Shelf help for your kitchen
This year, The Mail on Sunday is waging war on food waste. And, as we show here, making your storecupboards work harder can mean a big – and stylish – difference
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Every week in The Mail on Sunday we’ll be giving you all the information you need to reduce food waste – and your household bills. Plus see today’s paper for our investigations into the shocking amount of perfectly good food that’s thrown into Britain’s bins every day.
See your ingredients at a glance: Out of sight is often out of mind, so food hidden away in a cupboard is more likely to be forgotten about and wasted. Store dry products such as pasta and flour in clear, marked containers on open shelves. It will keep them fresher than in opened packets and let you see what you have to work with. For similar containers, try ikea.com
Keep everyday condiments to hand: It makes sense to have the things you use every day easily reachable to ensure they get used (apart from fragile and electrical items if you have young children). For a similar spice rack, try johnlewis.com. For baskets, go to oka.com
Display stylishly and orderly: Use matching or similar containers, baskets and jars across shelves to keep a cohesive feel to the kitchen
Categorise and coordinate: Try ‘zoning’ food items in groups such as breakfast, baking and sweet treats. Here, using the same jars for everything creates symmetry. For similar jars, go to ikea.com