102: Kitchen as command centre

Everything happens in the kitchen. When it works, the whole house feels under control; when it's chaos, everything feels out of kilter. In this episode, Christie Flora and Mia Northrop share how to set up your kitchen as the command centre of your home, built around how you actually cook and live.

We cover:

• Working out your cooking personality and what your kitchen really needs to do
• Designing your layout around "prime real estate" to cut everyday friction
• Decluttering the gadgets that seemed like a good idea, and investing in quality workhorses like sharp knives and a decent non-stick pan
• Busy-time routines: mise en place, cleaning as you go, and a nightly kitchen reset
• Motivation hacks for when the kitchen looks like a pigsty
• Shopping lists: paper pad on the fridge vs. shared lists and supermarket apps
• Organising your pantry and fridge so you stop overbuying and wasting food

Chapters:

00:00 Intro and the kitchen as the heart of the home
03:42 Cooking personalities: who cooks and who cleans
07:03 Kitchen layout and prime real estate
10:05 Decluttering gadgets and investing in quality tools
15:15 Busy-time routines, mise en place and the kitchen reset
19:40 Getting motivated to reset
21:26 Shopping lists: paper vs. apps
26:05 Organising the pantry, fridge and spices
30:58 Top three takeaways
32:42 Meal planning template and next episode

Episode Resources:

• Meal planning template: https://www.lifeadminlifehacks.com/mealplan

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