The best part of having the day off is you can put off the dishes until the morning
Was too lazy to actually do the dishes last night, but that's ok since I had all day to get the kitchen cleaned up
Welp it seems I messed up posting and the clean pic didn't get posted. Editing the main post didn't work so here it is in the comments
I had this trick where I'd fill the sink with the dishes with soap and water, maybe even pour a kettle of boiling water in, and drain it the next morning and then actually do the dishes. The pre wash. Came out squeaky clean super easy.
It's amazing much a few minutes of soaking in hot water minimises the scrubbing!