Smoothies have become so popular in the last couple of years. It makes sense because we are all becoming more conscious of the ingredients that we consume and we want to avoid sugar-laden carbonated drinks. We are also very busy and smoothies are portable, quick to make, and pack a lot of nutrition.
I think the healthiest smoothie that you can drink, is the one that you make yourself. Why? How many of you (like me) have gone into a smoothie chain, assuming you were getting a healthy drink, only to realize that they were using strawberries dunked in sugar syrup, or adding sugar and ice so that they could use less fruit. Nope, I won’t pay 5.00 for that! I prefer to spend the money buying quality ingredients and making my smoothies at home.
After buying all these awesome ingredients, I needed an equally awesome way to store them.
The cabinet where I kept all my smoothie supplies, was usually my “messy” cabinet. It was not an absolute disaster, but it wasn’t practical either. All the little packages of cocoa, flax-seed, chia seed, needed a new home.
Here is what the space used to look like.
Packages everywhere. Some of them were not even resealable. I needed containers.
I found these OXO containers at Target and I purchased them in two different sizes to accommodate the different products. If you want to purchase them online, you can find them HERE
You may remember that they are the same containers that I used to create my Coffee Station. You can read about that HERE.
I also decided that I wanted to move the shelves around, to better fit the new containers. I removed the cabinet door so that the shelves would slide out.
I also went ahead and gave the cabinet a good cleaning.
I placed the shelves back after measuring the height that I needed.
I then emptied all the packages into the new containers and added labels.
Everything went back in the cabinet.
Notice how narrow I made the shelf holding the mugs. The coffee cabinet is right next to this one and I keep my mugs in here. I like everything to match, except coffee mugs. I like collecting different ones.
In the very top, I placed the larger cans and containers. Since I lowered that shelf, I can now reach up and grab whatever I need. Before I did this, I could never reach the top shelf.
I finished the project by hanging a clipboard to the cabinet. I found this clipboard in the dollar section at Target. I plan to keep smoothie recipes here.
Here is the finished product!
It really is a pleasure to open up this cabinet now, considering how it looked before.
Please share with me if you make smoothies at home and what are your favorite types. This week, I will share on Facebook a couple of my favorite smoothie recipes so stay tuned!
Shaking it up! (my corniness has no limits)
Maria