He kāpata kīhini e rarapa ana, he pātaka kī tonu i ngā mea katoa, he papa kaute kī tonu i te tangata—ki te mea he kī rawa tō kīhini, kāore e taea te whakauru i tētahi atu ipu ki ngā mea kakara pēkere katoa, me whai whakaaro rokiroki kīhini pai koe hei āwhina i a koe ki te whakamahi pai i ia inihi o te wāhi.
Tīmatahia tō whakaritenga anō mā te arotake i ngā mea kei a koe. Tangohia ngā mea katoa i roto i ngā kāpata o tō kīhini ka tātarihia ō taputapu kīhini ki ngā wāhi e taea ai e koe—ko ngā mea kakara kua pau te wā, ko ngā ipu kai kāore he taupoki, ko ngā mea tāruarua, ko ngā mea pakaru, ngā wāhanga ngaro rānei, me ngā taputapu iti kāore i te tino whakamahia, he wāhi pai hei tīmata ki te whakaiti.
Kātahi, whakamātauria ētahi o ēnei whakaaro rokiroki kāpata kīhini rongonui mai i ngā kaiwhakahaere ngaio me ngā kaituhi pukapuka tunu kai hei āwhina i a koe ki te whakahaere i tāu e pupuri ana, kia pai ai hoki te whakaritenga o tō kīhini māu.
Whakamahia tō Wāhi Kīhini me te Whakaaro Pai
He iti te kīhini? Kia whiriwhiria te mea e hokona ana e koe i roto i te rahinga nui. "He pai te putea kawhe e rima pauna te taumaha nā te mea ka inuhia e koe i ia ata, engari kāore e pai te putea raihi e tekau pauna te taumaha," te kī a Andrew Mellen, he kaiwhakahaere me te kaituhi o New York City.Whakakorehia tōu ora!"Kia arotahi ki te whakawhāiti i te wāhi i roto i ō kāpata. Kī tonu ngā taonga kei roto i ngā pouaka i te hau, nō reira ka taea e koe te whakauru i ētahi atu o aua hua ki runga i ngā whata mena ka ringihia e koe ki roto i ngā ipu tapawhā ka taea te hiri. Hei whakapai ake i te whakaritenga o tō kīhini iti, nekehia ngā peihana whakaranu, ngā kapu ine, me ētahi atu taputapu kīhini mai i ngā whata ki roto i tētahi kāreti hei wāhi whakarite kai. Hei whakamutunga, kohia ngā taonga koretake—ngā pēke tī, ngā putea kai reka—ki roto i ngā ipu mārama, ka taea te whakarārangi kia kore ai e whakararuraru i tō wāhi."
Whakakorehia ngā Papa Kaunta
"Ki te mea he paru tonu ngā papa o tō kīhini, tera pea he nui rawa atu āu mea i te wāhi mōna. I roto i te wiki, tirohia ngā mea e whakararuraru ana i te papa, ā, waiho māu aua taonga. Me whai wāhi whakarite koe mō ngā mēra e puranga ana? He kete mō ngā mahi kura e tukuna ana e āu tamariki i mua tonu i te tina? He wāhi kua tohua pai ake mō ngā mea rerekē e puta mai ana i te mīhini horoi rihi? Kia whiwhi koe i aua otinga, he māmā noa te tiaki mēnā ka mahi tonu koe. I ia pō i mua i te moe, tirohia wawe te papa, ā, waiho atu ngā taonga kāore e tika ana."—Erin Rooney Doland, he kaiwhakahaere i Washington, DC, me te kaituhi oKāore e Pukumahi rawa hei Whakaora i te Raruraru.
Whakatairangahia ngā Taonga o te Kīhini
"Kāore he pātai mō tēnā: Mā te kīhini iti koe e akiaki ki te whakatau i ngā mea nui. Ko te mea tuatahi me mahi ko te whakakore i ngā mea tāruarua. (Me toru ngā tātari e hiahiatia ana?) Kātahi ka whakaarohia he aha ngā mea e tika ana kia noho ki te kīhini, me ngā mea ka taea te waiho ki tētahi atu wāhi. Kei roto i te rūma kakahu o mua ngā paraharaha tunu me ngā rihi kēhi kāore i te tino whakamahia e ētahi o aku kiritaki, me ngā pereti, ngā taputapu hiriwa, me ngā karāhe waina kei roto i te taha o te rūma kai, i te rūma noho rānei." Ā, whakatūria he kaupapa here 'kotahi ki roto, kotahi ki waho', kia kore ai e horapa ngā mea para. —Lisa Zaslow, kaiwhakahaere o te Tāone o Niu Ioka
Waihangahia ngā Rohe Rokiroki o te Kīhini
Whakatakotoria ngā taputapu tunu kai me ngā taputapu whakarite kai ki roto i ngā kāpata e tata ana ki te oumu me ngā papa mahi; ko ngā mea kai me tata atu ki te totohu, te pouaka whakamātao, me te mīhini horoi rihi. Ā, whakatakotoria ngā kai ki te wāhi e whakamahia ana—whakatakotoria te kete rīwai ki te papa tapahi; ko te huka me te paraoa ki te mīhini whakaranu.
