These are not all essential, but they are tools that I personally use often.
Larger Tools
- High-Speed Blender
- Food Processor
- KitchenAid or Cuisinart
- KitchenAid Mini – this isn’t essential, but I find I actually use it a LOT for smaller jobs
- Juicer
- Breville Juice Fountain (centrifugal)
- Hurom Slow Juicer (slow/masticating)
- Norwalk Juice-Press (hydraulic press)
- Manual Wheatgrass Juicer
- Dehydrator – Excalibur
- Rice Cooker (you can use the Instant Pot, but sometimes it’s nice to have rice cooking on the side while the main dish is cooking in the Instant Pot)
- Pressure Cooker – Instant Pot
- Slow Cooker (I use the instant pot)
Smaller Tools
- Spiralizer
- Coffee grinder (I usually keep 2 in the kitchen, one designated for coffee, and one for herbs & spices)
- Nut Milk Bag
- Glass Straws or Stainless Steel Straws
- Measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
- Microplane grater
- Cutting Board
- Chef Knife
- Funnels (wide and narrow mouth)
- Cookie Sheets
Food Storage and Grocery Shopping
- Storage Containers
- Mason Jars
- Weck Jars
- Beeswax Food Wraps from Simply Swell Kitchen
- Reusable Cotton Produce Bags
- Bumkins Reusable Snack Bags and Sandwich Bags
Vitamix 
Blendtec 
Hurom Slow Juicer 
KitchenAid Food Processor 
Coffee / Spice Grinder 
Instant Pot 
Spiralizer 
Excalibur Dehydrator 
Weck Jars 
Produce Bags 
Snack Bags 
Nut Milk Bag