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Small Kitchen, Big Problems
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items I cook in a kitchen with almost no counter space, and it turns out that constraint matters more than any recipe. This is what actually helped. Things that stack, nest, fold away or do three jobs so you can own one instead of three. If you are in a fl...
If you eat rice more than twice a week this is not an indulgence, it is infrastructure. It adjusts as it cooks, so the result is the same whether the rice is fresh or has been sitting in the cupboard for six months. Mine has run nearly every day for ...
Neuro Fuzzy® Rice Cooker & Warmer NS-ZCC10/18
Dish racks either rust or slowly collapse. This one has done neither, and the spout swivels so the water actually drains into the sink instead of pooling underneath it. It does take counter space, which is precisely why I only recommend the one that ...
Steel Frame Dishrack
Press the lid to seal, press again to open, one hand while the other holds something. They stack squarely with no wasted air, which in a small kitchen is the entire argument. Flour and rice no longer live in torn paper bags at the back of a cupboard.
OXO Good Grips 3-Piece POP Container Set
Nine pieces that collapse into the footprint of a single bowl. Measuring cups, sieve, colander, mixing bowls, all of it. In a kitchen with two cupboards this is the difference between reaching for the right tool and improvising with a mug.
Nest™ 9 Plus Blue Bowl Set - Editions
It replaced a slow cooker, a stock pot and a steamer, which is three pieces of storage I got back. Dried beans cooked in forty minutes with no overnight soaking is what I actually use it for. It will not make you a better cook, it will make you a con...
Instant Pot® Duo™ 6QT Multi-Use Pressure Cooker
It replaced my oven entirely, which in a small kitchen is not a sentence I expected to write. Heats in a fraction of the time and does not turn the whole flat into a sauna.
Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer
Gets knives off the counter and out of the drawer where they blunt against everything else. Wall mounted, so it costs you no surface at all.
Modern Innovations Magnetic Knife Bar
Small enough to leave out, which is the only reason it gets used. Full size processors live in a cupboard and therefore never get used, which is the whole problem.
Cuisinart Mini-Prep Plus Food Processor
Three boards that store upright in one slim case, so raw meat and vegetables stay separate without needing three separate homes.
Joseph Joseph Folio Steel Chopping Board Set
Turns the cupboard where pans are stacked inside each other into one where you can remove any pan without unstacking four. Adjustable dividers, no tools.
YouCopia StoreMore Adjustable Pan Organizer
Rolls out over the sink for drying and rolls up into a drawer afterwards. It is counter space you get back the moment you stop needing it.
Bellemain Over The Sink Dish Drying Rack
Separates recycling inside one narrow footprint rather than needing two bins. Slim enough for a galley kitchen and the lid actually contains the smell.
Joseph Joseph Totem Compact Waste Bin
Temperature control to the degree and a gooseneck spout, so tea stops being bitter and pour over coffee becomes possible. It also looks like something rather than a plastic jug.
Stagg EKG Electric Kettle | Stagg Pro & Pro Studio
A blender that lives on the counter without dominating it. Full size blenders end up in a cupboard and therefore never get used, which is the entire problem with them.
NutriBullet Pro 900
Hangs off an existing shelf and creates a second level in dead space. Ten minutes to fit and it roughly doubles a cupboard.
CupboardStore™ Under-Shelf Drawer
The cupboard under the sink is the worst organised space in any home because of the pipe. This is built around the pipe rather than pretending it is not there.
mDesign Under Sink Storage Organiser
A carbon filter that slows down whatever makes herbs and salad collapse in three days. It does not work miracles, it buys about a week, which is enough.
Greensaver Produce Keeper (1.6 Qt)
They stand up, seal properly and go in the freezer, the microwave and the dishwasher. Replaced both cling film and a drawer of mismatched plastic tubs.
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