Master Chefery with 4 Affordable Kitchen Extras

If you live in a tiny apartment or are simply accustomed to making the same portionable pot of chili every Sunday, you might not know just how much a few kitchen extras can come in handy. These four affordable and unexpected cooking tools aren’t 100% essential to the home chef experience, but they sure do help.

Salad Spinner

Washing salad leaves is an enormous pain if you don’t have a fast and easy way to get everything dry. Encourage healthy eating by making sure a salad spinner is always in your kitchen. Not only can veggies soak in the spinner before their final preparation, but once the centrifuge is removed, the bowl can be used to serve salad on its own.

Spice Bowls/Condiment Cups

Although nearly every restaurant provides a small cup for your ketchup or a tiny saucer for your chili flakes, small condiment dishes are something very few people have on hand. Invest in a few tiny dishes for dipping sauces, spices or dressings for some extra culinary finesse that also prevents you from worrying about getting chipotle mayonnaise on your vegetable medley.

Tea Tray

A tea tray can be pretty much everything from an extra table for Netflix binges to a portable cutlery caddy to a handy way to bring all your condiments to the dining table in one go. Smaller spaces can benefit from a tea tray stocked with napkins, cutlery and spices in the kitchen that can be taken back and forth from the dining table as needed.

Wireless, Noise-Canceling Headphones

I know this isn’t technically a kitchen essential but hear me out. Between cooking and cleaning, kitchen activities are a noisy (and sometimes dull) business. Wireless, noise-canceling headphones let you enjoy your favorite playlists while getting stuff done, so strap on an apron and put your smartphone in the front pocket for kitchen-friendly audio that won’t interrupt your recipe or your favorite podcast.

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