Who DIDN’T make a resolution to eat healthier for 2018?!? It seems like a constant challenge for most of us. Changing your kitchen design is an easy place to start and the design possibilities are easy to implement. Don’t take it too seriously and have fun creating your unique culinary space.
Personalize Your Kitchen For You – Create an environment that embraces you and feels good as you walk in.
Bring In Your Five Senses – Bring in music, art, aromatic candles and work with utensils that feel good to your touch.
Make Aesthetics More Important Than Food – Create an environment of comfort and beauty.
Make It Easy and inviting to reach for healthy snacks and difficult to find unhealthy or fattening food for you. Out of sight, out of mind.
Decorate In Colors that you love so that your kitchen is a place where you feel good and enjoy being. Don’t necessarily focus on the food there.
Color Coordinate your kitchen so that everything matches or compliments including what is seen and what is in your cupboards. This touch gives the kitchen a feeling of design continuity.
Coordinate Kitchen And Dining Area – Buy your table and chairs with consideration to your cabinets. Buy decorative dishes, flatware, serving pieces and glassware that you love and match the decor of the kitchen.
Beautifully Set Tables makes meals less about eating and more about dining.
It’s Not About The Food – Create a happy experience that’s fun and special.
Bring In Whimsy And Fun – Encourage smiles and laughter to feel joy and happiness. Laughing burns calories!
Make Cooking The Fun. It’s not just about eating the food. Play…pretend you are a chef on a cooking show. Create an experience.
Create An Area in your kitchen that holds interesting measuring cups, utensils and a scale to use for portion control. Keep them together on an attractive tray or in a box.
Don’t Use Clear Glass Containers so you are not tempted by the wrong foods. Choose unexpected/unusual containers and coordinate with your colors.
Use Lighting for separate areas for different purposes – Divide task and ambient lighting and add dimmers to create and transform moods.
No Clutter will result in eating less. Clutter overwhelms and builds anxiety.
Decorate With Bowls filled with fruits and vegetables.
Pretty Water Pitchers on the counter with lemon or other vibrant fruits for flavoring and color encourage water consumption.
Love Your Cooking Utensils and everything you TOUCH in your kitchen.
Cook In Dim Lighting or candlelight to relax as you create.
Have An Easy-To-Reach Pull-Out Shelf inside your cabinets. Make it convenient to access appliances like a juicer, steamer, wok, blender and small pots.
Scale Down Size Of Dishes and serving pieces so you will only be able to take smaller portions and not have leftovers.
Move While You Cook To Burn Calories and prevent your back and legs from stiffening, too. Everything in one spot isn’t necessarily in your best interest. Spread out if possible.
Remember, Kitchens have no feelings, YOU do!
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