TOTALLY GEEKED!

OMG - how many freezers do you have?

Blankie wrote:

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OMG - how many freezers do you have?

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 Besides the one in the kitchen, two.  A 12 cubic foot in the basement and a 22 cubic foot in the garage.  And there is nothing on the list from the kitchen freezer.

Part of the problem is that I need to stop shopping. Growing up, after Dad got laid off from the Steel Mill, money was always tight. Mom always stocked up when there were sales and she had money so that when times were lean, we always had food. I still have that mentality. Plus, I really like to cook.

I just finished inventory and there was not quite as much as I thought. I had to throw away a few things that did not get put away right. While there is a good variety of stuff, there are a lot of items where there is just one package. Which takes up lines on the spreadsheet. I needed to get everything back under control so I can meal plan efficiently again.

Just to give you an idea, here is the list of Prepped foods that are ready to eat. The first number is quantity in the garage, second column is quantity in the basement.

ETA: Formatting messed up the columns so you can't tell what is garage/basement

1 Prepped Amish Chicken Pot Pie
3 Prepped BBQ Beef Brisket
1 Prepped BBQ Chicken
6 Prepped BBQ Pulled Pork
3 Prepped BBQ Salmon
2 Prepped Beef Stew/Pot Roast
1 Prepped Chicken Bruschetta
3 Prepped Chili
2 Prepped Galumpki (4 per)
1 Prepped Ground Beef & Lamb
1 Prepped Lasagna - 2 Serving size
1 Prepped Lasagna - Family/Party size
1 Prepped Pierogi - Mushroom
6/1 Prepped Pierogi - Potato
4 Prepped Pizza - Individual
1 Prepped Polenta Stuffed Peppers
2 Prepped Ravioli
3 Prepped Roasted/Shredded Pork
1 Prepped Salsa Chicken
1 Prepped Skillet Dinners
3 Prepped Sunday Gravy - Spicy Sausage
1 Prepped Taco Ground Beef

This is my garage freezer before I organized it.

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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I admire you because my cooking never makes it to the freezer. Usually it sits in the fridge and we eat on it a day or two and then it gets down to a low point and we leave it. We have thrown a lot of food away. With DH out of work we're really trying hard not to do that anymore. I made awesome soup today and finished the all the leftover veggies except a scoop of squash. DH threw it in what was left of the soup. He said the kids would never know. They won't! We'll eat the soup tomorrow though since there's not a whole ton of it. I was really happy with how it came it.

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 NJN, I make what I call "Leftover" soup all the time.  We have a container in the freezer for most those little scraps of food that are not enough to keep but you feel guilty throwing away.  When the container gets filled, I put it to the slow cooker, add homemade stock and season as desired.  All those leftovers could be rice, mac & cheese, veggies (mostly this), a bite or meat or even leftover Chinese food.  I let it slow cook for a few hours.  Delicious.