The Art of Cleaning Out Your Fridge: A Personal Experience

I'm excited to share with you a personal experience that I've never done before - cleaning out my fridge. As someone who loves watching cleaning and organization videos on YouTube, I thought it would be inspiring for me to create one myself. I hope that by sharing this process with you, I can motivate some of you to do the same.

I decided to split the video into a two-step process: removing and cleaning, and organizing. In my opinion, this should be done on a weekly basis, but unfortunately, I don't follow this routine as often as I'd like. It's surprising how quickly your fridge can get dirty, even if you're not storing perishable food in open containers or plates.

As I started cleaning out my fridge, I realized that I would have liked to show more of the house cleaning process, but I decided to focus on just the fridge and its contents. Instead, I took a gentle all-natural purpose cleaner to help me clean the surfaces without using harsh chemicals like bleach, which aren't suitable for use in food storage spaces.

I was astonished by how much expired food was hiding in my fridge. It seems that some people, especially teenagers and kids, have a tendency to consume more food than they need or should store it improperly, making things get old quickly. I found out that there were many items past their expiration dates that had been left untouched for months or even years. Perhaps it's because I have the habit of putting away expired items without checking on them; at any rate, getting rid of these food products helped me to clean and organize my fridge.

After identifying all the expired items and removing them from the fridge, I decided to sort through the remaining foods and beverages to determine which ones should be kept, used or discarded. Some items that were only good for specific occasions like barbecue gatherings had long since gone bad. This experience reinforced the idea of only consuming food when it's fresh and safe to eat.

In terms of organization, my fridge was not too large in size, but I wanted to avoid cluttering it with too many containers or storage boxes. As a result, I opted for a simple yet functional approach using two clear bins that I had purchased at Dollar Tree. The clear aspect allows me to see the food content inside without having to open them, which is convenient and visually appealing.

To maintain my newly organized fridge, I plan on doing it every month, as cleaning out expired food products was a very rewarding experience. Cleaning out your fridge regularly can help ensure that you are consuming only fresh food that is safe for consumption.

Cleaning out your fridge might seem like an unappealing task at first glance, but this process helps maintain hygiene and safety in the kitchen by removing expired perishable items from storage spaces. It's also a great opportunity to check on stored foods and beverages, helping you determine which ones are still good to eat or should be discarded.

It is always helpful to keep track of how many people live with you in your household because cleaning out food products regularly can help prevent waste and maintain cleanliness in the kitchen. Cleaning out expired food items also makes it easier to identify food that requires expiration dates, helping you avoid overbuying perishable goods and reduce unnecessary food waste.

I hope this article motivates some readers to clean their fridges every month by following these simple steps: removing all expired products, organizing your remaining items in a functional manner, and establishing a routine for future fridge maintenance.

