I know I have been waisting alot of food because we simply don't know what is there.....and we buy stuff because we don't know we already have it...
Here is my fridge make over... Let's start with the before. Now I am not proud of this before at all, but its the truth. Craziness.
Yea, as you can tell there is alot of food in there that I cannot account for.
I started this project by pulling everything out and placing it on my stove in the most organized fashion I could think of. I put my pickled stuff to one side, my meat to the other, and just tried to categorize it as I was pulling it out.
I then pulled out all of the shelves that I could and threw them in a tub of hot soapy water. I let those soak as I cleaned the inside of the fridge. This actually went quicker then I expected.
I made a made a quick trip to the dollar store, and this is the after.
Here is how I tamed the beast.
On the top shelf I have a clear bin thawing out some meat for our next dinner. Next to that I have our eggs. I have plenty of room to place other dinner ingredients between the two, which will make dinner a bit easier don't you think?
The second shelf I have reserved for left overs. These usually have Tupperware containers themselves, so no clear bins here.
The third shelf I have two clear bins. The one on the left is kid friendly food. I have jelly, peanut butter, yogurt and "soda" which is flavored sparkling water. Next to that I have sandwich fixings. This has mayo and mustard in back, sandwich meat, and cheese up front. These two bins are great because you can pull out the bin and you have everything you need to make a quick snack.
The bottom shelf... This one is a bit of fun... My husband loves pickled foods. We have in the left tub our marinades and pickled goods...then in the right tub, we have more pickled goods. Pickled items are actually pretty expensive, so its nice to see what we have!!!
In the top drawer I have our salad, fresh veggies and shredded cheeses.
In the bottom drawer I have every mans dream... Beer!
Now onto the door of the fridge.
On the top door shelf I have our global fruit blend, salad dressings, and spray butter.
On the second shelf I have our hot sauces and salsa. I also have our two wines in the door which will give us easy access to them =).
On the third shelf which you cannot see here I have our Milk, cake frosting and cookie frosting.
On the bottom shelf, again you cant see it here, I have our BBQ sauce, teriyaki sauce and soy sauce.
....Wow... I have alot more items then I could account for previously right?
Hopefully this will help with cutting down on unnecessary grocery shopping!
Cheep! Cheep!
I did this whole make over for 4 dollars!
I used place mats I got at the dollar store on each of the shelves in the fridge. Mine match the oven mitts and kitchen towls I have, they are a bit on the busy side...simple ones would look great too. The idea of this is if something spills, you can take out the mat instead of the whole shelf.
The bins I used were given to me buy a cowoker, but you can get those cheep at the dollar store as well.
As you follow my blog, you will notice I love the dollar store. Its just down the road from me, its cheap, and they usually carry the same things all the time, so if you need more you can find more.
The buckets used in my pantry make over are the same buckets I used to sort baby diapers 3 years ago. The colors update with the season, so alot of the things I am getting are bright and beautiful.
Stay tuned for the freezer!
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