I found this tip in a magazine ,organize your pantry by specialty cooking or what ever your family likes Example:Mexican- refried beans ,Rotel,wheat tortillas, etc, Italian, Veggies and so on, then when family hollers "We want mexican" you know what you have at a glance.And I also do like Raptureready and cook a family sized pk of ground round and freeze in # pks, also cook chicken this way(chicken breast skin & bone in)allow to cool, pick off, shred and freeze in quart freezer bags, allow broth to congeal , spoon off fat, freeze broth in bags( yum:chicken fahitas or dumplings in a snap!)
Three(4?) things I do before cooking:
1.Wash hands & set out all ingredients
2.Empty dishwasher
3.Run sink full of hot water only !-by the time you need it ,it's cooled to just right.
And I also store appliance cords,etc in the pot/pan they belong to, that way no tangled cords in a drawer,especially electric skillet& fry daddy(which we no longer use, gotta stay away from those fried foods. :cry: