How Well Do You Know Around Your Kitchen

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Your Kitchen, Your Playground?

A kitchen post with a kitchen layout made just for you and your kitchen needs. 



Are you the king chef or a stranger in your own kitchen? What little tips do you have to give to the young ones or you are just as clueless as them? What secret recipe have you come up with and keeping under your sleeves? Wait a sec, can you even handle a knife? No hard feelings though but this a very big deal.  We are currently in an era where the kitchen is no longer the woman's playground, no longer her main priority at home but it doesn't mean it should be abandoned. These days where modern men and women who move out and remain independent much longer into their mid-30s equals "self-fed". If you aren't one of a kind street dweller who knows all the joints and fast foods around, where else do you feed that rumbling stomach?

Do you fix yourself something to eat, probably, but here comes 'How well do you know around your kitchen?'. 


  • A countertop through time; what "feeds"?

Let's go through in time a bit. The care for the countertop and its come-withs were always and solely in the hands of a woman in the previous centuries to it now being in both the hands of the modern man or woman. Roles at home, especially in the kitchen, have gone through a massive change. From men on the farm and women in the kitchen to now, a variety of combinations. Maturity means also being self-sufficient in the kitchen

"Self-sufficiency is the new 'woman in the kitchen'"

Besides, being your own king chef has its perks; 
  • you get to make whatever calls your appetite. 
  • you save money. 
  • you can keep a diet and also 
  • which lady doesn't want to get close to a man who knows his way around the kitchen

  • A kitchen that works

A kitchen that works is a kitchen with a layout to help you get the most out of it, not a half-done layout. There are essentials in the kitchen that you can never run without. It would be good advice to actually invest in some quality item and appliances that could last longer rather than specialties that could last one use. It always pays to invest in something good, right? 

Now, an equipped kitchen can't run without any fuel. You would need to stock up your kitchen with the basics and a little bit of preference, make it a little fun.




  • Variety is a satisfactory reward

In a cleverly utilized kitchen with some simple skills to go with it, there is a variety of ways to satisfaction. Filling up your kitchen only solves part of your situation. You need some skills and some ideas to go with it. How good are you with a knife? Do you need some help with food ideas and recipes? there is a whole youtube and a vast web of ideas at just your fingertips. 

You can get almost everything on the web, no need to go to cooking school to be ready for some wonderful moments in the kitchen. Here are some good cooking channels on youtube for some good skills and recipes to start with. 

  • Gordon Ramsay. Yes, the renowned chef. He has an interesting youtube channel with continental recipes. He has a youtube playlist specially for basics in cooking, from knife skills to cooking whole foods.                     


  • Ndudu by Fafa. A Ghanaian Youtuber outside Ghana with prowess in the kitchen for her local delicacies; stews and soups, spiced drinks, desserts, and others.
                                            

                                  






  • Your little home-lab... 'when your kitchen gives you leftovers, you make a pizza'




Now that you have your kitchen set and laid out and you know your way around cleverly, probably not yet, you can properly fix something for yourself without any hesitation. Arming yourself with some cooking skills can take you a long way devoid of starvation. You get to make up your own recipes for popular food. You can also try out some manic ideas that come to mind when you are home with what you have available. When your kitchen gives you leftovers, you can make a pizza. Ideas are endless with what you have now.

Well, if you just want some ideas and skills to arm yourself with for simple living, you've got it to your preference. Your tummy is now at your mercy.

Are you still a stranger in your kitchen? tell us what your experience in your kitchen is like in the comments

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