It’s very satisfying to have a clean kitchen at the end of the day. When everyone helps it gets done much faster. Here’s a simple tip to make kitchen clean up a snap:

Break down kitchen clean-up by using a garbage bowl for table scraps and paper napkins and stack similar dishes in the sink with running water. Put all silverware to soak in a small ceramic flower pot in a corner of the sink. With dishes organized in this manner, it will be a breeze to load the dishwasher (easy enough for a child!).
- Chris Hartstein of Home Organizing Made Easy

I also like this Resolution Solution because it applies the same thinking that we apply to dishing - break down meal preparation into small steps, organize your ingredients, proceed in a logical order, and voila… dinner is done! Then, Let’s Dish! dinners are so easy to clean up. I love the ones that go right on the grill or into the oven. Those make for a really quick clean up!

We got one other organizer tip that takes quick clean up one step further:

If you are having a really stressful week, there is nothing wrong with paper plates and cups. Dinner cleanup is easy, and you don’t have to worry about the dishes piling up in the sink.
- Kathryn Warden, The Art of Order, LLC

Now that’s simplicity!