I recently reorganized my spices and thought I would share how it turned out. I Love It! It’s so much easier finding everything now. Here is what I started with… a lot of spice containers, jars from Bed Bath & Beyond ($0.99 ea), mesh shelves, and labels. I printed the labels and put them on all the jars ahead of time so I wouldn’t get anything mixed up.

Then I started filling all the jars. Had one spicy smelling kitchen and a nose that tickled for a while afterwards! But it really wasn’t as messy as I thought it was going to be. I love being able to see all the spices in the glass jars… beautiful colors!

Once filled I lined them up on the shelves and was ready to go! I kept all my larger containers of spices/rubs how they were and lined them up next to the shelves. Not sure if I am going to organize these in a similar way or not yet… we are always getting new grilling spices to try out. Right now it is working well for me and only took about an hour, I can easily find everything… time for some new recipes!

Summer is here and things are ready to be picked from the garden. I just picked this mix of red/green bell peppers, anaheim peppers, banana peppers, jalapenos, onions and limes.

I am planning on canning the banana peppers and jalapenos this year. Some peppers and the onions will be used to make salsa, I will be using this amazing recipe I found/altered last year… it was a big hit! I will share the recipe when I get the salsa made sometime in the next month. Bell peppers will be used for dinner… they never do to waste around here. Oh and the limes are perfect for a vodka/gin and tonic.