It’s only when I’m working in someone else’s kitchen that I forget that I keep mine stocked to the gills in comparison to most. There are a few reasons that I keep so much on hand:
- Reduces trips to the store – When you go to the grocery store for one thing, how many times do you come out with just one thing? Plus we live in the country so ‘popping out to the store’ isn’t a 5 minute trip.
- Saves money – Not running out to the grocery store every day will keep you from buying things you don’t need. By staying fully stocked at all times, you’ll also be able to pick up things only when they’re on sale.
- Trying new recipes – Having most ingredients on hand makes it easy to try to new dishes.
- Satisfying cravings – Have a sudden desire for fresh buttermilk biscuits? A stocked pantry can make that happen in 20 minutes.
- Zombie apocalypse – Ya never know when it’s gonna happen…
It’s not like I have some crazy ‘extreme couponing’ style warehouse of stuff either. I have a regular sized kitchen. I do use space saving ideas like keeping my spices on the side of my fridge using these magnetic tins. They just happen to be on sale at Canadian Tire this week.
My one secret though, is that I did turn a coat closet into a pantry. It was right off of our kitchen and let’s face it, we’re bad at hanging up our coats anyway so it was a win-win situation. It cost just over $100 and a half a day of labour from Mr. Bacon and his dad. It’s by far the best home improvement we’ve done in our house.
If you don’t have a coat closet, a shelving unit in the basement will do nicely as well.
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