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Salad Essentials for US Shoppers

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Trying to be healthier and eat more salad? Then you will need to prepare your ingredients faster! This is a collection of essential tools that makes salad making sooo much easier.

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HIGH SPEED, BULLET & HAND HELD BLENDERS

A good blender is crucial for many salad tasks such as crushing nuts and making delicious and healthy homemade dressings and mayos.

CUISINART SMART STICK HAND BLENDER
CUISINART SMART STICK
MAGIC BULLET BLENDER
MAGIC BULLET BLENDER
NUTRIBULLET PRO 900 BLENDER
NUTRIBULLET PRO 900
NUTRIBULLET PRO PLUS PERSONAL BLENDER
NUTRIBULLET PRO PLUS
NUTRIBULLET RX BLENDER
NUTRIBULLET RX BLENDER
NUTRIBULLET SINGLE-SERVE BLENDER
NUTRIBULLET SINGLE-SERVE

FOOD PROCESSORS

A food processor is a versatile kitchen appliance that makes slicing and dicing veggies a breeze and helps speed up your salad prep time.

Large Processors

BREVILLE SOUS CHEF FOOD PROCESSOR, 12 CUP
BREVILLE SOUS CHEF FOOD PROC., 12 CUP
BREVILLE SOUS CHEF PEEL & DICE FOOD PROCESSOR
BREVILLE SOUS CHEF PEEL & DICE PROCESSOR
CUISINART 14-CUP FOOD PROCESSOR
CUISINART 14-CUP FOOD PROCESSOR
KITCHENAID® PRO LINE® FOOD PROCESSOR
KITCHENAID® PRO LINE® FOOD PROCESSOR

Medium

KITCHENAID® 9-CUP FOOD PROCESSOR PLUS
KITCHENAID® 9-CUP FOOD PROCESSOR PLUS
KITCHENAID® 7-CUP FOOD PROCESSOR PLUS
KITCHENAID® 7-CUP FOOD PROCESSOR PLUS

Small

CUISINART MINI PREP® PLUS FOOD PROCESSOR
CUISINART MINI PREP® PLUS FOOD PROC.
CUISINART 3-CUP MINI PREP PLUS FOOD PROCESSOR
CUISINART 3-CUP MINI PREP PLUS FOOD PROC.

MANDOLINE - V-SLICERS

A handy tool suitable for a variety of slicing and julienning tasks. It will make cutting and preparing your vegetables faster and easier.

SUPER BENRINER MANDOLINE SLICER
SUPER BENRINER
Oxo v-slicer slicing an apple into thin slices.
OXO V-SLICER
CUISINART MANDOLINE SLICER
CUISINART

KNIVES

To get the most out of your ingredients it is essential that you have a good set of knives. The type of metal will affect price and performance. Essential kitchen knives are:

Paring Knife or Vegetable Knife

Used for precise maneuvering and detailed work like, coring a tomato, or stringing beans.

A close up of a knife
BUDGET - VICTORINOX
GLOBAL PARING KNIFE
MID - GLOBAL
MIYABI PARING KNIFE
TOP - MIYABI

Cook’s or Chef’s Knife

An all-purpose kitchen knife that takes on almost all cutting jobs. You must invest in one that you are comfortable using, the handle should fit easily in your hand and the knife should feel balanced. 

VICTORINOX CHEFS KNIFE
BUDGET - VICTORINOX CHEFS
GLOBAL CHEFS KNIFE
MID - GLOBAL CHEFS KNIFE
MIYABI CHEFS KNIFE
TOP - MIYABI CHEFS KNIFE

Flexible Serrated Knife or Tomato Knife:

The serrated edge of this knife grips as it slices which makes it ideal for peeling citrus fruits, slicing thin tomatoes and general vegetable preparation. It also requires no sharpening.

SUR LA TABLE SERRATED KNIFE
BUDGET - SUR LA TABLE
A close up of a knife
MID - ZWILLING SERRATED
WÜSTHOF SERRATED KNIFE
TOP - WÜSTHOF SERRATED

Japanese Cleaver or Santuko

Unlike the pointed chef’s knife, the Japanese cleaver has a squared-off rectangular blade that can be used to transfer vegetables from your chopping board. A useful knife as it makes for clean, smooth and precise cuts and is great at cutting vegetables thinly. 

A close up of a knife
BDGT - VICTORINOX SANTOKU
A close up of a knife
MID - GLOBAL SANTOKU
A close up of a knife
TOP - MIYABI CLEAVER

Chopping Boards

A good chopping board is just as essential as a quality knife in your kitchen. It will protect your countertops and make food preparation safer as it provides a stable surface that will allow you to work with ease and control. 

