hey everyone today we're gonna do something a little different but very important we're
gonna take a break from cooking to talk about cleaning because unfortunately one leads to the
other whether you like it or not yes I know I hate cleaning too but that is why we got to talk about
this because the more efficiently we clean the better the more enjoyable the cooking right so
today I'm gonna share with you five of my kitchen tips to help minimize the amount of cleaning that
you have to do but because there are obviously more than five things you can do I have partnered
up with Melissa maker from clean my space and she's gonna give us even more tips so Melissa
is the queen of cleaning on YouTube she's also authored this fantastic guidebook on cleaning
called clean my space so she's going to give us five tips on how you can clean as you go which
I know we can all do a bit more of right so don't forget to check out that video after this but for
now let's get started the first tip I have is cold water rinse now the default mode for most
of us is to have dirty dishes throw them in the sink and put some hot water on it right well that
doesn't work for everything if you've got dough for example hot water will actually cook the bits
of dough that's on your bowl right onto the bowl then it's even harder to get off what you want
to do then is soak the bowl in some cold water which will dissolve the flour come cleanup time
it'll come off super easy if you're in a hurry you don't have time to soak scrape it off with
a rubber spatula right and that will prevent the dough from getting stuck into like these little
scrubby things if you've got ground meat say for making burgers and meatballs or whatever give it
a rinse first with cold water get off all the meat especially if you use the food processor
now you've got ground meat stuck in like the nooks and crannies of the food processor once
you cook that on with hot water it's impossible to get off lastly little bits of cheese left from
grating and whatnot scrape that into the garbage first if that makes it into your sink you hit it
with hot water the cheese melts now you've got gooey cheesy mess that's getting in your brushes
and your sponges it's a nightmare listen I love a big beautiful wooden cutting board as much as
the next chef it's beautiful and I uses on the show but let me tell you a secret when I'm at
home and I gotta cook a lot I don't use this cuz it's a pain to clean especially if you got to like
wash the boards in between multiple times this is what I use tada thin flexible cutting mats so the
great thing about this is once your dirty one you just change out another one and yeah they usually
are sold in sets too and the good thing is because they take up almost no space you can just slip it
on the side of your sink the dirty one or just put it on the side of your dishwasher and they
take almost no room in the dishwasher but because these are so light and thin you're gonna want to
stabilize it with a wet paper towel underneath so it doesn't move around or you can get one that
comes with a stabilizing platform like this so the way this works is you just put a board on it
and the grooves hold it in place which is super useful oh and the cool thing about this guy is
these boards I'll store right in here I know it might be second nature to just throw everything
you produce into the thing but you'll be surprised how many of those dishes don't actually need to be
washed they just need a good rinse with hot water so things like a measuring cup you use for sugar
or flour a bowl you use for your vegetables and so what I do is I keep a space on the counter
designated for those types of dishes right and as I use them I just throw them in there comes
dishwashing time give them a good rinse with hot water and you are good to go this next tip when I
learned about it it changed my life I mean ever try to get oyster sauce or honey or things that
are thick and sticky out of a measuring cup or measuring spoon impossible right you're
now like scraping it off with something else now you've got to dirty things instead of one
or you're like sitting there banging everything it's splattering everywhere here's what you do
you grease your measuring cup or spoon either with a nonstick spray or if you don't have one
just put a little oil in it and swirl it around and then it'll slide out like a dream and now
you will actually get one tablespoon of oyster sauce as opposed to one tablespoon - whatever
you couldn't get out of the spoon right and also put it in a squeeze bottle and this applies for
all thick and sticky things this so much time and this glugging business this has just got to stop
and finally plan your chopping organization is everything and I really had to learn this when
I worked in catering company when we had to cut a whole bunch of different things quickly so if
you've got a bunch of things to cut and they don't need to be cut in any particular order you want to
start first with the cleanest ingredients so anything that's not getting cooked like salad
vegetables or fresh fruit you want to cut that first when the board is absolutely pristine okay
because remember if it's not getting cooked the bacteria on it is not getting killed then when
you're done that you can move on to sort of dirty or Messier vegetables like onions where
it's you're gonna get flakes of skin everywhere and you're gonna get that gooey white SAP on the
board and then raw meat you want to leave that to the end because once rami touches your board it
has got to go so if you plan accordingly you won't have to wash your cutting board unnecessarily in
between and that is it for me if you've got more cleaning tips to share please share them with us
we could all use more cleaning tips right so and don't forget to check out the other half
of this video over at Melissa's channel the link to that will be in the description below
as always if you are new to the channel welcome and please take a look around we do educational
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