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Pyrex · KITCHEN FILE

Pyrex Simply Store 18-Piece Set

Meal prep that can actually go in the microwave — because it's glass.

8.4YEP SCORE / 10
$ · ~$40
MEAL PREP STAPLEMICROWAVE LEGAL
Glass storage jars with pasta and grains in a kitchen (representative photo) Photo via Pexels
⚠ THE NOPE

It replaces: The plastic tupperware drawer. Microwaving plastic containers released up to millions of microplastics and billions of nanoplastics per square centimeter in 3 minutes. The fogged, scratched containers in your drawer shed even at room temp.

SOURCE: Hussain et al., Environmental Science & Technology (2023)

WHY IT'S A YEP

  • Glass: microwave, oven, and dishwasher safe with zero shedding question
  • No tomato-stain ghosts, no garlic cologne on tomorrow's oatmeal
  • Cheap enough to replace the entire drawer in one move

WHERE IT'S IMPERFECT

  • The lids are plastic — fine for cold storage; never microwave the lid
  • Heavier in a lunch bag, and droppable
  • Tempered soda-lime glass dislikes extreme thermal shock (freezer → hot oven)

Our take

The honest version of this review: it’s glass boxes, they’re $40, and they end the microwave-in-plastic habit — the single biggest free exposure fix — by making the right move the easy move. Keep the plastic lids out of the heat and this set turns your meal prep plastic-neutral for a decade. Bormioli and Anchor Hocking make fine equivalents; buy whichever’s on sale.

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AFFILIATE LINK — SAME PRICE FOR YOU, SMALL COMMISSION FOR US. SCORES ARE NEVER FOR SALE. DISCLOSURE

SAME ROOM, SAME MISSION

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