9 OXO Kitchen Tools Changing the Salad Game

Meal prep, a dinner party, a quick lunch—whatever the occasion, preparing a salad for it can feel utterly tedious. The process, from washing produce to chopping to preparing toppings, requires some smart tools to reduce your time over the sink and cutting board. Luckily, OXO makes just the gadgets one needs to assemble a hearty, delicious salad in less time and without unnecessary extra effort. Streamline your salad workflow with the OXO Good Grips Large Salad Spinner, OXO Lemon Squeezer, OXO Good Grips Avocado Slicer and more clever kitchen tools. Prices start at just $9.

Best Overall OXO Good Grips Salad Tools

Our editors love this salad spinner, and so do nearly 44,000 shoppers who have called it a “must-have kitchen essential for fresh, crisp salads.” With a press of the button on the lid, the colander rotates to agitate and clean produce in water or wring them dry with centrifugal force. It’s so much faster than hand-washing and ensures your leafy greens, berries and other produce come out “completely dry.”

Shaking a Mason jar or whisking with a fork is convenient, but this Good Grips dressing mixer is even quicker. By twisting its non-slip silicone ring, you charge its agitator to quickly emulsify dressings. Plus, it serves as a spillproof pouring dispenser or storage container for creamy ranch or tangy vinaigrette that lasts for days afterward.

This citrus juicer’s ergonomically shaped handles offer great control. They even feature non-slip silicone pads that have a little give to them, absorbing pressure to alleviate hand and wrist pain. The juice outlet is grooved for better extraction and helps to keep seeds out of your salads. One satisfied buyer called it the best citrus squeezer they’ve ever used, saying they’d give it 10 stars if they could.

You don’t need to commit to fully dicing aromatics and fruits by hand every time you want a produce-packed salad. With this lever-style chopper, you can place large produce chunks on the blades and pass them through with a drop of the lid. As easy as that, you’ll have diced onions, mushrooms, bell peppers and more for your salads and then some.

While you may be tempted to run your paring knife through an avocado that’s flush with your hand, it’s not the safest option—and slicing it on a cutting board is a compromise at best. Keep to your handheld routine with this soft-edged avocado slicer that comes with a quick slicing tool and a handy seed remover.

Eggs are a convenient source of complete protein and taste delicious in a Cobb salad. This compact tool makes quick work of chopping them into 5-millimeter-thin slices or cutting crosswise again for a rough dice. Trust the over 13,000 shoppers who gave this tool five-star ratings: It’s a keeper.

Finding produce that has become old and slimy in the fridge just when you’re ready to make a meal is the worst. Avoid the setback by using effective food storage containers like this OXO bin. Its slotted basket and outer container allow just enough airflow and control moisture to keep lettuce crisp and other large fruits and vegetables fresh for longer. Grab it in various sizes, including a long bin for squash and carrots and a vertical herb keeper.

If you want evenly paper-thin cuts in your salads, you need this mandoline slicer. Adjustable to 1, 2.5 or 4 millimeters, it locks in and allows you to push apples, onions, squash and other produce through its extremely sharp blade for super thin cuts. It’s also one of the easiest ways to shred cabbage.

This isn’t your typical Y-peeler. The blade has a saw-toothed edge that shreds carrots, zucchini and cucumbers into even juliennes. With this time-saving tool, you can process a bunch of vegetables and leave the strands long for a “spiralized” vegetable pasta, or cut them down to throw into salads and stir-fry.