Organization is really my favourite thing to do and I get inspired by so many blogs and videos online. Every once in a while when I need some motivation to organize or clean I look for these videos or blogs and that instantly drives me to organize things at my house. So with a hope that this piece of writing would bring a similar effect on any of you who might be looking for some motivation at the moment, I put down 4 points that would be helpful in having an organized pantry
Take out all the stuff you have currently have in your Pantry
This is the first step and this step is easy to do . Just take EVERYTHING out. Don't think about organizing at this point
Clean out the shelves
Just wipe down the shelves and line them if you like.
Sort it out
This is my favourite step. Now Just look at every thing you have and throw away what ever has crossed the expiration date. If you have duplicate of the same thing try and see if you can keep them in one zip lock bag or one container. I sort them according to flours/cereal products, Legumes , Spices, Dry items like papad, sundried vegetables etc. sugars and sugar products. You may choose to organize it in a pattern that would best work for you. I use plastic storage bins to fit each of these catagories. This helps me to take what ever I want without having to pull out all the other stuff and also this system of keeping in bins helps you to track what you have better.
Set it up
Now put them back in the order of most used items to least used items. For eg I have spices and legumes boxes of top shelf because that's what I use most often and the next shelf has the other boxes.
Also on a side note, I keep my bag of rice and idly rice in my pantry placed on top of a cardboard box that is flattened out. This helps to keep away rice from the moisture that gets transpired from the wooden floor in to the rice sacks that hence avoids any sort of infestation. This seemed like a simpler hack than buying different storage containers to store huge quantities of rice/wheat etc especially when you have a small pantry.
Hope these tips help! :)
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