The challenge for week 6 is to clean out and organize your miscellaneous food storage. That includes your pet food storage area which wasn’t included in the pantry/cupboard challenge. This week is a good time to finish that earlier challenge for refrigerator/freezer, too. I did not get to my freezer during that challenge. The week was just too busy for me.
Here are some organizing tips for the freezer.
Use binder clips to hang frozen food in bags. This is especially useful if the bag has been opened already since you need to close the bag with a clip.
Use clean milk containers to store frozen food that can be poured in and out (like peas).
Sort and group food and store in bins.
Make sure to label everything.
Whenever possible, move items from boxes to bins. Keep the cooking directions.
Adjust or remove shelves. Do whichever gives more storage space.
Use magnetic containers for small containers (chopped onions, herbs). Make your own with stick on craft magnets. You can even stick the craft magnets on plastic containers.
Freeze leftovers flat whenever possible. Flat packaging is easier to store flat and saves more space. Stack packages in magazine bins lain on their sides and stacked as needed.
DEEP FREEZER:
Use the refrigerator tips, but these are especially important for deep freezers.
Use a deep freezer for items that aren’t used very often such as roasts, turkeys, big boxes of food.
Organize with bins. You may need one for ice packs, raw meat, cooked leftover meat, bread, frozen juice, frozen fruit, frozen vegetables.
PET FOOD:
We already use plastic bins for our dry cat food. The wet food is stored in a nice basket with a few pouches of treats. The only thing we need is a tray to put under the cat food bowls because the cat drops food outside the bowl at times when he is fussy and letting me know I didn’t buy the correct food. My advice is to use bins and baskets to separate foods and toys.
