Eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge - part two

joedenise

@rtandon27 how can he not see it if it's slices?  I love the stuff and often use it.

Forgot when I posted earlier that I needed to get some mixed frozen fruit out of the freezer for breakfast in the morning!

Saver-upper

Can I join in?

I have been saying for months I need to run down the freezer contents. I don't have a lot of freezer space for a family of 6 (2 undercounter  freezers=6 "shelves". I also have overflowing, disorganised kitchen cupboards (not good for a professional home organiser 😱).Some  of it is Christmas treats, but there is also lots of duplicates. I am looking forward to my cupboards and freezers being able to breathe again 😂.

I have had a look back through the thread, but can I ask, what are you counting as the "ins" and "out"? Is it how many new new items enter the freezer/cupboards, and how many you use up?

Thank you 🌻

pamsdish

@Saver-upper I only count anything I put in or remove from my freezers, I too have cupboards over flowing, just too much to count, although I am being really firm with myself about using what I have, and not buy more because a great offer price, I am in the declutter thread too and making inroads there.
IN: 0
OUT: Oxtail for tomorrow, all this talk of oxtail made me fancy a warming stew.

joedenise

I too only count anything new which goes into the freezer or comes out of the freezer.  It would get too complicated if I started adding what goes in and out of the fridge and cupboards!

In:  0
Out:  cauliflower to go into tonight's veggie curry alongside the fresh veg

cuddlymarm

Hi guys
In 0
Out Veggie burgers and frozen chips

rtandon27

joedenise said:

@rtandon27 how can he not see it if it's slices?  I love the stuff and often use it.

Oops - look like I posted that on the wrong tread - LOL - that was meant for the reverse meal plan tread!

@joedenise - I have no clue how he can't see it - I'm going to chalk it up to ignorance is bliss 🤣🤣🤣 - It's one of my all-time favorite vegetables too!

carinjo

Out: small canned HM pears for breakfast.
In: 0

Saver-upper

Thank you for the advice re how you count the items in and out of your freezers

I spent this morning cleaning, sorting and doing an inventory of my 2 under-counter freezers:

Freezer 1:

18 part-packets of sausages 😱😱(a couple of full packets, mostly 2-3 sausages each.The result of buying 3-4 different flavours when we plan sausages for tea,  freezing the uncooked ones, and not getting them out to defrost in time the next time we have them. So I  buy more . And the cycle continues.😑.NO MORE!!

2 takeaway  containers of parsley

Part-bags of chillies x7

Drawer 2:
4 chicken thighs 

4 chicken fillets,freezer burnt

2 pkt mango coconut and lime chicken fillets

Pkt spring rolls 

2 shortcrust pastry sheets

2 pkt  tortellini 

Drawer 3:
A bag of chicken drumsticks 

Half bag and a full bag of soya beans

Bag baby Broad beans 

1/3 bag of chips

1/4 bag curly fries

1/2 bag sweetcorn 

Nearly empty bag of peas  *

1 Shortcrust pastry

Pkt 8 lorne slices (I am not even sure what this is. My partner must have bought them.) 

* will replace

Freezer 2:
Drawer 1:

2 garlic breads 

1 naan bread

Frozen raspberries in takeaway container

Meatball sauce in takeaway  container 

Lamb shank

Ben and Jerry 's Cookie chunks 😋

Drawer 2:
Packet turkey breast steaks,bought in 1st lockdown when I couldn't buy chicken . I thought I could trick my kids, but noooooooooooooo 😂😂

Chicken fillets, freezer-burnt

Chicken fillets

500g mince , freezer burnt

750g mince

500g mince

2 more part pkt of mince

Drawer 3:
1/2pkt sausage rolls

1/3 pkt chicken dippers

3 chicken nuggets

Indian bites

Piripiri chicken wings

Duck spring rolls 

Quiche lorraine

Flora x4- I always buy a few of these when they are on special

Thrown out:

Packet of 7 meatless chicken skewers

2 burgers, freezer burnt

1 packet of 5 pork chops-will cook up for our 2 dogs

Takeaway Container of soft serve ice cream the children had bought in the summer, and forgotten about. 

Something unidentifiable-looks like pieces of frozen tofu pieces, but it's not

2 vegetarian burgers, freezer burnt

Lots to be going with there! I have rearranged everything so (mostly) all like items are together,so they don't get forgotten.(While having bolognaise last night I was wishing I had remembered to buy garlic bread, not knowing I had 2 in the freezer 😑.

Going to sort the cupboards and fridge later.Fridge isn't too bad,but cupboards are overflowing 😑😑.

D123456789

Good afternoon I would like to join you all please.

my freezer used to only contain ice cubes frozen peas and occasional tub of ice cream, but when the March lockdown took me by surprise I slowly started to top up my usual shop with extras and now my cupboards and freezer is bursting.....

so although 10 days of stash would be useful if we have to self isolate, I think I may have enough for 10 weeks!

so I will start to rectify this, hopefully save some money on my January / February grocery bills and get some organisation back to the kitchen!

I used to shop every other day or so which was great as we wasted very little if anything. But now I only go shopping once a week it requires a bit more planning on what I was used to doing.

so thanks everyone for the motivation. 

Out of freezer today - soup for lunch, fish for tea

Florenceem

Out - Frikadellen burgers.
In - lo stuffing.