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open containers and food just like not sitting in a plate or in a Tupperware or something but they're always find food somehow and I think that's probably just due to teenagers and kids but I don't know so I actually start cleaning out my fridge of midway through when I realized I wanted to make this into a video for you guys so I really wish I could have put like the bells and whistles for this and really shown you like house cleaning everything but again I just kind of decided I was like ooh this would be a really great video for you guys so I'm just showing you how I'm cleaning it I'm taking this like almost an all-natural purpose cleaner I don't want to use anything harsh with like bleach or chemicals in a fridge that kind of holds food if at all possible but again like I mentioned I mean things should be in a container but still I wanted to use my most natural gentle cleaner for this process and I was just so surprised at how much stuff was expired it is insane I just maybe it's just me I just have a bad habit of leaving things in there but there are things that I also don't use by the season I got rid of a lot of condiments mustard relish things that I only really use from a barbecue perspective barking sorry about that but as I was saying I think this was the last thing I was saying is that there are some items that are for the season like my mustard and my relish that I used for barbecue and those had long since expired so I really only use those ingredients during the summertime and yeah so I was definitely able to see everything that had expired and things that I needed to repurchase at the grocery store and yeah it just makes it overall safe you don't want someone to like grab something that's expired some kids just don't tend to look at things but this is the step to process in case I didn't mention that where I then organize and everything is gonna be different for your style and what works best for you in terms of organization within your fridge I know there's a lot of people who organize it using like containers and soda containers and like lazy susans kind of things but I my fridge is a little bit on the smaller side so I didn't want to UM put in too many you know like organizational things into it I have two bins if you saw those that I got from Dollar Tree they're clear I definitely love the clear aspect so that you can see the food but I only use those basically for like my cold cuts and meats but other than that I really didn't want anything else like a box really in there but again it's just for whatever works best for you this just works best for me but that's it you guys I hope that you found this motivational if you felt some inspiration do some cleaning yourself you can always come back to this video whenever you need it if you're just feeling like you need that little extra push to get things done in your life that's really why I wanted to make this video for you guys I again just do not clean my fridge enough and I am just hoping to make this a monthly routine let me know come down blog often you clean out your fridge again it really depends on families too and how many people live in a household and you know how often how much traffic is kind of going to that fridge all the time so a lot of things in play here it's different for everybody but this is my process in my way and I hope that you guys enjoy this video I'll see you again really soon stick around please and give this video a thumbs up bye guyshi guys today I'm gonna do a video I don't know that I've ever done like a standalone video of just me cleaning out my fridge but I thought maybe someone might need some inspiration it's like a motivation inspiration type of video I definitely love these on YouTube because I need them whether it's cleaning like a nighttime routine washing my face there's just something so comforting and I just need those videos they really helped me to get going and apply action in my own life and so I really want to do this one for you guys too just in case you felt like you need this inspiration something I shamefully do not do that often is clean out my fridge so I pretty much split this video up in a two-step process for you guys step 1 being to remove and clean and that step again I feel like it should be kind of a weekly thing and I just don't do it that often in my life it's really amazing how bridges can get quite dirty when technically I don't really have like open containers and food just like not sitting in a plate or in a Tupperware or something but they're always find food somehow and I think that's probably just due to teenagers and kids but I don't know so I actually start cleaning out my fridge of midway through when I realized I wanted to make this into a video for you guys so I really wish I could have put like the bells and whistles for this and really shown you like house cleaning everything but again I just kind of decided I was like ooh this would be a really great video for you guys so I'm just showing you how I'm cleaning it I'm taking this like almost an all-natural purpose cleaner I don't want to use anything harsh with like bleach or chemicals in a fridge that kind of holds food if at all possible but again like I mentioned I mean things should be in a container but still I wanted to use my most natural gentle cleaner for this process and I was just so surprised at how much stuff was expired it is insane I just maybe it's just me I just have a bad habit of leaving things in there but there are things that I also don't use by the season I got rid of a lot of condiments mustard relish things that I only really use from a barbecue perspective barking sorry about that but as I was saying I think this was the last thing I was saying is that there are some items that are for the season like my mustard and my relish that I used for barbecue and those had long since expired so I really only use those ingredients during the summertime and yeah so I was definitely able to see everything that had expired and things that I needed to repurchase at the grocery store and yeah it just makes it overall safe you don't want someone to like grab something that's expired some kids just don't tend to look at things but this is the step to process in case I didn't mention that where I then organize and everything is gonna be different for your style and what works best for you in terms of organization within your fridge I know there's a lot of people who organize it using like containers and soda containers and like lazy susans kind of things but I my fridge is a little bit on the smaller side so I didn't want to UM put in too many you know like organizational things into it I have two bins if you saw those that I got from Dollar Tree they're clear I definitely love the clear aspect so that you can see the food but I only use those basically for like my cold cuts and meats but other than that I really didn't want anything else like a box really in there but again it's just for whatever works best for you this just works best for me but that's it you guys I hope that you found this motivational if you felt some inspiration do some cleaning yourself you can always come back to this video whenever you need it if you're just feeling like you need that little extra push to get things done in your life that's really why I wanted to make this video for you guys I again just do not clean my fridge enough and I am just hoping to make this a monthly routine let me know come down blog often you clean out your fridge again it really depends on families too and how many people live in a household and you know how often how much traffic is kind of going to that fridge all the time so a lot of things in play here it's different for everybody but this is my process in my way and I hope that you guys enjoy this video I'll see you again really soon stick around please and give this video a thumbs up bye guys\n"