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Kitchen + Food

By SemiCrunchyAlwaysExtra

Food storage, meal prep, kitchen gadgets, cooking and dining.

Stop throwing your berries away! These produce storage containers are the real MVP among the many kitchen goods I’ve tried. They keep our fruits, veggies, and salad lasting so much longer! I literally never have to throw berries away anymore. I have recommended these so many times, but have never really explained exactly how they work so well.

The best part is the fact that you can wash the grapes/etc first and the container is designed to keep your produce stored in the ideal environment. The storage container actually IS a strainer/colander itself (so you could also store straight from the store, then wash as needed, like I do for broccoli). There’s a snap-on tray at the bottom to add water, to help produce items that need it to maintain adequate humidity, and air vents on each end of the box allowing you the option to close off or encourage airflow, again catering to the needs of your produce items.

I love that there is no guess work involved in using these containers. Each container has examples of items you would put inside (leafy greens, peppers, grapes, etc.), as well as exactly how to store them, are printed directly on the lid.

These are clear for keeping everything visible, so the kids are encouraged to help themselves to fresh healthy snacks! Having everything accessible and ready to eat is a game changer, and reduces food waste. These containers are my favorites hands down and will always have a spot on my LTK if you need them.🫐🍓🍇🍒

Related: food storage, how to store produce, refrigerator organization

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For our 11th wedding anniversary I got my spouse an 11 inch cast iron skillet from our favorite Smithey Ironware because I could customize it with engraving. You can engrave your skillet to make it custom for any special occasion or to personalize with a name. Now it’s a family heirloom that will last years and can be passed down as long as it’s cared for.

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Gift Idea for the Home Chef: Pasta serving spoon and pasta tongs set for noodles and spaghetti 🍝

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Always protect the nails!
This can and bottle opener saves your nails from breaking (also great for helping kids and elderly get into soda cans, bottles, or even loosen mason jar lids)

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These cooking tools and kitchen gadgets are the most used in our home.
Magnetic measuring spoons
Mini cutting board
mini chefs knife
Compact whisk
Mini glass prep bowls- perfect for holding measured out ingredients

Any food content creators out there? 👋🏼

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Skip the line for a churro at the festival and make them at home! We started making churros a treat for the whole family - fresh cooked churros fry up quickly with this churro-gun that works like a cookie press.

Homemade churros

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One way to feed a family for less? 🍚 RICE. You can do just about anything with it, and I like to buy in bulk to get the best jasmine rice available to have on hand all season long.

In order to keep the rice, fresh and flavorful, I recommend storing it in a container like this which has rubber seals to help keep air out and a convenient fliptop so you can easily scoop from the container. This food storage container is also collapsible and has wheels, which come in handy when I roll the container in and out to refill the rice.

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Fall meals feel more rustic in this handcrafted farmhouse skillet. 🍳 This is the perfect cookware combo for the food lover in your life! This is my spouse’s favorite spatula and carbon steel skillet.

It’s definitely a splurge, but worth it when you know the quality and craftsmanship will last throughout the years. They make a great wedding registry item because this pan can even be customized with engraving!

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I had to show you all this tool because I find that I use it all the time!! This multi-tool can opener helps me open soda and non-alch beer cans without damaging my nails. It’s also great for seniors and anyone who has difficulty opening containers— pretty cool because it comes with two so you can share one with someone who could use it.

It helps loosen Mason Jar lids, releases the vacuum seal on Wide Mouth and Regular Mouth Lids as well as pry open jelly jar lids. Pulltab cans opener,Magnetic Multifunctional jar opener

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Kitchen Pantry Organization and dry food storage // I don’t know about you, but when I clean out the pantry I pull EVERYTHING out and only put back what’s not expired and that it goes in the correct storage bin. Here’s what I’ve used in our family’s kitchen pantry.

-mesh storage baskets, square
- bread box
-mason jar lids
- lazy Susan
-spice jar organizer rack
- refillable spice jars with clear labels
- pantry storage containers
- clip on labels

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One way to feed a family for less? 🍚 RICE. You can do just about anything with it, and I like to buy in bulk to get the best jasmine rice available to have on hand all season long.

In order to keep the rice, fresh and flavorful, I recommend storing it in a container like this which has rubber seals to help keep air out and a convenient fliptop so you can easily scoop from the container. This food storage container is also collapsible and has wheels, which come in handy when I roll the container in and out to refill the rice.

