Contest| "Tools to Spark Culinary Inspiration #13"

Welcome to my blog dear Steemit friends.
Today, we will be talking about that important room in our home where we prepare and cook our food.

Do you enjoy being in the kitchen? What do you like most about the kitchen?

Yes, preparing and cooking food makes me feel happy having that feeling that l am about to feed everyone in my house a delicious meal. Being in the kitchen is one of the things I learnt from my mum and it has helped me anywhere I find myself in the sense that it is not difficult or a big deal for me to do kitchen duties

My kitchen

I also enjoy being in the kitchen because that's where I explore my creativity. I sometimes imagine some healthy dishes and try them out in the kitchen as I want everyone around to enjoy something new once in a while although it might be the same meal they know I will try a different flavour, ingredients or presentation so they don't get uninterest with same old style and it makes everyone in my home to anticipate something new whenever am in the kitchen.

What I like most about the kitchen is that it's a place I go in and prepare a meal for the health and happiness of everyone around. Washing unclean dishes is my hobby. I know it might sound weird, but yes, I love washing dirty dishes to keep them clean, and a kitchen is a place where I get the opportunity to do that. Seeing clean plates makes me happy.

What kinds of machines do you have in your kitchen and which do you use the most?

I have some machines in my kitchen that make my cooking and preparation a lot easier and faster these machines include:

• Electric stove and cooker
• Sandwich maker
• Electric kettle
• Gas cooker
• Blender
• Microwave
• Oven

Some machines in my kitchen

I use my blender more. There is always a need for the use of a blender almost all the time I cook. I use it to blend my tomatoes and pepper, grind food to powder, also for blending of fruits and leafy vegetables. Most especially for grinding beans for Akara (bean cake)or moi moi almost every morning.

My blender is so useful to me that I make sure I fix it very fast when it is faulty or get a new one if it's beyond repair for efficiency in my meal preparation.

How often do you clean your kitchen weekly?

I practice daily and weekly cleaning of my kitchen. I make sure I clean every day after cooking, this daily cleaning involves washing the dishes, cleaning surfaces, sweeping and disposing of garbage to avoid build-up of dirt and germs but for weekly that is by weekends I do a thorough cleaning I wipe the cabinet, mop the floors, wash kitchen towels, scrub the sink and clean appliances like the cookers, oven, microwave etc.

What other things do you do in your kitchen aside from cooking? Do you eat in your kitchen?

In addition to cooking, I wash my dirty dishes in the kitchen and boil our bathing water because there is a space for that in my kitchen. I store my raw foodstuff in my kitchen, listen to good music, and pray in my kitchen while I cook.

Raw Food Storage in my kitchen

Yes, I eat in my kitchen whenever I am in a hurry to go out; I will quickly dish my food in the kitchen and eat there; I feel going to the dining table in the sitting room would waste my time. Or when I am too hungry that I want to eat first before dishing it to any other person, these are the two reasons I eat in the kitchen. But my kitchen is not too comfortable for eating because I don't feel relaxed eating as it's not so spacious for eating.

What is that one thing you would love to have in your kitchen and what is it used for?

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I would like to have a dining table in my kitchen. This is one thing I have always loved and wanted in my kitchen where I can be relaxed and eat my food with my family as it creates a bond, a space for family gatherings and connecting moments among family.

However, a separate dining in my kitchen would be used as a place where my family come together at meal time to eat, share stories and creat memories as i will love the kitchen dinning to be just for family. There is also a special and beautifying look a dining table gives to a kitchen, and it enables children to concentrate on their meals and avoid TV and other distractions.

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