This is the one thing I am good about cleaning! I clean it every Sunday and actually wipe it down about once a month. We eat almost all fresh/unprocessed food so it's a necessity.
H is really awesome about cleaning out the fridge. After we go grocery shopping, he puts away the fridge stuff and I put away the pantry stuff. As he's putting stuff away, he tosses out the old stuff. We eat a lot of fresh veggies so occasionally something will get stuck in the back and turn into something really gross!
A dirty kitchen and bathroom are the two things I just can't handle in a house. So, the fridge does get a good amount of attention and stays pretty clean. We both clean it out when needed and I tend to be the one that does a full cleaning on it. Sometimes, I'll just need clean out the drawers since those tend to get dirtier from produce, but I usually do a full cleaning every two months or so.
Cleaning out old food- no. I have an irrational fear of mold. I've thrown up throwing away moldy bread even though it's in a package. I do actually clean the fridge. I hate when the shelves have marks on them. I don't ever clean the freezer though.
I'm good about cleaning out the drawers and wiping down the shelves. But, I am ashamed to admit that there was a tupperware container in our fridge that I recently threw out that had leftover chili's in it from a recipe I made WELL over 18 months ago...
I usually clean out the old food before going grocery shopping on Sunday.
Wiping the shelves is a different story and the top shelf that I can't reach. We recently did both since my bottle of wine spilled and I thought - might as well clean the whole thing! I also reorganized the freezer when we got the upright freezer for the garage 2 weeks ago.
I get rid of old food pretty regularly. But for wiping down the shelves not so much. However my mom babysits two days a week and she LOVES to clean so my fridge does get attention. As does my bathroom, my laundry, my floors...
I don't take everything out and wipe down the shelves unless something spills. We don;t throw away a lot of food because I try to make only a little each time so there aren't many leftovers. Our fridge is super small and not very well laid out so we tend to have a bare fridge most of the time.
We get rid of old food fairly regularly. We don't clean the shelves often. We just got this fridge in June though, so if something spills or there's an obvious icky spot, I'll wipe it down.
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Wiping the shelves is a different story and the top shelf that I can't reach. We recently did both since my bottle of wine spilled and I thought - might as well clean the whole thing! I also reorganized the freezer when we got the upright freezer for the garage 2 weeks ago.