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THE FRIDGE MAKEOVER YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR Get Organized in 3 Easy Steps!
A kitchen is only as organized as its refrigerator, so no matter how many air-tight and labeled containers line your pantry, it's all for naught if your fridge looks like the inside of a middle school locker. We get it: A refrigerator is hard to keep organized. There are solids, liquids, and maybe stinky gases from long-forgotten leftovers.
everywhere else! And just like you might do for pantry bins, we advise labeling fridge bins with what's inside them so you won't have to constantly pull them out. No. 2: Keep the herbs out of it. While produce drawers are great in theory, bunches of parsley, cilantro, basil, and the like often end up yellow and wilted — sometimes after just one use! To free up space in your fridge and get more use out of your herbs, treat them like flowers. Don't stick them in the refrigerator; instead, put the ends in a large glass of water so they stay fresh, which can prevent you from throwing out rotting herbs every few weeks. No. 3: Take it off (the outer packaging, that is)! Many of the refrigerated products we buy come in big, bulky packages that, when removed, reveal that the item is individually wrapped, too! Save yourself space by removing any outer packaging before placing items in the fridge. Then, once you have your bins placed, herbs watered, and outer packages removed, we recommend using the "zone, label, stack" method. Put similar items in specific "zones," label them, then stack them with the largest items on the bottom!
So, in a space where people are constantly taking, moving, and spilling, is organizing a refrigerator a hopeless endeavor?
Of course not! By following these easy organization tips, anyone can take their refrigerator from chaotic to cool. No. 1: Put those bins in your fridge, too! There seems to be a disconnect between organizing the pantry and the fridge. While many people love to use clear bins to keep their cabinets and pantries tidy, they never cross the threshold to the refrigerator. Plastic organization bins can serve the same purpose in a refrigerator as
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