Starting at just $11, this fabulously flexible colander won't "strain" your budget. (Amazon)(Amazon)
When you're short on storage in your kitchen, you become really good at finding the most space-saving possible versions of everything. For example, my dish rack goes over my sink, my oven doubles as storage for my pots and pans and my colander clips onto my skillet. Wait, what? Yes, you read that correctly. No longer do I have to try cramming a bulky strainer into my cabinets, thanks to a genius, compact invention called the Snap N' Strain. And as if that weren't enough, this top seller is currently marked down to as low as $11 at Amazon.
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This is as low as we've seen it in nearly a month, and the simplicity it'll bring to your food-prep is pretty priceless. Plus, you can use it on just about any pot or pan, so you'll never need to buy multiple versions. The green option is currently the cheapest, though it's also on sale in gray for a few bucks more.
The Snap N' Strain is made entirely of silicone, which means it can fit virtually any round bowl, pot or pan — even the lipped kind. Just clip it onto two sides and pour out the extra water, grease, oil or sauce.
Storage is where this strainer really shines, though: It's approximately a quarter of the size of the average colander, and it's totally flexible (unlike traditional metal or plastic ones). You can even fit it in your cutlery drawer. It's so compact that it leaves practically no footprint in your kitchen: I keep mine behind my sink and pull it out whenever I'm boiling pasta.
Shoppers absolutely love this wondrous gizmo: Over 27,000 of them have given it a perfect five-star rating.
"We love this food strainer!" exclaimed one. "It's easy to use, it fits great on the side of just about any size pot and is easy to clean. It's so much easier to use than a traditional strainer; no more tipped-over strainers in the sink or burns. Whoever came up with this tool is brilliant!"
"I have a large and heavy pot that I use for boiling pasta, and I, for the life of me, cannot carry that with one hand with the other hand draining the pasta at the same time," shared another. "This tool here allows me to use both of [my] hands to lift the heavy pot and drain the pasta water into the sink."
"I wasn’t sure I wanted to add yet another item to my very small, galley-style kitchen," admitted a third. "I’m so glad I did. This strainer is so much more convenient to use than a traditional colander. And it’s still small enough to fit in a drawer without taking up much space."
"Only complaint — the pinchers can be a bit hard to pinch to get over the lip of a pot or bowl, especially if the lip has a ledge to it requiring even more strength to pinch open to get over the ledge," said a generally pleased buyer. "But that tight clip also means the strainer isn't going anywhere when you've got a lot of water/food in the pot."
"How did I live without this for so many years? I love it!" gushed a final fan. "It makes draining pasta so much easier. I haven't had any problems with it not fitting my pots. It is also great for draining fat from cooked meat." They also have some advice: "Because the strainer is not very large, the one tip I have is to drain slowly so that the food doesn't fall out of the pot. That being said, I haven't had any issues with draining two pounds of cooked fettuccine."
Need a new pot to clip your strainer to? GreenPan is an Oprah-approved cookware brand, and their 5-quart stock pot comes highly rated:
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The reviews quoted above reflect the most recent versions at the time of publication.
