Progress
Day one:
We’re not going for a full overhaul, so you I don’t expect you to be wowed by the awesome beauty, cleanliness and organization of my canned goods cabinet. I just want to you to see a good, solid system reinstated and expanded to cover not one, but two shelves. All the children have had the pep talk, and the next time I shop I’ll make a point of knowing who put away the canned goods and inspecting the job.
For those who are curious, the black thing at the upper left is our 4 slice toaster. Directly behind (out of sight) is the wheat mill.
Here are our categories:
Top Row:
Spaghetti sauce - we use this for pizza every Friday, so it’s an important staple.
Cream soups - we use a lot of cream of mushroom and cream of chicken.
Corn - this also includes hominy, which is made from corn.
Tomatoes - all tomato products except, of course, spaghetti sauce.
Green beans - a popular enough veggie in our house to warrant its own row.
Beans - all varieties of legumes except refried beans which have a row of their own below.
Bottom Row:
Milk - condensed and/or evaporated
Fruit - applesauce, canned pumpkin, occasional cranberry sauce and other oddities
Meat - tuna, mackerel, chicken broth, meaty canned soup, and anything else w/significant portions of meat
Refried beans - a staple. People panic when we run out of frijoles refritos.
Veggies - any misc. plant based foods that don’t seem to belong anywhere else. Olives, sauerkraut, spinach (where did that come from?), artichokes, etc.
Gallons - special space for our family-sized cans, for those days when I don’t feel like buying or opening 6 of the puny ones.
What’s that? You want to see inside my other cabinets? Not a chance.
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Dear Kim,
you know you are organized when you so carefully consider your cabinets at home while you pack your grocery bags (or boxes, what ever you use) and car… knowing that every item in this bag/box belongs on the upper right shelf…
Now that would make life easier for whoever is in charge of stacking and inspecting…
whats for dinner ?
Okay, I like the labeling thing. But how are your newly trained troops going to get the new canned goods in the way back with out toppling everything or taking everything out? Cause we all know you have to put the new to the back and the old stuff up front where it will get used first, so in 2015 you don’t find a can of say…spinach… from 2008 in the way back, right?
Ask me how I know about that! Oh, yeah and move those green olives out of the bean area back down by the other veggies where they belong. Just teasing… Good job! I’m looking forward to more progress and pics! I LOVE organizing!
Shelly,
You have a sharp eye. I found the olives later and moved them back down. I think The Boy was helping; he has tried to hand me that jar of olives about 6 times in the last 2 days!
We don’t worry much about rotation because it all rotates so regularly. Every now and then I grab the cans from the back, but all the rows are very nearly empty on a regular basis.
That is great Kim! I LOVE organizing, my life isn’t always organized but that may be part of having four children 4 and under
On the food note, did you see my recipe contest? I would love you and/or your girls to join in on the fun
Blessings!
http://jenniskitchen.com/2008/01/02/a-recipe-contest-giveaway/
I’m impressed. I love organizing stuff probably too much. I think The Boy was trying to tell you something
Baby G started handing me food from our little pantry lately. It’s pretty funny to see even though putting it back can get redundant. .
This is what I need to do! My pantry is, at this moment, a HUGE disaster. I can’t find anything. Now, I am inspired. :o)
I love this!