Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!
Small Kitchen Tools That Earn Their Drawer Space
15
items Make everyday meal prep easier with small tools for peeling, measuring, transferring and turning food. Compare each tool by the job it solves, the space it needs and the care it requires. Start with a gap in your kitchen drawer and choose pieces that...
Sections
3
Everyday meal prep
Trimming fruit and vegetables
Tools for cooking and serving
Everyday meal prep
Choose tools for the steps you repeat most: peeling, measuring liquids, moving chopped food, turning vegetables, crushing garlic, opening cans and squeezing lemons. Check drawer space, grip comfort and cleaning needs before adding another utensil.
Read the measurements from above as you pour, instead of lifting the cup to eye level. The two-cup size covers many everyday recipes and has standard and metric markings. It is plastic, so use a suitable heatproof vessel for heating.
OXO 2-Cup Angled Measuring Cup
Scoop chopped vegetables into the pan without balancing them on your knife. The broad steel blade also divides dough, with quarter-inch markings to help portion it. Keep a proper knife for precise cuts.
OXO Multi-Purpose Scraper and Chopper
Use these short locking tongs for turning vegetables or serving from a non-stick pan. Silicone heads protect the coating, and the lock keeps the arms together in a drawer. OXO lists them as dishwasher safe. The 9-inch model favors close control; choo...
9" Tongs With Silicone Heads
For cooks who regularly want crushed garlic for dressings, marinades or sauces. The soft handles and large chamber make this a useful alternative to finely chopping each clove. Flip the handles back to push out the residue with the built-in cleaner, ...
OXO Good Grips Garlic Press
A manual opener that cuts around the outside rim and includes tools for bottle caps and pull tabs. Useful when you want several opening jobs covered by one drawer tool. It takes a different motion from a traditional can opener: follow the instruction...
Kuhn Rikon Auto Safety Master Opener for Cans, Bottles and Jars, White
A straightforward peeler for potatoes, carrots and apples, especially if you prefer a lengthwise grip to a Y-shaped peeler. The soft handle and built-in potato eyer cover everyday prep. Use a different tool for tough yucca skin.
OXO Swivel Peeler
For frequent lemon squeezing into dressings, marinades or drinks. The geared press catches many seeds without needing an electric appliance. This 2.0 model is about 10 inches long, so check drawer clearance and whether its handle span feels comfortab...
Chef'n FreshForce Lemon Juicer 2.0
Trimming fruit and vegetables
Match the tool to the texture and size of the ingredient. Look for a comfortable grip, easy cleaning around blades and a shape that fits your storage. A knife and board can already cover many jobs, so add a specialist tool only when you repeat that t...
Useful for snipping herbs, trimming food and cutting kitchen twine without setting up a knife and board for every small job. The blades come apart so you can clean around the hinge, and the notches above the handles strip herbs from tougher stems. Ch...
OXO Good Grips Kitchen and Herb Scissors
For making narrow carrot or zucchini strips for salads and garnishes. Its toothed blade cuts strips rather than simply removing skin, so it serves a different purpose from a regular peeler. The compact 6-inch tool has a clear cover that locks over th...
OXO Good Grips Julienne Peeler
Worth considering if you hull strawberries often for fruit salads, desserts or jam. The push-button claw removes the leafy top and core while leaving the rest of the berry for slicing or stuffing. At about 3.5 inches long, it takes little drawer spac...
Chef’n StemGem Strawberry Huller
Tools for cooking and serving
Match each tool to the food and cookware: a narrow scraper for jars, a whisk for small mixtures, an offset blade for spreading and a slotted turner for delicate food. Check overall length against your drawer, follow the care instructions and use meta...
For getting peanut butter, jam or sauces out of narrow jars when a broad spatula cannot reach the corners. The long handle and flexible edges help scrape the sides, and OXO lists it as dishwasher safe. Check that the head fits the jars you use most; ...
OXO Good Grips Silicone Jar Spatula
A compact whisk for beating a few eggs, mixing a dressing or smoothing a small batch of batter. Its 9-inch length is easier to store than a large balloon whisk, and the soft handle gives you a fuller grip than thin wire handles. The stainless-steel w...
OXO Good Grips 9-Inch Whisk
For spreading frosting on cupcakes, smoothing small corners of batter and lifting delicate cookies. The offset blade keeps your knuckles above the surface, while the slim shape takes less drawer room than a broad cake spatula. This wood-handled model...
Ateco 1385 Small Offset Spatula
For sliding under eggs, fish fillets and other delicate foods on cookware that allows metal utensils. The thin, angled steel blade supports food from below, while the slots let excess oil drain away. This black-handle model is about 12 inches long, s...
Victorinox Slotted Fish Turner — 7.6259.26-X1
A wider spoon-shaped scraper for stirring sauces, folding batter and scooping food from bowls or shallow pans. The flexible silicone head covers more surface than a narrow jar scraper, and the built-in rest keeps the head raised off the counter. This...
Rubbermaid 9.5-Inch High-Heat Spoon Scraper