How to organise your pantry well: Tips from two Malaysian working mothers


Storing food items in clear, labelled jars is one of the tips on how to maintain an organised pantry space. Photos: @ashikinamran

One thing that engineer Nurul Ashikin Amran, 31, learned from the first movement control order (MCO) last year is not to stock up too much groceries.

Kuala Lumpur-based Ashikin said now, instead of overbuying food items at one go, she restocks them every week.

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