Interiors: Sharpen up your kitchen
Keep your kitchen clutter free with practical solutions to ensure home cooking and baking is as easy as pie
Much like the rest of the country, I’ve spent more hours cooking over the last few months than I have in the last decade. And while I can’t wait to sit down in a restaurant sometime soon, I’ve learned quite a lot about my kitchen set-up lately.
I’ve always been more of a fan of baking chocolate chip cookies than whipping up a three-course dinner, so my kitchen is stocked with more baking tins and trays than pots and pans. As it turns out, that doesn’t make a pandemic easier.
With the extra time at home, I’ve put together a few tips for setting up your kitchen in a way that actually works and more efficiently.
First and foremost, make sure you have the highest quality equipment in the kitchen that you can afford.
You don’t need complicated utensils, but having a cast-iron skillet and durable baking trays will serve you well — both when it comes to cooking or baking, and when you’re scrubbing them at the sink. Second, take a look at your kitchen organisation.
Just this morning, I realised that I’ve been wasting considerable time taking coffee filters out of a zippered bag several times a day.
I have since moved them to a dish near the coffee maker, which will hopefully save time and energy in the long run.
Investing in a knife block can also help you streamline your chopping situation, and storing pots and pans in a way that doesn’t require a balancing act can also help.
If you’re short on space, a wooden chopping block is as beautiful on the countertop as it is functional for cooking and serving.