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Keep a list on your fridge of leftovers inside. Family members are more likely to eat them if there is a visual reminder.
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Remove from your kitchen
counters anything that you
do not use on a daily basis.
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Organize your refrigerator and freezer by grouping like items together. Place all the beverages on the same shelf and put all leftovers together.
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Keep knives, peeler, vegetable brushes and cutting boards together in an island or a drawer near the sink.
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Expand kitchen space. Install another shelf under the sink.
Add racks to the inside of
cabinet doors to hold plastic
wrap and cleaners. use hooks
to hold utensils.
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Make a spreadsheet of meals
you normally make. Choose
seven and add them to your grocery list. Do this every week.
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Hang cooking utensils inside a cabinet door by using hooks
that attach with adhesive.
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Keep as few plastic containers
as possible. Most leftovers only keep for a few days anyway.
Place them, with lids on, in a cabinet.
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Develop an area in your kitchen for lunch-making if you have school kids or someone who carries lunch to work. Stock it with lunch boxes or brown bags, plastic wraps/bags, thermos, quarters and small, re-heatable containers. |
