7 Things that Will Enhance Your Kitchen Experience

Cooking can be both hectic and fun. There are some adjustments you can do to your kitchen to make your cooking easier. We hope that by the end of this article, cooking becomes less hectic and more fun. Our editors did extensive research and interviewed the top chefs all around the globe and came up with this list of pretty useful tips. But we did not want this article to be exclusive for advanced-level chefs; rather we wanted to focus more on the newbies.

Regardless of whether you are pro-chef or you just cook on the weekends for fun, the following steps will help you with a less stressful and faster kitchen experience.

Equip Yourself With the Right Tools

The right equipment is essential to unlocking your true cooking potential. Even Mary berry won't be able to avoid an uneven bake with a faulty oven. Invest in some good-quality kitchen utensils, save time and tears while bluntly going for those onions with a knife.

Label Everything

Labeling is an art required in this profession. It helps you build on your experience and sometimes helps us when our clumsy brain forgets stuff. Use a painter’s tape (recommended), to label containers, leftovers, small tolls, and whatever is in the kitchen.

It may look weird to label a container but it's handy when you’re in a hurry and can’t figure out what in the container. If it is labeled you just grab and go and you can always go with transparent containers so you know what’s inside with just a glance.

Hang a Notepad

A magnetic notepad set is a must for your kitchen. Go and get one, it is the perfect solution for noting down a running grocery list throughout the week, quick recipe notes can be jot down and anything relevant while cooking can go down on those pages. If you’re great in the kitchen, it means revelations will come down to you, so, writing them down will encourage you to build on your own experience and come up with ravishing new dishes.

Think in Ripples

As ripples in the water are strong at the start but weaken as they travel far away. It is the same with kitchen items. Keep the most used items like knives, common spices, chopping board, and whatever you need, inside your closest ripple.

As the ripple goes wider so do your less frequently used tools like cookie cutters. It all depends upon the cooking style you opt for, if you frequently bake then you might want cookie cutters to be in your inner ripple. Hit and trial is the best approach to find out which things you need in the inner ripple and which in the outer.

Create Zones

If you occasionally bake things then there is no need for different zones. However, having both cooking and baking areas makes the process much easier. Your cooking zone may have items like a chopping board, knives, and cooking spray, usually the things used in regular meals. While your baking zone can hold four, sugar, dry milk, and measuring cups. This will cut down unnecessary steps while cooking which can improve both speed and efficiency while cooking.

Sharpen Your Knives

Sharpening your knife will make things much easier, faster, and efficient. This tip isn’t an organization-focused one but rather based on experience. It’s incredibly important to have a sharp knife that will sink into your food instead of skidding over the surface, but with all its perks, the sharp knife is harder to control. If you’re skilled and work in a fast environment a sharp knife will always make up a huge difference. It’s the only way you can get the uniform cuts on whatever it is that you are cutting or slicing.

If you are concinved already, we got something extra for you in this regard as well. If you don’t have a knife sharpener but realise how exhausting can a dull knife be, don’t worry we got you covered! Place a ceramic mug upside down, and then use it unglazed bottom for sharpening purposes. Don’t put too much pressure while sharpening the knife against the rough surface, rather draw the entire blade very carefully at a 15 degree angle.

Build Time-Saving Habits

“Motivation fades away but habits go to your grave.”
Habits are essential to building, especially while cooking because they make you more efficient. For instance, moving your dishes in a dishwasher while working, discard skins or odd bits in a scrap bag and rinse prep dishes which makes them easier to wash. All these habits are a huge time-saver. Another good one is to measure ingredients before setting them out in prep bowls. This helps when its time to use them and you can just grab the bowl and pour

Conclusion

When we think of becoming a better cook and making our meals taste better, different things present themselves in our mind. Don’t they? Sometimes, we wish to splurge money on expensive ingredients like aged cheese and high-end olive oil. (Personally, I wish I had a white truffle perched on my windowsill all the time.)

Sometimes going far enough and wishing to attend a culinary school to learn the majestic art of French cooking.