Need to save time? Don’t we all.
Here are 5 great tips for saving time in the kitchen.
1) Buy a pair of kitchen scissors
This is my favourite thing to use in the kitchen. Cutting meat makes it cook faster and every meal needs some fresh meat. But cutting it also is messy, takes a long time and can saw your meat to shreds.
Instead, snip the meat up with scissors. You can cut smaller pieces (which cook faster) more precisely and cut it right into the pan you’re cooking it in, making less dishes to clean like knives and cutting boards.
Best thing ever. Get em.
2) Cook in bulk
If you’re feeding 2 people when you cook, cook like you’re feeding 4 and store the rest. Nothing beats having food already cooked that you can heat up and chow down on, especially when you’re hungry and short on time.
Right now, I’ve got BBQ’d Greek shish kebabs (thanks to Dave ‘The Muscle Cook’ Ruel!), chicken stir-fry, rice and some other stuff I hope is not moldy waiting for me in the fridge because of this technique.
3) When you buy your fruits and veggies, wash and dry them the same day
This one really, really helps. Especially things like lettuce. Buy romaine lettuce, rip off each big leaf, wash it, dry it, then put it in the fridge. You’ll triple the amount of salads you eat doing this.
4) Start cooking the thing that takes the longest, FIRST
I’ve done this a couple of times, I’ll be excited to go BBQ the steak and I’ll forget to put the potatoes in until the steak is halfway done.
Steak = 10-15 minutes
Potatoes = 30-40 minutes
The steak was still yummy, but the taters aren’t the same without some good meat attached.
5) Get a Magic Bullet
The thing is awesome. When I moved in with my girlfriend, she brought a Magic Bullet with her.
I kept the bullet and lost the girlfriend and my time has tripled! Just kidding. We’re engaged now. Honey, if you’re reading, I’ll rub your feet later. 🙂
Seriously. The bullet rocks. Plus it comes with these screw-on covers that make it perfect to take with you on the go and you don’t really need to wash it, just a quick rinse after you’re done and all is good (so far).
Okay we’re done!
In the spirit of saving time, no long close here.
The last thing to do is share YOUR time-saving tip in the comments section below:
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