Smell like the food you make?

Here is how to avoid it.

When marinating vegetables/meat with spices, using the hands is the most efficient way, using wooden spatulas doesn't quite render the same uniformity and gentleness to marination.

The downside to this that you hands could go on to smell like the marination spices even after repeated hand washes , think fish or garlic.


.. Ewww.
But there is a way out, here are tricks that will get you fabulously marinated ingredients minus all the fuss:
1. You could use gloves
or
2. You could use the technique I follow : gently place all the ingredients - vegetables/meat, spices inside a zip lock pouch and seal it.

Now holding the pouch from the outside, simply knead from the outside till the ingredients are mixed right. Simple isn't it :) , a definite must follow.

Another plus to this is that you can store the marinated ingredients as is in the pouch in the refrigeration for as long as required and then open when needed.

Do write in if you use similar tricks in the kitchen.