Creating Some Organization in Your Food Storage
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Ronald Pedactor
Ronald Pedactor is a former dental assistant and has authored hundreds of articles relating to oral health. He worked for a dentist in Beaufort South Carolina before becoming a guest dental lecturer for the past 15 years.
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Published on 07/1/2011
There are many people that struggle to keep their food storage unit organized. This article describes how you can be sure that you are maintaining a sense of organization with your food storage unit.
When you develop food storage units you want to make sure that you are wise about the way that you organize it. There are a lot of people that have a hard time understanding that the organization in their food storage will make a difference with how they use it.
When the food is well organized you will be able to utilize it properly. If things are disorganized and you are constantly losing things in the disorganization you will find that you are not going to be able to use all of the food that you could have before it goes bad.
You may even lose food in the unit and not find it until well after the expiration date. With some organization you can be sure that you are able to use all of the food that you are buying so you will not be wasting your money.
First, you want to organize your pantry with like items next to each other. You should be sure that you keep all of the items that are like one another together so that you know where to go in your pantry when you are looking for a specific food.
You want to be sure that you label the areas of your pantry as well. When someone else puts food in your pantry you should be sure that you know that they will easily be able to identify where the food goes.
When you are putting everything in a specific section you will avoid much of the clutter that often plagues a food storage unit. You can even buy some tools that will help you organize the food once it is in the right place in your pantry.
Second, you should make sure that you know how you are going to organize the items once they are in the proper section. You should be sure that you understand that the items that are about the same size should be going on the same shelf.
This way, you will be able to see everything on that shelf. If you have to include two different sized items on the same shelf you want to be sure that you put the smaller food in front of the bigger food so that it does not get lost.
Third, you want to be sure that you put a dry erase board on the wall in your food storage unit. Creating a grid on the board can be a great way for you to keep inventory of what you need in your pantry.
When you make the grid you may want to make it with a permanent marker. If you are not comfortable doing this with a permanent marker you may want to, instead, make your grid out of tape.
After you have created the permanent grid you can then make sure that you are wise about marking when you add and take away from your storage. You want to make sure that you have a dry erase marker and eraser stored with the board.
Tying the marker and the eraser to your board is a great way to ensure that you do not lose it. When you bring something into the storage make sure that you record it on the board and when you take something away erase one of the marks on the board.
Then, when you are looking for a specific food you are going to have an easy reference. Just walk into your unit, look at the board and you will be able to tell what you have, what you need to get and what you can use that night for dinner.
If some of the very small items are hard to store, you may want to put them in their own containers. If you have soup mixes or even dip mixes in your storage unit you may want to find a plastic storage bin that you can put them in.
You should be sure that you are taking time to label those storage boxes. Make sure that you are smart about the way that you put the storage boxes into your storage unit so that everything in the box is going to stay safe and dry.
Keeping your food storage unit organized is a great way to ensure that your food storage is going to last you as long as it should. You should make sure that you find the time that you need to be smart about organizing as you can to be sure that it does not become a difficult thing to do.
When the food is well organized you will be able to utilize it properly. If things are disorganized and you are constantly losing things in the disorganization you will find that you are not going to be able to use all of the food that you could have before it goes bad.
You may even lose food in the unit and not find it until well after the expiration date. With some organization you can be sure that you are able to use all of the food that you are buying so you will not be wasting your money.
First, you want to organize your pantry with like items next to each other. You should be sure that you keep all of the items that are like one another together so that you know where to go in your pantry when you are looking for a specific food.
You want to be sure that you label the areas of your pantry as well. When someone else puts food in your pantry you should be sure that you know that they will easily be able to identify where the food goes.
When you are putting everything in a specific section you will avoid much of the clutter that often plagues a food storage unit. You can even buy some tools that will help you organize the food once it is in the right place in your pantry.
Second, you should make sure that you know how you are going to organize the items once they are in the proper section. You should be sure that you understand that the items that are about the same size should be going on the same shelf.
This way, you will be able to see everything on that shelf. If you have to include two different sized items on the same shelf you want to be sure that you put the smaller food in front of the bigger food so that it does not get lost.
Third, you want to be sure that you put a dry erase board on the wall in your food storage unit. Creating a grid on the board can be a great way for you to keep inventory of what you need in your pantry.
When you make the grid you may want to make it with a permanent marker. If you are not comfortable doing this with a permanent marker you may want to, instead, make your grid out of tape.
After you have created the permanent grid you can then make sure that you are wise about marking when you add and take away from your storage. You want to make sure that you have a dry erase marker and eraser stored with the board.
Tying the marker and the eraser to your board is a great way to ensure that you do not lose it. When you bring something into the storage make sure that you record it on the board and when you take something away erase one of the marks on the board.
Then, when you are looking for a specific food you are going to have an easy reference. Just walk into your unit, look at the board and you will be able to tell what you have, what you need to get and what you can use that night for dinner.
If some of the very small items are hard to store, you may want to put them in their own containers. If you have soup mixes or even dip mixes in your storage unit you may want to find a plastic storage bin that you can put them in.
You should be sure that you are taking time to label those storage boxes. Make sure that you are smart about the way that you put the storage boxes into your storage unit so that everything in the box is going to stay safe and dry.
Keeping your food storage unit organized is a great way to ensure that your food storage is going to last you as long as it should. You should make sure that you find the time that you need to be smart about organizing as you can to be sure that it does not become a difficult thing to do.