Call it spring cleaning or merely the fact that the doors barely closed from over crowding. Either way our freezers were in desperate need of reorganization. It started with the loss of 12 mini cups of Haigen Daz strawberry ice cream .
Had I really eaten all those little cups or had I just buried them behind the Golden Blintzes and boneless chicken breasts? So… needing to take control, Sunday afternoon I had my husband empty the freezer in the garage and the large freezer in our kitchen. We lined everything up on the kitchen counters in groups- proteins, frozen fruit (for smoothies), containers of homemade chicken soup (God forbid a cold breaks out, we are covered) and about 20 pounds of unidentified freezer burnt items. Here is what we have on the inventory list:
7 bags of frozen peas (anyone have any pea ideas?)
8 packs frozen chicken breast- (it is a security thing-makes me feel that if a busload of people came by and wanted chicken parmesan, I could do my part.)
4 bags opened frozen peaches for those smoothies
6 packs of sweet Italian sausage, screaming to become a pot of spaghetti sauce
9 bottles spring water (great for power walking when I actually remember to open the freezer and grab one.)
3 roast beefs (I know, sounds crazy but when all else fails, unthaw and have hubby rub with garlic salt and olive oil and grill.) and yes…
All those mini strawberry ice cream cups
So, now the freezer are organized and there is plenty of space in each until I over- shop and neurotically stock 8 more packs of chicken breasts and a few more roast beefs and figure out a good recipe using frozen peas.
-Judi Gallagher