How to Organize the Refrigerator
Hosting Thanksgiving dinner, I discovered, is like inviting chaos into your refrigerator. At the end of the day, you end up with an entire fridge full of leftovers. The only problem is that I still need weekly groceries. Besides, as much as I love sweet potato casserole with pecans and marshmallows, I really can’t live off of that for a week. After grocery shopping, and realizing I’ll have one very-crammed kitchen, I decided it was time to organize the refrigerator.
I started out the day with a refrigerator chock full of random ingredients and crammed food items. To reorganize this nonsense I began by removing everything from the fridge. I wiped down the inside of the refrigerator, then threw out any old or expired food items and condensed where I could.
For instance, my husband loves his omelets so I like to keep a container or two of fresh eggs readily available. After grocery shopping, I realized I actually had three dozen eggs. Let me tell you, three egg containers takes up quite a bit of room. To consolidate and save space I grabbed a small mixing bowl and placed all the eggs in it instead. You can see how much space I saved by using this little trick!
Next I tackled the refrigerator door. This one seems to get the dirtiest, especially since it has all the sauces and salad dressings, which we use daily. Again, I removed everything, threw out expired items, and wiped down the shelves. To determine what should go where, I grouped everything together so I could determine what would make the most sense. I decided to place all cocktail and bar items on the bottom shelf. The cocktail items contain both tall and short bottles and used the least.
Last but not least, the refrigerator! I started with the two vegetable drawers. On the left I put all our regular vegetable side items such as brussels sports and asparagus. I reserved the drawer on the right for all salad ingredients. This is especially useful for The Beau who often helps make our salad lunches. While I tend to always know where everything is, it’s helpful for him if he knows where these items are kept.
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in fact, I put everything separately, dairy products on the side, eggs on top, all vegetables on the bottom, and meat and fish in the middle
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Ohh thx for that useful info. I always have a mess in my fridge, It is always full of u know healthy food but not organazed in healthy way. Recently have bought some starchy food(Starchy foods are a good source of carbohydrates, which provide energy to the body. https://betterme.world/articles/starchy-fruits/) and they just smelled the smell of fish standing on the side. As u understand I can not eat them anymore. So I guess ur aricle would be useful for me.
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