Kitchen with no sink - tips please

newlywed

To prepare and mold treat one of the walls in our kitchen OH says we will have to do without a sink for 2 weeks (probably more).

We have no dishwasher (and no washing machine either now).

Does anyone have any tips to reduce the washing up/food prep hassle? I could prep stuff now but it would still need bowls etc to reheat in our small microwave, so would still end up with washing up....

We don't eat ready meals, I cook from scratch usually.

We could use a washing up bowl in the bath but any other tips would be gratefully received. Thanks.

I did think of paper plates and cups but it's not great for the environment and costs money (trying to save up for a new washing machine...)

And we don't have the money to eat out every night either!!!

shebangs

I survived without a kitchen sink for around 3 weeks like you have already suggested I used the bath to wash the dishes and do veg prep, I bought a couple of the big green flexible Trugs/buckets and 2 washing up bowls I put dirty pots in a bucket to carry them all upstairs then used 2 washing up bowls in the bath one for soapy water one for rinsing and put the clean dishes in the other big green bucket to take downstairs then left the washing up bowls and other empty bucket upstairs. I kept the bucket downstairs filled with a little water to stop stuff sticking onto the dishes as I only carried the bucket upstairs once a day to wash up

for veg prep I just took the bag or a mixing bowl piled up with what I wanted to prep the pans I was going to be cooking the veg in and a carrier bag for peelings .I kept bottles of tap water downstairs to fill pans so I wasnt carrying pans full of water downstairs .. I just filled up old water/pop/squash bottles and had asked family to save them for me for the couple of weeks before so I had a few I just filled these up upstairs once they had all ran out

I also used bottled tap water for brewing up and if you went up to the loo you had to take the kettle and fill it up lol

newlywed

Thanks, you sound like you were very organised about it all!

I didn't think about the extra bowls/buckets etc and never thought of the bottles of water....

Thanks.