How to maintain your kitchen? Tips and tricks.

Kitchen is one space in your house where you spend most of your time. Especially SAHM (stay at home mom) it becomes essential that your kitchen is clean and dirt free. And those who are working, they hardly find time to clean their kitchen obviously because of  hectic schedule. But regular cleaning of your kitchen helps you save a lot of time and you can have no Sunday cleaning and actually take rest. So lets go to the tips and tricks to maintain a good and clean kitchen.

• Do not be lazy. After-all we have to do it on a regular basis.
• First thing first. Whenever you enter your kitchen, you should know what all you have to do. You have to be organised.
• After using your masala and things, keep that in place and in order. Kitchen time should be a fun time and not stress time. You should know where you have kept your things. 
• Always keep your counter top clean. You use that space a lot to cut vegetables and what not. So, it should be clean and smell free.
• Always use a good disinfectant to clean your kitchen platform. You can use Colin kitchen disinfectant or Green Dettol to wipe your kitchen platform. It gives a good fragrance and keep your platform germ free.
• Cleaning your gas stove is as important as cleaning your kitchen platform. I would personally advise to avoid spilling of tea or milk or any other liquids on your gas stove. It becomes difficult to clean beneath your gas burners which in turn becomes a brooding ground for cockroaches and other bugs.
• If in case that happens, clean it right away. Put water on the sides when its still wet. That case, the area will be clean and it will dry naturally. if you don't do it now and keep it for later, the liquid would dry off and it will become impossible for you to scrub the area.
• Always clean under your gas stove. What happens naturally is that we clean only the visible part and forget under the stove area. Do not do that. Always clean under your gas stove.
• Keep your chimneys or exhaust fans clean. You do not have to do this daily. Once a week will do just fine. Chimneys and exhaust fans collects lot of oil and dust, So it becomes necessary that you clean it at least once a week. You just have to remove the grill and wash it with soap and water.
• When you clean your kitchen platforms, clean the tiles as well. You just need to wipe of the oil and other food particles that sticks to your kitchen tiles when you look. Do it daily and whenever you clean your kitchen after cooking.
• Keep your electronic items clean. If you have fridge, electric toaster or oven and even your mixer or grinders, keep it clean. Just clean it right away and let it dry naturally. Clean your fridge at least once a week to avoid contamination.
• Always segregate things. Give space to particular items. If you keep masalas or utensils on a particular space, you know where to look for thus saving your time.
• Always use good quality products for cleaning your kitchen. For instance, Use Scotchbrite sponge pad for wiping your kitchen platform and Scotchbrite microfiber cloth for cleaning other electronic items surfaces, Scotchbrite or Gala scrubbing pad for washing utensils and so on. These does not emit foul odor if cleaned on regular basis and give good results.
• Finally, give your kitchen a good mop at the end of the day so that you can start your next day with a fresh kitchen and will of course give you good vibes.

So these are some basic tips that will help you to maintain clean, sanitized and dirt free kitchen. As you do this on a daily basis, you'll realize cleaning and organizing is just fun!