A Versatile Mixing Bowl & Colander Set
This mixing bowl & colander set is not just made from quality stainless steel and sold with a lifetime guarantee, but you can use it to do far more than mixing up your salad and rinsing your vegetables.
Made responsibly in China, the nesting design is ideal for compact kitchens, and the bowl has internal measurements and a wide triangle spout, for easy pouring.
It’s UK law that whoever sells you an electrical appliance, has to take the old one back for recycling. A good excuse to treat yourself to a quality stick-blender for smoothies and sauces (to replace big clunky blenders). And a quality air-fryer (to replace chip-fat fryers, the biggest cause of kitchen fires).
Before cooking, read up on food safety for people and pets (many foods are unsafe near animal friends). Just bin allium scraps (onion, garlic, leeks, shallots, chives) as like tomato/citrus/rhubarb scraps, acids could harm compost creatures.
For tinned ingredients, pop lids inside cans (or pop ring-pulls back over holes) to avoid wildlife getting trapped).
Wash Your Veggies
Use as a water bath to remove dirt. Dunk veggies inside and the colander’s micro-perforated holes provide edges for particles to dislodge. Then simply strain.
Cook Noodles
Add ‘straight-to-wok’ noodles to the colander and pour over boiling water to soak for a couple of minutes, then pour water away and drain noodles (be mindful of hot water, when removing colander from bowl).
Strained Tinned Legumes
If making aquafaba (vegan meringue), strain strain tinned legumes into the colander over the bowl. Then clean the canned food in colander (inside bowl) to save water.
Soak Potatoes (for making chips)
Soak fresh-cut chipped potatoes in cold water for 20 minutes, using the colander as a water bath to remove amylose (the starch that makes soggy chips). Change water after 10 minutes, then dry on a clean tea towel before air-frying or roasting.
Collect Fruit/Veggie Clippings
Use bowl to collect fruit/veggie choppings (or use the colander for root veggies). Then transport to your food waste box or compost bin.
Soak Dried Beans & Pulses
The colander’s micropores are ideal to soak beans and pulses, just cover with water (with the bowl beneath) to soak for required time (place overturned plate on top, if soaking overnight). Then lift colander out of the bowl and pour away water.
Kidney beans contain a toxin that’s difficult to remove unless boiling, so you may wish to use tinned.
Use for Marinating Vegetables
Use to spice or marinade roasted veggies or chips, the colander ensures excess oil drains away (bin in kitchen paper). For larger amounts of oil, use an oil recycling container which has a filter to prevent solids passing, and a drip-catch system for easy emptying.
