You have never used your pasta strainer like this - this trick is really awesome

A pasta colander is often used inefficiently in the home.

Cooking pasta is made easier with a simple trick.

• For many, the

  pasta strainer is

  standard in the kitchen.

• For the

  cooking

  of

  spaghetti

  or noodles, the screen belongs simply to it.

• But the

  pasta

  strainer can be used much more efficiently for

  cooking pasta

  than most consumers normally do.

Offenbach - The

is

a much-used kitchen helper

in almost every

.

No wonder, because

such as spaghetti, spiral noodles or ribbon noodles are among the favorite side dishes of Germans.

But potatoes and Co. can also be easily

freed

from the hot

with the pasta sieve

.

But did you know that most people use the pasta strainer incorrectly?

Pasta strainer: Consumers often make mistakes when cooking

Most go when

noodle

using one and the same scheme:

boil the

in hot water, place the

in the sink, pour in the pasta and you're done.

But this is exactly where the mistake lies.

Because instead of

pouring the

water and often also one or the other

the drain, you can simply use the

sieve the other way around.

The trick is to simply put the

right in the

when the noodles have reached their desired cooking time.

Then you just have to hold the sieve together with the pot and

pour

the water through the

into the drain.

This way, the

stay

in the pot without accidentally ending up in the sink, and you can use them straight away.

For example, the

can be

mixed with the sauce directly in the pot, as is usual with recipes with one-pot pasta.

By the way, you shouldn't throw away the pasta water, because it is a real miracle cure.

Pasta sieve: Use the sieve to properly drain the water

But

have to be

careful here, because it is important that the

with the pot.

Otherwise, you run

,

to scald yourself.

It should also be ensured that the

made of a heat-resistant material so that it does not melt when it comes into contact with the pot.

The

can also be used in the pot itself for another reason.

As one Twitter user writes, he uses his

to steam dumplings in it.

If you really want to try one of these tricks now, but unfortunately have to part with your old pasta strainer, then

by no means just

throw the

in the trash.

Instead, there are all sorts of creative ideas online on how to reuse an old pasta strainer.

Reusing old pasta strainer with a few tricks

If you have a garden or a balcony, you can

easily

old

into a nice

.

As the "Liebbaren Magazin" suggests, you can simply spray paint on your old sieve.

Then attach a few feathers, shells or old cutlery to ribbons and the wind chimes are ready.

Another idea to recycle an old pasta strainer is to simply make a

it.

Simply line the

with jute, then fill it with soil and pot the right plant.

The jute prevents the earth from

flowing

through the holes in the

(Sophia Lother).