Pantry Clean Out – Passover 2015
Each year in the week leading up to Passover I go through a major Pantry Clean Out. (You can read about 2014 and 2012.) As with previous years, my pantry had become something of a danger zone… random boxes, bottles and plastic bags balancing precariously on other pantry items, an avalanche anticipated at any moment…
So, here you have the fully cluttered before shot in all it’s embarrassing glory:
See what I mean about it being a danger zone?! The kids know not to dig around too deeply for fear of all of the contents falling onto them!
As with previous years I empty the entire contents of my pantry onto my dining room table. It’s quite an overwhelming sight, seeing my table full and knowing that somehow I have to get it all back into my pantry…
I go through every item, tossing those which are passed their use by date. Doing this every year means that I don’t come up with too many surprises.
I then methodically and as neatly as possible put it all back into the pantry. I’ve tried to be really mindful of most used items and having them at easy reach.
The finished pantry:
I’m really going to try super hard this year not to let my pantry get into such a terrible state by next Passover. Here’s hoping!
Do you give your pantry an annual clean out? Any tips to add?
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