What is this quick drying mat? Maybe that is what I need!

If I washed dishes everyday, I wouldn't need a dishrack. But I generally have several forks and a couple of plates and bowls. I microwave a lot of left overs.

If I washed dishes everyday, I wouldn't need a dishrack. But I generally have several forks and a couple of plates and bowls. I microwave a lot of left overs.

I am trying to wash as I go, to combat the horrible problem of not washing dishes for several weeks and then having things growing in my sink. So I actually boxed up most of my dishes, and have just enough for one meal and wash while my coffee is brewing or wash the pots and pans as I go along. Right now I cook almost every night, and take the leftovers for lunch.

Or on top of the dishes if there aren't a lot in the dishrack.

Oh, yeah. If there aren't a lot of dishes in the rack, I can slide a sauce pan in there, or perch a pot on top of the bowls. Or sometimes I just dry the pot/pan as soon as I wash it, so I can put it back in the pantry and get it out of the way.

wash while my coffee is brewing

Invariably, I wash the previous night's dishes while my oatmeal is cooking.

That's smart Sophia. Let me try to remember where I got my mat and see if I can google up something similar.

[link] Or very like it. Pretty sure I picked up mine as an impulse buy at the grocery store.

I dry pots and pans in the sink.

I never put plates and such on the fish rack because I have a dishwasher, so my dish rack is all pots and mixing bowls and odd things . When cooking for myself I tried to only use 1 or 2 pots/pans/mixing bowls b/c I hate washing. I would rinse and reuse for next part of meal if cooking multiple things.

Thanks -t!