I spend much time in my kitchen. I like to cook anything from gluten-free goodies to a big family meal; a salad to share at a barbeque or a batch of jam or chutney. It’s the engine room of my home and the place where everyone gathers.
With that being said, it may be tempting to assume that I have a lovely, well-appointed modern kitchen with functional design, appealing aesthetics and every modern convenience. In my dreams. Just in case you thought that getting stuck into cooking requires such a space, I thought I’d show you this …
A stove with warped plates – most of the time I now use the single portable induction element that you can see in this picture. I regularly use an oven thermometer to make sure that my forty-year-old oven is keeping proper temperature.
And then there’s the kitchen sink:
It’s a cluttered space that never looks neat, even when it’s been tidied. Note the absence of dishwasher. I spend a great deal of time washing dishes, as you can see from the full dish rack on the left!
Do you have kitchen challenges? Please share!
I don’t dare to make comment, BUT I once had a tiny kitchen, and no dish-washer. Then I found heaven in a new house. I love working in my new kitchen.
Yes, I love working in your new kitchen, too!
Is this a tricky way of shaming the OH into beginning a renovation?! 😉
Moi? Mais non!
My kitchen is never tidy. It’s clean, but not tidy. When dehydrator is going, I never see the counter. The biggest challenge I have is asking my family members to kindly remove their homework, books, toys, and screwdrivers from the area so that I can get down to business! 🙂
At least those who know us well know that our kitchens are clean, even if they’re untidy! How do you use your dehydrator? Do you grow your own produce?
I love my dehydrator 🙂 Yes, I do have a small vegetable garden in the summer. From it, I have dried tomatoes, zucchini and lots of kale (my kids love kale chips). When berry season arrives, I promised the gang that we would make some ‘fruit roll-ups’. This past winter, I made all of my own crackers, crepes, wraps and many raw cookies. It’s a great way to keep all the vitamins and enzymes in our food.
Wow, that’s wonderful! I’ve just tried kale for the first time recently. The greengrocer was telling me about kale chips, which intrigued me. … Maybe you’ll blog a kale chip recipe sometime?
Ha! Great idea! Yes, I’ve been bugging my daughter about making a guest post on my blog. Once school has finished for the summer, she’ll have a bit more time.
I look forward to it!
Love it. We had a 1940’s kitchen for ten years before we renovated: chipped porcelain sink, rough wooden cupboards, a 1950’s apartment-sized Kalvinator stove! Our new kitchen is a more efficient workspace, but the food that came out of the old one was just as good! You don’t need a fancy kitchen to be a good cook.
That’s true – your old kitchen sounds even more challenging than mine. Was it like Julie’s kitchen in the movie Julie/Julia? I must get around to reading that blog – if you can spend a year cooking beautiful French cuisine in a tiny kitchen, anything is possible!
Great post – we don’t all have flash well equipped kitchens 🙂 My kitchen is small with little bench space and little storage space in cupboards etc. so I have to be really clever with space as I cook and bake a lot! (My man usually laughs when I spread baking sheets, bowls and baked goods cooling off to the dining table and even the lounge lol)
We sound very alike! Although I am lucky that even though my kitchen is old, it has lots of cupboards and bench space. With a lot less space, you must have many more challenges than me! Funnily enough, after that post, my oven completely gave up and I had to replace it (but not with my dream oven – that comes with the dream kitchen in the dream house!). I just used it for the first time today … glad it works!
Haha….. that is just always the case isn’t it 😉 Happy the new oven works, that’s the main thing. Yes, it is a little bit challenging but I guess it just forces me to exercise the creative muscles while I dream of more space.