It's the New Year, and you're determined to eat healthily. We've selected 10 items that will make achieving your goal easier. From kitchen essentials that will help you cook healthy to healthy snacks – Amazon has everything you need to help you stick to your plan this New Year. 

Upgrading your cooking utensils can make healthy eating and healthy cooking much more manageable. They can help preserve good nutrition and save you time in the kitchen. Whether it is high-quality cooking pans, steaming options to embrace a low-fat cooking method, or healthy snacks you want, make sure to have them delivered on time by signing up for a Prime membership. The benefits include fast, free delivery, access to invite-only deals, and the option to Buy With Prime. Most purchases can be delivered to your door in 24 hours if you're an Amazon Prime member. You can join or start a 30-day free trial to start your holiday shopping today.

Make the switch to healthy eating easier with these 10 Amazon essentials:

de Buyer MINERAL B Carbon Steel Fry Pan $105.00

Starting a healthy eating plan begins with what you cook it in. If your nonstick pans are worn down, you could risk adding nasty contaminants to your food. Upgrade your cookware with this de Buyer MINERAL B Carbon Steel Fry Pan. This carbon steel pan has a natural nonstick seasoned layer made from oil, 99% iron and 1% carbon. 

SENSARTE Nonstick Frying Pan Skillet $29.99, now $23.99

The SENSARTE Nonstick Frying Pan Skillet features a granite coating imported from Switzerland. It has a cast aluminum interior and an organic nonstick coating free of PFAs. Customers like the stability, quality, appearance, performance, and ease of cleaning of the cooking pot.

BELLA Two-Tier Food Steamer $34.30

A food steamer is a useful and practical kitchen appliance. This BELLA Two-Tier Food Steamer is a 9.5-quart food steamer with three separate compartments that can simultaneously cook a full meal. 

Steamer Basket Stainless Steel Vegetable Basket Folding Steamer $23.99, now $9.99

This Steamer Basket Stainless Steel Vegetable Steamer offers another simple steaming solution. The foldable steamer basket can steam veggies, seafood, eggs, meats, desserts, baby food and much more. Just insert it into your pot with water and go!

Mandoline Food Slicer $67.00, now $49.97

This Mandoline Food Slicer will help you slice potatoes, cucumbers, radishes and more veggies faster than with a knife but with great care.

Spiralizer Ultimate 10 Strongest-and-Heaviest Duty Vegetable Slicer $19.99

Try this Spiralizer Ultimate 10 Strongest-and-Heaviest Duty Vegetable Slicer to cut vegetables into long ribbons or strips resembling noodles or spaghetti. You get a complete spiralizing bundle with 10 interchangeable blades, an extra blade caddy for safe blade storage and four exclusive spiralizer ebooks with recipes you can make for the whole family!

Glass Food Storage Container $38.09, now $26.99

These Glass Food Storage Containers are perfect for meal prepping. The set comes with 12 containers with 12 lids in various sizes and shapes and won't absorb stains or smells, making them a good storage option for acidic foods.

Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker $99.95

Upgrade your slow cooker with this Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker. It's the perfect option for speeding up the cooking process for legumes and stews. 

Noka Superfood Fruit Smoothie Pouches $25.64

These Noka Superfood Fruit Smoothie Pouches are a healthy snack filled with flax seeds, prebiotic fiber and plant protein. They are perfect for on-the-go nutrition and fuel. They do not require refrigeration.

Quest Nutrition Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip High Protein Cookie $28.89, now $23.52

Quest Nutrition Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip High Protein Cookies are high in protein and low in carbs, making them the perfect sweet treat for some diets. It also contains 11 grams of fiber to give your body a more complete macro profile and energy to go the extra mile. 

The poor schools that won a landmark school funding court case in Pennsylvania last year are prepared to go back to court if the Legislature and governor don’t adequately address shortfalls as key junctures approach, the schools' lawyers said Thursday.

Public schools in Pennsylvania are currently underfunded by roughly $6.2 billion, according to the lawyers for the schools and public education advocates.

Lawyers for the schools that sued are calling on the Legislature to announce a multiyear funding plan to address the gaps and to begin acting on it this year. They have proposed lawmakers add an extra $2 billion to public education funds in this budget — echoing unanswered calls from last year — followed by $1 billion a year for each of the next four years to address shortfalls by the 2029-30 school year.

PENNSYLVANIA POISED TO ALLOW LONGER SCHOOL DAYS, SHORTER WEEKS

"We cannot accept a plan that is politically convenient but fails our students," said Deborah Gordon Klehr, executive director of the Education Law Center, one of the nonprofit legal organizations that represented the schools.

The proposal advanced Thursday follows the court ruling last year that the state’s $35 billion school-funding system is unconstitutional and shortchanges students in poor zip codes.

It comes as the deadline approaches for the final report of a commission tasked with recommending how to update the formula that distributes state aid to Pennsylvania's 500 school districts.

The commission is composed of lawmakers and members of Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration. Its commission report will conclude two months of work and 11 hearings.

IN 2024, PA GOV. SHAPIRO WILL FACE DEMANDING SCHOOL FUNDING CHALLENGES, PREPARE FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Shapiro has acknowledged the court’s ruling looms large over his forthcoming budget proposal, due in February. He has supported calls for equity in school funding, but in recent weeks he suggested that footing the bill for the money is an important consideration.

"It’s a big number," said Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg, senior attorney for the Public Interest Law Center, which also represented the schools. "We don’t pretend that’s not a big number, but it’s also an urgent problem."

Lawyers for the school districts that sued have said they will return to court to ask a judge to compel Shapiro and lawmakers to better close the funding gap among districts across the state if a distribution plan isn't put into place with a reasonable timeframe.

The lawyers analyzed the spending of districts that perform well based on Pennsylvania's goals and compared that to what the state estimates those districts' needs are, determining how much every school district should have in order to mirror that same success. On average, school districts are short $2,500 per student, they said.

Their proposal calls on the state to develop a system that finds how much funding is needed to reach the state’s adequacy goals, determine how much funding is missing from each district, and allocate the funds in a consistent, predictable manner beginning in the 2024-25 year. The state should not rely on local tax dollars to fill the gap, they said. It should also consider facilities and pre-K funding.

PENNSYLVANIA SENATE CLEARS WAY FOR SPENDING ON SCHOOL CHOICE, STUDENT-TEACHER STIPENDS

"The court decision in early 2023 changed the game," said Susan Spicka, executive director of Education Voters of Pennsylvania. "Lawmakers and the governor can no longer base school funding levels on how much they feel like investing each year as they have in the past. There is a new standard that they must meet, which is ensuring universal access to a comprehensive, effective and contemporary education."

Public school advocates are likelier to find more support for their plan from the Democratic-controlled House than the Republican-controlled Senate. The majority of state senators are resistant to spending billions of new dollars on public schools and instead have pushed to send more state money to subsidize private schools.

Additionally, while Shapiro made significant investments in public education in his first budget cycle, it did not go as far as public education advocates and other Democrats were hoping.

"Our governor has touted the extraordinary work of the Commonwealth and the city of Philadelphia to repair I-95 in less than two weeks, and we urge that that same resolve and ambition be adopted by the governor and all parties in stopping the school funding lawsuit," said Donna Cooper, executive director of Children First.