Buy a good chef’s knife.

You can cut clutter and electricity bills by clearing out your gadgets. Armed with a good knife and a little expertise (try taking a knife skills class at a local cooking school or buy [this DVD ]http://www.amazon.com/Henckels-Instructional-Knife-Skills-DVD/dp/B000M5JJFU), you can do almost anything you can do with a food processor–and you’ll have fewer dishes. You can find more about this topic on our blog.