Conquer all the clutter in your kitchen by tossing these expired or forgotten items.
It also lets you give empty cabinet shelves and drawers a thorough cleaning before restocking them with fresh goods.
Throw out chipped bottles, rancid oils, and those past their expiration dates.
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Can’t find an expiration date?
You’ll save money, enjoy tastier seasonings, and reduce landfill waste.
Miscellaneous Junk
Every kitchen has a junk drawer that’s home to miscellaneous household stuff.
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Empty each junk drawer, and sort through the contents.
Throw out anything without a purpose.
Recycle no-longer-needed receipts, takeout menus, and user manuals available online.
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Outfit each drawer with dividers to sort the goods returning to your “dejunked” drawers.
Look for expiration dates on packages and cans, and dispose of anything old.
Finally, be ruthless: If you have six cans of creamed corn and kid No.
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2 has developed a corn allergy, you’re able to safely donate the creamed corn."
Generally, you should throw out anything in the freezer for more than a year.
Too many souvenir glasses or meaningful mugs crowding your shelves?
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Toss pans with baked-on gunk that won’t come off; donate specialty pans that you never use.
“See if every lid has a potif not, out goes the lid.”
Get rid of mismatched silverware pieces, never-used tools, and lesser-quality knives.
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Paper grocery and shopping bags piling up?
Keep only those you’ll need for a week or two and recycle the rest.
Or check with local food pantries or homeless shelters to see if they can use your extras.
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