This is what my refrigerator/freezer looks like. I love that beast! But the freezer needs some attention. Stuff gets tossed in and forgotten. It's time to empty it out and give it a good scrubbing. This week I am giving myself the challenge of staying out of the big freezers and only using what is in this freezer to fix dinner.
A couple weeks ago, Judy L had a Prepping Challenge where you only used what was in your home for food and drinks. I did pretty good except that one day when Ernie stopped and brought dinner home with him and then I left for retreat. I would have been fine all week with what I had in the house. Now let's see how I do with this one.
I almost didn't take a picture but what the heck......this is what it looks like. Before the picture there were 3 packages of beef stew meat, 2 bags with some chopped onions and a bag of green tomato sauce. All of it went into the crock pot (enough to turn into a few freezer meals for the big freezer). Enough for dinner will be turned into BBQ steakettes. (Just cooked meat simmered in BBQ sauce. I used to make this for my kids and there were never leftovers! And the stew meat got used up without making stew.) There was also a container of Pioneer Woman's Sour Cream Noodles (just the noodles and sauce without the ground meat) that needs used.
I'm wondering if one night we will empty out that Margarita bucket and the other booze bottles that are in there. wink, wink--I don't think so! I will take that bucket out and empty the contents into a smaller jar. There will be breakfast for dinner one night using sausage patties and the hasbrowns. There is some cooked chicken that will be thawed and reheated one night, fruits for smoothies, 2 bags of egg shells for the tomatoes if they ever get planted, and probably some stuff that needs tossed to the chickens. The bag of chopped broccoli and the ham bits will be used in ham, cheese and broccoli fritatta. Maybe I'll use the bag of red spaghetti sauce with some of the stew meat and make a spaghetti pie from that.
The ice bags are constantly being used lately.......did you know if you put rock salt in with your ice and water that it won't freeze hard and will form to your knee???
So there you have it.......the challenge to myself has been issued. Want to join me?
2 comments:
I'm going to join you. I did good today . . we had crawfish alfredo sauce . . or something like that but the crawfish came from the freezer so I did good on Day 1 without even knowing it. Thanks for the challenge.
A bag of frozen peas acts very well as an ice bag. Then you just put it back in the freezer for the next time. Just make sure you mark the bag as what it is.
My refrigerator specialty is the dead and dying herbs and veggies. I can do that very well.
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