Welcome to my kitchen. Today I thought I'd share my extreme minimalist kitchen with you.
I cook all meals at home. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. So I definitely think I have
all the appliances and tools needed. But, I definitely have a much more minimalist
kitchen than anyone else I know. I live in quite a small apartment. But,
we have a pretty big kitchen. So I'll share what's in my cupboard and what's in my entire kitchen
and then, I'll finish off with the fridge if you want to see what I usually have in my fridge.
So this is our entire kitchen where we have an oven, a dishwasher, and quite a lot of storage.
And we also have quite a big fridge, so we keep most of our food in there. Starting from our first
drawers in the kitchen we have our cutlery. We have about one set of cutlery per person,
measuring cups, a kitchen scissor and, just a few kitchen accessories.
Now, I know we don't have enough cutlery or, plates or, bowls to host a big gathering. So,
if that's something you regularly do you might want to have more bowls and plates than us. But,
a good rule that I like to think about is that we have one for each in the household
and then two extra. You really rarely need one more than two extra. And people can always you
know, you can make it do. You can eat with forks or, you can eat with a spoon. It doesn't really
matter. In our next drawer we keep all our spices. We also have some spices that we use less often
and that we don't buy as much of. So they are just stored in their original packaging. We try to buy
spices in bulk to avoid excess packaging. And, storing your spices in a cool and dry place is
also really important to make them last longer. In next cupboard we have a chopping board that's
made from off-cut wood, a nut milk bag and, a few kitchen linen towels that I made myself.
And, finally here we have all our pots and pans. We have three pans from Scandipan.
They work really, really well and that's one of the only things we got new for this apartment.
So here I'm just showing you one of our empty drawers. This drawer we don't really keep anything
in. We don't really have anything that can fit in here because we only have one pan for the
oven and that works perfectly fine. In this next door we keep all of our bowls. So we have
two bowls of each size and we think that works perfectly fine. On top of this drawer is where
we keep our fresh fruit. But, currently we keep most of it in the fridge because it's very warm
here and we get a lot of bugs if we leave it out. Next under the sink is our cleaning cupboard. I
love how clean and minimal this is. We just have a spray bottle with vinegar solution. Extra vinegar
and baking powder. So I am originally from Sweden. So my family has been using these since I was very
little. They are super easy to clean and they are also completely biodegradable. You can clean them
in your dishwasher, in your washing machine or, if you don't have either you can just boil them
for a few minutes. And that will completely sterilize them. So that is everything we use
to keep our kitchen clean. And the next door is where we have all our containers for storing food.
We try to keep our kitchen plastic free so we have glass containers. Some are secondhand and some are
new. And, this is what we use to store all our cooked food and leftovers. On top of this drawer
we have a random drawer which I think is made to put trash in. But, since we try to not produce any
trash and live a zero waste lifestyle we keep these empty. Now for overhead storage here we
store our dishwashing powder, any paper that we've gotten in bills or, anything that we can reuse
and, any packaging material that we can repurpose. The next cupboard is one of my favorite cupboards
because this is our unwanted gifts cupboard. Here we keep our Vitamix which is an absolute essential
in our kitchen. But, here we also store gifts that we've gotten that we won't use. For example, we
don't drink alcohol but, instead we can give those gifts to people when we go to dinner parties or,
events. In the next cupboard we store dried goods and pretty much anything that doesn't
have to be in the fridge. So here we have all of our whole grain pasta, tomato sauce,
some spices... And, then we also have some random seed packages in here because this is one of the
driest places where I can store them. In the next cupboard we have some more dried food. Here we
store all our legumes and we also have a little bit of salt here. One of my favorite benefits of
minimalism and not having that many things is that we have so much space in our cupboard. So we can
store things like this a bit more airy. And, just makes it easier to clean and nicer to look at.
In the cupboard on top of the stovetop we store all our supplements and all of my teas. Here we
also store my natural shampoo and conditioner that I buy in bulk from Kalia. And, as you can
see I put down papers on all of our shelves and doors because it makes it so much easier to clean;
because you can simply remove the paper and, there is no residue or, dust that's been collected.
In this last cupboard we store all of our glass bottles and jars. Most of these are secondhand or
repurposed and we use them for drinking water on a trip. We use them to drink tea in the morning and,
we use them to store food. And next up and the last thing that we have in the kitchen for storage
is our fridge. We like to have a super clean kitchen so we clean out our fridge about once a
week. And, this is how it looks on a normal basis. Again, we like to be plastic free. So we try to
opt for glass container or, canvas bags and that works really, really well. So as you can see this
kitchen is pretty minimal. But, it does come with a lot of storage. We don't have that many things
and we really like it that way because keeping the surfaces clutter free just makes it feel so much
nicer to be in the kitchen. We cook all meals from scratch, including breakfast, lunch and dinner.
So we spend a lot of time in the kitchen. And, despite cooking so much, I don't feel like we're
missing anything in our kitchen. One of the best tips to keep the kitchen clutter free,
apart from cleaning it twice a day or, and keeping the surfaces super clean; is to not have any
kitchen appliances. Now kitchen appliances are bulky. They're difficult to clean and, they take
up so much room. So not having any kitchen gadgets or appliances just makes our kitchen feel so much
more minimal. I think the kitchen especially, is one of those places where we just buy stuff
that we think we'll use and then we never end up using them. So if you have anything that
you don't use daily or, even on a weekly basis, I think it's better to just do it out. Thank you so
much for watching this video. I hope you enjoyed following along on my kitchen minimalist tour.
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you so much for watching. I really appreciate it. And I will see you guys next week. Bye.