A day can be completely eaten up by cleaning a kitchen. After breakfast, lunch, and supper, your kitchen can look like a disaster area in need of federal attention. We all know that if we leave our dishes and countertops until the morning, we need an ice pick to scrape off dried on food. After a long day few of us want to spend an hour scrubbing a room that is just going to need it again in 8 hours. Use this method to keep your kitchen running smoothly without making you feel rundown.

Difficulty: Easy

Time Required: 15 Minutes

Here's How:

Grab all of your needed supplies together (listed below.)

Don't underestimate the value of this step. Trying to find cleansers, dishcloths, sponges, etc. not only eats up time, but increases the risks of distractions that let you forget what you were working on in the first place. Gather all supplies together before you begin.

Basic Cleaning Supply List

Best All-Purpose Cleaners

Best Housekeeping Gloves

Run a sink of hot, soapy water.

If you have a double sink with a garbage disposal on one side, make sure to use the disposal-free side. Keeping the disposal side free will allow you to scrape leftovers down the drain quickly while you work.

Proper Dishwater Temperature

How To Choose a Dishsoap

Top Dishsoaps

Best Environmentally Friendly Dishsoaps

Scrape off all the dishes into the trash or garbage disposal.

If step 2 has blocked your disposal, scrape the dishes off onto a dirty plate.

Baking Soda and Drains

Citrus Peels and Drains

Place dishes that need to soak into the water.

Try to choose the dishes that are going to give you or your dishwasher the most trouble to get clean. Put the heavily soiled dishes on the bottom. Large dishes like pans and bowls can be filled with hot soapy water and set on the counter to soak.

Remove Baked On Food

Washing Non-stick Cookware

Washing Stoneware

Washing Glass Dishes

While the dishes are soaking, go through the kitchen clearing out trash from your floor, countertops, cupboards, etc.

Don't worry about things that are out of place, or don't belong in the kitchen. Worry only about trash.

Baking Soda in the Trash
Move on to gathering all the items that do not belong in the kitchen. Put all these items into a basket (see supplies).

If you have a helper (willing or unwilling) send them off to put away these items. Do not stop working on the kitchen to take these misplaced items to their homes.

Put away all of the items that belong in the kitchen but are not in their proper places.

Don't allow yourself to get distracted by rearranging cabinets, drawers, etc. Simply place the items that are out back where they belong.

Load the dishwasher or wash by hand.

If you do not have a dishwasher or don't like to use one, this process of cleaning the dishes may take more time. If possible grab a couple of other people and form a wash, rinse, dry and put away assembly line. This is a great way to catch up with family members. Empty the dirty water and scrape the plate of food off into the disposal if it was previously blocked. Add the plate to the dishwasher.

Hand Washing Dishes 101

Automatic Dishwasher Mistakes

Top Automatic Dishwasher Detergents

Wash down your countertops, appliances, and sink.

Rinse out sponges and rags. If needed put them in the dirty clothes. We're not heavy duty cleaning here. I literally mean wash down the visible surfaces. Don't open the microwave and scrub it out. We're not cleaning the crumbs out of the toaster. Quickly wipe it down.

Sweep and mop, or vacuum.

How To Sweep

How To Mop

Take out the trash

If the trash is full, or tomorrow is trash day, take the trash outside and reline the trash container so that it is ready for tomorrow's trash.

15 Minute Cleanup Index

Tips:

The more people you have who live and eat in your home, the more time this process is going to take. But, you have an advantage, more people to make messes means more people to clean them up. Make cleaning up the kitchen after dinner a family affair. Divide the steps between your family members, and you really can have the kitchen done in a short time.

Train your family members to clear and rinse their own plates after each meal. This simple act takes little time for each person, but saves so much time for the dish person later.

Run a sink of hot soapy water before food preparation begins. As mixing bowls, cutting boards, knives, etc, become dirty, quickly wash them out to prevent food from drying and sticking.

Create some "Family Clean up CD" and let each person contribute a favorite song. Kid's will be a lot more likely to help out if they feel they have some input into the job. Letting them choose the music can go a long way.

This quick cleanup is designed for daily maintenance. It can also be used for a fast fix when unexpected company is on the way. Doing this routine will not substitute for the inevitable need to clean more deeply on a regular basis.

What You Need:

Trash container.

Basket for stuff that doesn’t belong in the kitchen.

Dish soap.

Other cleaners you normally use.

Dishrag or sponge.

Scrubber for stuck on food.

Broom, mop, or vacuum.

