Ikea do a good range of very cheap bendy plastic chopping boards which come in a pack of two for the tiny price of 99p, so you can choose which colour you want for the particular colour scheme you have in your kitcen - we have blue and yellow.

Be warned though, these boards are extremely thin and you have to take a bit of care if your knife is very sharp as blades are easily prone to marking (or even going right through) the plastic. They are easy to wash and keep clean though they are not suitable for use in a dishwasher.

What we particularly love about these boards is the fact that they bend easily, so for example, if you have been chopping a pile of onions (or any other vegetable you fancy) and you want to pop them into the pan, you don't have to scoop the onion up with your fingers, simply take the board to the pan, bend it, and you can literally pour your onion into the vessel without fear of it spilling the contents onto the floor.

They are a decent size at 37cm 29cm and two mm thick (so quite thin). Be very careful if you are taking near to a hot pan though as they easily melt and get warped - one of ours is badly warped on the sides as it touched the hot frying pan and there is no way of repairing this.

Our little lad also uses these when he plays with his play dough and it is simple and easy to just bend it when he's finished and ppour back into his playdough bucket.

Really useful and really recommended.

This review is also published on Ciao under name of sorehead.