What Is A Salad Spinner And Why To Use One

Salad spinners or salad dryer is a great kitchen tool, usually a plastic bowl with a removable strainer basket inside, which spins when activated by the lever or push button placed on the top of the cover. The spinning motion creates a centrifugal force that removes the excess water from green salads and other vegetables. The separated water is driven through the strainer, runs down on the side of the outer bowl and gets collected on the bottom. Using a salad spinner is generally simple and takes the struggle out of drying raw, especially leafy vegetables for a healthy dish. This drying method is essential to keep the salad from going limp and allow the salad dressing and essential oils to stick to the leaves.

They come in a variety of sizes, materials and designs but at the end, they all work on the same principle, centrifugal force activated by a spinning mechanism. The spinners can operate with crank handles used for manual spinning, push buttons or pull-cords. While this kitchen tool is gaining popularity, some consider that it’s large and bulky shape makes it difficult to store and takes up a fair amount of cabinet space.

Using a salad spinner helps you “toss” together a nutritious, fresh salad quickly. After washing and drying you can empty the bowl from the excess water and use them as a container to store salads as well. Just put it in the refrigerator and the fresh greens are ready to eat anytime.

Watch this demonstration YouTube video of the EMSA Turboline.

It features the Turbo Line Stainless Steel Salad Spinner and Turbo Line Folding Salad Spinner.

Other good salad spinners:

OXO Good Grips Green Salad Spinner

OXO Steel Salad Spinner

If you’re a regular salad consumer and not taking advantage of a salad spinner, you should buy one immediately. A salad spinner is an essential kitchen tool that will get your fresh greens cleaner and dryer than hand washing and will leave less water on your lettuce so the dressing sticks better. People use salad spinners for washing and drying all sorts of vegetables and fruits: lettuce, spinach, herbs, carrots, cucumber.

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