Keeping track of fresh food in your fridge when you travel a lot

I often lose track of fresh fruits and veg in my fridge and then find them after they’ve spoiled. This can be particularly challenging when you travel a lot and have to go through fresh groceries quickly.

One thing that can really help is this magnet set: [Note: as an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.] The magnets are thick enough to grab easily and have 59 fruits and vegetables, so most of what you would likely have in your home.

I put the things that I currently have on the top of my fridge, and the ones I currently don’t have on the bottom.

Sadly, it doesn’t have zucchini, one of my favorite vegetables, as a magnet, so I use the cucumber magnet for that one. (Mushrooms are also inexplicably missing). There are many extra magnets that I don’t use at all, so I can relabel one of those if I want to (e.g., mangosteen, currants, passionfruit).

If desired, you can also put things you need to buy in a particular area.

This gives an easy way to track what you should eat quickly.