Every day, our kitchens become bustling hubs of activity. We end up with dirty dishes, sticky, cluttered counters. If your life looks like mine, you get up and make lunches and breakfast, and then prepare supper. Sure enough, your sink is filled with dishes, your countertops are a mix of clean and dirty items, and your stove carries the unpleasant evidence of overflowing pots.
How to do a daily kitchen reset:
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1. Begin by rinsing out the sink and filling a basin with hot, soapy water.
2. Wipe down the microwave and the stovetop.
3. Load the dishwasher with dirty dishes and start it.
4. Wash the plasticware, fragile dishes, and any that didn’t fit in the dishwasher.
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5. Wipe down the counters and put away food in the fridge or cupboard/pantry.
By this time, you should notice your kitchen becoming tidy and clean.
6. Rinse out the sink again and put away any hand-washed dishes.
Stand back and admire your hard work.
Today, I completed all these tasks in under 30 minutes.
Later in the day, the tasks are simple: unload the dishwasher, add any new dirty dishes, wipe off the counters, and rinse out the sink.
Husbands and kids can help load and unload the dishwasher. They can also remove countertop crumbs and place non-dishwasher items in a sink basin.
No hour-long cleaning marathons needed- just a quick reset that keeps your kitchen feeling calm and under control.
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