How you choose to organize your kitchen can help improve your eating habits. As a registered dietitian, I spend a lot of time helping my clients design a kitchen environment that is conducive to healthy eating. Setting up your environment to support your health goals is an important and necessary step towards setting yourself up for success.

Here are some of my favorite tips for reorganizing your kitchen that are also simple to implement.

1. Place a fruit bowl on the kitchen counter.

Display apples, pears, oranges or whatever fruit you enjoy most on the kitchen counter. When you are in the mood for a snack, you will be more likely to reach for the fruit because it’s visible. A colorful fruit bowl encourages you to eat more fruit and can help brighten up your kitchen.

2. Keep your fridge well-stocked. 

A well-stocked refrigerator helps to keep healthy eating at the top of your mind. Place washed berries in a bowl, cut up vegetables and put them in a clear container, keep fresh salad ingredients in the salad bin and have hummus and other healthy dips readily available. Position the unhealthy foods in an opaque container in the back of the fridge so that they are harder to get to.

You are more likely to use your air fryer, food processor or blender if it is in a place you can access easily. If you must rummage through cluttered cabinets to find your favorite kitchen gadget, you are less likely to use it. I keep my blender and air fryer on the countertop so that I can get to them easily. I’ve found that I rarely end up using the gadgets that are hard for me to get to, even though I like using them.

4. Make measuring cups and spoons easily accessible. 

Using measuring cups and spoons on occasion can help you get a handle on what a healthy portion looks like, making it easier to manage your weight. People often underestimate how much food they eat, and the larger the portion, the more difficult it gets to estimate how much we just ate. Because larger portions contain more calories than smaller ones, eating oversized portions is a likely cause of weight gain.