Week #5 Organized Home Challenge: Organizing Recipes and Cookbooks plus an update on last week’s challenge

I have mixed emotions about week 5 of Home Storage Solutions 101′s Organized Home Challenge.  We are still working in the kitchen: organize recipes and cookbooks.  I have all the tools I need to organize my recipes so I’ve been looking forward to addressing this area of my kitchen for ages.  However, I have hundreds of recipes to organize and a gazillion cookbooks I can’t seem to get rid of (I’ve tried.  Really, I’ve tried to donate half of them, but ended up donating 2).  I’m starting to sweat already.

This week’s challenge talks about the “fantasy recipe” category: all those recipes I’ve torn out of magazines or printed from websites that I’ll likely never even try.  Boo.  Continue reading

Week #4 Organized Home Challenge: Organizing Refrigerator and Freezer

Whew, this is going by very quickly for me just like January has flown by!  How is it the 23rd already?

It’s week 4 of Home Storage Solutions 101′s Organized Home Challenge.  This week’s challenge remains in the kitchen: organization of your freezer and refrigerator.  I’ll admit I didn’t quite complete last week’s challenge, but I’ll tie up those loose ends tomorrow and no harm done:)

I like that each challenge offers storage solutions, tips, and ideas and this week’s challenge has two downloadable cheat sheets: one for refrigerated food storage guidelines and one for freezer storage times.

Reading through the challenge has me itching to get started this instant.  I try to clean and wipe down my fridge each week, but I’d love a deep clean.  Plus, my condiments are threatening to overtake the fridge real estate and it’s time to oust a few of those spacehogs.

Does your fridge or freezer need a little tlc?  Let me know how you’re doing!

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