I made easy sandwiches for lunch the other day and handled to put together more crap than easily fits on our counters (so I also utilized part of the stove): 3 condiment bottles, a bag of greens, jars of pickles and yellow peppers and their scattered covers, bundles of cheese and veggie deli pieces, a cutting board running over with tomato guts. Prior to I took a seat to eat with the kids, I invested a few minutes putting everything away, and it took place to me that it wouldve been a lot less hassle (and accelerated my sandwich consumption) if I d just put everything away as quickly as I was done utilizing it.
Spread out the mayo and mustard, then pop both back into the fridge. Include the lettuce; back into the crisper it goes. Add the pickles and peppers, and put the lids back on prior to you lose them. Close the bread, rinse the cutting board, toss out the ends of the tomato. If you never make the mess, it feels a lot less like cleaning up a mess. Plus, then you can begin right in on the dishes after lunch. Hooray.
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Cooking a meal for yourself or your family is typically its own benefit; theres nothing better than putting all your skill, love and care into a meal that you then get to eat, and watch others delight in. Theres a dark side to meal prep: It inevitably makes a huge mess. Thats why, if you dont wish to be entrusted to the detritus of the food assembly process littering your counters as you consume, teasing you with the bothersome job to come, you ought to do your finest to tidy up as you go.
Weve recommended cleaning in other places in the kitchen area while you cook in the past, and Skillet Editor Claire Lower has made a pretty convincing case for why the person doing the cooking should likewise do the dishes, but my recommendations is a bit various. I cant even make a fast lunch without producing a huge mess because in contrast to the artificially spotless kitchens of TV chefs making elaborate meals.
