equipment goes, there’s a lot of similarities. It’s primarily the ingredients used rather than the method of food preparation that differs. Of course, there may well be some non-standard pieces of kitchen equipment. For instance, raw vegans often make use of a dehydrator – kind of like a low temperature oven. These are great for making things like flax seed crackers, kale chips, dehydrated fruits and vegetables as well as fruit leathers. Of course, there’s plenty more besides.
Another kitchen appliance that is becoming much more common these days are fruit and vegetable juicers. Vegan or not, drinking at least one glass of home made fruit and vegetable juice a day is one step towards better health. By taking a look at some juicer reviews you’ll be able to find out about how these machines work and which type would best suit your own kitchen.
When it comes to juicing, the vegan kitchen may well have more than one juicer. I personally have three, two of which I use almost every day. I love fresh orange juice so use my citrus press exclusively for this. The other model I’m partial to is my Omega J8006. This is a handy juicer come food processor. You can homogenize foods, prepare nut butters and make pasta with this “juicer”.
Blenders are certainly not unique to vegan kitchens. The two most sought after brands are the high powered Vitamix and Blendtec machines. Until you’ve used one of these blenders yourself, it’s hard to imagine just how effective they are at liquifying foods. Just one example is making green smoothies. You can literally chuck in quartered apples, seeds and all, whole spinach leaves, slices of pineapple, whatever you want. Add a bit of water and some ice and blend on high power for about 30 seconds and you end up with a very drinkable smoothie.
So really, a vegan kitchen is nothing to be afraid of. In fact, vegan food preparation is in many ways about simplicity and getting back to nature. Lots of whole foods, fruits and vegetables is the simple ticket to improving our health and saving our planet.
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