Hi guys. Welcome back to my channel.
In today's video, I'm going to be showing you how I clean my fridge, and how to properly
store the food in your fridge.
I actually didn't know this, before I researched it for this video. I used to just throw everything
into the fridge. But the other day, a friend was around, and she said, "You shouldn't keep
meat up high, in case it drips." And it just got me looking into how you should actually
properly store food in your fridge, basically.
Oh, my god. I can't speak today.
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cleaning videos, and I would love to have you as a viewer. But without further ado,
let's get into it.
So the first step to cleaning your fridge is a pretty obvious one, and that is to take
everything out of your fridge. You could put all of your food items into a cool box or
a cool bag, but I am just going to do this as quickly as I possibly can.
I'm also going to be checking that there is no mold growing on anything, and also use
by dates, and just make sure that everything is in date. You'll want to have your bin to
hand, though, in case there is anything out of date. You wouldn't believe some of the
stuff, and how old it is, that I find in the back of our fridge.
So I tend to go through all of the meat, anything that's already been opened, and just chuck
it all out, until it is completely empty.
Next up, I'm going to gut the fridge of the door shelves, and also the shelves within.
I find that taking them out is the best way to get a really good clean. You could obviously
wipe them while they're in there, but it's pretty cold, and this will make them really,
really clean.
So I'm just going to lay out some tea towels, and I'm going to just use washing up liquid,
and hot soapy water. Luckily, our fridge shelves actually fit within our sink. If they don't,
though, you could just use water and soap on the side with a cloth. I'm going to give
them a good old soak, and scrub as well. Just go through every item, and then lay it out
so it can dry on the side.
And once it is all done, I'm then going to clean the inside of the fridge, like the walls
and any shelves that couldn't be removed. I'm going to clean them with a multipurpose
cleaner.
The spray that I'm using is my Method cleaning spray. It's my favorite one, and I love that
it's also non-toxic. Seems like a good idea to use that in the fridge, where you're going
to be putting loads of food, and then eating that food.
So I'm just going to go ahead and clean out the drawer, because there were so many crumbs
in it. And then, I'm going to put back all of the shelving, and it is completely clean
now.
Now that the fridge is all clean, I'm going to put down these fridge liners, on each shelf.
These obviously aren't essential, but I saw them, and I thought that they would be really
good. They're a little bit cushioned. And in the future, if I ever need to clean a shelf,
if there's been a spillage or something like that, I can just clean the fridge liner, which
might make it easier than taking out all the shelves, like I just have. They're also really
colorful, and should brighten up the whole space. And you can even make red for raw meat,
one for dairy, one for veg. You can color code it.
And I also got these little drawers on Amazon, that can help to separate things as well.
So I may use a few of these in the fridge.
I've just put my fridge liners in, and I've just alternated the colors. I just really
wanted it to look pretty. But now that the shelves are lined, I can go ahead and put
everything back in the right order.
Okay, so let's start out with the vegetables. They are supposed to be kept within your drawers.
You may even have a drawer that is labeled High Humidity. That's where they should be,
because vegetables need moisture to stay fresh, so put them all in there, in their original
packaging.
Meat should be kept on the bottom shelf in your fridge. That is because it's really cold,
and also if any of the meat leaks, it won't contaminate any other food.
Next up, is eggs and dairy. These are supposed to be kept within the middle of your fridge.
This is an area where there isn't much temperature fluctuation, so it will keep them nice and
cool. I was surprised to hear that eggs were supposed to go in the middle as well, and
not in those cute, built-in little containers on the door.
For milk, as well, it said that that was supposed to be kept in the middle, but I'm so used
to having it on the door, I just couldn't change it. So I'm keeping it on the door.
Fruit, I've also put it on a separate shelf. And also, did you know that condiments and
preservatives are supposed to be kept on the door of your fridge? This is where there is
the most temperature change, and it gets the warmest. And they naturally have lots of preservatives
in them, so they are less likely to go off.
And finally, the top shelf is where you should keep things like leftovers, or food that does
not need to be prepared.
But there you have it. There is my clean, organized fridge. I'm so pleased with how
it turned out.
There you have it. The fridge is all organized now, and I feel so much better for it. And
it didn't actually even take that long, so I don't know why I was putting it off. But
thank you so much for watching this video. I hope you enjoyed it, and learned something.
And I'll see you in my next one.
Bye, guys.