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Organize the Pantry by Meal, Not Category

Most pantries are organized by aisle of the grocery store — pasta with pasta, beans with beans. Reorganize by meal and you'll cook more, throw less.

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Steps

  1. 01Empty the pantry. Wipe shelves.
  2. 02Make four piles: breakfast (oats, coffee, jam, nut butter), pasta night (dry pasta, canned tomatoes, olives, anchovies), grain bowl (rice, lentils, sesame oil, soy sauce), baking (flour, sugar, vanilla).
  3. 03Each pile gets one shelf or one section.
  4. 04What didn't fit a pile — donate or finish this month.
  5. 05The same shelves, the same things. But now you reach into 'pasta night' and dinner appears.

Notes

  • — Re-evaluate every six months. The piles will shift as your cooking does.