Make your freezer hum with efficiency by using these brilliant freezer storage and freezer organization tips!

These days, for most of us, a freezer is considered an essential piece of kitchen equipment. A freezer allows us to prepare meals in advance, batch cook meals, and can lead to economies in both time and money. However, all of these advantages rely on effective freezer organization. 

If you don’t have an organized freezer, it can be a dreaded task to get anything in, or out, of it (watch out for the freezer avalanche). It can also lead to food getting buried and forgotten about resulting in food spoiling.

Rather than avoiding the issue and losing more food and money (not to mention getting clocked by that block of frozen meat), check out some of these brilliant freezer organization hacks showing you how to organize your freezer the right way.

Freezer Organization tips you need

 

How to Organize Your Freezer – Video Demonstration

I put together this short video to show you that you don’t have to spend a ton of money or time to have a perfectly organized freezer. 

How to Organize Your Freezer in 6 Easy Steps

In case you are somewhere you aren’t able to watch the video above, or if you just prefer to read, here’s a quick recap of the tips covered in it:

1. Remove Everything from the Freezer

Trust me, it’s impossible to get your freezer organized without starting with a totally clean, blank slate. Getting everything out will allow you to see what you have and decide what needs eating first.

You should take this opportunity to give your freezer a good cleaning with a magic eraser too!

Freezer Organization collage - stacking and removal from freezer

2. Store Loose Veggies Like Frozen Corn, Peas, and Onions in Clean Milk Jugs

Consolidate all the half-full bags of frozen veggies into one jug per type. This will not only make it easier to see what you have, but it’s super simple to pour from the jug too!

3. Toss Out All the Boxes

It’s impossible to achieve freezer organization if you have tons of assorted boxes crammed into your freezer. Instead, toss the boxes and keep items in freezer bins.

You can purchase clear plastic bins for under a dollar at your local pound store (and many other stores too). Having several containers the same size can help you effectively store different (but similar) items, like poultry and beef.

You can decorate them or simply label them to give you individually allocated spaces for all the foods you store.

remove boxes for freezer storage

4. Store Items Vertically Instead of Flat

If you have a huge stack of frozen ground beef, you’ll be amazed at how much less room it will take up once stored vertically!

Using gallon or quart-sized freezer storage bags is a GREAT way to store a lot of things. Fill the bag, remove the air, and lay it flat to freeze. Once frozen, you can stand it up on its side – it’s only an inch or two wide!

storing flat freezer organization - One Crazy House

Magazine holders are the PERFECT place to store those meals or sauces that you’ve frozen flat. You can store several in one container standing up, or even laid on its side. Attach a laminated notecard on the outside so that you can easily see what’s being stored.

By the way – magazine holders are one of my favorite organizing tools! Here are 17 brilliant ways to organize with a magazine holder.

5. Use Bag Clips to Hang Bags from Shelves

If you have wire shelves in your freezer, consider yourself lucky! Use a chip clip to seal up the bag while dangling it from the top of the shelf. This is another space-saving tip that you may not have thought about. 

6. Store Larger Bulk Items at the Bottom of the Freezer

If you have drawers at the bottom of your freezer they are the perfect spot to hold large bags of frozen fruit, chicken nuggets, or gallons of ice cream.

More Brilliant Freezer Organization Tips You Can’t Live Without

Whether you have a side-by-side freezer, upright drawer freezer, or even a deep chest freezer, it often seems there’s never enough room. You should bear this in mind when purchasing a new freezer and err on the side of getting one larger than you think you may need.

Freezers can be a lifesaver because they give you space to store foodstuffs that you don’t want or need right away without them rotting, going stale, or expiring. They are also ideal for busy working moms, as they allow you to batch cook ahead of time. I like to cook double quantities of meals, eat one and store one.

Here are a few more tips on how to organize a freezer to be as useful as possible.

1. Freeze Individual Servings

No more thawing an entire bag or container of something you just need a little of. Portion out your meals or ingredients ahead of time, freeze them individually, then just use what you need.

By the way, here are some freezer meal ideas, if you’re interested!

freezer container with individually frozen pancakes and blueberries

2. Label Everything

If your freezer is full of homemade goodies, it’s crucial to keep things labeled. Use simple freezer stickers to make sure you never lose track of what’s in your freezer. You’ll want to record when you put it in there, so you know when you need to use it.

3. Keep Your Freezer Defrosted

If your freezer looks like Alaska with all the ice buildup, defrost it. This likely needs to be done on a regular basis unless you have a frost-free model. A lot of ice build-up will cut down on the storage space available and is also not good for the efficiency of the freezer operation.

You’ll want to coordinate well if your freezer is part of your fridge (it will need to be unplugged) but it’ll be worth the effort. Here’s how to defrost your freezer like a boss!

4. Vacuum Seal Your Foods

How many times have you looked into the freezer, only to find one (or more) frostbitten bags filled with unidentifiable food?

Use a food sealer to tightly seal your bags and remove all the air so you can clearly see what’s inside. Not only will you save freezer storage space, but you’ll also preserve your food better.

In fact, I am such a HUGE fan of vacuum sealing, that I wrote an entire post about it! Here’s why I absolutely couldn’t exist without my food saver!

5. Utilize a Dry Erase Marker

If you have a separate, or secondary, freezer in a garage or utility room, you can use a dry erase marker right on the door to take an inventory of the contents!

If you don’t want to write directly on the surface in your kitchen, purchase a small magnetic dry erase board and attach it to the side of your freezer.

Review and revise your list each time you use something out of it, or add something to it.

freezer with food list written in dry eraser

6. Try Souper Cubes

Some of the ideas above are great for large quantities of foods, but what if you have small items to freeze?. If you have small amounts of things you need to freeze – or want to thaw out items in small amounts, try using Souper Cubes

These are silicone containers that function much like an ice tray but with larger cubes to hold bigger amounts. They are ideal if you have small quantities of sauces leftover. Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best.

7. Use Press and Seal

You’ve likely seen the idea about lining your fridge shelves with a press-and-seal wrap to keep it clean. Well, why not apply that same logic to your freezer so that any messes that occur are easy to clean up? 

Other Freezer Organization Ideas

  • Use Magnetized Containers in Your Freezer – Use magnetized containers on the top part of your freezer to store those items that are smaller but you don’t use every day (like ginger, or nuts)
  • Use Reusable Shopping Bags to Keep Your Freezer Organized – If you have a deep freezer, sort your larger items into reusable shopping bags to keep it organized and make it easy to pull contents out.
  • Commit to Fitting Everything in Stacked Bins – If you can find bins that fit your freezer side by side, this is a brilliant way to get the most out of any freezer space.

I hope you love these freezer organization ideas – aren’t they both creative and effective? It just goes to prove that you don’t need to buy expensive supplies in order to have an organized and efficient freezer. I love that!

Which one of these ideas will work best for you? Do you have any other ideas for creatively organizing your fridge and freezer?

By the way, if you are in the mood for more organizational ideas for keeping your kitchen in order, be sure to check out our other posts:

 


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