Here's the before of our main food/pantry cupboard. Not horrible, but in definite need of a little organizing and tidying. After I took everything out, wiped down the shelves, threw away a few expired items, I could reorganize the shelves in a way that made more sense to me.
And, here's the after picture. I LOVE my pantry now, everything I use pretty much everyday is all in one spot! The top shelf has a basket with my onions stored inside, as well as a jar of mini saltines (missing from picture, Joe was using them at the moment), popcorn kernels, and Melba toasts. There is also a vintage Kellogg's tin with my travel drink sticks inside. To the right of the popcorn are a few seasonings to put on top of popped popcorn.
The second shelf has a basket for white/Russet potatoes, as well as one for sweet potatoes. I have 3 boxes of organic penne pasta and 2 of organic spaghetti right now, as well as 2 boxes of taco shells and 1 bag of egg noodles. The jars hold jasmine rice, lentils, barley, and long-grain white rice.
The bottom shelf has syrups and sauces, as well as canned tuna/salmon, natural peanut butter, and also my recipe box. The right side has seasoning packets, pouches of tuna/salmon, my crystal light mixes, croutons, and various other seasonings (i.e. shake and bake, veggie flakes for dips, larger containers of chili and fajita seasonings, etc).
This is the cupboard above my pantry cupboard. I only took one picture, because other that moving all of the drink mixes into this cupboard on the left, it really only needed a little tidying up. This cupboard has lots of various drink mixes on the left (all Joe's), and extra pasta, rice, shake and bake, and a couple hamburger helpers on the right. (P.S. I know that Hamburger Helper is terrible unhealthy, but every once in a while, I just have to have a bowl, you know what I mean?!)
So how are your pantry cupboards looking? If a tidying is in order, make the time and knock this project out, and if your like me, you'll LOVE your results!
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