The Kitchn Cure Day 20: Friday, September 5
Assignment: Keep your kitchen clean with our 20-minutes-a-day-for-30-days maintenance plan. (See all the assignments so far here)
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Sound the trumpets! You made it through The Kitchn Cure, and we are so happy to see you on the other side. How are you feeling? We feel pretty jazzed that you stuck with us, and we hope your kitchen is the better for it.

Today’s task is to get acquainted with our cleaning maintenance plan, a way for you to clean your kitchen a little bit every day throughout the month. You won’t find any decluttering, re-organizing, or purchasing assignments in this plan — we’ve tried to keep it simple and manageable!

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One of our favorite ways to eat this time of year is veggie bowl style: cook some brown rice or lentils, pile on stir-fried greens from the farmers market, and top with a dollop of zesty, nutty Happy Sauce.

Wait, you don’t know about Happy Sauce? Let us introduce you! Watch the video; it’s only 15 seconds long, and it’ll show you everything you need to know.

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I learned this treatment for pasta from an old neighbor of mine who took his cooking very seriously and made even the simplest meal seem like a dinner party. Music gets changed, cocktails are poured, stories told. There’s a lot of gesticulating.

But really, all there is to this dish is boiling the pasta, tossing the sauce ingredients into a metal bowl, then tossing in the drained pasta. It’s a stress-free party dish, or even just your dinner tonight.

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The Kitchn Cure Day 19: Thursday, September 4
Assignment: Buy something nice for your kitchen! (See all the assignments so far here)
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You’ve worked hard the last few weeks, so now you deserve to buy something special for yourself and your kitchen. It doesn’t have to be fancy or expensive — just a little indulgence! Not sure what means? We have a few ideas:

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Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve been attracted to dishes that could straddle the line between breakfast and dessert. Mounds of berry pancakes with whipped cream fit the bill. Chocolate chip waffles? Absolutely. In my recent cookbook, I even managed to work in a recipe for Breakfast Cookies!

So it is with great enthusiasm that I bring you this early fall recipe for warm apples and walnuts served up with creamy whipped yogurt — and I’ll let you decide if it should be morning fare or graduate into an after dinner treat.

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The Kitchn Cure Day 18: Wednesday, September 3
Assignment: Clean the countertops and backsplash. Sweep and mop the floors. (See all the assignments so far here)
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After three weeks of cleaning, decluttering, and (we imagine) still cooking in your kitchen, your kitchen floor is probably in desperate need of a good mopping. The same goes for the countertops. When was the last time you cleared them off completely to get to that spot beneath the utensil crock and behind the cutting boards? That’s what we’re doing today, friends.

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Did you know that you can peel a mango with just a drinking glass? Or that you can use a pastry tip to remove cherry stones? There are so many ways to peel, cut, or otherwise prepare fruit in the kitchen, but some are better than others.

If you love eating fruit by itself, or use fruit in a lot of seasonal recipes, these 10 small yet mighty shortcuts may just save you some valuable time.

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Have you made an airy pavlova or meringue lately? Or did the health nut in your family abscond with all the egg whites for his breakfast scramble, leaving you with an excess of egg yolks?

Don’t be annoyed! Step up to the challenge and look at this as an opportunity to use these protein-packed, sunny spheres in new recipes. We promise that whatever you choose to make, it’ll be delicious.

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Boneless skinless chicken breasts (aka BSCBs) — is there anything more boring? They are all too often overcooked until dry and chewy, and I generally prefer more succulent boneless, skinless thighs. But for lunch and dinner favorites like chicken Caesar salad and chicken pasta, sliced juicy chicken breasts can’t be beat. They’re a great staple for quick lunches, too.

Fortunately I have one method that makes unfailingly juicy and tender boneless skinless chicken breasts. Need some chicken for a salad, or to top some pasta? This is the method. It takes some trust, but believe me — it works flawlessly every single time.

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Q: Long time reader and admirer of Apartment Therapy and The Kitchn, now needing advice! While it may seem contrary to the trend, I have recently started eating meat after being vegetarian and vegan for 27 years.

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