After doing my Spring Cleaning, I wanted to share with you some of the basics of cooking.
And 'my belief that every home needs a well-organized pantry. If you do not have the luxury of a walk-in pantry, do not despair! You should be able to identify and organize an area in the house to serve as a pantry. Even if you put on shelves in the basement.
The advantages of maintaining a well-stocked pantry are numerous and well-organized. A bonus is that they do not travel, like manyin the shop. If you follow these simple steps I have outlined in this article for you - starting with taking an inventory of all items and make a complete list of what you need to buy - not only many problems, but allows you to use the coupons that were cut or buy items for sale and in bulk, you save gas, time and money! And your health!
Function - First in the pantry
No matter how big or small your pantry, butFunction should be your first consideration. Here are some tips for organizing your pantry functional:
* How to organize any room in your house, a dining room should be planned, time, energy conservation, efficiency, and therefore money!
* Your pantry should be well lit so you can see all the areas.
* Make your pantry efficiently for you. It should be a central location in your home. Whether in the kitchen or utility room, which is relatively close to your workplace. If necessary, youperfectly well to create different areas pantry. To do this though, just remember to organize every room so that the necessary elements in the kitchen in the kitchen, cleaning products separate from food and bed linen and towels are close to your home bedroom and bathroom, and so on .
* Consider the humidity and temperature of your pantry, you do not want dry food in a humid place, a pantry and a relatively cool and constant temperature is the ideal shop has.
* If space is limited,Buy plastic containers that stack in a closet, on shelves above the chamber can, and / or even under the bed. In these containers, I always elements which is less often, access to these storage areas. If you save in bulk, and keep the money in shares that will buy them less accessible areas, you can always fill a small supply in your pantry storage space cost.
* Keep a "good inventory" of items that can be used on a regular basis you will be able to avoidattractive sale prices on items that do not use and / or you do not need.
Getting Started - Cleaning Out The Pantry
Now you have planned your pantry for the function, now is the time to start reorganizing!
Once established, you want the pantry, you're starting all - I know, I know - do not freak out - by all and can start to bring.
1 Empty the pantry full - everything moves in boxes,Table tops and / or countertops. Recycle or dispose of all to see, is spoiled, expired, stale or otherwise unusable.
2 Before you get to fix things - it is fun to cut the food, which cabinets you have now. Look around and observe as the following: How long has it been since you used the product? For example, herbs - without flavor after 6 months in a dark room and cold. While you're checkingExpiration date and discard properly. Remember the rule: When in doubt, throw it out!
3 Wipe the dust or dirt from each element as you go.
4 If nothing else, has lost the label, but certainly knows what to do there, or a hand (or created digitally) mounted label for easy identification and keep it in your container.
5 The best part of this process - even if it is a long time, is that only twice a year. Are you going to put it in the spring and thenCase.
6 Clean the shelves and walls thoroughly with a solution of warm water and mild soap, dry with a cloth and allow to dry for shelf space well.
Preparation - Kitchen Space
Once you get everything removed, cleaned and prepared pantry space, you are ready to begin re-organization. This is the fun part!
Here are my suggested steps to get your pantry ready for greater efficiency savings, and money order!
1 When you start to organizeYour "yes-camp pantry" ... can search for any available space is used to store objects, the back of a door of the pantry can be used to store spices and other small objects, if a rack hanging on the door. You can purchase these racks: Bed Bath & Beyond, Home Depot, Lowes, Target and other retail store or similar.
2 If necessary, now is the time to redesign your pantry shelves and walls. I think the white or cream is usually the best color for a handout. It showsCleaning!
3 At this point you can set some simple wipe-off surface on the shelf paper. This is to protect the surfaces from stains shelf.
4 The next step is to organize your shelves for the content held in the "Well-storage pantry."
5 I suggest getting some official Tupperware Modular. They are ideal for dry goods like flour, sugar, pasta, tea, coffee beans and cereals. I believe that the use of rectangular orsquare containers will take up less space and cleaner stack of round or oval container.
Reorganization of pantry
Now you have cleaned out the pantry, you can start things, divided by the following:
1 Start pantry sorting into categories: Examples: fruits, vegetables, soups, spices, packed lunches / dinners, canned meats, sauces, baked goods and rice / pasta / dried beans. As you do this first cycle ofCategorization, be sure to bring the elements in order of sequence data from the best run as the last item to go into the pantry (which will be in the front, so expensive).
