What's in Your Utensil Drawer?
This week’s challenge is all about making your life easier! The kitchen is the heart of the home and when the kitchen runs smoothly the rest of your day flows a little better. So this week how about we clear out the utensil drawer? Instead of having the drawer get hung up on a rarely used potato masher or one too many ladles how about clearing out the unnecessary items? For this week’s challenge grab a clear shoebox and pull open the utensil drawer. Go through the items, keep one of everything you use daily or weekly in the drawer, put the extras into the box and store it nearby. Now when you need a pizza cutter or measuring spoons you’ll be able to find them easily. Oh and be sure to think about how useful the item is. Sometimes gadgets are more trouble than they are worth, feel free to toss or donate the junky ones and the ones that sounded like a good idea at the time. Lastly be sure you actually use the item. When you serve pizza do you use the pizza cutter? If so it’s a keeper, but if you use a knife then you can let the cutter go. Once your utensil drawer is pared down you’ll be able to find what you need when you need it and that makes life easier. I know you can make the time to get through one drawer this week, until next Monday have a clutter-free week, Jamie PS Wondering what's in my utensil drawer? Here's the list: Basting brush
Basting syringe
Bread knife
Candy thermometer
Can opener
Cheese grater
Cheese slicer
Chef's knife
Egg slicer
Egg timer
Garlic press
Kitchen scissors
Knife
Ladle
Lemon zester
Mandoline
Measuring cup
Measuring spoon
Meat thermometer
Pizza cutter
Potato masher
Potato peeler
Scraper
Slotted spoon
Spatula
Strainer
String
Timer
Tongs
Whisk
Wooden spoon
Thanks for joining me
A big thank you to all of you who called in for the fr-ee- call last Tuesday. We had out largest call yet with over 100 people listening in! The call was a huge success, we covered everything from paper piles to to-do lists. I hope you'll join me in March, stay tuned the date will be announced soon. *Share this email* Who do you know that needs this tip? Send it to them now. They will thank you for it. *Service or Product Of The Month* February's service is HassleMe Not eating enough fruit? Forgot to feed the fish again? Need a little help keeping your New Year's resolutions? Tell us what to hassle you about, and we'll nag you via email at semi-unpredictable intervals. Get Hassled Now *READ THE CLUTTER CHALLENGE ARCHIVES* Did you miss last week's edition? Don't miss any of the great tips, click here for the archives
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