March is National Sauce Month, so let’s talk sauce. Specifically, let’s talk about the sauce packets that are taking over your drawers, cabinets and refrigerators.
Everyone has sauce packets laying around, you’re fooling no one by telling us otherwise. Who really keeps hot mustard, sweet and sour, or soy in the house (unless you’re constantly making teriyaki salmon) otherwise?
Storing Your Take-Out Sauce Packets
My take-out packets share a drawer with the tinfoil, saran wrap, baggies, pot holders and my main cutting board. It’s just where they all ended up when we moved in. One day I had packets all over the drawer; they were packets in between pot holders and in boxes. The normal items weren’t fitting in there without a fight anymore.
This is possibly the simplest hack I’ve ever shared: Put the packets in a dish or drawer organizing container.
Seriously, I grabbed a cute, clear yellow square bowl that I don’t use anymore (super important: don’t grab a bowl you’re going to be missing regularly) out of my cabinet and wrangled all the rogue packets in it. The square shape is especially helpful in keeping things tidy, a circle bowl would make it harder to keep everything as neat.
If you’re willing to spend a couple bucks on a cleaner look these clear plastic organizers are in my current kitchen drawers and they ROCK! I even tacked them down with some of this blue stick tack so they don’t slide when we open and close the drawers. Super inexpensive and HIGHLY effective!
Check Sauce Packet Expiration Dates
While you’re at it, check expiration dates if your packet have them, some do! Toss what’s no good, or get rid of some if you just plain have too many.
Should all packets go in this spot? Or were they thrown there out of habit? I moved my Splenda/sugar/honey packets to my coffee and tea area and those crackers are now with my soups. No time like the present to make an improvement!
Start thinking of some recipes you can use your [non-expired] packets for, too. Some of my favorites that you can always Pin for later include:
Recipes Featuring Take Out Sauce Packets
- Southwest Chili Seafood Sauce for the Panda Express-ers of the world
- Try this Teriyaki Glaze on salmon or chicken
- Add your favorite sauce packet to your next baked salad
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