The One Thing I Do to Minimize Mess in the Kitchen — Cleaning Tips from Kitchn

I love cooking. And what I mean by that is that I love the actual process of cooking. I love the chopping and measuring and stirring and simmering even more than I love eating. Of course, I do enjoy the results of my culinary endeavors (!), but there's something about the physical act of cooking that is so calming to me. It pushes the thoughts of the day out of my head and forces me to focus on the task at hand.

But cooking also clashes with another love of mine: a clean kitchen. When sauces splatter and flour spills and pots and pans stack in the sink, it takes a little bit of my cooking zen away.

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