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How to Organize Your Pantry

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In the kitchen, an organized pantry is a major must-have. Knowing what items you have and what your inventory is can save you time (and frustration) when you're ready to make a meal. Here, Carter Oosterhouse shows you how to group your items so that they're easy to find and stored properly.

Step 1: Clear It Out
Clear everything out of your pantry and give it a quick cleaning before organizing and restocking.

Step 2: Create Groups
Organize in groups of similar items to make things easy to find the next time you make a meal.

Step 3: Suggestion for Spices
The flavor of spices can be altered by heat, so keep them in the pantry instead of next to the stove.

Step 4: Make Use of Mason Jars
Put grains, cereals, salt and pasta in mason jars so you can see exactly what you have.

Step 5: Proper Storage
Oils, preserves and picked items last longer, so put them in the back so they're out of the way.

Step 6: Label Away
Add interchangeable labels to your shelves for added organization.

Items You'll Need for this GMC Trade Secret

  • Pantry Items
  • Mason Jars
  • Labels
  • Cleaning Supplies

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Hi JoAnn!

To Corey39184, Do you keep fresh foods in the pantry? By its very nature, a pantry is for canned & dry goods. Fresh foods would be kept in the refrigerator. This website is about organizing your pantry, not an editorial about fresh versus canned food. I do agree with Michael that the shelves are not very functional; they are not high enough for many products and each shelf only holds 3 or 4 items; way too much wasted space. Of course the best way to organize is to keep like things together, most used things in front, rotate stock....not much new information here!

January 23 2012 at 9:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
nmantz2222

Not particularly helpful since most of us have much simpler open pantries that we have to stick our heads way inside of,
If I had a pantry like this I could organize my stuff too.

January 23 2012 at 5:55 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Michael

Those shelves take up more room than the food does

January 23 2012 at 4:03 AM Report abuse +2 rate up rate down Reply
Nita

To bad these guy couldn't clean up for this show they look nasty and their hair is greasy

January 23 2012 at 4:01 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
RINI3536

this is what you call organized, he could't even get the cans and jars in ???????

January 23 2012 at 3:24 AM Report abuse +2 rate up rate down Reply
lev10315

Would like to see English subtitles or captions on this video for the deaf viewers. Please let us know when it is available. Thank you

January 23 2012 at 3:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
metusmetu

Pantry? Yeah Right! Come on out to Wyoming, I'll show you a pantry, with at least a month's worth of supplies. This guy is just trying to sell hisself to the "horney young women" out there, surprised I didn't hear the "Miami Vice" theme song playing in the background!---Don Johnson wannabe!
Couldn't stand that pantry he showed, nothing would be easy to get to, ............he even had problems putting his items on/in the shelves!! Sliding doors on mine, big shelves everywhere, can see and get to everything very quickly, and finally why would I need LABELS? I can see what I've got, why the labels??! Get in your boat "Don", and head out!

January 23 2012 at 3:11 AM Report abuse +2 rate up rate down Reply
NEECIE

WHAT DO YOU CHARGE ? MY PANTRY LOOKS JUST LIKE THE ONE IN THE ADVERTISEMENT,

January 23 2012 at 2:26 AM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
pershul

hello

January 23 2012 at 2:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Irish

With my shelves, I arrange all the canned good on one shelf and add a certain sized extra white, rubberized shelf on 4 legs and can add more canned goods with that. It takes up the height so as not to waste it. I put all pkg goods on another shelf and organize them: like: macaron[s] together, spag, etc. Everything is 'together' like at the super market.

January 23 2012 at 2:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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