Kitchen goddesses....stand up!

Nice it is bleeding spotless! Think I shall have to send Niamh around more often to mess it up! lol Oh by the way she got her 2nd Kai at judo the other night! xxxx

My cupboards are jamed packed lol , I try to be smart all the time :0 ( when outside). I have just lost my 4 stone today pal ( 1 year it has taken me ) so I am in a great mood , big smile on he face Wee xx

Another wonderful talent Wee??. I would love to be like you. I just have too much "stuff" and not enough cupboards. I picture you as nicely dressed and well groomed at all times too...am I right?

Sometimes I think I would like to have a dish washer. But when I think it through, I realsise that I would still have to pack it, unpack it and put the dishes away. I think it's easier to just do them myself.

Bummer re the dishwasher catdla....and good oh for the training you've put in place. I've always had issues with dishwashers using too much water. I get argued down now with users telling me they use less water than a day's washing up. That's for the appliance...they are not counting all the water used to rinse the dishes and pre wash the utensils...both necessary to get things clean...BIG THUMBS DOWN!

I've been living in my current home for three years, and I have a dishwasher. It's only been used once, and I'd rather have another cupboard in it's place. Reason? None of my cookware can go in there! I have a combination of cast iron, no-stick and annodized aluminum. My beloved cast iron turns into a rust bucket in there, and the manufacturers of the others warn against it. The pots and pans are the biggest part of the clean up, in my opinion. At meal time I have each member of the family trained to wash their own dish and utensils. So, other than those pots and pans, there really isn't much elso to clean.

That might work..I shall give it a try.

Dang! I live alone so I have no-one else to blame...it's me who messes everything yup.

My family leaves trash on the counters and it drives me crazy! I've started returning the trash to whoever left it and saying, "I don't know why you're saving this, but it needs to get rinsed out or put away." S-l-o-w-l-y people are starting to throw their own trash out, at least when I'm around.

What a sweetheart you are... A young bloke once made me an omelette that really surprised me. It looked awful as he put it together but it tasted wonderful. Use 1/4 cup (more or less) of chopped, cooked chicken, 1 dessert spoon full of finely chopped green capsicum and as much cheese as you like. Remember the pepper and salt. Just mix it all together for an omelette that is out of this world (it's the only way I like capsicum.

Yummy! though to be honest I had to look up capsicum! lol Turns out it is what we call peppers - I love peppers! lol Next time I am fit I shall most definitely try this and let you know how I get on! I used to make a breakfast omelette for the kids with mushrooms, bacon and sausage! They loved it! xxx

i'm pretty neat with my kitchen too, it's all a matter of multitasking, and it's easier to move around and find things when you actually know where they are! i love the idea of the mushrooms, bacon breakfast, i have a variation of it that i saw from jamie oliver, just put strips of bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, cut onions, eggs (sunny-side up) in one pan and add salt and pepper, the pan is kinda jam-packed but you can slide it all off the pan and just put it on a plate for a really good breakfast medley!

I feel that I have better things to do than be cleaning and tidying all the time. I would love to have everything spotless and pristine always but I can't do that no matter what so I accept that things will be untidy till I clean up.

Yep, we're pretty much in the same ball park.

I understand and agree! I just have this rule of thumb that certain places in my home have to be clean or I'm not happy and that is, my kitchen, bathrooms, pet bowls and my bed. Other than that, it can wait! lol

Come and clean my computer screen Rachel. You made me spit coffee all over it! LOL

I only wash up once a day to save water....sometimes, if I'm lazy, it will be once in two days But I do stack the dishes neatly on the sink. Some things live on my kitchen benches...it's just easier to access things when They are within easy reach. If I put everything away the cupboards will be over filled and things won't be easy to get out.

Oh, Miss Tickle I had a good laugh. I guess neither of us is a kitchen goddess. I don't know why we call it a counter because it is usually afixed to the wall of the kitchen and we stand in front of it. Some people also have what we call an island which is a counter in the middle of the kitchen and you can stand in front of it or behind it or walk around it. I don't have one and I don't like islands either and yet they seem to be all the rage.

