Consumer Reports: Full fridge for the holidays! [Video]

For many of us, November and December are packed with fabulous family meals. Also packed: Our fridges and freezers. How do you make room for everything? As Consumer Reports explains, it all starts with a good strategy and planning ahead of time.

Holidays are busy at the Hope House, which is why, classically trained chef and Consumer Reports Home Editor, Paul Hope has a plan to get prepped and ready for big holiday meals!

A week or two before a big holiday meal, Paul likes to go through the fridge and try to use up things that he already has. It’s also a good time to throw out anything that’s expired and purge things you know you’re not going to use before the end of the year.

All that free shelf space comes in handy when Paul’s ready to cook. He says “On the top shelf, you want to keep …