Luckily, we found an Amazon shopper-loved clip-on strainer that does all of the above, saving you from cramming a bulky colander into the dishwasher after boiling pasta or cleaning produce.

There are so many different pasta strainers out there from the stand-alone metal strainers, to the bucket-style strainers that fit right in the pasta pot, to pots that come with strainers in the lid.