Every spring and fall I try to make time to clean out my closets, pantry and refrigerator. Today I decided to tackle my spice cabinet. It not just a spice cabinet though, its also a baking supplies and coffee cabinet. Not in too bad space, but certainly room of improvement.
Lots of spices. I started with looking at each spice bottle checking the date and for duplicates.
There are a couple of problems with having a lot of spices. The first problem is... duplicates
The second problem is... expired spices.That says, "best by Sept. 14, 09." Not that spices go bad, but they do loose their potency after a while. What a waste!
Then I moved on to the vinegar, baking supplies and Keurig pods. As I tackled each shelf I made sure to give them a good wipe down. I also had to do some relabeling, I guess the Keurig Coffee basket gets used a lot.
I got rid of 1 bottle of vinegar, 1 box of brown sugar, 18 bottles of spices and a spice rub I made sometime last year. I feel bad because its such a waste.
Three of the bottles were never opened.
After all was said and done, I can't believe the amount of space I gained. I condensed the baking and brown sugar basket into one larger basket and moved all of the Keurig baskets to one shelf.
Of course, empty space can not remain empty for very long in a small kitchen lacking cabinet space. I decided to store my empty canisters up there.
Cooling racks hang on the inside of each door. Very convenient.
There you have it folks, my spice cabinet. Thanks for visiting... till next time. Happy Blogging.
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