How I Organize food in the fridge and freezer Happily Organized Mom

Today I’m going to share with you how I organize my fridge and freezer. I find that keeping the fridge & freezer organised is one of my Must-Do tasks. What are the benefits?

✔ Food won’t spoil

✔ Food will keep longer

✔ You can easily tell what food you have and what you need to buy

✔ Makes a quick busy cooking time so much quicker

✔ Preparing school lunches is quicker.

I like to cut up and store all my fruit and vegetables in clear containers. I have done this for quite some time now and it becomes a habit. When I come home from a grocery shop I pack all the grocery items away and leave all the items I need to chop or put in a container on the kitchen counter. I open my cupboard and reach in to grab a container designated for my fruits and vegetables only, then I have a small bin next to the chopping board for all my scraps and start chopping the fruit and veg. This will take me about 15-20 minutes.

What type of containers I use in the fridge? We all know that using glass containers is way way better than plastic container that's why I am in a hunt of affordable glass container that will fit perfectly to my fridge. I have a standard size refrigerator so maximizing space is a must. But for now I am using BPA free clear containers that has #5 RECYCLING CODE (which is "safer" to use according to world public union article).

I chop just about everything, except fruits we eat whole like apples, pears, peaches etc. But the main items I always ensure are chopped up carrots, cauliflower, squash, string beans, okra, cabbage. I also store whole vegetables in a containers like potatoes, tomatoes, and eggplant.

This is all items I like to keep in containers in the fridge:

broccoli
cauliflower
okra
squash
string beans
potato, washed
shredded cabage
cucumber, cubed
tomatoes, washed
carrot, sliced and diced
grapes, washed and off stalks
orange, peeled and diced
watermelon, cubed (Having fruit already peeled and diced makes it so much easier to make a quick fruit juice for my son after school.)

It’s easy to see what’s in the containers because they are transparent and they fit really well in my fridge.

I removed a shelf from my fridge so it is easier to access all the containers.

I store my leafy greens at the vegetable crisper.

IN THE FREEZER

I also use BPA free color coded containers in the freezer to avoid contamination.

✔ Blue = fish

✔ Violet = poultry

✔ Green = pork

✔ Red = beef

Hope you have enjoyed a tour of my fridge. Having it organised like this just makes it so much easier for me to pack lunches, make dinner and choose healthier snack options.