Spice Racks Blog

3 tier chrome hanging kitchen basket

The 3 tier chrome hanging kitchen basket is making a comeback as one of the most important kitchen organizing tools on the market!  One of the reason that these handy ceiling mount baskets are back is that everyone is, as they should be, more concerned with what they put in their bodies!  Everyone knows that one of the keys to good health and a long, healthy life is eating the right foods, and that means an increase in fruits and vegetables for most people!  A hanging basket placed strategically in the kitchen is hard to miss, especially when filled with colorful, yummy fruits and veggies!  It will be harder to walk right through and past these healthy options as you are headed for the pantry or freezer to snack on those tempting but less than healthy options.   Another great thing about these baskets is that they allow for maximum air circulation around your veggies and fruits, keeping them fresh longer without having to put them in the fridge, which can reduce their good nutritional content!   This particular model has the same three tier and chrome design that you are used to seeing, but the baskets are updated with a more contemporary shape for the modern home.  The hook included allows it to hang from any ceiling hook in the house.  And these are actually make a fun container garden on the patio.  Simply line with moss, dirt and your favorite herbs or flowers for an instant garden!  The seven pound weight limit allows for any type of fruit or vegetable.  Also can be great for keeping bread, muffins and other healthy snacks handy!  The chrome design works well with any kitchen decor.  I’ve also seen them in other colors and shapes and sizes as well!
Don’t forget to eat your veggies!

Chopping and dicing in the kitchen doesn’t have to be a difficult task. With the right tools you can cut down on prep time and have a little fun in the process. With new kitchen tools coming out all the time, it’s easy to find one that can help with those less than easy tasks.

garlic card garlic graters

Love garlic but tired of the mess using it can make? Chopping garlic can be a chore, but with the garlic card garlic graters getting it ready to add to soup or pasta is a breeze. Used like a mini cheese grater, this card easily purees garlic clove to they are ready to use.

Serving cheese in style is easy when you have a designated slicer. A cheese cutter with a marble base has a sleek look ideal for serving. The wire cutter makes preparing cheese, from hard to soft, easy. That way guests don’t have to deal with multiple knives or a messy cheese board.

Every kitchen needs a good pair of utility scissors for cutting everything from fresh herbs to cuts of meat. Look for a pair that serve multiple functions, like a built in bottle opener or nut cracker. If you keep a pair handy, you’ll never have to misuse a good knife.

Tired of trying to gather grated cheese off the cutting board? Use a grater that collects the cheese as you grate so you can use every bit of cheese without any waste. This is great for recipes where you need to measure cheese or when serving pasta. It also cuts down on cleanup since you don’t end up with messy cutting boards or counters.

Keeping the right tools on hand can make prep work fun and simple and finding and using new tools is half the fun.

Suffering from the post-holiday blues? Need a new and exciting project to reinvigorate your outlook? Here’s a great idea that will only take an afternoon, but will enhance the quality of your cooking for the rest of the year: go through your spice rack, and toss all the old bottles.

Spices do indeed have a shelf life, and their quality can greatly decrease as they age (quite unlike us, gentle reader!). A good rule of thumb is to have a yearly purge, and toss out everything that’s about to celebrate its first birthday. And if you happen to have a lot of McCormick spices, their website has a really cool feature! You can actually enter the codes from your bottles to check the freshness! Although, they also say if you have any bottles that were manufactured in Baltimore, don’t bother entering the code – they’re at least 15 years old. The Charm City strikes again!

And after you’ve culled your spices, why not give them a new home? There’s a gorgeous steel, wall mounted Spice Rack at StacksAndStacks right now. This rack has three shelves, and I really like how spice bottles are neatly held in place by the curved metal accents.

So, don’t you think it’s the perfect time to get rid of your old spices?