Just got free freezer...what to put in it?

buxtonrabbitgreen

Looking for something for tomorrow's dinner, I was just thinking I must sort out these 2 freezers. They seem full but I cound't find anything.
Payday on Friday so I will be filling mine. So tomorrow's task will be have a good sort out and see what I have got and what I actually need.
One of mine is fairly full of cherries. Cherry pie filling and loose stoned cherries. I can't make anymore jam as I have used all my 28 recycled jars.

blueberrypie

I try to keep one section of my freezer available for "use this soon" stuff. When the freezer is relatively empty, I move everything that's left into that section before putting anything new in. That way I avoid (as much as possible) those packages in the bottom that have been there for four years and that nobody can recall the contents of...

When I'd an upright freezer, I used one drawer for that purpose. Now I've a side-by-side fridge/freezer and I use one of the drawers in the bottom the freezer section for it, but I also have a large chest freezer, and I use one of the baskets in it for use-it-ups. I also use strong cardboard boxes to keep the bottom of the chest freezer organised - I can find stuff more easily by doing that, and I can see at a glance if I'm low on something in particular :-)

boredjellybean

thanks for the ideas everyone - I am off today to stock up on a few basics as I am sure running an empty freezer is not good

to start with I'll get the following;
milk
bread
peas
ice cream

then at the w/e I'll cook up 4-5lb of mince in the SC and freeze down in small portions

I am also hoping to get lots of 'freebies' from my parents allotment soon so it'll be good to have some space for that

BB

buxtonrabbitgreen

One of my freezers is fairly full of milk as the Sainsburys 1% is on offer at 75p so I bought 8 bottles. It stops the chest freezer being wastefully empty.