Keep your food fresh and your family safe by removing these things from your pantry.
Take this opportunity to clear out and reorganize your pantry, keeping in mind these guidelines.
These are the items you should never store in the pantry.
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Bonus: Youll experience significantlyless food waste.
The problem arises when you forget youve tucked produce away in the pantry and it begins to rot.
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Select Oils
A bottle of regularolive oilstored in the pantry is perfectly acceptable.
However, some specialty cooking oils need to be refrigerated.
Syrup can easily grow unwanted mold or yeast if left unrefrigerated after opening.
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Without said stabilizers, organic or natural peanut butter will experience oil separation and begin tospoil at room temperature.
However, once theyre opened, they need to be refrigerated to prevent the spread of bacteria.
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Whole Grain Flour
Unless youre a frequent baker,baking suppliesare usually found scattered across a high pantry shelf.
Keep any flour made with whole grains in the refrigerator to keep it fresh and extend its shelf life.
Fold towels into threes and place them horizontally in a small drawer close to the sink.
