Keep Your Chest Freezer Organized with These Tips!

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Chest freezers are great. They provide you with a ton of extra space for your frozen food, plus they are super energy-efficient. The only downside to them is that it can be a bit of a headache to find your food. If you are someone who just throws your frozen goods into your chest freezer without any form of organization, you will quickly learn it may be worth your while to reconsider your process.

Maximize the usefulness of your chest freezer by using these tips to keep your food neat, organized, and easily accessible:

• Keep an inventory list. Keep a full inventory of everything that you have in your freezer, and make sure to update it every time you put something in or take something out. Keep it on a clipboard with a pen on top of the freezer so you never forget to log the changes.
• Clearly label everything. What's in that plastic bag? Is it chicken? Fish? Who knows. And are those vegetables from last Thanksgiving, or the one before that? Point is, it's difficult to keep track of what's what in a giant frozen box. Do yourself a favor and clearly label everything with the type of food it is and the date it was frozen.
• Use easy-to-move bins. The biggest problem with chest freezers is that it's not easy to access your food, especially towards the bottom of the unit. Instead of having to take everything out one-by-one to get to the bottom, store your food in bins. Milk crates are perfect for this; they can stack and are sturdy enough to hold even your heaviest of foods.
• Divide frozen foods into categories. Take the milk crate idea one step further by dividing your food into different categories, and using a different crate for each type. For instance, all your frozen meat goes in one crate, vegetables in another, baked goods in one, etc.

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