The first step to getting an orderly kitchen is to do some decluttering. Here is a list of ten things you can delete right away!
The golden rule of tidying up is that the less things you own the easier it is to put and keep the house in order. And then the go-ahead for decluttering!
It seems obvious, but among gifts, free samples, impulse purchases, changes in habits, there is nothing easier than finding oneself with far more than what is strictly necessary. If you are a person who loves cooking, it is likely that the environment in which you do it will have filled with a lot of utensils, which you may use very rarely.
That's why if you want a tidy kitchen, it's worthwhile that you start doing away with what you can do without now. Here is a handy list of' usual suspects', things that usually accumulate in this environment... almost against our will!
Small appliances inherited and never used
Do you know what we are talking about, right? Aunt bought the bread machine and never used it. "Would you like"? He asked you, and you, that you always loved the smell of fresh bread, you accepted it very willingly... but then you never used it, and now you keep it in the cupboard more in another, to take up useful space.
Without too much remorse, pack all small appliances that you do not use and portals in a used market, or landfill, if they are too old and worn out or do not have standard cables.
Missed or cracked glasses and cups
Except for some pieces of affection, these pieces of glass and ceramics are never used. Usually they are held because they nominally complete a service, but be honest, would you serve coffee to six friends using a set of five intonse cups and a beaten one?
If the answer is no, throw away without regret.
Abused and spoiled sponges
Around the kitchen sink a semi-abuseating community of old and ruined sponges proliferates and frankly horrible to see, that maybe you can keep to clean the dustbin because it seems inappropriate to dedicate a new and well-preserved sponge.
We should not tell you how many microbes are lurking in these vintage sponges, right? Here you will find tips and tricks for proper use of sponges in the kitchen.
Butt it away and always keep only a couple of sponges that you replace often. For the dustbin you can always use a piece of kitchen paper to be discarded after use.
Plastic food containers
There are lots of them for sale and certainly you sometimes get yourself taken by the anxiety of not having enough of them (because when the time comes to keep a surplus of food, it seems that containers and lids mysteriously disappear... in the same timeless place where the stockings go. The truth is that they spoil quickly, leave an unpleasant smell on food and have limited functions. For example, some do not go into the microwave, they cannot be used in the oven, and so on.
Buttali away and replace them with a few carefully selected glass or Pyrex containers. You'll see that you will use them more and I'll find it hard to lose them.
Old takeaway menus
Are you present, right? Those with the offer "free delivery and a 1.5 litre bottle of beer until 31 March 1998" or those of the Chinese restaurant which in the meantime has changed use at least three times. Apart from the fact that many restaurants now have websites or subscribe to distribution apps (such as JustEat), but if you are really fond of the old paper menus, make a regular check of their validity and topicality and keep them in order inside a list holder like those of restaurants.
Chinese and Japanese restaurant sticks
Another exhibit that seems to have the supernatural property of reproducing itself. The first two or three couples have kept them with honourable intentions ("so when we eat ethnic we have already") it is a pity that in the meantime you have collected a few hundred.
Eliminal. All. They are also bamboo, so they do not pollute.
Seasoning packages
Of the same family of chopsticks, also seasoning packages (especially salt and sugar) tend to form colonies in our pantries. Here the solution is simple and quick: keep them in a can and use them regularly to avoid accumulating them.
Spare lids
And if the lids of food containers instead of disappearing into space simply become pot lids? Because there always seems to be an excess of the latter, and no one suitable for the pots you own.
Suffice it to suffer this situation! Collect all the lids and compare them with the pots you own, then remove all those that you don't need and make room in the pantry.
Burnt and darning textiles
Burnt potholders, towels reminiscent of the trip to Corfu all frayed... do you know what we are talking about? All these things can easily become rags or end up in the padding of your dog's kennel.
Excess salad cutlery
Seriously, here