I was so proud of this thing when I bought it.
I found it at Costco, but it wasn’t cheap. There also weren’t multiple options like there might have been if I’d gone looking for a salad spinning thingy in a regular store.
But I wasn’t looking. I just saw it in front of my face and the proximity alone reminded me how desperately I’d been wanting one.
Desperately, even though I had never gone looking. Whatever.
Anyway, I bought it. I mean, it’s a really good brand. And just think of the motivation to eat salads! And fruit! This purchase alone will surely change my life.
It worked (for spinning salad, not really for full-life-change), but it’s huge. So huge I can’t fit the pieces in my dishwasher.
And it took up huge amounts of room in my kitchen cabinet. I wasn’t about to replace (a clutter-busting concept when I can use it) my colanders. I use those all the time.
And they fit in my dishwasher.
After months of shifting and counter-space-taking (in various states of washed-ness/usability), I stuck it on the top shelf of my pantry.
Where it sat, and definitely didn’t get used.
As I put away groceries last week, I felt animosity toward this monstrosity (monstrosity is too harsh, but oh so rhymable) and the prime pantry real estate it had claimed.
So I finally gave up. I gave up on the idea that this thing would suddenly turn into the wonder-product I’d imagined it was when I bought it.
Off to the Donate Box so someone somewhere who doesn’t mind handwashing can use it in their much bigger kitchen.
Or at least they can find out it’s not for them for a lot less than I paid for it.
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Mine was donated as well. I didn’t mind the handwashing part as much as how much space it took up! It’s easier just to wash lettuce and dry it on paper towels or a clean dish towel.
My hubby got us a salad spinner too. He usually buys such good things for the kitchen, but I hated this as it was so big and it didn’t seem to do miracles with the salad. So we kept it around for a few months and then got rid of it. It was painful as it was expensive, but I haven’t given it a passing thought of regret since we donated it. Good job!
Too funny. I actually decluttered something else to make room for my salad spinner, and replaced the old one when it broke. I love that thing and use it several times a week. We do eat salad frequently, though, and buy inexpensive (and dirt-covered) heads of lettuce that require soaking and washing. I’d rather hand-wash the salad spinner than eat gritty lettuce. 😛
I love mine.
Who knew there were so many inappropriately sized salad spinners?
I acquired a nice, compact (and relatively inexpensive) one but when my husband and I merged households, I sacrificed mine to accommodate his monstrous one. It doesn’t work as well and it takes up too much space in the dishwasher and the cupboard. At least it actually gets used, although I make my husband do the salad-spinning because I don’t think it works that well.
I always intend to eat more salads, and am actually working into it, so I’m glad I bought one. I don’t think mine is a brand name salad spinner though. It wasn’t expensive, it’s not very big (maybe a little bigger around than the middle-sized pan in a set – what we call ‘the potato pan’ – and a few inches shorter). I have to use a small knob on the top to spin it in a circle, but it’s not much work. If my plans to eat healthier don’t ‘pan’ out this time, I will be getting rid of it. I’m definitely starting to believe less is more.
I bought a salad spinner about 6 months ago but I got it at the Goodwill store and only paid a dollar because they had 5 to choose from.We eat a lot of salad since hubby started the Atkins diet so it is getting a lot of use.And it was a pretty green color that matches my kitchen.
You can take it back to Costco! Forever! And they will look up your receipt. I’d go trade it for chocolate!
Perfectly timed post! I just looked on the top shelf and realized I had a salad spinner and a “take the pie to the party” container, neither of which I had used. I eat a lot of salad, but since I live alone, I’ve taken to buying the ready-to-eat type of lettuce. Less waste and it’s so easy to use I actually eat salad. And although I often take desserts to parties, they usually aren’t pies.
So off to St. Vincent de Paul for someone else to love. And so much more room in my cupboard!
We’re buy hearts of romaine lettuce, and I found a fun new easy to dry it off…hold firm on the lettuce and swing it like a bat outside, or up n down like a logger…doesn’t matter. It’s free and fun ????????