Keep Small Items Together in a Dishwasher with a Strawberry Basket

Plastic strawberry (and other berry) baskets can be reused as handy dishwasher baskets. Use them on the top shelf of the dishwasher to keep small items secure while washing.

The next time you buy a basket of berries, save the basket for use in your dishwasher. (Sure, you could buy a dedicated dishwasher basket, but why not save a couple of bucks and reuse a piece of plastic that might otherwise just be thrown out?)

It's no surprise that this tip comes from parenting hacks blog, as parents of young ones have an awful lot of small things to wash (pacifiers, sippy cup valves, and so on). But the strawberry basket can also be useful for washing small, distinctly non-baby things, like rubber wine stoppers and kitchen utensils.

Use some twine to wind a sort of net or grid over the top of the basket to keep the items secure while washing, and replace your whole DIY dishwasher basket regularly.