| We are in our kitchens everyday, usually | | | | Many people like to upgrade to a gas stove from |
| preparing at least 2 meals there day in and day | | | | an electric if possible, because it's easier and |
| out, week after week. Sometimes we get | | | | faster to cook with gas burners and ovens than |
| ourselves kitchen gadgets or appliances to make | | | | electric. If you absolutely cannot install a gas |
| our cooking easier or more fun, and there are a | | | | stove, there are some fantastic top of the line |
| couple things you can do to spruce up your | | | | electric stoves and ovens that you will love too. |
| cooking routine or make life a little easier. | | | | No matter what, if you have a great stove and |
| | | | | oven, you will enjoy cooking everyday that much |
| 1. Get a kitchen butcher block. If you get a solid | | | | more. |
| wood butcher block to put in the center of your | | | | |
| kitchen to act as an island or you just put it on | | | | 3. Install a permanent kitchen island. If you want |
| the side of your counter, you may even surprise | | | | a butcher block surface that doesn't move, or |
| yourself about how much you use it. Butcher | | | | you'd rather put a tiled or granite countertop |
| blocks are a chef's best friend, because fresh | | | | model, kitchen islands are a wonderful upgrade for |
| ingredients are a huge part of what makes food | | | | kitchens. You can use yours for extra counter |
| taste so great. You can use this as your main | | | | space for food preparation, or you can turn it into |
| cutting surface for all your fresh vegetables and | | | | a small kitchen table to eat at with some counter |
| fruits, breads, meats, or anything else you need | | | | stools around it. Kitchen islands are best in |
| to cut in preparation for your meal. Butcher | | | | kitchens that have a larger space in the center to |
| blocks are so easy to wipe clean, and you'll | | | | install them, but you can find all sizes to fit your |
| probably wonder why your were fighting with a | | | | unique space. Whether you use yours as a |
| tiny plastic cutting board for so long. You'll enjoy | | | | butcher block surface for helping prepare your |
| cooking that much more when you have a chef's | | | | meals, or you like to enjoy your morning coffee |
| tool like a butcher block. | | | | and breakfast nestled on a counter stool, you will |
| | | | | enjoy your time in the kitchen more with a |
| 2. Get a better stove and oven unit. Ok, this | | | | kitchen island. |
| one might be a bit expensive, but if you get that | | | | |
| stove with six burners you've been lusting after | | | | So enjoy your kitchen and all the time you spend |
| for years, or a nice oven that distributes heat | | | | in there with a butcher block or kitchen work |
| evenly and doesn't give you lopsided cakes | | | | table, new stove and oven, and/or a permanent |
| because it was installed at slight angle will be an | | | | kitchen island fixture. We all have to spend a lot |
| investment you enjoy for years. You probably | | | | of time in the kitchen, so we might as well make |
| use your stove or oven everyday, so this is an | | | | it as fun and easy as possible to make and enjoy |
| appliance worth replacing if your little shoddy | | | | our recipes. |
| contraption you call a stove has seen better days. | | | | |