Kimihia ngā Huarahi Auaha ki te Rokiroki
Rapua ngā huarahi auaha hei whakaoti rapanga e rua i te wā kotahi—pērā i tētahi tūru whakairo toi hei whakapaipai pakitara, kātahi ka tangohia hei whakamahi mō ngā paraharaha wera ina hiahiatia. "Whakaatuhia noa ngā mea e kitea ana e koe he ataahua, he whai hua hoki."—arā, ko ngā mea e hiahia ana koe kia tirohia, he mea whai take anō hoki!" —Ko Sonja Overhiser, he kaituhi kai i A Couple Cooks
Haere Poutū
"Ki te mea me āta neke haere ngā taonga kia kore ai e horo, he uaua ki te pupuri i ngā kāpata kia pai. Ko te otinga atamai ko te huri i ngā pepa pihikete katoa, ngā whata whakamatao, me ngā tīni mafine kia 90 nekehanga, ka rongoa poutū, pērā i ngā pukapuka. Ka taea e koe te tango i tētahi me te kore e nekehia ētahi atu. Whirihorahia anō ngā whata mēnā e hiahia ana koe ki ētahi atu wāhi. Kia maumahara: Pērā i ngā pukapuka e hiahia ana ki ngā pito pukapuka, me pupuri ēnei taonga ki te wāhi tika mā te whakamahi i ngā wehewehe."—Lisa Zaslow, kaiwhakahaere nō te Tāone o Niu Ioka
Whakawhaiarohia tō Pokapū Whakahaere
"Ina whakaarohia ngā mea hei penapena i roto i te pokapū whakahau o te kīhini, whakaarohia ngā mea e hiahiatia ana e tō whānau kia tutuki i tēnei wāhi, kātahi ka pupuri noa i ngā taonga e tika ana ki reira. Ko te nuinga o te tangata e whakamahi ana i te pokapū whakahau pērā i te tari kāinga amiorangi hei whakarite i ngā pire me ngā mēra, tae atu ki ngā kaupapa mahi a ngā tamariki me ngā mahi kāinga. I taua wā, me hiahia koe ki tētahi mīhini haehae, ki tētahi ipu hangarua, ki ngā pene, ki ngā reta, me ngā tāmati, me tētahi papa karere. Nā te mea he maha ngā tāngata e tuku mēra ana, e tuku taonga rānei ki runga i te tēpu, kua whakaritea e au he pouaka-roto, he pouaka iti rānei mā ia mema o te whānau, pērā i ngā kaimahi i roto i te tari."—Erin Rooney Doland
Pupuri i te Pūngāwerewere
Hei ārai i te horapa o ngā mea para, whakamahia te tikanga paepae—tāpirihia ngā mea katoa kei runga i ō kaute. Ko te mēra te mea tino kino. "Ki te uaua ki a koe te pupuri i ngā mēra kia kaua e puranga, me whakatika wawe ngā para. Ko te ipu hangarua i roto i te kīhini, i te karāti rānei te otinga pai mō te maka tonu i ngā para—ngā pepa pānui me ngā pukapuka hokohoko kāore e hiahiatia."
Whakaritehia āu taputapu
"He uaua te pupuri i te pouaka taputapu kia tika ina he rerekē ngā āhua me ngā rahi o ngā mea o roto, nō reira he pai ki ahau te tāpiri i tētahi tāpiri ka taea te whakawhānui me ngā wāhanga whakarerekē. Tuatahi, hoatu he wāhi nui ake māu mā te tango i ngā taputapu roa, pērā i te kokopi me te spatula. Ka taea e ēnei te noho i roto i te oko i runga i te kaute. Whakanohoia he rīpene maripi aukume ki te pakitara ki ngā taputapu koi o te whare (te tapahi pīta, te tapatapahi tiihi), ka rongoatia ngā maripi ki roto i tētahi pupuri angiangi i runga i te kaute. Kātahi ka whakakīia te tāpiri mā te rautaki: ko ngā taputapu e whakamahia ana e koe i mua, ko te toenga ki muri."—Lisa Zaslow
Whakanuia te Wāhi
"Kia oti te whakarite, kua tae ki te wā ki te whakanui ake i te wāhi kei a koe. Ko te wāhi pakitara i waenganui i ngā kaute me ngā kāpata te mea e warewarehia ana; whakamahia mā te whakairi i tētahi rīpene maripi ki reira, i tētahi tokotoko tauera rānei. Mena he kāpata teitei rawa āu, hokona he tūru angiangi e taea te piko papatahi. Whakanohoia ki raro i te totohu, ki roto rānei i te kapiti i te taha o te pouaka whakamātao kia taea ai e koe te whakamahi i ngā wāhi o runga."—Lisa Zaslow
Kia māmā te toro atu ki ngā taonga kei muri
Mā ngā ipu para, ngā pouaka reti me ngā pouaka kāpata e ngāwari ake ai te kite—me te hopu—i ngā taonga kei roto i ngā kāpata. Tāutahia ēnei kia māmā ake ai te whakamahi i ia inihi o te wāhi rokiroki kāpata o te kīhini.
Wā tuku: Paenga-whāwhā-02-2021
