Healthy Kitchen Must Haves

Hello! I have a great giveaway from Kohl’s today. When I first think about Kohl’s I think clothes, but today I working with them on healthy kitchen essentials. They let me run around their website and pick a few items that I thought are a must have for healthy cooking. They sell everything from veggie spiralizers and  juicers to waffle makers and cook books.

Obviously I wanted everything. I love all things food and things for food making and things for food eating.

But I decided to update my kitchen with 3 key pieces…

1. New pans. The set I had was one my grandma gave me after she won it in a raffle at the senior center.  They were not the best quality and I noticed the handles getting jiggly (which seemed dangerous).

I actually spent hours researching the best kind of pans to cook with and decided on ceramic stainless steal.

2. Hot water dispenser. I drink tea every night. To be completely honest, I will probably have an issue with night time eating for my entire life. It’s an addiction and I’ve done it since I was 8 years old.

I’ve tried allowing room for night time calories, I’ve tried closing the kitchen by turning off the lights and physically putting a chair in front of it, I’ve tried cold turkey, I’ve tried eating all night…

and what I’ve realized is that different things work for me in seasons almost. Sometimes I can allow for one satisfying snack and I’m okay. Other times that just starts a binge. But what has worked for me the best and longest is drinking hot tea at night. Sometimes I’ll have two HUGE mugs of tea sweetened with stevia and almond milk. I buy  my favorite teas in mass quantities and enjoy.

So, this hot water dispenser was the answer to my prayers. I’m obsessed with it.

3. A better blender for smoothies. I already had a fancy blender, but it wasn’t ideal for smoothies because it was super big and hard to clean.

I got a Magic Bullet and have been using it practically every day! It just seems easier to throw some ice, protein powder, almond butter and almond milk in the container and blend it up!

You can take it on the go too! (This smoothie is pink because it’s the Pomegranate Protein Smoothie.)

And the lovely people at Kohl’s are giving one RER Reader a $100 gift card!! I am going to be mailing the gift card directly so I am willing to mail it anywhere on Earth BUT you have to be able to access a Kohl’s to use it. You can use it to order online, but they have to ship to you.

Kohl’s $100 Giveaway

To Enter: Leave a comment on this post with your favorite kitchen tool.

Me: Besides the blender, my pizza cutter.

Contest closes 1/28/16 12pm PST. Open to all.

Disclosure: This post is in partnership with #KohlsFit. All opinions are my own.

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