17 Surprising AF Uses For Stuff You've Probably Already Got In Your Kitchen

    You can use your dishwasher to cook food. YES YOU CAN.

    1. A veggie peeler can also create super cool cheese or chocolate curls.

    Use cheese curls to garnish your salads or honestly, just peel chocolate off the block like you know you want to.

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    2. And a colander can double as the perfect ice bucket.

    3. But! If you don't have one, you can use a salad spinner instead.

    BONUS! You can also use your salad spinner to make cool spin art! Find out more here.

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    4. Use a pizza cutter to cut pizza OR a ton of other things.

    You can use it for pizza, of course, but also use it for cutting sandwiches or waffles — even brownies.

    5. Don't have a rolling pin? Use a chilled bottle of wine.

    6. If you're trying to cut corn from the cob, use a bundt pan to save all the kernels.

    7. Yeah, sure, an ice cream scoop scoops ice cream. But it's also great for scooping muffin or cupcake batter into tins.

    8. Egg slicers slice eggs, but they do ~so much more~.

    Stop risking your precious fingers for perfect slices. You can use an egg slicer on mushrooms, mozzarella balls, strawberries, bananas, avocados, olives — even hot dogs, if that's your thing.

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    9. Muffin tins can also double as great ice cube or popsicle trays.

    10. Use a box grater to grate cold, hard butter when you're baking.

    11. Why bother buying cake pans when you can use your cast iron skillet to bake cakes and cobblers.

    12. Chopsticks are great for SO many things.

    13. Use a pastry blender to blend dough — and so much more.

    14. Yes, you CAN use your dishwasher to cook!

    15. OK, so a carving fork is super helpful when you're trying to cut a huge hunk of meat. But! It's also useful when you've got a big pot of pasta.

    16. Stick your lemons and limes in the microwave for around 20 seconds to get more juice outta them if you're juicing them.

    17. And use a coffee grinder to grind up spices bc there's honestly nothing better than freshly ground cinnamon, clove, or cardamom.

    Now get out there and kill it in the kitchen!