This week I went over on the grocery budget (more on that in tomorrow’s grocery budget weekly update post), which means I need to get creative for the rest of the month. The freezer has been out of control for a while, so I decided this week to shop my freezer for my meals and declutter it in the process. I began by doing an inventory of my freezer.
There were a couple of items I had to throw away, but here is a list of what remained. On some of these items, I’m not sure what I was thinking when I bought them. We are not ‘frozen cut okra’ people, but, alas, here we are. After listing all the items in the freezer, I got to work on an updated menu for the coming week using as many of the items in my freezer as possible and highlighted them in yellow. I also tried to use as many items in the pantry as possible, too.
After making a new menu, I straightened up the freezer items, so I will be able to quickly locate what I need this coming week.
It will be interesting to see how these meals turn out. I’ll keep you posted. Is your freezer out of control?
wOW! You are super organized.
Thank you for reading! I finally got tired of wasting food. 🙂 I wish I had done this a looooong time ago.
I don’t tend to buy food I won’t use–to cut frozen okra for me, especially since my partner hates okra–but I used to occasionally buy a piece of clothing thinking I could be the sort of person who’d wear it. The minute I spot myself thinking that these days, I move on. If I was going to be that person, I would be by now. I’ll never wear it, even if I do like it.
It’s odd how our minds work.
“If I was going to be that person, I would be by now” – I absolutely agree! I used to shop the clearance racks even if the clothes didn’t quite fit, because they were a “good deal”. Now, I only buy what I love even if I have to pay full price.
And probably spend much less, all told.