SERIES "8"

Ingenious tricks to make after-meal cleanups a snap

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Have a garbage strategy.

We recommend having two garbage receptacles within a few feet of you at all times--one for food scraps and peels that can go into the compost pile and another that is for plastic and paper garbage. If that means having some portable, plastic garbage bins floating around the kitchen while cooking, fine! But whatever you do, get garbage into its place within seconds of it being created.

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Be a diligent parent.

When children eat, food often ends up on the table, chair, or floor. That's why it's important to communicate a consistent message to your children: Sit up straight, eat over your plate, take reasonable amounts of food in your mouth, and eat as if you are at a table with guests. These are basic rules of etiquette that minimize meal mess!

Our Family Kitchen Contract

In order to preserve peace, harmony, and sanity, and in an effort to promote a shared enjoyment of family meals, the following contract between the "Cook" and the "Diners" is hereby agreed to by the undersigned members of the family.