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Help to Organize your Refrigerator for Maximum Freshness

Most foods will last longer and stay fresh when stored in their proper place...

Here is some helps and tips to organizing your refrigerator. Even if your refrigerators layout are slightly different, the same basic storage principles should deliver optimal results.

The Doors:

Despite the fact that many refrigerators have gallon door bins and egg-shaped compartments that seem like ideal places for these items. Instead, reserve the door for items that can handle warmer conditions, including the following...

Butter

Condiments

Juice

Cooking oils

Soda

Water

Where is the warmest section of your fresh food section of your refrigerator? The doors, this is the warmest area of the fridge as room temperature air gushes in and around the door every time the doors are opened.

The Meat/Deli Bin:

This storage option is very common on French door bottom freezer refrigerators, where it often sits beneath the crisper drawers. It's a helpful feature, especially if the temperature can be adjusted to best accommodate a range of foods, cooler for cured meats, for example, and warmer for a platter of hors d'oeuvres. Here's the items that belong in the bin...

Bacon

Cheeses

Deli meats

Hot dogs

The Crisper Drawers:

Crisper drawers are designed for produce. On many refrigerators, the humidity can be adjusted from high, ideal for most wilting vegetables, to low, best for a lot of fruits, plus some vegetables with thin skins that like the air a bit dryer. Even if your crisper drawers are not adjustable, the following division will help maximum freshness...

Lower Humidity Drawer...

Apples

Avocados (once ripe)

Grapes

Mushrooms

Peaches, Pears, Plums, Nectarines (once ripe)

Peppers

Melon (once ripe)

Summer squash

High-Humidity Drawer...

Broccoli

Carrots

Cauliflower

Green Onions

Leafy Greens

The Lower Shelf:

The lower shelf, often located in the middle area of the fresh food section, tends to be the coldest part of the refrigerator. This makes it ideal for storage of items that are more susceptible to developing harmful bacteria, including the following...

Eggs (in their original carton)

Milk

Raw fish, meat and poultry

The Upper Shelf:

The upper shelves, are often slightly warmer. Here is a list of some examples of what to store on the top shelf...

Jam & Jelly

Leftovers

Peanut butter

Snacks (EG: like hummus and fruit cups)

Yogurt

Foods we try not to place in your refrigerator:

Bananas

Bread (freezer section is okay)

Coffee

Garlic

Onions

Potatoes

Tomatoes


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