Invaluable Kitchen Hacks (2020): A Run-Down of Some of the Most Useful Cooking Hacks That Can Benefit Everyone, Regardless of Skill Level.

In many households, it's the woman who still spends more than half of her day in the kitchen, if her kitchen doesn't bring her joy the task becomes a burden. She has to cook food for everyone in the family, manage the pantry and so much more. There are a number of things she can do to save time and energy to do other things rather than investing most of her time in the kitchen.

Look around your kitchen and see if your electrical appliances take up a lot of space? If you are not able to find the right things when you need them in a hurry? Do you need some help in learning a few tricks to save your cooking time and enjoy that saved time with your family? If yes, then scroll down and read some very useful tips that will help you do so. Don't hate your kitchen but organize it, don't hate cooking but learn some kitchen and cooking hanks and enjoy your time in your kitchen. These hacks are very simple and can make your life so much simpler.

Don't you hate when you have just cleaned the kitchen and put some water on the flame to boil for tea or pasta, you turn around and it boils over and makes a mess on your countertop? You have to spend another 5 minutes in cleaning the water. You can avoid that by simply putting a wooden spoon across the top of the pot and it won't boil. Now, you can leave your kitchen with boiling water on the stove without worrying about it boiling and spilling over.

We all love to use fresh herbs in our dishes, a dish is complete when garnished with green fresh herbs but it is difficult to keep them fresh for a long time. You can't buy herbs whenever you need them. If you want them to look fresh and make your dish better, put your herbs in an ice tray with some olive oil or water. Freeze them, take them out when you need them, put it in your dish and they are as fresh as new.

Chopping boards are great. They help save a lot of time and helps you cut your vegetables in perfect size every time not to mention using a chopping board keeps your finger soft as they don't come in contact with the vegetables as much as they do when you hold them and cut them. The problem is that chopping boards could look clean but if not cleaned properly then bacteria can build upon it and you won't be able to see it and continue using it. To clean a chopping board properly cut a lemon in half, dip the coarse side in salt. Scrub the lemon with salt on your cutting board, rinse with warm water. You will have a clean chopping board in no time and you can cook hygienic food for your family.

Onions are considered the soul of any dish. You can't cook most of the dishes without onions. They make great gravy and are used in salads but cutting them can leave you crying for a long time. If you want to serve those perfect onion rings as salads or use it in your other dishes freeze the onions before chopping them, but use them right after you chop them or else they will get soggy and spoil your dish. You can also try holding a slice of bread in your mouth while cutting onions to prevent tear built up. Bread prevents tear-inducing gases to reach your eyes and makes life a lot easier.

Refrigerators are the most important device in your kitchen, you store your cooked and uncooked food in the refrigerator and you want it nice and clean. Cleaning the shelves of a refrigerator can be tiresome but you can do it easily if you cut decorative shelf paper or plastic sheets to fit in the shelves, this way you won't have to clean the shelves over and over again. Just peel off the paper and put in new ones and your work is done.

A great kitchen needs a lot of space. You want all your things easily reachable and organized but if the kitchen is small it can become tricky. Not anymore, if you start hanging everything that has a handle you can save a lot of time. You can find a lot of decorative hooks to hang your pots and pans, your mugs and lids on the walls to save that counter space in the kitchen. Get creative and hand whatever you can.

A kitchen holds a special place in a women's house, it is called the heart of the house and women love to shop for new things for their kitchen. They want their kitchen to look stylish and hip and sometimes they tend to overdo it. They tend to buy a lot of things which might never be used. It is important to declutter your kitchen from time to time and get rid of the extras to save up space. You can organize an exchange get together with your friends where they can bring over their extra things like that extra peeler, or a knife or an extra set of steel plates they never use and you can switch them with the things is you don't use. This way you will get rid of your extras and might end up getting new things for your kitchen without spending money. It will be a great party with food and new things for your kitchen.

No matter how big or a refrigerator you buy, you will always find it filled up. You empty your food in a storage container, bring it to your refrigerator and find no space in it. It's an everyday story in all households. You can avoid the frustration of organizing your kitchen to find some space to put your leftover food or fruits and vegetables buy using pull out storage drawers. They are very handy, come in various shapes and colours and look very stylish. You will save up a lot of space by using these drawers by storing food in it and over it.

Your kids are hungry or you get unannounced guests over and all you have in the kitchen is some potato chips, you open the container and find them soggy and no good. Don't worry you can make them edible again and people won't even know it. Put a napkin or a kitchen towel on a plate and place your chips on it. Put them in a microwave for 30 seconds and your chips will be nice and crispy again and your guests will be happy too.

Here are some tips for the chef in you. If you love to cook Indian food, you need to try these hacks to save your time and be smarter than others.