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Many people say that the kitchen is the heart of the home. In my house, it definitely is. The kitchen is one of the most important rooms in our house.
My husband and I always tend to gravitate towards the kitchen, and when we have friends over, that seems to be where we always hang out.
Time in the kitchen can be frustrating and annoying at times, especially for those of you who hate cooking and being in the kitchen.
Even for someone who finds cooking to be enjoyable, it can be the last thing I want to do some days.
Time in the kitchen can be frustrating and annoying at times, especially for those of you who hate cooking and being in the kitchen.
Even for someone who finds cooking to be enjoyable, it can be the last thing I want to do some days.
9 Easy Ways to Make Time in the Kitchen Fun
1. Use a Date Night Cookbook
A date night cookbook can be so much fun! It can turn a typical night of cooking dinner into excellent quality time by being fun and exciting!
Add fun activities or games to your night of cooking dinner. It makes the perfect at home date night.
My husband and I have this date night cookbook, and we have enjoyed it so much!
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2. Order a Meal Kit
Ordering Hello Fresh meals are my weakness. I try to budget for atleast one of these a month. I have so much fun cooking them!
I love the variety of options for meals to cook. They are very different from the meals I typically cook! It makes it easy and fun to try new foods.
Once you have received the meal, the recipe stays on the app (or you can keep the card it comes with), and you can make the meals any time you want!
My husband even has fun pitching in with these. They are a great way to add some fun and different meals to the kitchen, whether you are cooking solo or with your partner.
3. Make a Themed Dinner
Making a themed dinner is so exciting! Any time I do a themed dinner, it is for a place we have traveled to or somewhere we want to travel.
A themed dinner can be for anything, though! Do you and your kids love Disney? Have a Disney themed dinner night. It can be any theme that you, your spouse, or your kids enjoy. Have fun with it!
I always decorate the table, have music going, and make a meal from that place. A few years ago, we traveled to France. Once we got home, I was so ready to go back! I did a themed French dinner, and we had a blast reminiscing!
4. Build Your Own Pizza
Building my own pizzas is something that I have recently become obsessed with! I am honestly not sure why I didn’t start doing this sooner.
It has been wonderful to have ingredients from my garden this year to use on my homemade pizzas. This is a perfect dinner idea to have young kids or the whole family participate in.
You can buy small pizza crusts and have everyone make their own pizza! I love to add everything to my pizza, and my husband is a little more reserved with the ingredients he enjoys. We have fun creating new combinations as well.
Grab some pizza crust, sauce, toppings, and have a blast creating pizzas in the kitchen!
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5. Recreate a Family Recipe
Family recipes are always the best. A recipe that is passed down through multiple generations are better than any recipe you can find on the internet!
I love to keep my favorite family recipes on recipe cards so I can access them easily.
Next time you need to spice things up in the kitchen, grab one of your family recipes and recreate it! Adding your own flare to the recipe is always fun, too!
6. Have the Kids Help
Getting the little kids and the older children in the kitchen to help is a great way to spend time together. Pick a simple recipe that will be easy for everyone and have everyone work on it together.
Do you need some kid friendly recipes? This Young Chefs cookbook has some great ideas!
I had a cookbook like this when growing up, and my mom and I had so much fun making different meals together.
7. Listen to Music or Your Favorite Podcast
Listening to good music is always a good idea! Listening to music is a fun way to make the time go by faster when cooking. Put on your favorite playlist and cook up some awesome food!
I have recently gotten into listening to podcasts. When I am fixing dinner alone, I usually have one going to make it more fun and enjoyable.
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8. Have Breakfast for Dinner
Isn’t it fun to switch things up sometimes? Having breakfast for dinner can make cooking fun! I love when we have breakfast for dinner on the meal plan.
My husband and I always enjoy making eggs, bacon, buscuits and gravy. It’s one of our favorite meals for breakfast, and we have a great time making it together.
9. Cook Your Favorite Recipes
The best part of being in the kitchen… is making your favorite recipes! We all have meals that we love, and making them fresh at home can be fun!
I am a big fan of mexican cuisine. I love to make tacos, rice, enchiladas, salsa, and more! I enjoy trying new recipes, and creating my old time favorites as well.
Whatever your favorite recipes are, you can have a fun time in the kitchen creating them!
What is your favorite type of food to eat? Do you have a favorite recipe?
Spending time in the kitchen alone, with your spouse, or with the whole family can be a lot of fun! Take some of these fun ideas and work them into your meal plan and monthly schedule.
Do you have a favorite way to make your time in the kitchen fun? I would love to hear about it!
Until next time,
Catherine
I like to entertain people in my kitchen. These are great ideas for spending time in the Kitchen.
We enjoy entertaining people in the kitchen as well!
Whenever our family is over, everyone is in the kitchen cooking, laughing and enjoying each others company. Great way to have fun in the kitchen.
Yes! That’s such a wonderful way to have fun in the kitchen. I love making memories like that.
We usually go to other family members homes for gatherings, however we all get in the kitchen! What a fabulous way to make memories!
I agree! I think it’s a great way to make memories 🙂
Great advice! Does it work on 31 year olds too? Because I really, really need to learn to cook and spend time in the kitchen!
It does work on 31 year olds, too! Lol. I would start with simple meals that don’t take very long to cook. With a few “wins” (really good meals that you made yourself) you will want to keep going 🙂
Great tips to make things more fun in the kitchen. I like to have a lot of free space when I make something. Kids helping out is a great idea!
Thank you! I like to have free space as well. It makes things easier for me in the kitchen. I think it’s fun to have the kids involved with cooking something simple.
These are some great pointer for making cooking fin in the kitchen. The kitchen is the heart of a home. I like the idea of making pizza at home. Everyone can enjoy their favorite toppings.
We love doing personal pizzas with our favorite toppings!