Having the proper tools makes any job easier. Cooking and preparing healthy plant based meals requires a certain amount of effort but having the right tools makes it much-much-easier!
Your pots & pans will get daily use, so having a quality set with convenient sizes is important. We have and LOVE a Stainless Steel All-Clad set. While its nice, new this set cost over $700. While we are firm believers in QUALITY kitchen tools there are good products that don't cost or fortune or you can by used. (We paid $100 for our All-Clad set!) If you can't afford to buy everything you need in one swoop, budget, save then buy.
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Appliances
Plant Based Kitchen Tools: Pots & Pans
| Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven A large stock pot is great for big batches of soup, stew or beans. We have a cast iron enameled pot that we love. Enameled cast has non-stick like properties and retains heat very well. | $120 |
 | Large Stock Pot This large (12q) pot is great for pasta and boiling veggies like potatoes or corn. This pot is much lighter than the dutch oven and easier to transfer contents to a strainer. | $120 |
 | Medium Sauce Pan This medium (4q) pan gets daily use in our household with morning oatmeals and dinner rice & soups. | $60 |
 | Small Sauce Pan It's nice to have a little variety with your pans for those holiday occasions where quantity counts. This smaller (2q) pan is great for gravies, sauces and keeping around for when you need a spare. | $40 |
 | Large Saute Pan This pan (5.5q) has many uses like stir-fry, fried rice, sauteing veggies and making grilled sandwiches. Love the lid to help veggies cook quicker and keeps for hot. | $40 |
 | Non-Stick Pan This medium 12” non-stick pan is nice for food items that like to stick like: tofu and eggs. No matter how seasoned your stainless pan is it will never perform like a well seasoned cast iron or a ceramic non-stick pan. This pan is also great for smaller duties like toasting nuts. | $25 |
 | Stainless Colander | $25 |
 | Fine Metal Sieve This finer strainer is great for removing pulp from juices and frothy foam from gravies and homemade nut or rice milks. My favorite way to use this tool is making homemade ginger ale! | $13 |
To buy all items new on this list = $443.00
Nick Peterson
Nick is passionate about feeding his family healthy veggie food and helping others do the same. When not playing with food Nick can be found in the garden, on his mountain bike or adventuring with his family in their home, a 1966 Airstream travel trailer.
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