Great ways to keep your fridge organized and clean

Produce such as lettuce and other salad items often go bad prior to a week’s worth of lunches. This quick tip utilizes mason jars to store single portions freshly until they’re ready to hit the road.
Alton Brown continues to make us smarter in the kitchen. This tip featured in “The Krazy Coupon Lady” blog uses the bottom half of egg cartons to hold condiment bottles upside down for storage. This puts the days of endless squeezing for a drop of mustard firmly in your past.
Trays and baskets within drawers help you organize fruits and vegetables that clearly find their places in labeled drawers. A lazy Susan helps you find items in a crowded fridge faster without reorganizing each time.
If you constantly fall victim to lost leftover containers, keep them in plain site. Simply adhere magnets to the bottom of containers and stick them in plain sight to the metal walls.
Arrange freezer items by like items placed in bags. You can also make a special designation similar to the refrigerator’s, “Eat me first!” bin that keeps older meat in the queue before freezer burn sets.
Reusing plastic bottle caps keeps bags upright and contents neatly inside.
Not enough shelf space in the freezer? A few plastic magazine racks provide instant storage for small bags of frozen foods or frozen entree boxes.
Finally, this tip helps the youngest members of the household keep the refrigerator tidy. Designate a snack zone for all the things little hands love to eat. This keeps them from redecorating your freshly organized refrigerator.