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Kitchen cleaning tips
If your least favorite chore as a child was being forced to wash the dinner dishes, you may find the idea of cleaning your own kitchen stressful and unnecessary. Unfortunately, despite the appeal of ignoring small kitchen messes, a dirty kitchen is also an unsafe kitchen. It's very important to keep worktops and chopping boards clean because they touch the food you are going to eat. If they aren't properly clean, bacteria could spread to food and make you ill.
- Start with a clean kitchen. If at all possible, don’t start cooking until your kitchen is relatively clean. If you start cooking and your kitchen is already a disaster, you’ll just get depressed and throw up your hands in despair after cooking a meal. If you start with a clean slate, you’ll be more motivated to keep it clean.
- Clean while you wait. If you find yourself with some free time in the kitchen, use it wisely! For example, if you’re waiting for a pot of water to come to a boil, instead of standing around, do a bit of cleaning. Start unloading the dishwasher. Put away cooking utensils that you’re done using. Wipe down the counters. You’ll be amazed at how much you can get done during the in-between times of cooking.
- Never set dirty utensils on the counter. Don’t create unnecessary messes! Grab a piece of paper towel, a rag, or even a small dish to set down your soup-stirring spoon or the serving fork you used to dish out the leftovers you’re microwaving. A spoon rest that’s always out is also a great option.
-Clean up spills ASAP. This is another one that we all know we should do, but neglect when we are in a hurry. The reality is, if you get to a spill as soon as possible, it will be so much easier to clean up. Dried-on gunk has to be soaked or scraped first, when it could have been cleaned up with a simple wipe.
- Take the trash out daily. Don’t let trash sit in your pantry, garage, or wherever you store it overnight. Compost rots quickly and may draw unwanted pests and bugs. As soon as you finish cleaning down the kitchen, take out the trash. Wipe down the outside of it to remove any food stains or streaks.
- Organize the cabinet beneath your sink. Having your cleaning tools and products accessible is key to maintaining a pristine kitchen. You probably store a majority of them in the cabinet under your sink. And that’s great — you just need to make sure it’s organized, so that you can easily grab what you need, when you need it.
- Have a compost/trash bowl. Instead of throwing your food scraps onto the counter, it’s much more efficient to place them in a dedicated compost bowl. This way you don’t have to wipe up the food juice, and you can quickly dump the scraps all at once.
- Don’t Forget the Fridge. It’s the rule of thumb to wash your hands before you go into the refrigerator. But not everyone obeys. Wipe down the handles, doors, and sides. Throw away outdated foods and pull the shelves out for cleaning. Do the same for the freezer section.
- Run the dishwasher before it’s too full. If you put it off too long, and you can’t fit anything else in it, it no longer becomes useful and then dirty dishes have to sit (or get hand-washed). Try to get in the habit of running it every night after dinner.
- Have set days and times for doing things. Forgetfulness is one of the main reasons for not getting certain chores done. When you have set days for doing certain things, it’s much easier to actually remember to do them.
