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Eat healthier in the new year with this $22 money-saving kitchen gadget
A few years ago, I found myself in a very major cooking rut. After all of the at-home time because of the pandemic, I — like many people — was feeling extremely burnt out when it came to grocery shopping, meal planning, cooking and the washing up that came afterward. Not even splurging on fancy ingredients like vanilla bean paste and crunchy chili oils could get me out of my rut. The luxury that takeout afforded— no mental energy spent to plan out a meal, no pots and pans to scrub up later that evening — became such a part of our routine that I eventually had to enact a “Takeout-Only-Once-A-Week” rule for our household.
Then, in 2021, I signed up to join my neighborhood's local CSA (community-supported agriculture) as a way to support a local farm as well as to get more fruits and vegetables through our doorway. Every two weeks we received a beautiful bounty of seasonal produce like bundles of garlic scapes, heads of white cabbage, pounds of eggplant, handfuls of cherry tomatoes, baskets of strawberries and even eggs.
What I didn’t expect was that I would end up with quite so much fresh seasonal produce that it would force me to get extremely creative in the kitchen with ingredients I might not otherwise pick up at the grocery store. We made garlic scape pesto with our food processor, stewed plums with cinnamon for our morning oatmeal, shredded cabbage for homemade vegetable dumplings, and even made homemade gazpacho during summer’s peak using only ingredients from our farm box.
Having so much fresh produce on hand also forced me to learn how to properly store all of that produce to make it last longer, which proved to be a little more challenging.
This food storage container set comes in a set of three — and includes a large, medium and small container. The small container is the perfect size for storing a pint of blueberries, while the medium size is great for small produce like cherry tomatoes and radishes. The large container can hold carrots, broccoli, lettuce or other large produce.
That’s when I purchased two sets of these Kitchen Spaces colander food storage containers. I learned early on that to keep lettuce from wilting, berries from molding and radishes from going soft and soggy, we needed to upgrade our food storage in a smart and efficient way to keep our food fresh for two weeks or more.
I’ve owned these containers for nearly three years and still use them daily. It comes in a set of three — and includes a large, medium and small container. The small container is the perfect size for storing a pint of blueberries, while the medium size is great for small produce like cherry tomatoes and radishes. The large container can hold carrots, broccoli, lettuce or other large produce.
What I like most about these food storage containers is that the inner liner of each one can be removed and used like a colander, so you can easily wash, dry and store produce in one gadget. The liner sits elevated from the rest of the storage container so you can be sure that moisture — the enemy of fresh produce — does not come in contact with your fruits and vegetables.
The containers have lids with adjustable air vents and can be easily stacked. The vents can be used to regulate air flow and control humidity to keep your fruits and veggies fresh for up to two weeks.
The containers have lids with adjustable air vents and can be easily stacked. The vents can be used to regulate air flow and control humidity to keep your fruits and veggies fresh for up to two weeks.
I find it particularly useful that the medium and large containers come with a divider that can be used to either separate produce on the bottom of the container from produce on the top — say, parsley on the bottom and basil on the top — or can be folded to divide the container in half to separate grapes from tomatoes, for example. The combinations are truly endless.
Whether you're looking for an easy way to keep you fridge organized once and for all, or are vowing to eat more fruits and vegetables in the new year, this set of food storage containers is easily one of the best ways to keep food fresher for longer — and to save you valuable money.
