5 Kitchen Gadgets to Gift Yourself with your Holiday Green

A food processor

• Make your own dips and dressings
• Easy veggie prep for soups and salads
• Make your own nut butter 
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Immersion blender

• Make a creamy soup in the same pot as cooking (easier cleanup)
• Baby food
• Dressings and some dips
• Smoothies
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Flavored oils – My favorite place to shop is Prima Oliva

• Change up flavor for meat or veggies 
• Create your own salad dressing recipe

Slow cooker with high/low setting and a timer

• Cook soups, stews, casseroles and vegetables with little prep time
• One of my favorite meals is crock pot stuffed peppers
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Knife sharpener

• Watch a video on how to use that particular sharpener. Believe it or not, you’re more likely to cut yourself with a dull knife because if forces you to use improper form and uneven pressure causing the knife to slip.
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