10 kitchen products that will optimize your life.

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Creator, Host - Mike G
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[garlicgirl]

Decluttering my kitchen was the BEST thing I have done! It actually made cooking easier, pleasant and dare I say a JOY! Declutter then organize your kitchen. You will not regret it.

[Sib]

Tip for people with a kitchen renovation coming up who hate dish racks on the counter: look into finnish dish drying cabinets. Finnish people have a cabinet above the sink that has built in drying racks in it so all of your drying stays neat and hidden and drips right into the sink, mold and mess free.

[tempest]

Timestamps
0:54 reusable silicone storage bags
2:32 pot and pan lid organizer
3:53 cord organizer
6:06 under sink organizer
8:04 dish drying rack/washable silicone mat
9:23 automatic soap dispenser
11:09 mason jar lid organizer
11:56 Kitchen Sticken tape dispenser
13:05 wire baskets
14:12 compost system

[videowatcher]

Putting a paper towel in with the leafy veg helps them last longer. I reuse ziplock with no problems. They key is to wash and dry well between uses. I use a baby bottle rack to open the bags wide during drying, leaving no wet corners.

[IMU-qf]

Here’s another kitchen hack. Put flexible cutting mats on the shelf under small appliances when you store them. They will glide out of the shelf on the mat rather than you having to drag them out. It’s so much easier.

[agabrielhegartygaby]

You have just solved 6 of what are for me, those low threshold annoyances: those problems that are easy enough to tolerate or don't happen often enough to seem worth the time and effort to correct - yet by subtly disrupting our flow drain the joy from the pleasures of the kitchen and cooking - thank you. An additional note of gratitude for making follow through so easy as well. Love the channel. G

[maxs]

Always threaded the pot/pan handle through a fllipped-up lid and slid it down, then hung. Then each pot/pan is stored with its matching lid. Works for handle style, not knobs or casserole lids. For those you can still store them upside-down on the dish/pot so they don't stick up, then you can stack stuff on top.

[MCRuCr]

A lot of (bad) kitchen gadgets either just compensate lack of skill or are so specific that you only use them once a year. These on the other hand look fantastic as they focus more on the context like organisation, cleaning, waste handling. Also why I like this channel so much, it's not one recipe after another but also the cooking "lifestyle" and economy

[CS-bnun]

Great reminders and ideas of how to make our kitchens more organized and efficient. I offer one suggestion (from someone whose old enough to be your mama! 🙄)to reconsider putting your DW pods in a bowl under the sink. Not sure about your overall climate, but the "micro climate" under the sink will likely encourage them to absorb moisture, then they stick together..then you have messy pods that split or at least get holes in them when you try to pry them apart....trust me on this one as I'd say it's a pretty high chance it'll happen to you, too...yes, "too." Thanks again! Going to order some cord organizers for sure.

[chris...]

Undersink Storage Maximization:
1. If you can afford a plumber or quality handy man, simplify the plumbing.
It's possible to replace the drainage to run directly down then to directly to the cabinet rear, avoiding all the lefthand/righthand pipe jogs and opening up larger and/or more convenient space for storage.
Pipes feeding in water can also be set up to hug the cabinet rear and/or sides; you might also consider including filtration systems or even specialized heating systems to bypass the hot water tank.
2. Consider installing a deep-cabinet pullout tray system.
Even if you don't currently have mobility issues, you or someone else at some point in the house may find this incredibly useful. More than any other kitchen cabinet, the sink base cabinet is not only very deep, but complicated to use for storage. Many seniors and physically-challenged individuals cannot get down on eth floor to half-crawl into the cabinet to retrieve some item placed deep within. A pullout tray brings it all out for easy access.
Options include a full-footprint tray, two trays (left & right), even two-tier trays (including a narrower top tray that better avoids the pipes). These pullouts can be set back 6-10 inches from the cabinet opening so racks or other items can be hung on the inside cabinet door.

