pantry organization

[Day 6] Pantry/Food: Kitchen Clutter Clear Out

It’s Day 6 of the 31 Day Series, Kitchen Clutter Clear Out.   Do you have a pantry or kitchen cabinets that are full of food, yet you have no idea what’s really in them?  Let’s get a handle on our pantries.  This is your opportunity to dump the expired food.  It’s also time to…

Pantry Organization to Simplify Meal Preparation

Find the ingredients you need to prepare dinner in a snap with an organized pantry!  Imagine how much time you will save. There are 5 steps to organizing your pantry (or food cabinets). 1. Remove out dated and expired food.  Toss it, even though it seems like a waste, but if it is way past…

5 Items to Purge from Your Pantry

If you have a pantry in your home that has become cluttered and out of control, it’s probably time for a pantry purge.  You will free up space for the important items and not have to search through clutter to find ingredients for dinner. 5 Items to Purge from Your Pantry 1. Expired food items: …

Essential Kitchen Organizing Tool #4

The 4th essential kitchen organizing tool is the Lazy Susan.  Check out the 1st, 2nd and 3rd essential kitchen tool blog posts.  I’m not sure about the history of it’s name but a Lazy Susan is a great addition to kitchen cabinets, pantries and refrigerators.   If you aren’t familiar with a Lazy Susan it’s a…

Essential Kitchen Organizing Tool #3

The canned goods, in my pantry, are visible.  Instead of hiding behind one another I can see the items in the back row and middle.  Am I some sort of magical, organizing genius?  I would like to say the answer is yes, but really all I did was purchase a tiered spice shelf and use…

Essential Kitchen Organizing Tool #2

Unclutter your pantry, kitchen cabinets and drawers with bins.  Bins are especially useful for holding a group of like items together. These are 2 bins in my pantry which contain snack foods.  We love carbs!               This is a photo of my odds and ends drawer in my kitchen.…

Essential Kitchen Organizing Tool #1

Your kitchen is probably the most used room of your house.  Let’s make it your favorite and most organized room of your house with some simple and inexpensive organizing tools.  While organizing client’s kitchens, I have found 4  simple organizing products that may be just what your kitchen needs to improve it’s function and allow…

Organize your spices so you are able to find them

  Okay….I have a confession to make.  My spices are alphabetized.  This is a photo of my spices in my pantry.  Before you call me a freak, obsessed or just plain nuts, notice that my spices are loosely alphabetized:) There are 3 containers, each filled with spices from a segement of the alphabet.  The first…

What’s in your pantry?

If your answer to “what’s in your pantry?” is “I have no idea” and “I usually have trouble finding what I’m looking for” then I think a little pantry TLC is in order. Set aside an hour of your time and get ready for a pantry purge. 1. Gather the following supplies: trash and recycling…