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Flat top electric griddle coming in clutch for taco night. We can cook tacos for the whole family on the nonstick flattop griddle with no burnt tortillas because the temperature control keeps the heat level consistent and easily adjustable. Flip them with your fingers or an angled slotted turner fish spatula

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Kitchen MVP for the home cook- an oil bottle that can pour AND spray! Bonus, it’s made of glass so it’s easy to clean

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Ceramic cookware that’s nonstick, lightweight, aesthetic AND functional! I love this creamy off white color Keep an eye out at @SemiCrunchyAlwaysExtra on Instagram where we will be giving away a Carote cookware set with clear glass lids in 2025!

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Just a glimpse of me prepping overnight oats— these reusable mason jar lids are great for food storage. We use these lids because they fit standard mason jars (these are wide mouth but I have a set in regular as well!)

The are easy to clean, dishwasher safe and the plastic won’t rust like the original lids do. I find uses for them in my kitchen pantry and in the refrigerator.

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Just a glimpse of me prepping overnight oats— these reusable mason jar lids are great for food storage. We use these lids because they fit standard mason jars (these are wide mouth but I have a set in regular as well!)

The are easy to clean, dishwasher safe and the plastic won’t rust like the original lids do. I find uses for them in my kitchen pantry and in the refrigerator.

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Ceramic cookware that’s nonstick, lightweight, aesthetic AND functional! I love this creamy off white color Keep an eye out at @SemiCrunchyAlwaysExtra on Instagram where we will be giving away a Carote cookware set with clear glass lids.

Related: Gift guide gift ideas for home chefs, house warming gifts, wedding registry item, cooking and kitchen gear, gifts for him, gifts for her, gifts for them, family cooking

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SAVE your cut produce with reusable color coded storage containers. These capsules have a silicone lid that stretches over your cut refrigerated produce. The set of 4 helps keep your lemon 🍋 lime 🍋‍🟩 avocado 🥑 and onions 🧅 as fresh as can be until you’re ready to use the other half. The onion keeper comes in both brown and red or is the red one for a tomato? 🍅 Whatever you use it for, it’ll keep the cut side from drying out in the fridge.

Related: kitchen must haves, reusable, silicone food storage, produce storage containers, refrigerator organization

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One way to feed a family for less? 🍚 RICE. You can do just about anything with it, and I like to buy in bulk to get the best jasmine rice available to have on hand all season long.

In order to keep the rice, fresh and flavorful, I recommend storing it in a container like this which has rubber seals to help keep air out and a convenient fliptop so you can easily scoop from the container. This food storage container is also collapsible and has wheels, I don’t need to utilize those features too often, but I can see how it would be really convenient for small spaces. The wheels do come in handy when I roll the container in and out to refill the rice.

One way to feed a family for less? 🍚 RICE. You can do just about anything with it, and I like to buy in bulk to get the best jasmine rice available to have on hand all season long.

In order to keep the rice, fresh and flavorful, I recommend storing it in a container like this which has rubber seals to help keep air out and a convenient fliptop so you can easily scoop from the container. This food storage container is also collapsible and has wheels, which come in handy when I roll the container in and out to refill the rice.

Related: large food storage, rice storage container, grain storage, collapsible bin, 25lb bag, kitchen storage, dog food container, jumbo food storage bin, pantry organization, pantry storage, jasmine rice

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This professional grade 5 ply stainless steel nonstick cookware is made to last 70x longer than ceramic! It’s my most reached for skillet 🍳 this is the 12” which is lightweight and roomy enough to cook for the whole family.

Be sure to catch this set on sale - their early Black Friday Sale on the made in cookware site will have the 3-piece set delivered to you in time for your family’s Thanksgiving meal!

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SAVE your cut produce with reusable color coded storage containers. These capsules have a silicone lid that stretches over your cut refrigerated produce. The set of 4 helps keep your lemon 🍋 lime 🍋‍🟩 avocado 🥑 and onions 🧅 as fresh as can be until you’re ready to use the other half. The onion keeper comes in both brown and red or is the red one for a tomato? 🍅 Whatever you use it for, it’ll keep the cut side from drying out in the fridge.

Related: kitchen must haves, reusable, silicone food storage, produce storage containers, refrigerator organization

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If you’re addicted to carbonated water like me, this is just the thing to add a little bit of sparkle into your life! Making our own sparkling water at home cut down tremendously on the amount of containers going into the recycling AND the best part is making our own custom fizzy water flavors! My current favorite drink infused flavor is unsweetened, lively lime. It taste just like your leading lime, carbonated water.

In order to take my fizzy water on the go, I put it in the stainless steel bottle that is designed to carbonated beverages, keeping the fizzy bubbles in their longer, preserving carbonation and keeping cold drinks cold!

