Starting this month, I plan to share some of my favorite products on Beauteeful Living, on a monthly basis! In the past, I’ve expressed how picky of a shopper I can be. Through the years, I’ve become even pickier. The good news is that you can trust that I’ve put a good amount of thought into products that I feature here! 🙂
On the blog today, I’m kicking off 2018’s “Beauteeful Finds” with my Top 5 Kitchen Products Worth Buying.
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BREAD BOX
About 4 years ago, I ordered my very first bread box
Admittedly, I was first drawn to this bread box because of its sleek modern design. It looks great on my counter and I’m happy to report that this bread box holds a good amount of items! Not only am I able to store a loaf of bread inside, I’m also able to store a bag of bagels and even English McMuffins. Yep – all 3 items can fit inside!
Here’s how the bread box
Dish Mat with Rack Holder
Unless I have a big gathering in my home, I typically hand wash our dishes. With just 4 of us in our household, the dish situation is pretty manageable. I find the hassle of loading and unloading dishes in our dishwasher to be just as time-consuming as washing dishes by hand. Maybe I’m a little nuts! 😉
Anyway, doing dishes entails the need of a dish rack which I loathed but tolerated until I recently discovered Umbra’s dish mat and rack holder
Cuisinart Fryer
My husband recently received this deep fryer
If you’re looking for a good fryer
Soft Sink Strainer and Stopper
Replace those hard to clean metal mesh strainers with something much easier to clean. I said goodbye to my metal strainer last week and don’t intend to go back! I love that the stopper for this sink strainer
Silicone Pot Strainer
This clip-on silicone strainer
It’s all about SIMPLICITY right? If you missed my previous post on why simplicity is my word of the year, catch up here.
Have a new kitchen product/gadget that you absolutely love? Please share! 🙂 Thanks and meet you back on the blog very soon.
Cool products!! I love the sink and the pot strainers. Very handy!
Oh, I like that silicone strainer. I’ve never seen it before. I really don’t like using my big strainer coz’ I’d have to wash something so huge. Funny thing is, I try to strain my cooking with a fork, of course some pasta do fall down the sink, haha. This is a good invention. Thanks for sharing. Will be getting that.
I descovered some new awesome items for me and my kitchen. There is pretty cool the Dish Mat and Rack Holder. I do my dishes by hand, too and I really need it. Also I felt in love with Silicone pot Strainer! I cook pasta very very often and this could be a cool solution to wash less dishes! 🙂
I’m glad you liked these recommendations, Catalina. That dish mat with rack and the pot strainer are some of my favorites on this list. Thanks!
I would definitely invest in all of them. I’ve had my eyes on a fryer for sometime since I saw my sister with one! I have a bread box and we love it, it actually came with a matching automatic tower paper roller.
Hi Lisa, I definitely recommend that fryer. It’s been working out great for us! That’s so cool that your bread box came with a matching automatic paper roller.
My husband wants that fryer. WE have had it on our list for a while. Now that I read your review I think I might let him buy it. 🙂 Great list. I love finding items are great for the kitchen.
Hi Censie, I think you won’t be disappointed with this fryer. Go ahead…give your husband the “thumbs up” on this purchase. Hehe. I’m really happy with this fryer. Thanks for your comment.
My best friend has that exact dish rack. It’s so adorable and such a space saver. My top investments were my tea kettle and cast iron skillet.
I love the idea of making homemade empanadas in the fryer, as well as homemade French fries…every now and then of course 🙂
Yes, definitely in moderation. Love that we can make our own french fries. 🙂
Oh my gosh, I NEED that strainer in my life! I hate having to wash a colander just for pasta water. The dish mat with rack looks awesome too; a lot easier to clean than a plastic one for sure.
Oh yay! I have three of the items you listed! I have a bread box, the rubber strainer, and the drying mat! I love those drying mats! I have two actually. I do not use my rubber strainer as often as I should though! I keep forgetting I have it since it tucks away so nicely lol. I need to use it more it’s really nice and no where as clunky as my metal ones.
I am all in for the dish mat. Since my kids dry the dishes I have no more use for the bulky drying rack I currently have. Everything on the list is beautiful and functional, but he drying mat stands out for me!
Looks like you’re ready to ditch the bulky drying rack too! Thanks for your feedback, Michelle! I love our new dish mat with the rack option. Just keeps the counter by our sink much more streamlined. No more bulky dish rack on our counter.
I’m thinking I need to invest in a bread box. I’ve never had one, and like you, I hate a lot of appliances or things on my counter tops. I just bought my first cuisinart deep fryer and love it! I actually looks very similar to the one shown here.
The bread box is probably one of my fave products in our kitchen. You won’t regret getting one. And yes, isn’t that Cuisinart fryer awesome? Don’t know why we didn’t get one sooner. This was definitely a good and useful gift. Thanks for your comment!