Beautiful Garden Zucchini Noodles
I’m not afraid to be real here at RE, mistakes, messes and all – so I decided to show you what my kitchen looked like after we cooked our Zucchini Noodles Pasta dish the other night.
A mess indeed.
My daughter and I got in and cleaned it up after dinner.
Washed up the larger pans.
Ahh … much better. But still not perfect.
And then beautiful garden tomatoes on the counter. So lovely.
I think food bloggers show beautiful photos of cooking, but they rarely show the mess. Or talk about who ate the food. Or what the atmosphere was like while the food was being devoured. Or rarely do they share about hungry kids screaming in the background while they were taking these beautiful photos …
So today I’m not afraid to show you my mess.
Do you clean as you cook, or do you wait until after the meal and clean up the entire mess then?
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I used to be a clean the mess up after, but I’ve converted! I’m learning to clean as I go & teach my daughters to do the same. I did what my mom & my grandma did, but learned to do it differently & now I’m teaching my girls!
I sometimes clean as I cook, sometimes wait till afterwards. It just depends on what I’m making or what I just feel like doing. I appreciate seeing “messes”, “mistakes”, etc..as much as the sparkling, shining, and yummy looking pics.
The other day (sunday) we had about 3 people just drop in and they were ones who had never seen the inside of our house and wanted a tour. Unfortunately Sundays can be crazy and I usually leave the house without making our bed (or the girls theirs), things were just kinda out and about and i had went grocery shopping. Oh, well! That’s life, that’s how our house is sometimes, and that just has to be okay!!
Very timely since a friend just gifted us with two very large zuccini, was trying to figure out what to make besides bread… I try to clean as I go along, but it depends on how rushed I am.
I wait until after…….sometimes the huge mess bothers me (I have a small kitchen)…but I prefer to clean up when I’m all finished.
Thanks for sharing your mess Sandy!♥
Love it! Last time my kitchen looked that “bad” was Thanksgiving. But I’ve come close trying the same thing with zucchini. Which is an odd coincidence, because last night we made zucchini cornbread to go with our chili. Cheers!
Thanks for showing your mess and keeping it real. Makes me feel much better as my kitchen as looked like that more days than not lately! And thanks for the recipe! I actually think hubby would like zucchini that way ;)
Hey Sandy! It is a good thing that I went and bought my zucchini to make this dish yesterday before I read this post! :) Anyways, still looking forward to trying it out.
I like to clean as I go if I can…which is completely dependent on the needs of 3 little people during preparation time!
Relief! You are so right, and it is so nice to see that I’m not the only one with a royal mess in her kitchen after a good meal!!
I love seeing other people’s messes. I try to clean as I cook, but it’s still usually a disaster at the end because of the dishes.
Your messes are beautiful.