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Organize Your Pantry
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There are different approaches and styles to organizing
your pantry - you will have to determine what works best
for you. We've included a list below. Also visit
the Pantry
Articles for more kitchen pantry organization
advice.
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WAYS TO
ORGANIZE YOUR PANTRY
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- Throw it in and Shut
the Door
- Assign a Home to Each
Item
- Organize
Alphabetically
- Organize by Category
- Organize by Weight
- Organize by Size
- Organize by Most Used
- Organized by
"Kid-Friendly"
- Organize by Color
- Organize Seasonally
- Take the Best, Leave
the Rest!
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Throw it in and Shut the Door:
This might be the preferred method for closet
pantries. Of course, sooner or later, the system
collapses and no one in the house gets to eat due to
lost food.
Assign Home to Each Item:
Group items into types: Example: cereal
shelf, canned foods shelf, baking items shelf.
Organize Alphabetically: This is
particularly effective with small spice containers.
Organize by Category:
Baking items together, breakfast foods together, etc.
Organize by Weight: Heavy objects like cans
on the bottom shelves - light objects like napkins and
paper plates on top shelves.
Organize by Size: Bulky
items (or items purchased in bulk) go on the floor.
This method could also be called "it fits where it
fits!" depending on if that awkward space next to
the air duct is the perfect place for a skinny jar of
spaghetti noodles. Of course, tall items in the
back, short items in the front for maximum efficiency.
Organize by Most Used:
Store most-used items at eye-level.
Organized by "Kid-Friendly": Put
items like cereal, or beverages, where kids can reach
them easily (or not!).
Organize by Color:
Place all your "green" things on one shelf and mark the
edge of the shelf green, such as peas and beans).
On another shelf place all orange things like carrots
and peaches, etc. On another place all red things such
as beets, catsup, tomato sauce, cranberries, etc.
For another shelf place all yellow things: corn,
pineapple, and mustard. A white shelf could include:
macaroni, potatoes, onions, apple sauce.
Organize Seasonally: Soups
for many people would just be fall/winter meal.
Take the Best, Leave the Rest! Most
pantries are a combination system that borrows from the
above styles (even the throw it in and hopes it stays!).
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