How To Organize Your Kitchen?

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oi-Anwesha Barari

By Anwesha Barari

Friday, August 12, 2011, 16:26

How to organize your kitchen is question we try avoid for as long as we can. Obviously because organizing kitchen is a very tedious job. It is something that we put at the back of our mind and conveniently forget.

Some Myths Regarding How To Organize Kitchen:

• It is only homemakers who think about how to organize their kitchens. Well WHY? Don't working women need the kitchen. You may hire a cook but your domestic help will only cook for you. Organizing your kitchen is still up to you.

• Its takes a lot of time in organizing kitchen. That of course is true. But what about the time you will be spending in looking for things every where in an disorganized kitchen? Isn't it better to invest some time on organization one day in stead of wasting time everyday.

How To Organize Your Kitchen?

• Label All Your Containers: Your kitchen might end up looking like Aamir Khan's house in the movie Ghajni's if you do that but this is an infallible housekeeping tip. When you are in a hurry it is not possible for you to guess what ingredient is kept in which container. If you work regularly in the kitchen then you might have a fair idea as to what is kept where but what if you make an unfortunate mistake? You will end up putting salt in stead of sugar in your desserts!

• Organize Kitchen Cabinets: Start the process with organizing your kitchen cabinets. This is the main storage space in your kitchen and also the most chaotic one. Make sure you follow some logic for this part of kitchen organizing. For instance, garam masala has five ingredients. You cannot keep pepper at one end and cinnamon sticks at the other end of your cabinet. It doesn't make sense! You also need to keep things back in their place once you use them or else, the whole effort of organizing will be in vain.

• Keep Electronics Aside: the electronic appliances you use in your kitchen must be segregated from the rest of the utensils. If you keep your toaster on the same slab as your washed vessels, the left over water leaking from the latter will damage your electronic appliance.

• Throw out Garbage Regularly: Don't wait for sweet old weekends to dispose off your garbage. It s a dirty habit because it will make your wet refuse stink and your make your kitchen look like a dump yard. All used plastic cola bottles, covers of bread that is over and all sorts of plastic packets crowd our kitchens week long just because we are too lazy to deal with them.

• Kitchen Wipes: Keep at least 4 kitchen wipes handy because you'll need them all the time. Don't just bank on one that will have to go for wash once in a while.

For better house keeping simply follow these tips on how to organize your kitchen well.