Does your refrigerator look likes this ?
The refrigerator is often easy to get cluttered with leftovers. It is often overlooked when we clean. I often find myself keeping food instead of throwing it away even though there’s a chance I won’t eat it again.
Doing these few things has helped me maintain a clean refrigerator through the year.
01. Identify
Identify the things you don’t need such as expired items. I like to write expiration date on a sticker with a black sharpie marker to make it easier to read the date it expires. The expiration date food manufactures put on the products makes it hard to read. It’s one of the biggest reason a lot of food items gets left inside. We simply overlook them and leaving it expired inside the fridge causes all kinds of bacteria to grow.
02. Leftovers
If you are gonna save left overs make sure to use it the next day. Food starts to go bad after a few days according to Mayo Clinic. It’s a waste of time and space needed inside the refrigerator. Forgotten leftovers that’s been inside for days sometimes weeks gets pushed to the back so it’s good practice to use it the next day or throw them out completely. I like to use single use container to store leftovers. This makes it easy to just throw away without needing to wash. You probably notice how hard it is to remove those oils and food discoloration left inside the reusable container.
03. Labeling
I like to label the fridge compartments. This makes it easy to train your brain to put items in the correct spot. Have you ever looked for an item in your refrigerator and have trouble finding it?, well it ends up being blocked or misplaced. We tend to take stuff out the fridge and randomly place it back inside. If it has a section it needs to go and you put it back where it belongs, it makes it easier to find when you need it.
04. Reminder
Keep a reminder on your refrigerator so you can write things down to keeping track. I like putting those magnetic white board so I can quickly write or erase what I need or to clean. You can also use sticky notes. The good thing about doing this is, it’s right in front of you. This will be a constant reminder whenever you are using the refrigerator.
Conclusion
Doing this have helped me removed unnecessary items in the refrigerator. The more minimal you are the fewer junk you have to leave in your refrigerator. You need to be consistence in cleaning the inside. Having more space inside makes it easy to clean without having to take a whole bunch of things out.