20 Clever Ways You Should Have Been Storing Your Food All Along

11. When you’re not using it, store your butter in the back of your fridge, not in the butter spot in the front door of your fridge.

You want your butter to stay cool and dark, and this is the coolest, darkest place.

12. Separate your bananas and wrap each stem in a small amount of plastic wrap to help them last longer.

It can really work!

13. Whether you used half a carton of chicken broth for dinner or got fancy and made your own, store the leftovers by freezing them.

Basically, the freezer is the gold standard for making food last.

14. Make extra soup, then ladle it into red Solo cups to freeze. Grab one or two cups’ worth to defrost anytime you need a quick dinner.

Um, brilliant.

15. Store a cut loaf of bread in a paper bag, cut-side down.

This is the best way to store it so that the crust doesn’t get soft, although it will also stale faster than it would if you kept it in a plastic bag.