Paper plates. We're in the middle of things, too, and I wash daily only 2 coffee mugs, two wine glasses, silverware, and twice a week, a salad bowl. Of course there are two of us. If there were more people here, it would be plastic cups, too.

I mandated everyone to use paper plates, bowls napkins, plastic silverware. I only ever washed an ocasional knife or something, used the bbq as much as possible, etc.

We set up our dishwasher in the garage - but we live on land and running the grey water to the pasture isn't a big deal. I realize most people might not have that option, but thought I would mention it just in case.

My DD had a college roommate who, when it was his turn to do dishes, put them in the tub, then showered as usual.

We are in the same process. I am using a new square plastic bucket set up on chair covered with a rug next to bathtub. I use the pitcher to get water from tub and fill the bucket with hot sudsy water and rinse under faucet. We are eating out or carry in at least one meal a day, but this works for when we want to eat at home and use real dishes.

I put a plastic bin on top of my washing machine. It was the perfect height!

ETA: well, that and compostable plates and recyclable plastic cups.

Using a pitcher for rinsing is awesome, I will try that. And while i really appreciate the "shower and wash at same time" concept ... I'm not sure what grosses me out more - rinsed off bits of stirfry between my toes or rinsed off bits of me on dishes!

We toyed with the idea of adding a laundry sink as part of the reno (BF wanted it) but it felt like another set of decisions I didn't want to deal with. He was probably right.

Paper plates.

Yeah, I was going to say the same. They're not a great everyday choice... but in the middle of a reno, yeah, they're a make-do choice.

We used paper plates a lot, but still had dishes to do periodically. We set up two bus tubs and did old-school wash in one and rinse in the other. So instead of actually washing in the bathtub, we set up the tubs on a small table so we could stand and wash. (We also do a lot of backcountry cooking, like on expedition rafting trips and ski-in yurt trips, so we used the same assembly line: wash tub, rinse tub, drainer with a towel under it.)

The super cheap paper plates are compostable as well as the nicer ones marked "compostable".

In general, you do it like camping, in dishpans on the counter (after scraping and papertoweling really well if needed). The difference is that you get to rinse to your heart's content.

Put an inverted milk crate or similar in the tub as a wash-through table so you don't have to keep things so low (this will save your back if washing in a laundry sink as well).