Kitchen Tips

1. Keep a list on our fridge of leftovers inside. Family members are more likely to eat them if there is a visual reminder.

2. Remove from your kitchen counters anything that you do not use on a daily basis.

3. Organize your refrigerator and freezer by grouping like items together. Place all the beverages on the same shelf and put all leftovers together.

4. Keep knives, peeler, vegetable brushes and cutting boards together in an island or a drawer near the sink.

5. Expand kitchen space. Install another shelf under the sink.
Add racks to the inside of cabinet doors to hold plastic wrap and cleaners. Use hooks to hold utensils.

6. Make a spreadsheet of meals you normally make. Choose seven and add them to your grocery list. Do this every week.

7. Hang cooking utensils inside a cabinet door by using hooks that attach with adhesive.

8. Keep as few plastic containers as possible. Most leftovers only keep for a few days anyway. Place them, with lids on, in a cabinet.

9. Develop an area in your kitchen for lunch-making if you have school kids or someone who carries lunch to work. Stock it with lunch boxes or brown bags, plastic wraps/bags, thermos, quarters and small, re-heatable containers.