Fridge Organization Simplified

I love being able to find things in my fridge, but I also have a family and I get lazy which leads to an unorganized fridge. The way I have found to combat this is to go through it every 1-2 weeks and set straight the mess. It really doesn't take long at all. 

My system goes something like this.

It is Friday and I am about to do dishes, as I am gathering everything up I go to look in the fridge for the plate of food that my son set in there that is now dry and hard. 

After finding said plate I see some leftovers and decide to eat that for lunch so I can wash the container. I look at the other leftovers and determine if I can still use it in the next couple days or if it is too far gone. 

Obviously I toss everything that is bad and throw the containers in the sink to be washed.

Then I go through each shelf and reorganize, putting salsa back on the correct shelf and wiping up any smudge spots that I find. 

It has taken years to have a good fridge system. The first 6 years of marriage I know that my husband asked weekly where I moved the ketchup to haha.

Now I can't remember the last time he didn't know where something was until literally yesterday when he didn't see the relish so decided to go get a new one since it must have been gone. (It wasn't!) Oh well it has been a LONG time since this has happened. 

I start at the top of the refrigerator and go down I keep eggs on the top shelf with some bacon grease and yeast.

The drawer is next with restaurant condiments, tortillas, cheese, and rolls in those round containers.

Next shelf I have short jars/containers like jam, pickles, sour cream, and miracle whip.

Below that is the shelf that is right in the middle of the fridge and the spot that I have noticed people look most often for things to eat. I put leftovers here so they are less likely to be forgotten about.

Next shelf is home to the tall containers and refillable items that I buy in bulk like Parmesan cheese, soy sauce, also salsas. 

The drawers are next the top one has a mix of vegetables, and the bottom has my garden carrots until they are gone.

Now on to the door.

The top shelf thing has kraft cheese and cream cheese in it.

The next 2 shelves are for milk and other drinks.

Below that is salad dressings

and last barbecue condiments like BBQ sauce, ketchup, mustard, RELISH ha. 

It is so nice to be able to take 5- 15 mins to put my fridge back in order and it kicks off my weekend nicely knowing something is organized!

Here is a short video of my fridge enjoy.

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