清理廚房有時候需要整整一天的時間。在充分享受三餐後,你會發現廚房一片狼脊。我們都知道假如我們將這些餐具以及麵板留到明天早上清理,通常都得用冰鋤刮去那些因發幹而變硬的菜渣。當漫長的一天下來,我們中的大多數人都不願意再去花上一個小時清理8個小時後又再次要被使用的廚房。使用如下的方法將使你的廚房保持光潔,同時,你不會感到疲勞。

難度:簡單

時間要求:15分鍾

具體步驟如下:

1.將你所需的全部物品集中起來(可如下列表)

不要認為這個步驟沒有意義。試將洗滌劑,抹布,海綿等找出來,不僅不浪費時間,同時可以預防在清理過程因不知道首要做的事情而帶來的分心。
  
a.基本的清潔物品清單。

b.最佳的多用途洗滌劑。

c.最好的幹家務活時需要的手套。

2.一滿水槽的熱肥皂水。

假如你的水槽被隔成兩邊的話,那麼將要處理的垃圾放在其中一邊,確保另一邊是幹淨的。確保要處理垃圾的一邊是順暢的一邊能將清理出的殘菜剩飯快速的從排水管中流出。

a.適合的洗碗水水溫。

b.如何選擇合適的洗碗皂。

c.最好的洗碗皂。

d.最環保的洗碗皂。
 
3.將刮幹淨的餐具置於水槽中。
 
假如在步驟2你處理垃圾的那一邊的水槽已經阻塞了,那麼將刮好的餐具放到一個不太幹淨的碟子上。
   
a.蘇打粉和排水管。

b.柑橘果脯和排水管.

4.放好那些需要浸泡的餐具。

試shi將jiang那na些xie最zui讓rang你ni頭tou疼teng的de餐can具ju挑tiao出chu來lai先xian清qing洗xi。將jiang叫jiao髒zang的de餐can具ju放fang在zai底di部bu。一yi些xie大da的de餐can具ju諸zhu如ru盤pan子zi和he碗wan先xian用yong熱re的de肥fei皂zao水shui裝zhuang滿man並bing置zhi於yu百bai毫hao秒miao年nian的de麵mian板ban上shang。

a.去除殘渣。

b.刷洗不粘鍋的炊具。

c.刷洗瓷器。

d.刷洗玻璃餐具。

5.當這些餐具浸泡在水裏的時候,同時將附在廚房的地板,麵台,餐具櫃等上麵的垃圾清理掉。

不要擔心那些位置錯亂的和不屬於廚房裏的物品。唯一要考慮的是垃圾。

 6.接著將所有不屬於廚房的東西集中起來。然後將這些東西放到籃子裏(可視物品)

假如你有一個幫手(無論是自願的還是不情願的)讓他們將這些東西收起來。不要廚房的活還未完成就將這些次序亂得很的東西放回原位。

7.將那些沒放對位置的廚房用品收拾起來。
   
在重置櫥櫃,抽屜的時候,要保持心平氣和。隻是簡單的將這些物品放回原位。

8.洗碗機清洗或者手洗。

假如你的廚房沒有洗玩機或者你並不打算去買一個,那麼清洗餐具的時間將長些。假如可能的話多找幾個人一快清理,將刷洗,漂淨,晾幹和放置集合成一條線。這種方法所需人數快趕上家庭成員人數了。/倘若之前的水槽被阻塞了,那麼將髒水和刷洗出的殘渣一並清空。將碟子放到洗碗櫃裏。

a.見人工洗碗101章。

b.自動洗碗機的出錯。

c.最優的自動洗碗機去垢劑。

9.清理你的廚房麵台,用具以及水槽。

chongxidiaohaimianhemobu。jiaruxuyaodehuakejiangtamenyudaixideyifufangzaiyikuai。womenbingbuxuyaohuataiduoshijianqinglizhexiedongxi。wodeyisishizhixuyaoqinglinaxiebiaomianshangkekanqingchudelaji。erbushiqucaxinaxiezaixianweijingzhixiacaikandedaodewuzi。womenbushiquqinglizaisanluozaimianbaojipangdemianbaoxie。zhishikuaisudecashiyixia。
  
10.掃地和脫地,或者使用吸塵器。

a.如何掃地。

b.如何脫地。

11.仍垃圾。

倘若垃圾袋滿了,或者第2天是垃圾回收日,那麼將垃圾拿到外麵並重新套上一個垃圾袋裝明天的垃圾。

15分鍾清掃工作指南

小貼士:

1.家庭成員越多,清掃工序所花的時間越多。但是,你同時也有一個優勢,那就是越多的人弄亂。這些物品,那麼就有越多的人幫忙打掃。讓用完晚餐後清潔廚房變成一件家庭事務。大家分工合作,時間就會縮短勒。

2.在每餐過後,所有的家庭成員養成自覺清洗自己使用過的餐具的習慣。對與每個人而言,這種行為簡單而又節約時間的,但對於單個清理的人而言,卻節約了大量的時間。

3.在開飯之前,放滿一槽的熱肥皂水。由於碗,刀板,菜刀等混在一快變得很髒,因此必須快速的清洗以防那些殘渣邊幹發硬。

4.拍一些關於“家庭打掃除CD”,並讓每個成員唱自己喜歡的歌。假如孩子們決得從中有很些須收獲,他們會更加願意幫忙。讓他們挑選自己喜歡的歌是大有裨益的。

5.這中快捷的清洗方式一般是用於家居。但它同時也出乎意料的被一些公司用在其他情況。參與這些日常瑣事
不是為了取代那些必要的需求,隻是例行公事。

你需要什麼?

a 垃圾筐

b.裝那些不適合放在廚房的物品的籃子。

c.洗碗皂

d.其他你平時所需的洗滌劑

e.洗碟布或者是海綿

f.清洗粘著事物的器具

g. 掃帚,拖把或者可以是吸塵器。