From Pasta to Pie: Kitchen Design Tips to Simplify Your Cooking
Design your kitchen in a way that’s makes it simple and easy to cook healthy meals. Here are some ideas!
The children wake up at 6 a.m. There are lunches you must pack, and coffee you must gulp. The kitchen counter gets flooded in a blink, and you can hardly shove things back before you head out the door.
Daily life can be chaotic, even if you don’t have small people in the house. A well-designed kitchen gives us solace amid the madness of the world.
Take the kitchens in Denver as an example. Visit any of the kitchen design showrooms in Denver, and you can easily visualize tranquil days against the majestic mountains around the city. Life doesn’t seem so hard when things are beautiful and organized!
Regardless of where your home is, you should invest in a kitchen that matches your cooking routines. Whether you are a terrific cook who spends hours concocting new recipes or get by with instant meals, we have collected kitchen design tips to make your life easier.
1. Add a Herb Garden for Aromatic Recipes
Your herb garden can be a great addition to the kitchen if you often prepare Italian or French food like basil pesto and rosemary focaccia bread. Herbs like dill are a staple in Mediterranean cooking. Besides making your space smell divine, a personal garden will save grocery costs.
If you don’t want anything elaborate, you can get a herb garden starter kit for your kitchen. It usually has a self-watering system and can be placed in a sunny corner. You can also grow herbs in sturdy mason jars and keep them in an unused counter spot. It is best not to keep the plants exposed to the cold air from a kitchen window for prolonged periods.
You don’t need green fingers to watch your kitchen garden thrive. The nursery should be able to give you watering and feeding tips. Who said a “farmhouse edit” to the kitchen must cost a mini-fortune?
2. Reconsider Storage and Workstations for Baking
Your kitchen may witness different cuisines and flavors: spicy curries, savory pancakes, and four cups of coffee. But one delightful taste that unites the world is sweetness. A baking kitchen must be ready for a lot of action: croissants and cupcakes hate it when we ignore them.
Depending on how many tools and trays you have, your best bet may be a rolling cart to store everything. Some people swear by open shelves and displays that show off their bake-off paraphernalia. You can store things like measuring cups in roll-out drawers.
Besides storage, you will need an additional workspace for baking. A vital design element to add is a marble or granite worktop on the counter. Real Simple magazine observes that marble is ideal for baking due to its naturally cool surface. It helps the butter in the dough remain cool. Granite is also a good choice since it is bacteria-proof and swift to clean.
3. Arrange Appliances for Faster Cooking
Some cooking styles, like Indian and Japanese, may require more appliances for preparing and processing ingredients. For example, you may use a blender to make chutneys or a rice cooker for dinner. Since Japanese cuisine uses eggs in many recipes, like ramen and omelets, you may also have an egg cooker.
Intuitively arranging your appliances can speed up your daily tasks. One idea is to store gadgets in a separate but easily accessible cabinet, with their chargers and wiring neatly stacked. Shelf dividers and labels can separate things.
You don’t need anything to clutter up a counter other than a trusty coffee machine (or something else you use every morning, like an electric kettle).
Some people find that storing appliances in their original packaging in the garage limits unnecessary clutter. You probably won’t use your tortilla press or chicken shredder every day.
4. Fried Food Needs a Little Extra Management
Frying is integral to standard American cooking. Who can help falling for the yumminess of buffalo wings, fried chicken, and chimichangas? However, deep-frying food can make your kitchen feel stuffy and oily. The splattering is a pain to clean.
When designing or redecorating your kitchen, consider adding elements like a splatter screen and additional ventilation through ceiling fans. A kitchen with in-built air purifiers will bounce back faster after you have finished frying. You can also place odor-absorbing gels and beads at strategic locations.
Another idea is to consider an outdoor kitchen. Kitchen Distributors finds that outdoor kitchens can be ideal for making the most of sunny places like Colorado. They also work brilliantly for barbecuing and grilling. Modern kitchen aesthetics ensure you can integrate elements you want, like European craftsmanship and timelessness, in indoor and outdoor spaces.
With the year inching to a close, you should think about pampering your kitchen with fresh design. The New York Post recently reported survey results that found nine in 10 Americans suffer from “kitchen envy.” They feel the kitchen makes a huge difference in entertaining guests or even assessing all your groceries through fridge-scaping.
Well, they do call a kitchen the heart of a home. While we don’t advocate envy, attuning the heart to your cooking needs can only be positive. These tailored design ideas should help you and your family gain speed, agility, and comfort while preparing everyday meals.
