In this Post
–Maintain Your Kitchen Hygiene
–Fix a Clogged Kitchen Sink
The kitchen is one of the most integral parts of your home. It is where you cook and prepare meals for your family and guests. Keeping it clean, hygienic and uncluttered should always be a top priority. However, sometimes it becomes hard for you to take care of all of the household chores when you have so much on your plate to get done with, especially if you are unaware of easy ways of doing things. So, if you are looking to maintain kitchen cleanliness without putting in the unnecessary effort, we’re here to help. In this blog, we are going to give you some handy tips on how to maintain your kitchen hygiene.
Let’s begin!
How to Maintain Your Kitchen Hygiene: Easy Tips to Follow
We all know the importance of kitchen hygiene and how significant it is to maintain it, which is why we bring you these handy tips that will help you in upkeeping and maintaining cleanliness in your kitchen.
- Clean and Disinfect Your Kitchen Cleaning Equipment
- Get Rid of Piled Up Dirty Kitchenware
- Keep Your Kitchen Cabinets Clean and Organised
- Declutter Your Kitchen Countertop
- Wash Vegetables and Fruits Before Using
- Clean Your Chopping Board Regularly
Clean and Disinfect Your Kitchen Cleaning Equipment
First thing first, you would never want to end up cleaning your kitchen with dirty rags and sponge wipes since it would do no good in terms of cleaning your space. Instead, untidy cleaning equipment will only make things dirtier, spreading bacteria all around. So, try to regularly wash and disinfect your kitchen cleaning equipment regularly.
Sponge wipes and other similar items are of disposable nature. However, you can make use of them for cleaning purposes for a maximum of 2 to 3 times but make sure you wash them thoroughly with soap and water after using and let them dry for a few minutes and store your sponge wipes high above the shelves in your kitchen, somewhere dry. Different types of kitchen cleaning agents are also available these days in the market. You can also use such chemical-based kitchen cleaning agents to clean different types of non-edible items and surfaces in your kitchen.
Pro Tip: You can also make different types of homemade kitchen cleaners using simple ingredients like tea-tree oil, vinegar, baking soda and a few drops of lemon. This will keep you from investing in chemical-based kitchen cleaning agents.
Get Rid of Piled up Dirty Kitchenware
One of the easiest ways to maintain your kitchen hygiene is not letting the dirty kitchenware pile up on your washing area, which is usually the kitchen sink. Make sure you do all the dishes you use after every particular meal you have in a day. Don’t wait for the day end or let your dirty kitchenware sit there in your kitchen sink overnight. Rotten food items and other leftovers often become breeding grounds of bacteria and different types of virus carrier germs. Moreover, having your kitchen sink heaped with dirty dishes will also make your kitchen area look untidy and pay put a bad impression on your guests. So, maintaining kitchen cleanliness is easy if you don’t let dirty kitchenware to pile up.
On a side note, along with upkeeping your kitchen hygiene, you would also want it to look attractive. To do so, try installing a new kitchen sink. So, for your help in this regard, we have compiled a list of the most famous types of kitchen sinks in Pakistan.
Keep Your Kitchen Cabinets Clean and Organised
Of course, kitchen cleanliness and maintenance are useless without the proper organisation of the cabinets. While cleaning your kitchen area, your job is not only to clean shelves and racks but also to clean and redo your kitchen cabinets to carefully organise the spices and other edible items stored in them. Don’t overload them with stuff you don’t necessarily need in your kitchen.
Also, keep in mind that the best place for your rarely used kitchen appliances is on the top of your kitchen cabinets, not inside them and the equipment you use almost daily should be neatly placed on your kitchen counters. Here’s our complete blog on some incredible tips and tricks for managing your messy kitchen area, which will also help you clean your kitchen and arrange it more effectively. Next, we’ll be discussing ways to declutter your kitchen countertop.
Declutter Your Kitchen Countertop
Admit it or not, kitchen counters have a huge impact on the overall look and cleanliness of your kitchen area. Homeowners should spend more time keeping them tidy and well-organised. It is one of the most important tips for cleaning your kitchen. So, the very first thing you need to do in this regard is working on ways to declutter your kitchen countertop. Get rid of all the items that you think are not doing any good instead of just lying on your counter for days without any purpose, you have kitchen cabinets and other places of storing them.
Make sure that each and every bottle or jar placed on your kitchen countertop is properly labelled and arranged so that it won’t eat up much space. Also as discussed, your kitchen countertop should only have appliances on it that you use frequently, in fact, daily and the rest should be stored either in kitchen cabinets or above them. You can decorate the counter space with houseplants or other types of decorative items. Read about more inspiring kitchen counter decor ideas here.
Wash Vegetables and Fruits Before Using
You’d be extra careful in terms of cleaning and disinfecting the food supplies before using them, especially the ones that are usually without packaging like fruits and vegetables. Make sure that you treat each and every item separately when washing them. Wipe the surface of the edible items to remove any possible dirt particles before rinsing or washing them thoroughly with tap water. Collect the ones that have been washed separately, don’t get them mixed with the dirty ones and refrigerate them.
Clean Your Chopping Board Regularly
People often don’t wash the chopping board every time they use it since it’s commonly believed that there is no harm in using the board for chopping vegetables or fruits multiple times. However, what we don’t know is that dust particles and germs can easily rest on your uncovered cutting board when you are not using it. Also, the remains of the fruits and vegetables you have cut on it may stale, causing bacteria to grow. So, it’s always better to rinse or wash your chopping board and cover it after using it every time, which is also one of the most useful tips for cleaning your kitchen.
DIY Hacks to Unclog Kitchen Sink
Wondering how to fix a clogged kitchen sink? Here some extremely useful tried-and-tested DIY Hacks:
- When cleaning your kitchen, don’t forget to unclog your kitchen drain for which you can make use of some boiling water mixed with salt and detergent.
- The mixture of vinegar and baking soda also works the best in this regard.
- Using a plunger is also one of the smartest DIY hacks to unclog your kitchen sink.
- To collect large chunks and residues of food waste, you can simply place a lid on the mouth of the upper drain of your kitchen sink and install a basket under it to prevent the drainage pipes from clogging and plumbing leaks.
Note: Read this blog if you want to learn more about the above-mentioned DIY hacks to unclog your kitchen sink.
These were some of the most effective and easiest ways to maintain your kitchen hygiene. If you have any useful tips to share with us in this regard, based on your personal experience, feel free to get in touch with us at blog@zameen.com. Your valuable feedback means a lot to us.
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