How Regular Real People Grocery Shop and Organize

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Curious how regular people grocery shop and organize? Watch this video for real-life grocery hauls and pantry organization tips from a regular mom!

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[MrsAlmaTrumble]

It's always a pleasure to see real-life homes, pantries, and etc. Not everyone wants the picture perfect home, family, pet, and etc.

[lisaharr]

I love how you repurpose jars, plastic containers etc in your kitchen. Not everyone can afford the fancy containers we see on line in various videos. You don’t have to be fancy for it to work for you ! My kitchen is full of Dollar Tree containers and repurposed spaghetti sauce jars and they work just great ! Thanks Mindy for another great video !!! 💕💕

[hannah]

This video made me think of a conversation I had with someone close to me…

I’m a naturally organized person and she knows this. We got to talking about the restock videos on here of the perfect refrigerators. I think she expected me to love them but I told her that it’s not real life. It’s simply a facade because no one who cooks and lives in their home can have fridge that perfect. Every time I see one of those videos I think to myself, “Where do you even put the leftovers?”😂

I thoroughly enjoy your real life content. It’s relatable and not fake! Thanks for another great video! Hope you enjoyed your time off! Glad to have you back!

[TanyaRose-by]

Going on baby #6 and “clean enough” has become my motto lol

[holhurkytn]

Hey, Walmart deli manager here. With online orders they're supposed to be set a #2 on a slicer, a thick sandwich slice. Right now there's no way to request a thinner slice so please just come on in

[PBarnes]

I haven't even watched this yet but I know I will love it. Those fancy organized fridges that people spent $300 on containers must never have leftovers! They definitely don't show them.

[hilarythain]

Ok, now I have this strong need to go and clean out my refrigerator.

[sonjagynn]

I love your real mom videos. No one needs to be Instagram perfect.

[milliem]

Hi Mindy! I did the math with the Sams Club $22.98 for 45 rolls, 235 sheets per roll of TP, and Aldi's $18.99 for 30 rolls, 425 sheets per roll of TP, and Aldi came out the winner. Not only do you get more than 2000 sheets of TP sheets, you also save $4.00.

[MamaMealPrep]

Can I tell you that it’s so awesome that you reuse ziploc bags (at least, it looked like it when you froze the pitas). I do the same and my husband always jokes about it 😂

[ruthwathen]

I am 62 and not as easy to reach things up high or on the bottom shelves. I found the $3 sturdy plastic baskets at Dollar Tree to organize my pantry shelves. I use wire shelves from Amazon and 2 will fit on a shelf. I use the more shallow ones. The deeper ones are $5 they come in white and gray .
I also use the $1.25 dish pans also but not as sturdy.

[bethanyg]

I always get 2 rotisserie chickens too. Last time the kids were at camp and we couldn’t get through them fast enough. I made 2 white chicken lasagnas. We pulled one out for dinner. My son was like, make this again, just like this. I even used a whole huge can of spinach in there and he gobbled it right up!!!

[daniellellie]

As a "regular, real mom" myself... I appreciate this! Thanks for the ideas, Mindy!

[teresanorris]

You can make the foaming dish soap with regular dish soap and water put in the empty foaming container.

[megananderson]

You can also dilute powerwash by half and it still works the same way.

[rg-mihh]

The blue containers at the end of the video are great organizers. We use those on the counter for food that is needing used up from the pantry.

[hardenmama]

The new lighting in the kitchen is really noticeable! Very nice!

[thepuglady]

The sad thing about videos and comparisons to the influencers who create the Pinterest-worthy organization systems is that it completely ignores the fact that 1) people are not all the same and 2) the majority of us don’t organize our homes as a source of income. After years of wasting food because my kitchen wasn’t well-organized, I tried several organization methods and chose a few that significantly reduced food waste in our home. That was my goal and I found what works for me and my house. Each person/family needs to find what works for them. If Pinterest-worthy works for you, that’s great but if nothing matches and your system doesn’t make sense to anyone except you and your family, that’s great too! There’s absolutely nothing wrong with either one, or some version in between.

[theresaanndiaz]

I am always happy to see a real person refrigerator. Those pantries and refrigerator with everything decanted are so ridiculous. No one normal has time for that.
We moved and our "new" refrigerator is smaller than our old refrigerator and it's frustrating. I never had a Instagram fridge but now it's even less picturesque. I am not going to replace it any time soon but we did buy a 7 cubic foot freezer so that helps.

[alphadog]

You can also line, your refrigerator shelves with plastic wrap it's a little hard to line the shelves but otherwise this works well for spills, liquid or crumbs. Clean up it a wipe away.