Question of the Day: Sunday, February 24

What does the inside your refrigerator look like?

Mine is usually a mess. I do clean it out once a week (toss left overs etc) but I have a bad habit over packing it so things get shoved in the back and forgot about. Yesterday, it was driving me crazy so I cleaned it REAL good, as in taking the shelves out and scrubbing them. That doesn't happen too often because A) I'm basically lazy, and B) the fridge sits in a corner and they are a pain to get out. But, it's nice and clean now. Very clean. To the point where the only things that were edible that are left are 1/2 dozen eggs, a pack of cheese, a jug of coffee creamer and condiments. Yeah, it looks like a college kids fridge. Guess I'm going to the market today! 

Almost empty.  It stopped cooling and I took everything out and threw it away.  I fiddled with the fridge and then shut it down and left it for 4 days.  When I started it back up, it worked just fine.  Now to fill it back up again.

My fridge is very neat and always has been.  I'm not one to have leftovers very much so I know exactly what's in it.
 

It goes through cycles. :lol3: Normally I do have quite a bit in it, but try to go through it every Tuesday to throw out older stuff as Wednesday is trash day.

there is a few leftovers which need to be thrown away but otherwise it' s not that full. My food is mostly in the freezer and cabinets.

dejolane

Just threw out a jar of apple juice that has been sitting there way too long. Don't know why I ever bought it in the first place.

Was always a bit full but after Sandy we never got it to full again.  We lost EVERYTHING in the fridge/freezer.  I have 2 huge bags of ice in freezer now with just the door and top smaller rack for food.  Fridge is alot of ssips/drinks/more stable things as I am trying to keep it energy efficent yet not risk much.  I had SO much raw meat in the freezer-when I knew storm was coming I figured use waht I can freeze rest as it will stay goof a bit longer. yeah....

Ours is fairly clean.....I go through ours on Wednesdays as Thursday is our trash day. I keep paper toweling on the shelves on the door where we keep most of our condiments; the towels get dirty and the shelves stay fairly clean. I also keep toweling in the produce bins and in the deli bin....I don't know why; it just seems to keep everything cleaner. Usually the first Saturday morning of the month, I turn the fridge off, take everything out, clean the shelves and the bins, and then wipe everything down and put it away again. Other than that, I clean spills as they happen.

We tend to have leftovers in the fridge, but by trash day, there's not really a lot to throw away......I like to have smorgasboard night sometimes, just to get rid of the leftovers. We heat what's in the fridge for dinner. (I try to be very careful about wasting food.)

If you open our fridge door, you will see a LOT of different mustards and vinegars in our fridge. I'm a big mustard fan and I love to play with different vinegars, too.

Mine is neat and tidy everything has its place in there, I do check everything on a Wednesday morning before the bin goes out just incase theres and out of date yogurt but that tends to e about it

I try to keep mine pretty organized. I find that when it's more organized, I'm much less wasteful and things get used before they expire. I'm usually good about rotating things as well, so I find that helps too! I just have a standard fridge that leans on the smaller side, so I like to keep it organized and functional.

Bottom Shelf: Drinks and sometimes a covered mixing bowl or stock pot when I'm in the middle of a recipe.
Middle Shelf: yogurt, apple sauce, eggs, fresh fruit I want to eat soon, fresh herbs (There's also a meat/cheese drawer that hangs near it, so that's organized with cheeses, and some deli meats)
Top shelf: storage containers with leftovers on one side (I normally cook extras so I have leftovers for lunch the next day), and the other side holds my training bag, and three dog-water bottles (one for each of the three) that I take with them to train with. (That little section is pretty much just for the pets).
Bottom two drawers (Fresh fruits on one side, and veggies in the other drawers, so I can control the temperature and humidity)
Side door: bottled condiments, wines for cooking, bottled herbs, coffee creamer, etc