How organized is your fridge?

That's what I do - the very strict meal plan. We do not have food in the house other that what we need for the week's meals. And the leftovers immediately get packed into containers for lunches or for extra meals in the freezer. We take leftovers for lunch and they get cleared out quickly. I shop weekly. However, I only have one child. And we are not big meal eaters. The meal threads here are such an eye opener to me - seeing what other families eat. Other people's meals seem so wildly extravagant to me - with salads and two side dishes and bread and dessert! Last night we had chili and goldfish, and water.

I remember one of my daughter's friends opening up our refrigerator. She couldn't get over how clean/empty it was. A different time, Quinn came home from a friend's house telling me how much food was in their refrigerator. It was like she had seen a different world!

I admit to being a bit ruthless over clutter, no matter where it is. Refrigerator and pantry included.

On my list today is to do a big clean out of the fridge. I feel like the only thing organized and accessible is the beer. I'm looking at you Dh 👿

Chaos - complete and utter chaos.

The biggest organizatonal thing for me is to make sure that I clean out the fridge before I add more groceries to it. Makes a world of difference. Also, use the drawers and door(s)!

Mine is extremely organized although DH actively works against me and puts things back in the first open space he sees. 

He cleaned the fridge last weekend and reversed two of the door shelves putting them back and didn't believe me until I showed him how I couldn't see what was in the top shelf.

We do have a garage fridge that is loaded with all the extras so I only need to have 1 gallon of milk, one dozen eggs, fruit and vegetables for a couple days, etc., in the kitchen and that definitely helps things stay organized.

I make heavy use of storage bins to keep things organized. All yogurt, sour cream, hummus, etc., goes in one. Heavy vegetables go in the drawer (carrot, beets, cabbage, broccolini, cauliflower, etc.) and lighter ones in a bin (greens, cucumber, herbs, etc.). Things for sandwiches are in the door shelf (mayo, mustards, peanut butter, jam) so kids don't dig around too much. Before getting a deli drawer a bin held cheeses, sandwich meats, etc.

Packed and organized. I have clinical OCD and everything has a place in the fridge. Same with the freezer.

It isn't pretty (glass containers every where) but it is functional, clean, and works for us 😊

Completely organized and full with the exception of the ridiculous amount of condiments/marinade that SO likes to buy. One I'm just going to toss all of it!

My deli meat/cheese drawer which is the width of my fridge used to drive me crazy. I had so many old crusty cheeses and meats that would disappear towards the back of the drawer. I finally bought some shallow bins to round everything up and it looks so much nicer now. Plus, it's a huge help when I need to take inventory before my next shopping trip.

My biggest frustration is condiment clutter! We need different sauces and things for so many recipes so we have a ton of things we don't use that often in the fridge door and now taking up some shelf space as well. I wish I could figure out how to keep it all neat - and afford the pretty containers to make it look nice. LOL

It's usually pretty full but is one of the more organized things in my house- which might not be saying much?

And despite that, unless something is cooked, cut up, and sitting on a plate in the fridge with like, a parsley f@#$ing garnish, there is someone screaming that there is nothing to eat. I am so very tired of feeding people.

It’s not. 🤷‍♀️

Our big kitchen fridge and the extra fridge in the garage used to be packed when the girls were still living at home. They both loved to cook/bake and of course we had to have snacks/drinks for all of their friends.

Now that it's just the two of us, our kitchen fridge is usually pretty bare. 'Just what we need for dinners for the week. We try not to over-cook so there are little to no leftovers. I like to clean/sanitize the fridge each Friday before grocery shopping... easy to do when, by Friday, there's not much there!

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Packed, messy and chaotic. We lose most of a shelf to the meal delivery bags, the vegetable crispers are never big enough for all the veggies, and we always seem to have lots of leftovers, half full condiments etc plus all the breakfast shake stuff. It's just a disaster lol. I love a full fridge though, as long as its not leftovers.

What about keeping those you use most often in the doors and then buy one clear plastic bin to store the rest of it them. That way it’s contained to one area, easy to move to clean, easy to pull out to find something.

My fridge is about half full and organized. I can’t stand clutter.