<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Organizing Food into Categories</strong></span>

This was great. I was able to re-organize every cabinet making things much more logical.

The Corner Cabinet:

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[caption id="attachment_465" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Corner 1 After"]<img class="size-full wp-image-465" title="corner-1-after" src="http://anothernewseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/corner-1-after.jpg" alt="Corner 1 After" width="160" height="120" />[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_466" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Corner 2 Before"]<img class="size-full wp-image-466" title="corner-2-before" src="http://anothernewseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/corner-2-before.jpg" alt="Corner 2 Before" width="160" height="120" />[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_467" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Corner 2 After"]<img class="size-full wp-image-467" title="corner-2-after-2" src="http://anothernewseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/corner-2-after-2.jpg" alt="Corner 2 After" width="160" height="120" />[/caption]

My corner cabinet is now all baking supplies.

The bottom shelf has the basic, more used items such as flour, sugar, olive oil, etc.

The next shelf up has my bread flour, cornstarch, cocoa powder and I used a lazy Susan for items like molasses, honey, corn syrup, vanilla extract, etc. The

third shelf has extras: extra flour, sugar, yeast, marshmallows, chocolate chips and other candy goodies.

The fourth and final shelf has a giant bowl that doesn't fit anywhere else, it also has all of my cake/cookie decorating supplies: pastry bags, dyes, candy molds etc. It is so much less cluttered- I love it!

**In the process I was so blessed to find my pastry bags and decorating tip sets that I thought we lost in the move! It's been a good day!

<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Pantry:</strong></span>

[caption id="attachment_455" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Pantry 1 Before"]<img class="size-full wp-image-455" title="pantry-before-1" src="http://anothernewseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pantry-before-1.jpg" alt="Pantry 1 Before" width="160" height="120" />[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_456" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Pantry 1 After"]<img class="size-full wp-image-456" title="pantry-1-after" src="http://anothernewseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pantry-1-after.jpg" alt="Pantry 1 After" width="160" height="120" />[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_458" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Pantry 2 Before"]<img class="size-full wp-image-458" title="pantry-before-21" src="http://anothernewseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pantry-before-21.jpg" alt="Pantry 2 Before" width="160" height="120" />[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_459" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Pantry 2 After"]<img class="size-full wp-image-459" title="pantry-2-after" src="http://anothernewseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pantry-2-after.jpg" alt="Pantry 2 After" width="160" height="120" />[/caption]

My pantry is now divided up in to sections as well.

I have 2 shelves for canned goods.

One shelf is for divided up so that all the lunch items are together and canned fruits/juices etc are together. We also have one basket labeled "kids snacks" and one labeled "our snacks" that holds granola bars, raisin boxes and other goodies.

One shelf has all breakfast stuff (cereals, oatmeal, cream of wheat, even the waffle maker is tucked behind the boxes of cereal!

<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Cabinets near the stove:</strong></span>

[caption id="attachment_460" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Right Cabinet 1 Before"]<img class="size-full wp-image-460" title="r-cabinet-1-before" src="http://anothernewseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/r-cabinet-1-before.jpg" alt="Right Cabinet 1 Before" width="160" height="120" />[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_461" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Right Cabinet 1 After"]<img class="size-full wp-image-461" title="r-cabinet-1-after" src="http://anothernewseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/r-cabinet-1-after.jpg" alt="Right Cabinet 1 After" width="160" height="120" />[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_462" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Right Cabinet 2 Before"]<img class="size-full wp-image-462" title="r-cabinet-2-before" src="http://anothernewseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/r-cabinet-2-before.jpg" alt="Right Cabinet 2 Before" width="160" height="120" />[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_463" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Right Cabinet 2 After"]<img class="size-full wp-image-463" title="r-cabinet-2-after" src="http://anothernewseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/r-cabinet-2-after.jpg" alt="Right Cabinet 2 After" width="160" height="120" />[/caption]

I used the cabinets to the <strong>right of the stove</strong> and put Pastas, rices, stuffing etc. in there so that all the starches for dinner were in one place.

[caption id="attachment_486" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Left Cabinet 1 Before"]<img class="size-full wp-image-486" title="l-cabinet-1-before2" src="http://anothernewseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/l-cabinet-1-before2.jpg" alt="Left Cabinet 1 Before" width="160" height="120" />[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_482" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Left Cabinet 1 After"]<img class="size-full wp-image-482" title="l-cabinet-1-after" src="http://anothernewseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/l-cabinet-1-after.jpg" alt="Left Cabinet 1 After" width="160" height="120" />[/caption]

<dl id="attachment_469" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 170px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img class="size-full wp-image-469" title="l-cabinet-2-before" src="http://anothernewseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/l-cabinet-2-before.jpg" alt="Left Cabinet 2 Before" width="160" height="120" /></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Left Cabinet 2 Before</dd></dl>

[caption id="attachment_471" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Left Cabinet 2 After"]<img class="size-full wp-image-471" title="l-cabinet-2-after-2" src="http://anothernewseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/l-cabinet-2-after-2.jpg" alt="Left Cabinet 2 After" width="160" height="120" />[/caption]

To the <strong>left of the stove</strong> I have vinegars, oils, measuring spoons and cups on the first shelf. Cake, cookie and bread mixes are on the second shelf. My cookbooks on the third shelf.

While I was sorting through boxes of pasta I found 3-4 opened boxes that had broken pieces or small amounts left in them. I decided to pour all of these "leftovers" into a pot and for dinner tonight we'll have a mixed up pasta casserole! (My hubby is going to think I've lost my mind!)  Here's a photo of the pot so far...

[caption id="attachment_473" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Noodles"]<img class="size-full wp-image-473" title="noodles" src="http://anothernewseason.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/noodles.jpg" alt="Noodles" width="160" height="120" />[/caption]

After all was said and done, I threw out a bunch of super old food items and cleared out enough that I even have an <strong>EMPTY SHELF!!! </strong>Amazing! I admit that I do have a nice sized stockpile of canned goods, cereals, rice etc. in our basement which helps with clutter. I also still have to go through all my cook books (plus one very large pile that is not show in the photos) and decide what I need to keep and what can GO! I feel great! I think reorganizing the food will help meal times to be less stressful too!

Later I'll share my "cheat sheets that I keep on the inside of cabinets to help me plan meals and other useful kitchen resources! <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Coming soon!</strong></span>