Happy Spring everyone! I love spring cleaning when the sun is shining and I can open up my windows and air out our house. Therefore I’m going to clean and organize the refrigerator first. I try to wipe it down every week before going to the grocery store then it stays clean and tidy. But seasonally I like to do a deep clean and get in all the nooks and crannies.

Firstly getting all the food out of the fridge. Perishables go in a cooler to keep safe. Everything else goes on the counter top. It helps to see everything so expired food can be thrown out along with any left overs that never got eaten. I try to label our leftovers so we can remember how long they have been in the fridge but sometimes we forget and no one can remember when we had that meal.

Next pull out any shelves, drawers and bins. If it can come out go ahead and take it out! I’m amazed at how much of the inside of my fridge pulls out. Thank goodness because it’s crazy where crumbs hide. Wash everything with warm soapy water. Shelves, drawers, and the bin in the sink. The inside of the fridge with a wash cloth. This will help get rid of unwanted bacteria, yeast or molds. Yuck! If there’s any unpleasant smells you can also clean the fridge with baking soda. Let everything dry before putting it back in.

Now that your refrigerator is clean and organized you can finally put your food back into the refrigerator using zones. I place items that can handle more cold temperatures on the right side of the fridge. Every refrigerator has its own colder and warmer zones. If your not sure where yours are you can check your owners manual.

Lastly if your trying to use less plastic you can store food in mason jars and glass containers. You can get one of my favorite mason jars here. I love this jar because it’s perfect to store my favorite super foods in or leftover soups and salads. How nice it is to open the refrigerator when it’s clean and organized. Here the music! If you want a to see all my favorite mason jars you can go here.

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Take everything out of your cabinet.

Take everything out of your cabinet. Now you can give all the shelves a good wipe down. Be sure to throw away any expired spices. If your not sure a spice is at it’s best any more give it the whiff test. Take a whiff, if it still smells like that spice it will still add plenty of flavor to your food. I had to get everything out just to see what spices I had in stock and what spices I still needed to purchase.

Next grab your favorite mason jars.

Next grab your favorite mason jars. I chose the Kerr 8oz regular mouth mason jar. This jar is just the right size for those bulk spices I wanted to store. Bonus they are easy to stack! I wrote the name of the spice and the date I put the spice in the jar on the lid with a permanent marker. I purchased my spices from Thrive Market. They have a great selection of spices and you can’t beat their prices!

Last load all those lovely jars full of spices back into the cupboard

Last organize your spices in mason jars. I like to sort them by type of spice. For example staple spices, exotic spices, herbs and baking. It might also be a good idea to put the spices you use on a daily basis on the bottom shelf in the front where they would be easy to reach.

Having organized spices in mason jars makes meal time a little easier because I know just where to find all my spices and can easily see when to replenish them. Plus, now when I open my cupboard I hear beautiful music and it fills me with joy. Just kidding on the music part!

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Kerr 8oz regular mouth mason jars here.

Thrive Market here

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