TYH: How to use your fridge to the best of its abilities

The middle of the fridge is where dairy can be placed, along with things such as eggs.

For your meat, you want to keep that above for your fruits and veggies and below the dairy. “You want to keep that (meat) at the lowest point of the fridge…that area is actually the coldest,” said Ryder.

And then you have your drawers, where your fruits and veggies go. Now, according to Ryder you want to keep your wilty fruits and veggies separate from those that don’t wilt. “In a lot of the new fridges these days there are actually humidity controls for your crispers. The Love Food Hate Waste suggests that you use a high humidity setting for things that will wilt,” is what Ryder told us.

The reason you want to keep wilty fruits and veggies separate from those that don’t wilt is because of the amount of ethylene that they produce. Apples, pears, grapes all produce ethylene and if placed in the same compartment as your wilty fruits and veggies will cause them to wilt faster.

The door is the warmest part of the fridge and is where you want to keep your condiments, water and juice.

by Veronica Beltran

TYH: How to use your fridge to the best of its abilities

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