2 The heaviest items should go on lower shelves. Especially if you install a lazy Susan. For example, you can have a great tomato sauce, put it on the lowest shelf of cans for your baked goods. In the meantime, you can open shelves above for those whoFrequently used items, and the lighter elements such as beans, pasta and / or rice.
3 Through the use of containers you can stay dry goods, bakery items such as flour, sugar, fresh and accurate. You can always smaller items such as tea and coffee, nuts, and broth in small baskets and / or plastic containers, which also helps to keep cool.
4 Elements of the group, and two together: breakfast items, snacks, baked goods, cleaning products, linen towels, etc. It 'important thatIf you have a little 'time to think about how things in the supermarket where you usually shop, you can group the objects are arranged in a similar dispensation. With sub-groups will help to keep things neatly stored and easily accessible. Fruits, vegetables, soups, biscuits and pastries, etc. For example, all preserved on a shelf, are organized into subgroups, such as
5 Labelling shelves will help the groups in order.
Pantry Inventory and restocking
Now that you havewant to have cleaned our your "Well-storage pantry," old entries are deleted, added shelves (if necessary), you want to do the inventory. This will help you determine what is missing and what needs to be replenished regularly.
For convenience, I have a list of common items, an appetizer to keep in the pantry and add it to your pantry inventory list created:
* Items in the box - soup, broth, vegetables, fruits, beans, tomatoes, etc. * Jar Foods - Tomatoand salsa, olives, pickles, peanut butter, jams and jellies * Bakery - baking powder, baking soda, flour, sugar, extracts and more! * Spices - salt, pepper, basil, Italian season, tarragon, paprika, chilli crushed, and much more! * Starch - pasta, potatoes, rice * condiments - soy sauce, vinegar, ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise * sweeteners - syrup, honey, artificial sweetener * Dry Goods - cereal, oatmeal, pancake mix, raisins and dried fruit, nuts and seeds * Oils - Olive oil, canola oil, Peanut oil, vegetable oil, etc.
Keep the pantry well organized
Now you have cleaned and organized your pantry, you must follow these few simple tips to keep it this way:
1 Do not buy things that are not used, that is to save money! 2 Just buy according to your tastes, your budget and needs. 3 Search for coupons and sales items to keep in your pantry 4. Use your dispensation to your inventory to make sure they are not overcrowded. 5 If possible,Items such as paper towels, paper plates, napkins, etc., do not expire or become obsolete, buying in large quantities.
The Wrap-Up
If possible, try to reserve the amount of basic food products you buy to use the most. This will prevent "out-of-stock" items. After a jar of mayonnaise or some more spare can of chicken and / or tuna salad can be very useful, with a surprise visit from a friend. Be sure to add these items to your cart, if it breaks in your reserve. WithThe children in the home, you might consider a specific area and / or basketball, where you can keep on hand a quick snack and treats. This will help children out of the pantry! Homemade trail mix is a good snack, and easy to store!
I have found it best to try to reorganize your pantry when you are alone or have a block of time available for you to focus and the project soon!
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Keep items you use most frequently and prominently in front!
Stack cans, jars and other objects so that the labels can be read easily.
Baskets, baskets, adjustable shelves, boxes and more that to improve organizing your pantry: Always looking for new organizational tools to be like.
Create a "guest" or "relief" to keep the shelf crackers, sauces, chips, mixed drinks and other objects at hand, so be prepared for an impromptu party orThe friends of your children.
Hold the paper / pencil and / or table in your pantry. You can also paint a sign on the back of your pantry door. You'll be surprised how they encourage family members to add what they want the inventory, or what may have noticed, is out-of-stocks.
If you do not get everything clean in the pantry, you can not store the essential elements in a more "remote", as the garage or basement.
Basic PantryStaples:
Baking soda, baking powder, corn starch, sugar (powdered, granulated and brown) of yeast stock (chicken, beef, vegetables), maple syrup, butter, eggs, milk, lemon mustard Cooking Wine (or lemon ) garlic, onion, mayonnaise, hot sauce Parmesan
Other convenient pantry items:
Dried beans, canned spaghetti sauce, soup (cream of chicken or mushroom), assorted vegetables, Cream Cheese Cream Cheese Sour frozen (frozen is usually better to eat), potatoes, celeryCarrots
Pantrying happy!
-Karina 's Garden of Grace
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