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20 Tiny Dorm Kitchen Essentials (No Full Kitchen Needed)
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items These 20 tiny dorm kitchen essentials help college students make simple meals and keep snacks organized with a microwave, mini fridge, and shared sink. Find compact dorm appliances, microwave cookware, fridge organizers, reusable dishes, and cleanup ...
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Compact Dorm Appliances to Check Before Buying
Microwave Meal Tools That Prevent Extra Dishes
Mini-Fridge and Snack Storage That Uses Every Inch
Reusable Dishes, Tiny Tools, and Shared-Sink Cleanup
Compact Dorm Appliances to Check Before Buying
If your dorm does not provide a microwave, this compact 0.9-cubic-foot model gives you enough room for actual dinner plates without taking over the whole setup.
Midea 0.9 cu ft 900W Microwave Oven with Child Lock Door Sage Green
This is the tiny cooker for rice, oatmeal, quinoa, or pasta when the dining hall is closed and you want something warmer than a granola bar.
Dash 2-Cup Electric Mini Rice Cooker - Graphite: Small Rice Maker, Automatic Keep Warm, Includes Recipes & Accessories
If breakfast is the meal you keep skipping, this compact cooker can make up to seven boiled eggs, two poached eggs, or one little omelet with one button.
Dash 3-in-1 Everyday 7-Egg Cooker with Omelet Maker and Poaching - Black: Electric Egg Boiler, Hard Boiled & Poaching
For the coffee drinker working with basically no counter, this little brewer is only about four inches wide. The one-cup reservoir brews up to 12 ounces and fits travel mugs up to 7.25 inches tall, so there is no bulky water tank to keep full.
Keurig K-Mini Mate Single-Serve K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker
Microwave Meal Tools That Prevent Extra Dishes
This is the $3.49 item that keeps one reheated bowl of pasta from becoming a full microwave-cleaning project.
Nordic Ware Plate Cover: Clear Microwave Oven Lid, Dishwasher-Safe, 10.5" Diameter, Polypropylene, 5-Year Warranty
If instant ramen is already part of the plan, this little cooker lets you microwave and eat it from the same bowl.
Nordic Ware Ramen Cooker
For leftovers that need to travel from the dining hall or shared kitchen without leaking through your backpack, this clear container is the sturdy option.
Rubbermaid 4.7 Cup Brilliance Food Storage Container
This is the cozy one-dish answer for oatmeal, soup, chili, or cocoa when you want to heat it and eat it from the same container.
CorningWare French White 20-ounce Meal Mug with Vented Lid
Mini-Fridge and Snack Storage That Uses Every Inch
If cases of bottled water would eat half the floor space, this slim pitcher keeps six cups cold inside the mini fridge.
Brita Water Filter 6-Cup Denali Water Pitcher Dispenser with Standard Water Filter Slate Gray
Okay, this is clever for a mini fridge because the cans roll out below while the clear top becomes a little shelf for snacks or yogurt.
iDesign Linus Fridge Bins Soda Can Organizer with Shelf
If bottles keep rolling around every time the mini-fridge door opens, this holder corrals up to nine of them in one clear bin.
iDesign Linus Water Bottle Holder
The outside of your mini fridge can become a whole snack and coffee station instead of wasted space.
Mint Pantry® 6 Pack Magnetic Fridge Shelf with Hooks, Spice Organizer Shelf for Kitchen Organization and Storage, Seasoning Organizer Gadgets for Metal Surface & Reviews
For the snack stash that would otherwise become six crumpled bags, this roomy silicone bag stands up and opens wide enough to fill without a fight.
Stand-Up Mega Bag
You know that strange six-inch gap beside a mini fridge or dresser? This narrow rolling cart turns it into three shelves for snacks, dishes, and coffee supplies.
Better Homes & Gardens Slim Laundry Storage Cart, Metal Steel, White, Easy Rolling
Reusable Dishes, Tiny Tools, and Shared-Sink Cleanup
If you want one inexpensive set that covers a roommate dinner without packing breakable dishes, this has plates, bowls, and tumblers for four.
20pc Plastic Dinnerware Set Gray - Room Essentials™: Modern Dishes, Plates, Bowls & Tumblers, Dishwasher & Microwave Safe
This is the simple starter set for four, with dinner forks, salad forks, knives, spoons, and teaspoons in dishwasher-safe stainless steel. Having four of each means one dirty spoon does not end breakfast, and the polished design works beyond the dorm...
20pc Teagan Flatware Silver - Room Essentials™
The cheap can opener is only a bargain until it refuses to open dinner, so this is the sturdier little tool worth keeping. It has oversized nonslip handles, a large turning knob, a stainless steel cutting wheel, and a built-in bottle opener.
OXO Soft Handled Can Opener: Good Grips, Stainless Steel, Manual, Soft-Grip Handle, Hand Wash, Freestanding, Black
For carrying dishes to a shared sink, this brush keeps the soap inside the handle instead of making you juggle a bottle too.
OXO Soap Dispensing Dish Brush Storage Set: Nylon Scrub Brush for Multi-Surface Cleaning, Black
If there is no room for a full drying rack, this padded mat gives washed dishes a clean place to land and then folds away.
16"x 18" Drying Mat Dark Gray - Brightroom™: Polyester, Machine Washable, Dish Drying Mat
This lidded tray is the tiny freezer upgrade for iced coffee, water bottles, or freezing little portions without picking up every mini-fridge smell. The silicone base helps the cubes release more easily, and the lid makes the tray stackable.
Silicone Ice Cube Tray with Lid Blue - Room Essentials™