A Great, Basic, and Simply Easy Daily Kitchen Cleaning System

The two keys to a quick daily kitchen cleaning are

• Organization and
• Clean as you go

The Cleaners and Stuff You’ll Need for Daily Kitchen Cleaning

• Disinfecting wipes (Clorox or Costco Kirkland brand work great)
• Paper towels
• Micro fiber cloths
• Scrubbing sponge
• Comet or Ajax (maybe…)
• Broom & dust pan
• Swiffer Wet Jet (maybe…)

Remember, before you even tackle making dinner, be sure to deal with the paper mess in your kitchen. For help on decluttering the kitchen, see my page on kitchen organization.

Be sure Deal with the mail and school work as it comes in, don’t let it pile up… Trust me on this, your life will be much saner if the paper mess is out of the way before you even begin dinner.

Ok, moving forward, now that dinner is done and the kids are eating dessert, and the baby is screaming, I begin my daily kitchen cleaning by...

• Quickly clearing dinner plates
• Tossing all food scraps in the trash
• Plates, sippy cups, and utensils get dumped in the sink
• Rinse and and place it all in the dishwasher

I don’t have to wash pots and pans because I did that already. Wash as you go and place your food into easy storage containers such as Ziploc or Gladware. This way if you have leftovers, they’re already stored, and you can go ahead and clean your pots and pans.

Quick note on sinks, I usually clean it up with comet or Ajax every other day depending on how dirty it is. The secret to these cleansers is to let them sit. Sprinkle on, work them in, let them sit a couple of minutes, come back, work in some more, and rinse. Letting them sit really allows the cleanser to penetrate and clean and disinfect your sink.

After I do dishes, with a Clorox disinfecting wipe in one hand and a micro fiber cloth in the other, I quickly work top down wiping the cabinets, stove hood, stove top, oven, refrigerator, dishwasher, and counter tops with disinfecting wipes. I wipe with one hand and dry with a micro fiber cloth in the other to avoid streaks.

I use a scrubbing sponge that’s already soapy and wet from dishes to clean up any cooked on messes or stains. I toss the scrubbing sponge into the dishwasher silverware bin to sanitize when I’m done.

I move over to the toddlers who are done with dessert by this time and wiggling in their seats. I quickly wet down paper towels with warm water and wipe their faces and hands and turn them loose to watch TV or play while I clean their eating areas up.

I grab the Clorox disinfecting wipes again and wipe down their high chair and booster seats from top down. I rinse off with water and dry the eating surfaces after using the disinfecting wipes. I wipe up any food and crumbs off the floor with disinfecting wipes too.

Finally, to end the daily kitchen cleaning, I grab the broom and quickly sweep up the kitchen floor, toss in the trash, and last but not least, take out the trash. Whew!!! Now it’s time to bath everyone, read stories, say prayers, then grab myself a glass of wine and relax!

Not so fast, if the floor is really messy, I usually clean once a week with the Swiffer Wet Jet , or if time allows, I use my Hoover FloorMate , which by the way, I absolutely love! It even scrubs the grout on my tile floors! It's even fun to use because you can see the dirty water being picked up as you clean.

This daily kitchen cleaning may seem tedious, but it’s really not due to the fact that I clean as I go. I clean pots and pans as I make dinner and clean up spills as they happen, so the after dinner clean up is not much. If you do this, you will find that you will not have to do a big clean up every week and you actually save time.

That’s the secret, clean as you go. This applies to just about everything in your home, but we’re concentrating on the kitchen for now.

I swear by the products I mention above. I either buy these in bulk from a warehouse store like Costco, or I go online to Drugstore.com. With Drugstore.com, I save a lot of time by not running to the store, and money, as they offer savings and free shipping with a minimum purchase.

You can find Ziploc or Gladware containers, Comet or Ajax, Swiffer Wet Jet, and Clorox Disinfecting wipes at DrugStore.com. Just search in the box below for these awesome products.

If you’re just starting kitchen cleaning on a daily basis and need a more thorough clean of your kitchen, then read on and click weekly kitchen cleaning below.

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