Spice things up!

So is your spice rack overflowing with various spices you probably don't even remember buying? They are lined up, stacked on top of each other balancing precariously and shoved in the top shelf of your pantry aren't they? No...wait...let me guess they are all above your microwave and you can't even reach them with your step stool? No...they could be on that carousel of spices that takes up over a foot of counter space? Am I right?

You know just where the cinnamon and the seasoned salt is because you use them on a daily basis...but for heavens sake the recipe is calling for Cream of Tartar. What in the heck do you even use Cream of Tartar for? You know you have that spice...it's up there...but where? So you rummage the shelf, your knocking over the salt, and the nutmeg makes a dive for the floor and pepper just flaked into your eye. UGH. You just can't find the spice you need but you know it's up there somewhere? Wouldn't you love to be spice-organized?

~~~Here is my resolution for you!~~~
Stop at your local dollar store on your way home or a way fun place to go is IKEA and pick up a plastic see-through shoebox or two. You know what I'm talking about. The plastic rectangular shaped box with a lid that can snap on. Like a Sterlite or a Rubbermaid, or the cheap off-brand it really doesn't matter. You don't need the lids so don't buy them or just leave them at the store if they want to keep them. Or just go ahead and play frisbee with that rectangle. Or wait for another post one day in which I'll reclaim a purpose for that never-used lid from a plastic box thing.

Now take down all those spices that you have up there. Take them out of the carousel and get rid of that bulky countertop taker and line them up. Go ahead and get a little creative maybe you want to put the cinnamon with the nutmeg. Or put the salt in the opposite bin as the pepper. It doesn't matter really.

Now put each shaker or spice inside the plastic bin. (I use two because I have lot's o spices!). It doesn't matter what order they are in but make sure they all fit in those shoeboxes standing up. Don't stack them on top of each other. Now just lift the shoebox up and set it back on the shelf you used to keep your spices in. I keep mine in that shelf above the stove. Now...you can easily see through the sides of the box so you know which bin you'll need. You just lift the entire box out of the shelf, use your spice, and put them all back inside the bin when you are done. Now lift the bin back into the shelf. You'll be baking with ease and the next time you are baking mom's signature tomato marinara and you need about seventeen spices they are all in that bin and easy to reach. It's a perfect organizer for the kitchen and it make the shelf look so organized. Plus...you don't have to wipe down the spice shelf every time you use a spice and it leaves a little reminice on the shelf. It's in the bin, easy to wash and easy to organize!

Good luck emptying out that spice rack baby, now go spice things up a bit in the kitchen!