Painless Meals: How To Clean Your Fridge: Clean now, Pretty Later

I'd love to know where I can find a notepad like this one!

I keep a To-Do list, and this one ^ has to be my favorite --- simple, and really effective. "ugh, To-Do's...where do I start!? Oh...RIGHT THERE!" Love it.

I DO appreciate this one for it's honesty...

well my Lovelies, with the weekend [and a new ad week] approaching I thought I'd propose a relevant To-Do for your consideration...

I don't know anyone personally who loves to clean out the fridge, but a clean fridge does make planning meals easier.

...this is what goes through my head when I think about cleaning out the fridge...
[mmm-every time] Ahem...

"I found that Pin on Pinterest. I may as well clean it once instead of twice. I'll clean it THEN."

WHEN is "THEN?" If it's an unscheduled date, or "when I have time" then despite my effort to save time I've actually set myself up to do it mmm-never and my fridge remains cluttered and sticky, until "THEN."

I'm constantly reminding myself, "clean now...pretty later."

I imagine you've done this before and have a method that works great for you. For all of the budding college students out there:

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COLLECT:
-a sponge/dishcloth for cleaning
-a dishcloth/paper towel for drying
-2 bowls warm water
◊ one WITH soap, for cleaning
◊ one without soap, for rinsing the yuck out of your sponge/dishcloth/etc. It saves you multiple trips to the sink.
-IF you choose to use anti-bacterial wipes, use one wipe per surface [shelf, drawer, etc.]

Pull the trash can close. *If you clear & clean one shelf/drawer at a time, the items you shift will spend less time out of the fridge.

Of course, if it smells off or if it's growing stuff, THROW IT OUT. If
◊ you can't remember when you stored it,
◊ it's past its expiration date,
◊ you haven't used it in 2 weeks [and have no plan to use it], or
◊ it's a 2nd or 3rd bottle/jar/etc. of the stuff,
you should probably throw it out.

SHIFT items to keep to a nearby surface while you
WIPE/DRY each shelf "area" [the top of the shelf, and the sides and back of the fridge]. *The bottom of each shelf is easier to wipe when you clean/clear the shelf below it.
REPLACE/ORGANIZE Reunite refrigerator and contents in the best way that you can at the moment.

No doubt we could browse Google Images for hours for "organized refrigerators." [I'll link you to a few below.] But, keep in mind that the "perfect" layout doesn't have a look so much as
◊ it makes sense to you and to those you live with, and
◊ you can easily see/find the food in your fridge [which leads to using it regularly].

Done! I'll leave you with a few fun links to inspire you AFTER you're finished cleaning ;) [Remember, "clean now...pretty later."]
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