Yeah, I can't start cooking until the kitchen is tidy. My brain just refuses to deal with it. Also washing up, where possible, as you go. So that after the meal there is only the real end of the process stuff to deal with. I also like that this enables using little bowls for mise en place type stuff, since they are just going to be rinsed as you go, not added to the pile of post eating washing up.
Yeah, I can't start cooking until the kitchen is tidy. My brain just refuses to deal with it. Also washing up, where possible, as you go. So that after the meal there is only the real end of the process stuff to deal with. I also like that this enables using little bowls for mise en place type stuff, since they are just going to be rinsed as you go, not added to the pile of post eating washing up.