The kitchen is the heart of the home, a symbol of the hearth. It unites the family not just by eating together, but by close communication. Food prepared with love demonstrates care and desire to satisfy the appetites of the household. How to feed your family delicious, healthy food and not waste all your free time on it? Don’t constantly go to restaurants or eat processed foods. An integrated approach to organizing food preparation will help here.
"Proper" cuisine
The cooking area should be made as comfortable as possible.
- Place the refrigerator, sink and stove close to each other. Ideally, there should be work surfaces between them.
- It is advisable to choose furniture with smooth facades that are easy to clean.
- There should be enough drawers and shelves for all the utensils, otherwise you will have to take out unnecessary things to get to the necessary item.
- The color and lighting of the kitchen should be chosen so that they are comfortable for the eyes.
Optimal organization of space
The easiest way to store kitchen utensils and other accessories is by category, putting them in one place for easy taking: food, dishes, small appliances, household chemicals, textiles. For example, keep cereals, pasta, seasonings, oils, salt and sugar in one cabinet near the stove.
This order is important because you don’t have to constantly think about where everything is and where to put it after washing. Items that are used frequently should be arranged so that they can be quickly accessed. It is better to remove the less necessary ones away.
In order not to get lost among kitchen utensils, the housewife should determine the required minimum and not exceed it. For example, a family of 3 people is unlikely to need 5 frying pans or 3 technical appliances that duplicate each other’s functions for cooking.
Another trick is to, if possible, remove objects on the work surface that get in the way and get dirty. Then, after cooking, the housewife will quickly remove them, without bothering with wiping and folding them every time.
Menu for the week
An ideal option for busy women. It allows you to quickly and without much thought purchase products according to the list and make preparations that can stand in the refrigerator for several days. When planning a menu, you need to take into account the cooking time. It is better to avoid dishes that take a long time to prepare or cook them on the weekend.
Preparations for the freezer and more
They help out when the housewife doesn’t have time to cook. You can freeze both ready-made meals and semi-finished products. Of course, fresh food tastes better, but freezing your own is better than buying it at the supermarket.
Some preparations are stored in the refrigerator for a week. For example: sauteed onions and carrots, peeled vegetables in a container (onions, garlic, carrots), pickled fish and meat, broth for other dishes.
Technology that saves time
First assistant in the kitchen - multicooker. It eliminates the need to constantly monitor the cooking process, frees up time and reduces the amount of dirty dishes. The multicooker has so many functions that it can be used every day to prepare completely different dishes.
For a family who loves fresh baked goods, this is also suitable bread machine. It has the functions of preparing not only bread, but also muffins. The device only requires adding products; the rest of the process does not need to be controlled.
A dishwasher will significantly free up the housewife's time. If you can install it, it's definitely worth purchasing.
Work in the kitchen is constant and tedious, taking up the most energy and time. Of course, each family has its own conditions and resources. However, in any situation, an experienced housewife, knowing small tricks, will organize them in such a way as to have time to spend time with her family and take care of herself.
