A messy pantry is not
only a pain when you are searching for the crackers you KNOW you bought last
week, it can also cost you money when you have to throw away expired food you
didn’t even know you had. Let me show you how easy and
inexpensive organizing your pantry can be:
Vertical Space
o Magazine Rack. Pick up a magazine rack at your local office
supply store, turn it on its back and fill it with your tin foil, plastic wrap,
zip top baggies, etc. Organizing these
pantry essentials in a magazine rack will save you precious shelve space by
stacking up and will make finding exactly what you need a whole lot easier
o Wire Shelves. Add additional vertical space to your pantry
shelves with a few wire racks. These
racks make it easier to stack items that are usually too delicate to
stack. Wire shelves also make it easier
to use baskets and open top boxes to organize snacks in your pantry.
Repurpose
o Rethink Your Organizing Tools. When it comes to picking the right containers
to use in your pantry organization quest, think outside of the box. A small bin makes the perfect spice envelope
organizer and a candy jar is perfect for keeping smaller items like raisins,
granola bars or peanut butter cups contained.
Don’t forget to also use
your plastic shoeboxes to keep bags of pretzels, applesauce, etc. organized and
easy to reach.
o Can Return. It is easy to lose
controls of the cans in your pantry; after all you likely have everything from
pears to green beans and soup all mixed together. One very easy way to keep your cans organized
is to use a soda can return. These nifty
contraptions are like an organized ramp for your cans and allow you to insert
the newest can at the ‘end’ of the line so that you always grab
the can closes to the expiration date!
For all of
Jennifer’s tips pick up your own copy of her Tips for the Clueless Chick books and follow the Clueless Chick on Facebook and Twitter.
Until next time,
aka Chick #1
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