Dish Racks:
I live in a tiny rented studio apartment. My galley kitchen is configured in such a way that there is NO wall to make use of and NEARLY NO counterspace. The countertop length is all of 8 ft. Of this, I have a 24in stove, a 24in sink, and the space between the stove and sink is just an inch wider than my 22in microwave. Do the math: that leaves me just barely over 2 ft of full-depth counterspace SPLIT between the two ends of that 8 ft galley kitchen, which is bookended by an apartment-sized fridge at the left end and a 4ft tall knee wall on the right.
I used to have a dish rack at the right of the sink. I've recently given that countertop rack away. I NOW use an extendable dish rack that bridges my sink. Two reasons:
-I live alone, so meals aren't fancy and I don't generate a lot of dishes.
-My tiny fridge not only doesn't have an icemaker, but it's too small to accommodate ice trays. I really like ice; again, tiny fridge, so limited room to chill beverages. Also, I like smoothies, which I prefer made with ice. I was gifted a countertop icemaker, which I LOVE; it provides the perfect amount of ice round the clock. And the only DECENT place to put it is where the countertop dish rack used to be. And actually, there is 6 inches of space between the icemaker and the sink to place a narrow silicone dish mat for drying glassware.

Wire Baskets
Absolutely a fan of these organizers.
Recently did a reorg of my tiny freezer. Freezers work by circulation of cooled air, but most of the Pinterest-y/Minimalist freezer organization videos show white or translucent SOLID-WALL plastic bins in the freezer. I would argue that it's better for your frozen foods to use wire baskets instead. Sure, leave the industrial-black baskets for organizing on countertops and kitchen shelves, but where you have cold/condensate/moist conditions you might want epoxy-coated wire baskets (to avoid rust); still, good ol' open-mesh wire is the better material for freezer organization.
The only issue for countertop/shelf wire baskets is for produce: fruit flies and over-ripeness. Just keep an eye on them. Maybe put the whole basket in a mesh bag or set a tray at the bottom of the basket...

[vociferonheraldofthewinter]

6:35 I really have to recommend any under sink organization needs to be something that can easily move. Like a pull out basket. We had a very slow leak under our kitchen sink. The organizers I had under there stayed put and I didn't discover that leak until the the entire cabinet and subfloor were ruined. Years of staying damp did it's damage.

On the other hand, I'd put pullout, stacking units in the master bath. We discovered a similar leak, but we figured it out relatively fast. The cabinet itself had some moisture damage on the surface, but the structure was sound and I was able to paint it after it dried out and salvage the cabinet.

But the biggest lesson I learned from these things is that, while organizing under a sink, just put a tray under there. Something that'll catch any drips that may happen. That'll save all the heartache no matter what the situation. Even if all we do is put a tiny toaster cookie sheet under the plumbing, it's worth it. When I do my remodels I'm building in waterproofing systems into every cabinet that goes under a sink. Best to do it right from the start.

[amyaustin]

So happy I found this! We lost our home in a huge fire in Colorado about 2 years ago. We are rebuilding and will be moving into our new home in about 2 months. These tips will really help me organize. PS my new kitchen is going to have a navy blue subway tile backsplash, too 😊

[squa_]

15:31
I've had a compost for a really long time,
you don't really need a compost bag
I just wash the compost bin every once in a while to make sure there's no mold or it gets too gross.
HOWEVER
having a lid on your compost bin will make life a lot better, since no fruit flies will get in or out!
plus if you have some greens chickens go wild for them, so no bags makes it easy to give your chickens a treat!

have a great day :D

[Kashgar]

Love these. For Mason jar lids, I have the rings on a bungee cord and hooked to a high shelf and the lids in a small wire basket (so agree with your wire baskets). Easy to access, out of the way, and keeps my husband from losing his mind.

[Emmett-Cares]

I'm only 2 minutes in and this been on my mind. I need to redo our kitchen and my wife and I needed this. We are in our early 50s and will finish watching your video. Thank you and best...

[Rathi]

I live in an apartment with no electric under the sink, but a motion sensor faucet was one of the best upgrades I did. So much QOL for $100 and it works off batteries that last years.

[lees]

Also, I learned as a kid growing up in PA, store your dry unwashed mushrooms in plain paper bags in the fridge. Like the brown lunch bags we grew up with. Perfect air circulation and humidity. Wash when you use them.

[hiddenmutant]

I never got into the "takeout" containers, I guess because I was already using the reusable silicone bags! Absolutely delightful things, we basically never use single use bags now. The big ones are fantastic for soup/stew leftovers actually, we don't often use them for strictly produce.

Tip for the washing machine, turn the bag inside out so the machine easily gets all the little crevices. They dry more easily this way too.

[franciet]

Love the organizational ideas. I’d add one to the under the sink area. I would line the bottom of this area with a cabinet liner. If there is ever water issues, it might save the cabinet from water damage.

[mirroughs]

I enjoy videos like these because they have good replay value for when you need them, or if you like something but maybe not one element, you can change that element to fit in with your kitchen needs. For example, the cord organizer idea is something I never thought about.