10 for $10 Food Safety Stocking Stuffers
Food Safety Gadgets that are Dietitian Recommended and Dietitian Approved.
Stockings in our family traditionally are stuffed with 3 different types of goodies
From the Top: Sweets so as not to giveaway any hidden treasures
Tucked in In the Toe: precious miniatures (hint: Diamond Earring Studs)
Everything else: Items not on the stuffee’s list but that the stuffer (I’m open to better descriptors here) thought would be perfectly suited or ingeniously make life easier.
This year, instead of window shopping, I sought stocking stuffer inspiration elsewhere. I reached out to my registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) contacts and asked for their suggestions. Within 72 hours, I received so many great ideas, I decided to narrow the list to 10, including of course, those that would be on the Food Safety Dietitian’s wishlist criteria: to prevent food poisoning, reduce food waste, keep food and food handlers, safe.
Here’s how I decided what made the short list:
Fit in a stocking even if some rolling and ribboning required
A great gadget that supports food safety, even if in an imaginative way.
$10 price range
The 2nd most fun thing about creating this list was learning about new products I had never used or considered. If making the selections was 2nd, what was 1st? Clicking the web sites of the RDNs who shared their suggestions. Check those out as you shop.
2019’s Decorator of the Year: Great Niece, Selena
Top 10 Clever Gadgets Recommended by Clever Dietitians
The Healthy RD, Heidi DeBoo Moretti, showed me something I hadn’t seen before.They come in 3 different sizes and preserve food safely by preventing cross contamination in the fridge. Organic, Reusable, Sustainable. Good x3.
Set of 3
Every child wants to decorate cookies, but I know a few who are capable and eager to help in all sorts of kitchen tasks. These knives keep small hands safe. Great for moms of budding sous chefs.
Lil Chizler Scraping Tools
for cleaning up the sticky frosting.
These work great for scraping dried food off of counters, floors and highchairs.
A clean kitchen is a safer kitchen because it’s less likely to harbor germs.
Lil Chizler Scraping Tools
The scraper and knives were recommended by Lindsay Livingston of The Lean Green Bean
Lindsay’s goal is to show you that healthy living doesn't have to be complicated or expensi
Because baking dietitians know baking to the right temperature is as basic to food safety as baking at the right temperature is to producing a quality confection.
Reminder here: flour is a raw food. Nibbling raw dough (a losing battle, but still a worthy one) is unsafe, not only because of the eggs, but also because of the flour. Use a thermometer for safety and a cake tester for quality. Both are much more reliable than a toothpick.
Thanks to Amy Gorin Nutrition for this suggestion and engaging nutrition messages on just about everything!
200 individually wrapped packets. Use them to wipe down your food thermometer between checks. The Food Safety Dietitian (that would be me) bought these in bulk so I can put one in every stocking I fill.
Safe because glass containers can be cleaned thoroughly and used again and again.
Josten Fish of Muscle & Manna helps moms nourish and flourish.
Don’t you love it?
KeepSafe Food’s FAQ Chopping Mat of Frequently Asked Food Safety Questions for your grown up kids. Already have all the answers to Frequently Asked Food Safety Questions?
There’s a mat with tips for grillers, another for produce lovers.
(Also a set of four for $19.99…but that would be violating the $10 rule).
Stainless lasts long, like forever. These measuring cups don’t fly around inside the dishwasher and don’t fray over time. I have ditched many plastic sets over the years but still have a stainless set that are so well worn, that the engraved measurements are faded.
I was drawn to these Cuisipro Measuring Spoons because of their classy oval shape.
Thanks, Sarah Chapel, for reminding us of the stainless steel basics. They will safely last for decades.
KSF Refrigerator Magnet printed with safe storage guidelines for your fridge or freezer, posted right on your fridge.
Here are 5 more for $5 more
Even though they didn’t qualify for the list, I couldn’t resist.
Onion Goggles recommended by Tawnie Kroll of Kroll’s Corner
Tear free and 1 size fits all.
How are they Safe? Keep your eyes safe from onion ooze.
Check out Tawnie on Instagram and see if she’s still modeling them.
Melissa Nieves’ Fad Free Nutrition Blog
Her kids can’t stand detecting chopped onions in their food. I have a granddaughter who feels the same way. Melissa purees onions right into soup which keeps them safe from detection.
Care Check Lens Wipes 300 packets. Yes, I believe there’s a wipe for every purpose.
KeepSafe Food recommends these for your phone, remote, iPad or any other smudged screens. Clean screens are safe screens. Smudged screens are gross.
Nicole Marie use this when straining from a hot pot.
Help keeps your hands safe from steam burns.
Brianne Bell’s Frugal Minimalist Kitchen says you can’t have enough dish towels! Agree. The more you have on hand, the more you will switch them out, the more likely to be sanitary.screen wipes
When the stockings are no longer hung? Here’s a gift idea that’s good for the other seasons of the year: Buy your favorites! Gift them in
Spring for a Bridal shower
Summer as a Housewarming Gift
Fall in a Going-Away-to-College Basket
Wrap them in one of those cotton terry towels. If the gray and white towels don’t mesh with your theme, they come in seven other colors.
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