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Before you head straight for the Swedish meatballs (though you should definitely do that at some point), be sure to comb through the overwhelming IKEA furniture fields for the kitchen gadgets, particularly the bit where they're all splayed out in bins and on tables, waiting to be loved. Here are some super cheap, super life-changing IKEA gems.

KLOCKREN Collapsable Colander

Collapsable Colander
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You can use it to drain! You can use it to steam! You can collapse it entirely flat when you're not using it to do either of those things!

ALLEHANDA Mixing Bowl Lid

Mixing Bowl Lid
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This thing is great unless you like living in a flour-filled home after mixing your cake batter.

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RIMFORSA Tablet Stand

Tablet Stand
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Though it's meant to hold a tablet (that is holding your recipe du jour), it can obviously also hold a book, a notebook, a scrawling list of random food-related thoughts — whatever!

STENSTORP Kitchen Island

Kitchen Island
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OK, I know I said you should stream past the bigger stuff and head right to where the lil things are, but this STENSTORP island is so pretty and it can hold all the gadgets we're discussing! 

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IKEA Magnetic Knife Rack

Magnetic Knife Rack
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Own knives? Use this.

STRÅLANDE Grater With Handle

Grater With Handle
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This knick-knack is a dream for people who need to grate cheese, however sparingly. And to think you'd have missed it had you not visited the assorted gadgets section!

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SOCKERKAKA Baking Cups

Baking Cups
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Besides the fact that they are ADORABLE, these tiny molds prevent stick-age and are super cheap. And who doesn't love tiny adorable things that are also convenient and cheap? 

DRAGON Coffee Spoons

Coffee Spoons
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Speaking of tiny affordable cheap convenient things, why don't you slip a pack of these into your cart? They are, for lack of a better descriptor, tiny, affordable, cheap, and convenient, so you can't really go wrong here.

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BEVARA Chip Clips

Chip Clips
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Aaand back to colorful things: these chip clip are so bright you'll never lose them and, in case you do, they come in packs of 30, so you're covered for 29 more bags of chips.

IKEA Ice Pop Maker

Ice Pop Maker
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Fill with fruit juice and freeze. A+ gadget, truly.

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