My toaster has it's own little alcove but there is lots of stuff around: my mug tree, a little tray for daily meds and assorted bits and pieces, paper towel tree, glass containers for treats and pasta, salt pig, sandwich toaster, container with cooking tools, water dispensers, mountain of plastic stuff that is left out because the drawer is not only full but hard to access. There are stools with shopping bags under them and the bag of goat food on top. Lucy's plastic dinosaur lives on that window ledge but the cat knocks it down so it spends more time on the floor, rubbish bin and recycle bin, water dish....the mess goes on. We call it a bench as in a work bench.A counter is something one person stands behind while serving the person standing in front.

I had an island once. It was ok but the kitchen was really badly designed so it didn't really work.

LOL--my bedroom isn't even really a bedroom but an arched alcove...as for cookware...I actually have a LOT of bakeware/cookware I bought years and years ago..Revere ware, Cuisinart....I even have some of my great-grandmother's Corning Ware glass mixing bowls...they are all in prime condition despite the age of them. That stuff last forever...thank goodness. Anyway...it's funny..out of curiosity I was pricing the newer line of some cookware on line and no way did I pay anything they are asking for it now

I've allowed myself one "junk drawer" in my kitchen where I can toss anything I don't have a place for. Keeps me happy lol. But yeah, I have everything in a certain order that it sometimes drives my hubby nuts because I've got to have it just right. Ok, so I'm a little monkish, but eh, I'm me lol. Namaste Anora

That's the theory I like to think operates in my kitchen but I can never get it to be the norm. I have to do smaller clean ups from day to day then occasional bigger clean-ups every few days and then a major clean up every once in a while. My kitchen does not work very well at being efficient. I'd love to be able to afford a new kitchen.

At our house we had a rule...the one who prepares dinner does not have to clean up. As I grew up and had my own place I had to do everything and so I would tidy as I went to save a huge job at the end. My last housemate also had the rule that the one who cooks doesn't have to clean...he would make such an awful mess....everywhere and it was a real punishment for me when he cooked...when I cooked I would tidy as I went so he had very little to do afterwards and nine times out of ten he wouldn't do it. When his Mum would visit for a holiday she would rouse on him but it made no difference.

I too let them air dry on the drainer and put away when I wash my next load of dishes. I have never heard that catla1 about the bacteria growing on the dishes dried with a cloth... I'll continue to stick to my way... Also I find the glasses don't get streaky then either...

I wash up but everything stays on the dish drainer, usually till I wash up again. When I go to my Dad's there is minimal washing up. I live alone but I have piles of washing up...I hate it....lol.

I let my dishes dry in the dish drainer too. I was told once that bacteria and germs won't grow on clean dishes that are air drying, but it DOES grow on drying dish towels. Why wash a dish and then wipe it down with a germy dish towel? Works for me and gets me out of the kitchen sooner.

Aww sweety, sorry to hear you are off colour and the kids not well...are they school aged? You must be truly unwell if you let your kitchen go because you sound like your kitchen is a focal point in your home...like...if the kitchen is clean and tidy the rest of the house is good too . I tend to work the other way. My bedrooms and lounge room are great but the bathroom, living room and kitchen definitely have that lived in look.

Ahhh, it's that lived in look that makes a house a home you know.

Thank you for your kind words. I have a 6 year old and an 18 month old. We've all had that crazy stomach bug, and it wasn't a pretty site. For the most part, all rooms are clean, expect for the living room/family room area, where the kids play and pull out everything, it's got that very well lived in look, as there is always something to step over, or trip over.

I hope you gave him a clip over the ear and made him clean up. You have to train him for when the baby comes. Please send photo of your belly. You should have received a few bucks from myLot the other day. By the baby a dummy from me.

We all seem to be in accord lakota.

I don't know about that my friend... I might have an organised kitchen but my inbox is piling up with Mylot. lol. A friend told me the other day that I was really organised, but I can't see it myself. Sometimes and in some things I can be, but a total mucker in other areas. lol.

You sound far better organised than I dear one. Bravo. My kitchen seems always to be cluttered and as soon as I clear something somewhere I am stacking somewhere else. Brightest Blessings. xx

Hi Faith...lovely to see you, as ever. Oh dear, I clean my kitchen but straight away it seems it looks untidy again. I cannot keep it tidy for any length of time. I need a little kitchen pixie to clean up for me when I'm not looking....lol.

Hi dear MsTickle! Oh, if we just live near each other, I will do it when you are not looking! lovelots..faith

I know about that...how do they do that...and how do they manage to get out of cleaning it up. It's one of life's mysteries I guess.

I'm glad to see she is good for something at least...lol