5 Amazingly Useful Kitchen Tools You Probably Don't Have
There’s more to simplifying food prep than investing in a great knife and pots and pans. The following five inventions make the cooking process more efficient, which means less time, effort, and clean-up and more time relaxing.
1. A Splatter Screen
Cooking can be tons of fun, but cleanup—not so much. But a splatter screen ($49-$59 at Williams-Sonoma)—the ingenious mesh cover that prevents food from splattering on your stove while still allowing steam to escape—all but eliminates the need to clean the stovetop. Genius!
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2. A Splatter-proof Cookbook Stand
It’s hard to keep cookbooks clean while consult your recipe as you go. Not so with this clever cookbook stand ($32 from the Shelving Store)! Also featuring a handy acrylic shield, it allows you to easily read your next steps and keep the pages clean at the same time!
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3. Multi-Tier Oven Rack
When cooking a large or multi-dish meal, oven space is at a premium. This ingenious multi-tiered rack ($20 from Sur la Table) allows you to stack up to three dishes—tripling the amount of food you can cook!
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4. Grater with Container
Never make a mess when grating ingredients again! This clever bit of design from IKEA features a grater that sits atop a plastic container, meaning everything you grate falls neatly inside, not all over your counter. Plus it comes with a lid for easy storage.
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5. Microwave Rice Cooker
Electric rice cookers are great, but who really wants another small appliance taking up valuable counter space? Luckily the folks at Pampered Chef came up with a genius alternative—a microwave rice cooker! Its lid seals tightly, meaning no boil-over like you get on the stove, and it cooks quickly—you can cook perfect brown rice in just 25 minutes!
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