SUR LA TABLE CUTTING MATS SET OF 4
CUTTING MATS, SET 4
PREP & POUR CUTTING BOARD
PREP & POUR CUTTING
EPICUREAN NONSLIP CUTTING BOARDS, SET OF 2
EPICUREAN NONSLIP, SET 2
LARCH WOOD CUTTING BOARDS
LARCH WOOD BOARDS
TEAKHAUS REVERSIBLE TEAK EDGE GRAIN CUTTING BOARD
TEAKHAUS REVERSIBLE TEAK
JOHN BOOS & CO MAPLE CUTTING BOARD
JOHN BOOS & CO MAPLE

KITCHEN SCISSORS, SNIPS & SHEARS

Most kitchen nowadays will have a pair of scissors as they can be extremely useful for a variety of tasks from opening food packaging to snipping herbs and cutting small vegetables and meat.

SUR LA TABLE 10-BLADE HERB SHEARS
SUR LA TABLE HERB SHEARS
WÜSTHOF POULTRY SHEARS
WÜSTHOF POULTRY SHEARS
ZYLISS SEAFOOD SCISSORS
ZYLISS SEAFOOD SCISSORS

Salad spinners

For extra dry salad leaves and tastier salads, we like to use salad spinners as they get rid of the excess water content and allow the dressing to adhere to the leaves.

OXO STEEL SALAD SPINNER
OXO STEEL SPINNER
OXO GOOD GRIPS SALAD SPINNER
OXO GOOD GRIPS
PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSIBLE SALAD SPINNER
PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSIBLE

SPIRALIZERS

A handy gadget for beautiful spirals and stunning salad creation.

GEFU SPIRELLI SPIRALIZER
GEFU SPIRELLI SPIRALIZER
OXO HANDHELD SPIRALIZER
OXO HANDHELD SPIRALIZER
OXO TABLETOP SPIRALIZER
OXO TABLETOP SPIRALIZER

PEELERS

Every kitchen needs a vegetable peeler and there are 3 types available swivel peelers horizontal/y-peelers and julienne peelers with the swivel being the most popular.

A close-up of a y-peeler.
OXO Y-PEELER
OXO SWIVEL PEELER
OXO SWIVEL PEELER
OXO SET 3 PEELERS
OXO SET 3 PEELERS
KUHN RIKON JULIENNE PEELER
JULIENNE PEELER

MICROPLANE

You really can't be the performance of micro lane when choosing your graters and testers.

MICROPLANE SOFT-HANDLE EXTRA-COARSE GRATER
EXTRA-COARSE GRATER
MICROPLANE SOFT-HANDLE COARSE GRATER
COARSE GRATER
MICROPLANE SOFT-HANDLE FINE GRATER
SOFT-HANDLE FINE GRATER
MICROPLANE 5-IN-1 ELITE BOX GRATER
5-IN-1 ELITE BOX GRATER
MICROPLANE ELITE ZESTER
ELITE ZESTER
MICROPLANE SOFT-HANDLE ZESTER GRATER
ZESTER GRATER

Colanders & Strainers

It is a good idea to have these in a variety of sizes and materials. A strainer has fine, usually, mesh, holes and a colander has larger holes.

SUR LA TABLE CONICAL STRAINER
SUR LA TABLE CONICAL
RSVP PERFORATED COLANDERS
RSVP PERFORATED
VISKI PROFESSIONAL JULEP STRAINER
VISKI PROFESSIONAL JULEP
ALL-CLAD STAINLESS STEEL COLANDER
ALL-CLAD STAINLESS STEEL
LÉKUÉ COLLAPSIBLE COLANDER
LÉKUÉ COLLAPSIBLE
JOSEPH JOSEPH NEST COLANDERS
JOSEPH JOSEPH NEST

Juicers

While electric juicers are hand for large jobs, it is a good idea to have a manual one for small, quick juicing jobs.

VERVE CULTURE ARTISAN CITRUS JUICER
VERVE CULTURE ARTISAN
BREVILLE CITRUS PRESS
BREVILLE CITRUS PRESS
BREVILLE JUICE FOUNTAIN
BREVILLE JUICE FOUNTAIN
A close-up of a citrus juicer.
GLASS CITRUS JUICER
STAINLESS STEEL CITRUS JUICER
STAINLESS STEEL JUICER
A close-up of a citrus reamer.
CITRUS REAMER
CHEF’N FRESHFORCE LEMON CITRUS JUICER
LEMON JUICER PRESS
CHEF’N FRESHFORCE LIME CITRUS JUICER
LIME JUICER PRESS
SUR LA TABLE ORANGE JUICER
ORANGE JUICER PRESS

Garlic Press

A handy tool that breaks down garlic cloves more finely, evenly and quickly than using a knife.

ZYLISS GARLIC & ROOT MINCER
ZYLISS GARLIC & ROOT MINCER
OXO GOOD GRIPS GARLIC PRESS
OXO GOOD GRIPS GARLIC PRESS
JOSEPH JOSEPH GARLIC ROCKER
JOSEPH JOSEPH GARLIC ROCKER

Cups & Measures

OXO MEASURING SPOONS
OXO MEASURING SPOONS
OXO MEASURING CUPS
OXO MEASURING CUPS
OXO ANGLED MEASURING CUP
OXO ANGLED CUP MEASURES
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