My Favorite Kitchen Organization Tip
This simple kitchen organization tip will help your kitchen running smoothly so you can stay organized!
Is you kitchen always a mess? If you're a parent, or a person who actually uses the kitchen, your kitchen probably gets messy a lot.
One of the best kitchen organization tips I've ever used is this:
Run your dishwasher every night. Empty it every morning. Fill the dishwasher throughout the day. Repeat.
At first, this will be a hassle. If you're used to saving the dishes until the next morning, it will be especially painful. But, once you get in the habit of doing this, it's magical.
- Every morning when you walk into your kitchen, it will be free of dirty dishes.
- During the day, there will be a place to put your dirty dishes (the empty dishwasher).
- Dishes will not get as crusty and hard-to-clean if you're rinsing them off a little before putting them in the dishwasher.
- You will have a clean coffee mug or glass to use each morning.
- The favorite sippy cups, bowls, and plates will be available for the littles.
We eat at home the majority of the time, so we use a lot of dishes.
If I end up doing an extra cooking project, I might have to run my dishwasher an extra time during the day.
To me, it's worth it to have a system in place that ensures that we have clean dishes to use each day.
But, I'll be honest. If I'm sick, or if I have a sick child, I'm busting out the paper plates.
It's always good to have a few on hand for the times when you want to eat at home, but just don't have the energy to do the cleaning up.
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I love Nony!!! Now that. It’s. Just me and no dw, I try really hard to do them immediately. So much less stress!
She’s fantastic, isn’t she?! I love her podcast too.
I usually run the dishwasher every other night (unless my son is home from school – then we have more lunch dishes, so I need to run it every night). The thing that gets me in the kitchen is the pots and pans! I try to wash them as I’m cooking or as soon as we finish eating but that’s normally the last thing I want to do after dinner. 😉 It’s so depressing to wake up to a cluttered sink, though!
Such great advice! I struggle with the last part…the emptying in the morning. As a single working mom with two littles it’s the very last thing I want to do. But…when I do it the day goes more smoothly and the end of dinner dishes have a place to go! Totally worth it! Thanks!!
I was just listening to her podcast yesterday! This is a habit I really struggle with. But I have set my mind to do this not just for myself but for my family as well.