Kids growing up? Are they old enough now to help you with kitchen cleanup? It may be time to share the responsibility! One of the easiest jobs I’ve given over to my children is cleaning up the kitchen after dinner. It may sound like a difficult and overwhelming job to give over to a child,…
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The Pesach Kitchen Master List
Home for Pesach for the first time ever? This Pesach kitchen master list is for you. Hosting your 20th seder? This list is for you too. I know you might be wondering how that introduction above makes sense at all. Let me explain. In this post, I will divide up all the kitchen gear into…
How to Be the Woman with the Perfect Pantry and Peace of Mind
For some reason, when a woman has a neat pantry, where she knows where everything is stored, everything else in life seems to fall into place. Here’s how to achieve that perfect pantry in a few easy steps. Last month, we tackled the toys in this post, and as we learned, every space is different….
4 Ways to Repurpose and Recreate Space in Your Kitchen
If your kitchen is lacking function, you may simply need to rearrange, not redecorate. Those of you lucky enough to build a new kitchen from scratch will likely meet with a designer who will spend time to understand your personal preferences, provide advice and guidance, and collaborate with you to design the optimal space for…
7 Gifts & Gadgets for Anyone Who Loves the Kitchen
Does someone you know spend lots of time in the kitchen? Or perhaps you want to know about the gadgets that will make your own kitchen life easier? Here’s my favs. I’ve spent years in the kitchen learning from my mom, grandma, and great grandma since I was a little kid. Most of those…
How to Organize a Wire Shelf Pantry
Do you spend too much time looking for ingredients? Let’s fix that and organize a pantry. As a professional organizer, I am constantly challenged by my clients with, “How can I get my food pantry more organized?” I decided that it would be a great help to many mothers and housewives if I took you…
Do You Know What You Are Spraying Into Your Food? Here Is My Solution
I knew I didn’t. So I turned the bottle, read the label, did some research and never bought another Pam bottle again. I’ve used cooking spray for years, going through roughly a can a week between the scrambled eggs for breakfast and that veggie stir-fry for dinner. However, one day, after discussing this topic with…
The Hardest Part of Pesach: Packing It All Away.
And not because it’s a job. But because it makes me so sad to know Pesach is coming to an end. I remember hearing, years back, women declare how Pesach is their favorite Yom Tov. I also remember thinking these women were delusional or a bit high on oven spray fumes. Seriously? You scrubbed until…
Here It Is…Our Favorites! 39 Kitchen Items We Find Indispensable
Want to know what the Between Carpools girls use often and love the most? This is the ultimate kitchen list. All of us have our favorite kitchen stuff. The items that don’t owe us any money. The ones we’d buy again in a heartbeat. These are them. The all-year-round favorites that we find invaluable. And…
The Best Place to Keep Your Spices
Save time and never search for spices again. It’s not in your pantry (who wants to take a walk over there every time you’re by the stove)? It’s not in your cabinet (who hates fishing around there for that spice that’s hiding behind the tall ones in the front?) It’s in your drawer. When you…