I have tested out how long it keeps the fizz, and how long the bottle keeps the cold, drink cold, this is bougie water bottle legit!

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If you’re addicted to carbonated water like me, this is just the thing to add a little bit of sparkle into your life! Making our own sparkling water at home cut down tremendously on the amount of containers going into the recycling AND the best part is making our own custom fizzy water flavors! My current favorite drink infused flavor is unsweetened, lively lime. It taste just like your leading lime, carbonated water.

In order to take my fizzy water on the go, I put it in the stainless steel bottle that is designed to carbonated beverages, keeping the fizzy bubbles in their longer, preserving carbonation and keeping cold drinks cold!

I have tested out how long it keeps the fizz, and how long the bottle keeps the cold, drink cold, this is bougie water bottle legit!

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It’s all about the sizzle! Get the perfect cook on your steak by getting your stainless steel pan screaming hot to sear and then drop it down a bit for the buttery garlic rosemary bath.

When you’re making the perfect steak this way, you’re sure to make the pan smoke up a bit, so we run this countertop range fan for better ventilation. It sucks up all the smoke and filters it out! It makes all the difference and helps the kitchen stay cleaner. There’s also a grease trap that’s easy to rinse out and clean

This is ideal for your home kitchen or for gifting your favorite home chef.

Related: wedding registry, gifts for him, gifts for her, shopping for a couple, home, culinary, how to cook your steak like a steakhouse

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If you're addicted to carbonated water like me, this is just the thing to add a little bit of sparkle into your life! Making our own sparkling water at home cut down tremendously on the amount of containers going into the recycling AND the best part is making our own custom fizzy water flavors! My current favorite drink infused flavor is unsweetened, lively lime. It taste just like your leading lime, carbonated water.

In order to bring my fizzy water on the go, I put it in the stainless steel bottle that is designed to carbonated beverages. This water bottle is designed for preserving carbonation. It’s able to contain the fizzy bubbles, preserving carbonation

The bottle maintains the fizz, and keeps the cold drink cold! this carbonated water bottle is legit!

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In my Vietnamese kitchen we love a glass dispenser bottle with an easy pour spout. We use this to pour prepared fish sauce (Vietnamese nuoc cham) for easy tableside serving. The bottle also has a wide mouth top that you can refill it through or use a spoon to scoop out larger portions of fish sauce.

This is great for Asian food lovers, but can also be used for pouring pancake syrup, vinaigrette dressings, specialty oil and vinegar

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Lunch kit // Bento lunchboxes with ice packs that snap into the lunch box shell make it simple to keep lunches chilled until kids school lunchtime.

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Lunch kit // Bento lunchboxes with ice packs that snap into the lunch box shell make it simple to keep lunches chilled until kids school lunchtime.

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Back to school season is in full swing! This is how I pack hot lunches for my kids to take to school. It is a great way for me to stretch the buck by turning leftovers into meals my kids get excited for because it feels like a warm hug.

These stainless steel meal containers are full sized, fit to hold a meal large for an adult or 4th grader! I’m much prefer these to the small round soup thermoses because the openings to those containers are so narrow and they don’t hold enough food to keep a first grader full. These large warm lunch containers come with a removable divider in case you want to have two separate components inside your hot lunchbox.

• heat water to boiling, use a hot water kettle to save time
• warm your hot lunch containers with the hot water
• heat food to piping hot (it will cool to a safe warm temperature)
• carefully empty the water and place hot food in your heated container

Caution ⚠️ Be careful when handling hot water. Don’t do this with any containers that are not safe for high temp / boiling 212 degrees. These stainless steel containers are what I trust with hot water and my children’s hot food. ♥️

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Shoutout to our favorite produce storage containers! Our strawberries and blueberries stay fresher longer in the refrigerator when stored in these produce containers. Strawberries, blueberries, cherries, grapes, even fresh cut fruits last so much longer in these clear produce organizers. They’re also MVP for keeping our lettuce and vegetables crisp!

Everything stays fresh and stored at in its optimal conditions - with air flow vents that can be closed airtight or left open for air flow depending on the needs of the food you’re storing. Additionally, things that need extra humidity get it via a water tray or otherwise produce stays high and dry in water draining / colander style straining containers.

Choose to wash your produce first and then store (this is what I do with all the fruits so they’re ready for the kids to snack on.
OR
Wash your produce when you’re ready to use the item. I store veggies unwashed, then wash them in the container (that strains off water) wash and use as needed.

You can even store cut produce in these boxes too! The excess juice runs off into the drip tray to keep fruit from getting waterlogged.

