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ILoveChoo


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ok, I feel stupid asking this and maybe there is no real answer- but how do you organize your fridge/freezer? I feel like mine always gets so disorganized and then stuff gets pushed to the back where I can't see it and I forget about it and it goes bad. Any tips? I don't even have *that* much food, so its not like its overstuffed. Although at any given time DH will be taking up the entire bottom shelf with soda and he insists that we keep a ton of condiments in the house.

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I have a dairy/egg shelf, meat/cheese bin, area for leftovers and I keep condiments together.  At least that's how it starts out right after I clean out my fridge!  One tip I read that I want to try is having a sandwich center (if you make sandwiches).  They recommended getting a shallow Tupperware tray and putting everything you'd need to make a sandwich on it.  Then you can pull the tray out and whip your sandwich together.  Oh, and I try to buy smaller containers of condiments, unless it is a HUGE savings to buy the larger size.  Even though I shop at Costco a lot, I refuse to buy the huge jars of mayo, mustard, ketchup, pickles.  It drives me crazy to have those big jars taking up half my fridge.

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Cricket wrote:

 One tip I read that I want to try is having a sandwich center (if you make sandwiches).  They recommended getting a shallow Tupperware tray and putting everything you'd need to make a sandwich on it.  Then you can pull the tray out and whip your sandwich together. 
I love this idea!!!

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that's a great tip Cricket...


we have...



  • top shelf...left over things in jars/cans (like cottage cheese, pizza sauce)

  • next shelf...beverages

  • there's a small shelf (couple inches) with breads

  • then the shelf under that i keep thawed meat, etc...

  • the drawers are meat/cheese, veggie, and fruit (you could make one drawer a soda drawer)

  • the condiments on the sides of the door

the freezer...



  • top shelf ice cream

  • middle shelf frozen meats (fish, shrimp, etc..)

  • next shelf boxed foods (tv dinners, etc..)

  • drawer frozen veggies, vodka

  • sides, prepared food not in boxes (usually trader joe bags of frozen meals)

hth..and made sense...



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I really can't speak for refrigerater organization because i LOATHE my fridge, it is tiny & has very little stand up room which is usually taken by wine & milk....

But here is what I do to stop the madness of throwing out food. When I get home from the grocery, I make a list of things I have to eat & put it on the refrigerator with a magnet, like I have a list of snacks (yogurt, carrots, string cheese, cucumber/ tomatoes, fruit, etc) & a list of meals /sides (sandwich stuff, eggplant whatever) so that I remember that I have that in my fridge, plus it reminds me of why I bought that pound of ground meat or whatever ie, to make chili. It really works when i stick to it. Which i admit to not always doing, but i try.

-- Edited by laken1 at 13:00, 2006-01-25

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this thread reminds me of my mom. A few years ago she got in a label-making phase and now her fridge has them all over! i.e., "butter," "bread," etc. It's hilarious.

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halleybird wrote:

this thread reminds me of my mom. A few years ago she got in a label-making phase and now her fridge has them all over! i.e., "butter," "bread," etc. It's hilarious.
lol!! I seriously considered doing that... but decided its a little much! I love the "sandwich staion thing... I just threw everythign in a tupperware and it really does save a lot of space cause you can just toss it all in there and stack it. I think the problem is that my unit doesn't have enough shelves/bins. No meat drawer- just two shelves in the fridge and none at all in the freezer.

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