With all the cold weather it’s tempting to gorge on simple carbs and fatty comfort foods. But we should not neglect to consume our veggies and fruits. Here is the time of year when it’s especially important to maintain the produce we want our families to eat in places where it will stay freshest and be enticing. I talked with two certified kitchen designers, Carole Hedstromof Gilmans Kitchens + Baths and Jodi Tramontin ofDura Supreme Cabinetry, to receive their ideas about where to store your new foods.
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it’s stated that we eat with our eyes. Because of this it is reasonable place shelf-stable create in areas. “A decorative basket or bowl filled with fruits which are easy to grab and eat on the go is great for busy families,” Tramontin says. Along with a delicious-looking fruit or vegetable is a better advertisement for itself to a bite seeker than someone advised him or her to consume it.
“Many fruits keep well at room temperature also, like apples, pears, bananas, oranges and other citrus,” Hedstrom states. Make the most of this attribute and maintain proper produce out in the open. The sweetest fruit will not tempt anyone if no one knows where it is.
“Any countertop space will operate,” Hedstrom states, “however, the optimal place for this kind of arrangement might be on an island or command-center place where the household keeps its calendars and technology. If that is not feasible, go with all the counter closest to the exit, the idea being that the fruit is in a place where family members can not overlook it in their way out.”
Dura Supreme Cabinetry
Tucker & Marks
Choose a jar or basket which brings attention. The more attractive the screen, including the receptacle holding the create, the more apt it’s to lure relatives.
The Cross Interior Design
A multitiered basket is good for separating distinct fruits and creating a brilliant arrangement.
Custom Made Garage & Closet
Use the Pantry and Base Cabinets
“The two pantries and base cabinets are excellent places for built-in storage,” Hedstrom states. But like counter displays, be certain that the contents can be seen.
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If you prefer to not show everything off so conspicuously, wicker basket drawers or wooden crates offer their own artistry whilst still keeping produce fresh.
Studio Carver Architects, Inc..
These crates that are colorful communicate a true summertime create stand. Who could say no to this feeling on a chilly December day?
Kitchen Classics – Charles Heller
Worried about having too much drawer space and not enough make to fill all of it? Use a divided drawer that retains create facing and other items in back.
Capozzi Design Group
Handy Refrigerator Drawers
this kind of refrigeration system is meant to be an addendum to a regular refrigerator and is ideal for a large kitchen that should accommodate a lot of hungry bodies.
Designate one or two drawers to cold-storage make out of the instant work zone. “That way,” states Tramontin, “individuals can grab what they want without interfering with dinner preparations. It’s also a excellent solution for the household’s sous-chef, providing that individual easy access to refrigerated create without becoming from the head chef’s way.”
Old World Kitchens & Custom Cabinets
Tramontin suggests adding fridge drawers directly below a countertop, ideally at the end of an island which opens out to a walkway or on the rear side of an island in a place that does not compete for vital workspace. Add one drawer and have a drawer for pots under, or pile two fridge doors together for more storage.
Jennifer Grey Interiors Design & Color Specialist
What is your favorite winter fruit, and how can you store and display it?