Monthly Archives: December 2011

quick and easy kitchen upgrade

I seriously just upgraded my life in less than five minutes. Grab some nails and start pounding into your cabinets.

I don’t have a before picture, but this cupboard was a mess. Stacking pots is a science that I fail at.

And maybe this is a white person problem, but reaching for the pan lid that’s covered by other cookery in the back of your cabinet is not fun, especially while cooking.

Look at all of that space! There’s enough room for at least two more pots. Maybe it’s time to finally buy that Dutch oven. I’m pretty embarrassed that I didn’t do this sooner. My imagination has run wild with what I can do next: measuring cups, cake pans, spice jars?

Have you come across any simple kitchen upgrades lately?

pro tip: make sure the pots hanging on the door will fit and close before you start hammering away.

before and after

Sometimes you just want to feel like a champ in the kitchen. That was me last night.

Before:

After:

after baked egg

Here’s how you do it.

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

Fill half a ramekin with your favorite pasta sauce.

Add 2 teaspoons of goat cheese.

Crack an egg.

Place in oven.

Wait 15 minutes, or in my case, do last night’s dishes (what a champ).

Eat with garlic bread.

I ate this for dinner, but I think it could work as a breakfast.