Hi Friends,
Today's post is from guest blogger Kathleen Crane. She is the owner of Shiny Carpets Hanwell. Enjoy!!
Pantry Cleaning Could Be Easy
There is a way for cleaning your
pantry easily and effectively. Here you will learn how to do this without
spending too much of your time. The tips presented here will help you
de-clutter and clean your pantry. Put labels and dates on every product you
have especially on herbs and spices. Throw away every good and product you
don't need often to keep your pantry de-cluttered.
First move the rubbish bin near the
pantry to be at hand whenever you need to toss unnecessary, expired goods and
other items. Empty your shelves on the counter and throw away all suspicious
and expired goods. Check canned goods, boxes with food, old bags with
ingredients like flavour and others by paying attention to their expiration
date. Toss away in the trash the outdated goods. Almost all ground spices and
dried herbs should be replaced twice in the year once every six months. Brown sugar
and honey are goods which have no expiration date and last forever. Write down
which goods you have thrown away so, you can replace them with new.
If you have too many canned foods
which you don't need you can always donate them to some organisation and
prevent the need to throw them away later when they expire. Separate the cans
into two categories: such that are needed for everyday usage and such used
seldom.
You can easily clean all sticky jars,
cans and dusty containers using a solution of warm water and dish soap,
dissolved in a bowl. Use a sponge to wipe the cans and jars. Soak the sponge
and squeeze the excess quantity of the cleaning solution after which you can
start wiping and sanitising all dirty containers. After that let them dry well.
Clean all shelves of the crumbs using
a vacuum cleaner with a handle. Make sure you provide effective vacuum cleaning
of all corners and hard to reach areas and there are no crumbs and leftovers
anywhere. Store all items which tend to get lost easily like loose packets of
oatmeal and jars with bouillon in a plastic container. This way they will be
easier to find and won't get spilled making a mess.
If there are any stains from jelly,
drips of honey or other leftovers you want to remove use baking soda to
sprinkle them first. Then, cover them with paper towels that are soaked in hot
water. Let them sit for a couple of seconds and then remove the paper towels.
Using a spatula or any flat and hard tool to scrape off the substances which
should have softened and easier for removing. Use the soaked and squeezed
sponge with cleaning solution of water and dish soap to wipe all shelves and stained
surfaces. In the end dry the shelves well with a clean cloth and put a shelf
liner. It will help you keep your shelves clean and ease the sliding and moving
of items from one place to another.
Reorder your pantry in such a way
that it works for you. Frequently used goods like cereal, lunch ingredients,
pet food and others store on easily accessible places. Rarely used items store
on the top shelf, while jugs of oil and other ingredients which you use
occasionally place on the bottom shelf. Group your food ingredients and items
by type: baking supplies in one place and etc. Keep multiple cans and
containers of foods and drinks in one place together so, that you know how much
of each you have available.
Tidying and reordering your pantry in
an effective way will make orientating in it easier and faster. Moreover, it
won't get messy and you won't have to spend more time cleaning and
de-cluttering it again and again. Try to keep your pantry organised and tidy.
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