Welcome to our pantry!!
Just like our master bathroom, when I toured this house and saw this pantry and its cool swing out doors, I knew it was a pantry I wanted to move into.
I’m partnering with Nourish Snacks today to share a few hacks that keep our pantry organized. Nourish Snacks were created by the famous Joy Bauer, MS, RDN. They are real food snacks packaged in perfect portions so you don’t walk away from your pantry with half your daily needs in trail mix. Each package has less than 200 calories, an emphasis on protein, fiber and antioxidants, and has no artificial anything. They are also all GMO, gluten and dairy free if those fit your needs!
The small packages make them great additions to lunchboxes for all ages, purses and desk drawers. I’ve tried most of the flavors now, and can honestly say they are freakin’ delicious!!
Here are my favorite flavors:
Coco’nilla Crunch is little granola BALLS!! Don’t balls make granola so much more fun? The flavor reminds me of Rice Krispie Treats cereal I used to eat as a kid.
Mr. Popular is half popped corn kernels. The texture is amazing, and these are like a combo of popcorn and a crunchy nut. There’s also a Mrs. version with chocolate : )
Honey Bee Good are honey roasted chickpeas. Delicious and protein heavy!
Mocha-mazing is cocoa almonds and mocha granola bits. The flavor is great.
Here are my pantry hacks that make simple snacking or packing a lunchbox easy as can be when your pantry feels organized!
1. Find storage containers that fit on your shelves. The first of my pantry hacks in having some great storage boxes to contain small packages like Nourish. My mom recently gave me some of my grandmother’s vintage cheese boxes, and they happen to fit perfectly on the shelves of our pantry doors.
How cute do the Nourish packages look all lined up in a row?! I also use these for applesauce, raisins and other little things.
2. Label. I found these great chalkboard labels on Amazon and have filled my pantry with them. They are wipeable and re-stickable (for a certain number of times).
3. Decant. As often as I can I remove food from original packaging and store in air-tight containers. This means the pantry looks neater and food stays fresh. Jars are my container of choice for most of our dry goods like beans and nuts, and I have a few bigger plastic containers for bulkier goods – like pretzels (and a lone cracker that snuck in there!)
4. Turn tables. These turn tables have followed us from house to house and have worked in all kinds of pantries. They are ideal for tall bottles like oils, vinegars and sauces. Nothing gets lost in the back!
5. Reduce. The key to good organization is minimalism, so I am actually not a huge bulk store shopper because I don’t have room to store that much! We have a few lower shelves for overflow boxes of toddler pouches and cereal, but for the most part we don’t buy more until we’re running low on something. And this forces us to eat the snacks we have on hand! (Maybe if you’re a family of 7 you’d have different advice : ) )
Nourish Snacks passed on a coupon code for you guys to get 10% off if you’re interested in ordering some! They have a bunch of cool sampler collections (kids, chocolate lovers, college, all the flavors) or you can order them a la carte. Use the code KATH10 for 10% off through the end of the month.
Thanks to Nourish Snacks for sponsoring this post
I love me some good life hacks, even if. I don’t have a family of seven 🙂
That pantry is awesome!!!
Our pantry is in desperate need of reorganization, but since we are moving in a few months my goal is to just get rid of anything that we don’t use or has expired, and start off with a clean slate at the next house!
Didn’t you write a sponsored post at one point on bulk shopping from Boxed?
Yes..and I got mostly household items, which I do buy in bulk. Go check out the post – it was TP, paper towels, etc. Food I tend to get in smaller portions.
Thanks so much for posting this! I was looking for something to label my jars with other than masking tape, lol!
Wow! I would love a pantry like that! So beautiful!
i’m always torn about buying in bulk, but recently decided that saving $$ is more important than pantry perfection! this means we have some HUGE bags of nuts, grains, etc. from costco. I store the grains/nuts in small containers, and keep the excess in larger bags elsewhere in the house. refill when needed. i actually did a before/after pantry post a while back! mine’s not as pretty as yours but i’m getting there 🙂 http://minutespermile.com/2015/03/20/a-peek-into-my-pantry-before-after/
I love before and afters! Nice!
So jealous of your pantry!! I think you meant to say non-gmo though.
“They are also all GMO, gluten and dairy free”….so none of those! I probably could have included a dash to make that more clear…
I luv, luv, luv your pantry. It seems you found an amazing new home — the bathroom and pantry are a dream! Look forward to seeing another room in your home.
What an AWESOME pantry. We lack storage space in our house (a constant problem in every area of our home) so we put shelves in our laundry room that serves as our “pantry.”
Wow!!! Love it! I’m impressed, envious and overwhelmed all at once!:). My pantry is big but has very deep shelves… So I can’t see half of what’s in there. Plus I tend to overbuy… It’d literally jam packed! Would love any suggestions you might have on how to handle the deep shelves?
Thanks!????
I would definitely use some baskets or bins that you can pull out. That way you can use the space in the back but you will be able to see everything if you need to. Some of those turn tables would also be good for the second layer!
We are a family of 7 but don’t have much storage. So for bulk items I use a deep bookshelf instead of a tv stand and put a little curtain on the front to hide the stuff on the shelves. It’s right next to the kitchen so it’s not too inconvenient!
Where did you find those container labels? Thanks!
There’s a link in the post!
Wow. That pantry! We live in a tiny apartment, so I dream of having a pantry like yours.
You’ve been doing a handful of sponsored posts lately — good for you! I love that you can support your family with this blog. I enjoy it & I know sponsored posts make it continue. So, thanks!
Thank you!
That pantry is so cool. And those cheese boxes!!
Well, Kath, that’s a pretty fabulous pantry. I just moved out of downtown San Francisco, where I had NO pantry to speak of in my tiny apartment, to having a small-ish one now in a bigger place. It’s been fun to use air-tight containers, much like you use for a few items. And the Nourish Snacks sound yummy, I’d love to try those!
The house I grew up in had a pantry just like yours – I miss it! I’ve re-purposed a basement closet for our
pantry and even though it looks great it’s too far away to be efficient.
And now I am heading to Amazon to add those labels to my wish list. Have a great weekend! : )
Beautiful!! OMG! I have to try nourish snacks asap!
Loving the “sneak peeks” of the new place. As a fellow organization junkie, I always find your home posts so inspiring. Thanks for sharing!
O…m…g…I am in LOVE with that pantry!!!! Mine is horrible…it’s too small and not functional AT ALL! I need one like this!
Oh to have a lovely organised kitchen like that!
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Yay! So glad you’re showing us glimpses of your new house 🙂
I have a HUGE pantry… too big actually because I have filled it with too much stuff that gets lost and forgotten. We have a family of six so we need the space but I’m in desperate need of a makeover! That is one of my summer goals.
Maybe I missed it…have you moved into a new home? It looks lovely!
Yup!! In this post : )
Wow, your pantry is a design marvel! Great hacks and I always love the look of the labels mason jars but my question is where do you keep all your partially full bags of goods that you use to fill the jars, and how do you keep them tidy?
I buy the foods in bulk so I don’t have the partials.
Hi Kath,
How big are the mason jars you are using in the pictures? Love the idea and would like to buy some.
Thanks!
They are the quart size ones!