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Keeping the kitchen clean is tough. Well, at least it is for me. It seems like the messes are NEVERENDING when you are cooking for a family.
But there are a FEW ways you can make it easier on yourself when you are preparing a delicious meal like my: Easy Clean Up Cheesy Roasted Pizza Potatoes (see the recipe below)!
1. Keep a garbage bowl handy– If you are getting rid of your trash right away, it keeps your counter cleaner and your cooking more efficient. {Tip.. sometimes I just grab a not-too-dirty bowl from the sink for this job. That way I’m not making an additional dirty dish).
2. Make one dish/pot meals– Rather than dirtying up multiple pots, pans, and cooking sheets think if you can combine foods. My Cheesy Roasted Pizza Potatoes are a great example. But you can also roast chicken and bake veggies in the same dish, toss pasta sauce with pasta and heat… Plan ahead, and make less mess.
3. Double your recipes. At first glance, this doesn’t seem like it would make less mess… but if you are cooking less often you are making fewer messes (and saving time!). Put the second half in the freezer or eat it the next day like my family does.
4. Plan your meals and precut the ingredients. Again, as the above tip, it means you are prepping and preparing meal less often. If all the veggies for the week are ready to go in the fridge, you only had to make that mess one time… not five.
5. Use a new Scotch-Brite® Scrubbing Dish Cloth for clean up. These clothes are washable, reusable and sturdy. Plus they have cool textured fibers with scrubbing dots technology on one side. These made my scrubbing a breeze over regular dish cloths. Scotch-Brite Scrubbing Dish Cloths are available in 2 packs in tan, coral, and navy for under $5.00 at Walmart (I paid $4.98).
If you want to try them out make sure to use a $1 off instant redeemable coupon available on Scotch-Brite Scrubbing Dish Cloths (don’t remove the $1 offer from the product before checkout, it will be instantly redeemable at checkout).
To get MORE great recipes and cleaning tutorials click here.
Also, if you want a yummy, cheesy, gooey meal try my Cheesy Roasted Pizza Potatoes. It’s a great new take mixing the flavors of pizza and roasted potatoes. It’s sure to become a new family favorite. And the clean up was so easy with a Scotch-Brite Scrubbing Dish Cloth.
What are YOUR favorite ways to keep messes under control in the kitchen?
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Yields 4-6
Cheesy Roasted Pizza Potatoes
15 minPrep Time
53 minCook Time
1 hr, 8 Total Time
Ingredients
- 24 oz small white potatoes, washed and cubed into quarters
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tsp tomato paste
- 1/3 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- 4-6 oz shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2.5 oz of small diced pepperoni
- 2 tablespoons drained sun dried tomatoes in oil, chopped
- 10 leaves of fresh basil, sliced thin
- non-stick spray
Instructions
- Prepare large glass baking dish or cookie sheet with non-stick spray
- Preheat oven to 400 Degrees F
- In a large bowl combine olive oil, salt, oregano, garlic, onion and tomato paste
- Add potatoes to sauce and toss
- Arrange potatoes in glass baking dish or cookie sheet
- Bake for 50 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through, turn once 1/2 way through
- Remove from oven
- Set broiler to high
- Sprinkle cheese, pepperoni and sun dried tomatoes on top of potatoes and return to oven for 2-3 minutes, just until cheese melts
- Remove from oven and garnish with fresh basil
- Serve immediately
Barbara Montag says