We love tools and are serious about having things that work well. For instance, meet our salad spinner:

It looks a lot like a percale pillow case. Don't be fooled. It allows us to spin dry bulk amounts of salad and then can easily be dried and stored. Michael, when he sports a full beard, looks like a mad Santa when spinning salad; a bonus benefit! It does require outside space appropriate for flinging water. Luckily, we have plenty of that.