{"id":2032,"date":"2010-12-04T12:12:14","date_gmt":"2010-12-04T20:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northstarmoving.com\/blog\/?p=2032"},"modified":"2018-10-17T16:34:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T23:34:13","slug":"holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Space in the Holiday Refrigerator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey all! NorthStar Moving\u00ae\u2019s very own Laura McHolm was featured in AOL\u2019s DIY Life for the holiday season. McHolm collaborated with fellow professional organizer Julia Rivard (both members of the National Association of Professional Organizers<\/a>), and writer Francesca Clarke. The two gave Clarke some suggestions on \u201cmaking ample space in the fridge and planning for a stress-free holiday meal.\u201d Sounds awesome!!<\/p>\n

There were so many great ideas that were offered in DIY Life\u2019s article<\/a> and we encourage you to get all the wisdom from the source, but let us offer you an appetizer in the form of our “space saver” version – \u00a0The top 5 tips for organizing the fridge for the holidays:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Creative Cooking (image by Alberto Alerigi)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2022 A few days before your big holiday feast<\/em><\/strong> Start using whatever is in the fridge & don’t go\u00a0grocery\u00a0shopping just yet. You can get creative with those leftovers!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Empty the fridge (photo by Michelle Tribe)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2022 Take everything <\/strong>out<\/em><\/strong> of the fridge<\/strong> before shopping for your holiday meal. Organize your food into categories: \u201cKeep,\u201d \u201cGive Away,\u201d and \u201cThrow Away.\u201d Make sure to check all expiration dates and toss out expired food. Be very critical about what foods will make it back into the fridge!<\/p>\n

\"full-fridge\"<\/a>
Stackable Containers (photo by Pixel Playa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\u2022 Downsize<\/strong> – Big containers can be condensed into smaller ones. If there is any food that can be consolidated into a zip-lock bag, that will save you even more space.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Location! Location! Location!<\/strong> \u2013 Put the items you use the least in the fridge first. This way, the items you want will be right in front! Putting your food away can be a logical process. McHolm also suggests separating meats, cheeses and vegetables into different drawers.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Always use stackable containers<\/strong> to store food before and after the big meal. Putting your fancy serving dishes in the fridge won\u2019t serve a purpose. They will just be a nuisance and get in the way. If you have enough stackable containers, you can even send goody bags home with friends and family!<\/p>\n

Laura and Julia have a few more holiday refrigerator space saving tips<\/a> in their\u00a0article.\u00a0We all have our own space saving wisdom collected through experience over the years, so in true holiday spirit, please do share your own with everyone her!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey all! NorthStar Moving\u00ae\u2019s very own Laura McHolm was featured in AOL\u2019s DIY Life for the holiday season. McHolm collaborated with fellow professional organizer Julia Rivard (both members of the National Association of Professional Organizers), and writer Francesca Clarke. The two gave Clarke some suggestions… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[257,145,141,146,143,142,24],"class_list":["post-2032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snappy-tips","tag-diy","tag-fridge","tag-holiday-tips","tag-laura-mcholm","tag-organizing","tag-space-saving","tag-tips"],"yoast_head":"\nMake Space in the Holiday Refrigerator<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Top 5 tips for organizing your fridge for the holidays: Suggestions on making ample space in the fridge and planning for a stress-free holiday meal.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Make Space in the Holiday Refrigerator\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Top 5 tips for organizing your fridge for the holidays: Suggestions on making ample space in the fridge and planning for a stress-free holiday meal.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Moving Happiness Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NorthStarMoving\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-12-04T20:12:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-10-17T23:34:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/fridge-e1407275001323.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3447\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Snap Greene\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@northstarmoving\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@northstarmoving\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Snap Greene\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/\",\"name\":\"Make Space in the Holiday Refrigerator\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/fridge-e1407275001323.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-12-04T20:12:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-10-17T23:34:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b590e34f08163f9d759d1594171eabc4\"},\"description\":\"Top 5 tips for organizing your fridge for the holidays: Suggestions on making ample space in the fridge and planning for a stress-free holiday meal.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/fridge-e1407275001323.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/fridge-e1407275001323.jpg\",\"width\":3447,\"height\":1728,\"caption\":\"Fridge 2 by Greencolander (CC BY 2.0)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Make Space in the Holiday Refrigerator\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Moving Happiness Home\",\"description\":\"It's a snap\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b590e34f08163f9d759d1594171eabc4\",\"name\":\"Snap Greene\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e3e5efcbc35b76957aedf98dcbe489697f1f1da9cf91f6355b01da516772cb6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e3e5efcbc35b76957aedf98dcbe489697f1f1da9cf91f6355b01da516772cb6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Snap Greene\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/author\/rachel\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Make Space in the Holiday Refrigerator","description":"Top 5 tips for organizing your fridge for the holidays: Suggestions on making ample space in the fridge and planning for a stress-free holiday meal.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Make Space in the Holiday Refrigerator","og_description":"Top 5 tips for organizing your fridge for the holidays: Suggestions on making ample space in the fridge and planning for a stress-free holiday meal.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/","og_site_name":"Moving Happiness Home","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NorthStarMoving","article_published_time":"2010-12-04T20:12:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-10-17T23:34:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":3447,"height":1728,"url":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/fridge-e1407275001323.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Snap Greene","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@northstarmoving","twitter_site":"@northstarmoving","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Snap Greene","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/","url":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/","name":"Make Space in the Holiday Refrigerator","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/fridge-e1407275001323.jpg","datePublished":"2010-12-04T20:12:14+00:00","dateModified":"2018-10-17T23:34:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b590e34f08163f9d759d1594171eabc4"},"description":"Top 5 tips for organizing your fridge for the holidays: Suggestions on making ample space in the fridge and planning for a stress-free holiday meal.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/fridge-e1407275001323.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/fridge-e1407275001323.jpg","width":3447,"height":1728,"caption":"Fridge 2 by Greencolander (CC BY 2.0)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2010\/holiday-refrigerator-space-saving-tips\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Make Space in the Holiday Refrigerator"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/","name":"Moving Happiness Home","description":"It's a snap","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b590e34f08163f9d759d1594171eabc4","name":"Snap Greene","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e3e5efcbc35b76957aedf98dcbe489697f1f1da9cf91f6355b01da516772cb6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e3e5efcbc35b76957aedf98dcbe489697f1f1da9cf91f6355b01da516772cb6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Snap Greene"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/author\/rachel\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2032"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27235,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032\/revisions\/27235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}