A fridge holds our most perishable food items- some of which have expiry dates, some of which just turn blue and fuzzy- telling us to toss them. Condiments stuffed into the back from who knows when, ground beef drippings solidifying somewhere near the middle, and last week's leftovers in front (is it still safe to take them for lunch today?...)
...it can be a scary place. But it doesn't have to be! I believe that an organized, clean fridge can make all the difference in your health as well as your cooking for the week. My husband recently lost 25 pounds (woot woot!) by making some moderate changes in his lifestyle. Some of those changes were adopted by us as a family as well. It is now a habit for me to, immediately after grocery shopping for the week, wash and chop all of the vegetables and put them in easy-to-access containers at eye level. When hubby takes a snack to work, he is more likely to take cut up celery than find the crackers or pretzels in the cupboard. Fresh, crunchy, refreshing celery. But if it were in a bag with all it's leaves on in the crisper? We'd be taking it out in 3 weeks after said vegetable turned blue and fuzzy! We live in a world the convenience is everything, whether we like to admit it or not. And when healthy foods are convenient, we're more likely to eat them! (this is great for little ones too- keep pre-chopped fruits and veg at their eye level in the fridge- and cheese slices and water bottles too!)
I also like to organize my fridge with food prepared for different meals. I'll pre-chop the broccoli, mix up the dressing/marinade, dice the onions etc. Then, when dinner time comes I simply have to stir, put in oven, set the table etc. It saves a LOT of time.
Can we help you organize your fridge? Plan and prep some meals?
-Kaitlin
-Kaitlin
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