The clear containers keep the fresh produce accessible and visible in the refrigerator so my kids eat it all before it goes to waste. This is must have for kitchen organization

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Okay this is an old post recycled from last winter but so many mom friends have been asking how I send hot lunches to school. These stainless steel hot meal containers help me send them with a home-cooked meal- my way of sending a warm snuggly hug.

I use hot water (212 degrees /boiling) to warm these stainless steel meal containers and then heat the food to piping hot. Add hot food to the hot container and then the kids will have a meal that is the perfect temperature for lunchtime at school.

BONUS- This is a great way to stretch the budget because you can easily turn their favorite dinner leftovers into lunch or double batch dinner Spaghetti and meatballs and chow mein/rice stir fry are favorites in our family!

Both of my kids like their lunch with a drizzle of this Japanese barbecue sauce, and one even adds hot sauce! Yum!

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Back to school season is in full swing! This fall my kids are going back with the same bento lunchboxes for the third year. These bento boxeshave a 2 year warranty and are going to last well beyond that.

Last year I got a set of spare lunch trays to save myself time - meal prep is easier when you can pack an extra set of lunches to be saved for the next day!

This year I added silicone sauce containers to help keep wet and dry ingredients better separated.

This bento box is well worth the investment because they come with a built in ice pack to keep food chilled until lunch time.

Be sure to follow @semicrunchyalwaysextra on IG for meal inspiration!

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If my kids ran the school, the cafeteria would be serving sushi for lunch! In reality, there isn’t budget for that! 🤣🤪
Today’s edition of we can make that at home - SUSHI! 🍱

In an effort to mix it up, I am packing cooked sushi rolls in my kids bento lunchboxes. To do it affordably and safely, I’m building the sushi rolls with cooked flaked salmon and cooked spam.

sushi rice mixture: 4 Tbsp rice wine vinegar, 3 Tbsp sugar, 1 tsp salt
4 Cups cooked sushi rice
(jasmine rice is fine too)
6 nori/seaweed sheets
2 mini cucumbers cut into sticks
1/2 can Spam lite cut into sticks
1 salmon fillet (~4-5oz) cooked, flaked
Optional but flavorful sauces we have on hand:
Kewpie Japanese mayonnaise
Bachan Japanese barbecue sauce

This made about 6 rolls- enough to fill lunch boxes for tomorrow, after feeding our family of 4 tonight at the kitchen counter.

TIPS—
-Use less rice than you think, spread it out.
-Cut everything into sticks roughly the thinness of a French fry- for easier rolling.
-Use a rolling mat and gentle pressure to get the rolls as tight as possible
-Slice your homemade sushi rolls with a clean sharp knife
-pack sushi into a chilled bento lunchbox
-buy rice in bulk to save money and store it in the large grain/rice storage container

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One way to feed a family for less? 🍚 RICE. You can do just about anything with it, and I like to buy in bulk to get the best jasmine rice available to have on hand all season long.

In order to keep the rice, fresh and flavorful, I recommend storing it in a container like this which has rubber seals to help keep air out and a convenient fliptop so you can easily scoop from the container. This food storage container is also collapsible and has wheels, which come in handy when I roll the container in and out to refill the rice.

Related: large food storage, rice storage container, grain storage, collapsible bin, 25lb bag, kitchen storage, dog food container, jumbo food storage bin, pantry organization, pantry storage, jasmine rice#LTKxPrimeDay

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Stop throwing your berries away! These produce storage containers are the real MVP among the many kitchen goods I’ve tried. They keep our fruits, veggies, and salad lasting so much longer! I literally never have to throw berries away anymore. I have recommended these so many times, but have never really explained exactly how they work so well.

The best part is the fact that you can wash the grapes/etc first and the container is designed to keep your produce stored in the ideal environment. The storage container actually IS a strainer/colander itself (so you could also store straight from the store, then wash as needed, like I do for broccoli). There’s a snap-on tray at the bottom to add water, to help produce items that need it to maintain adequate humidity, and air vents on each end of the box allowing you the option to close off or encourage airflow, again catering to the needs of your produce items.

I love that there is no guess work involved in using these containers. Each container has examples of items you would put inside (leafy greens, peppers, grapes, etc.), as well as exactly how to store them, are printed directly on the lid.

These are clear for keeping everything visible, so the kids are encouraged to help themselves to fresh healthy snacks! Having everything accessible and ready to eat is a game changer, and reduces food waste. These containers are my favorites hands down and will always have a spot on my LTK if you need them.🫐🍓🍇🍒

Related: food storage, how to store produce, refrigerator organization

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