Last week, I made some yummy taco soup for dinner (recipe courtesy of Kevin + Layla). Along with the soup, I chopped up some raw onion to go on top. And yes, it was delish! The only thing was, after the taco soup was gone, the the onion smell stayed around – even though I double-bagged the onion and wiped down the fridge twice! We all know the put-a-box-of-baking-soda-in-the-fridge-trick, right? Rather than just stashing the open box in the fridge, I put the baking soda in a glass shaker jar…

Putting it in a container like this exposes more baking soda to the air inside the fridge. The reason baking soda works as a deodorant is the sodium bicarbonate neutralizes acidic particles in the air (aka: the source of a lot of bad smells). Greg told me that, can’t you tell? On the flip side, a shaker jar is just prettier than a cardboard box – and you know how I get when pretty and practical meet. It’s awesome. The end result: Goodbye onion smell!