One of my goals this year was to
consolidate my two freezers into one, and to make better use of the
freezer and the food within it. The first step has been made: the
older freezer has been emptied and defrosted. Now to find out how to
get rid of it....
This morning I made an inventory of the
other freezer. The plan is to move it from its present rather
inconvenient location to where the old freezer is. So the old freezer
has to be removed, and the newer freezer has to be … emptied.
As soon as it is empty enough that I
can put the rest of the stuff in the teeny-tiny freezer in my fridge,
the freezer will be unplugged, defrosted and moved. Then it has to
sit 24 hours before you can even plug it in and then of course it
takes time to get it back to temperature. Sigh...
The freezer is heavy on meat and light
on everything else (except somehow there is a lot of ice cream....)
The good news is that there are things there for 16 entrees, which is
just about right to get us through to our next vacation and the first
few days back. The freezer will have to run while we are gone anyway,
as Lucas lives from frozen pizza in our absence, I gather.
As soon as it is empty enough that I
can put the rest of the stuff in the teeny-tiny freezer in my fridge,
the freezer will be unplugged, defrosted and moved. Then it has to
sit 24 hours before you can even plug it in and then of course it
takes time to get it back to temperature. Sigh...
Interestingly, six of the entrees are
fish. Yum! Fortunately I have found lots of new heart-healthy fish
recipes lately, so I am looking forward to trying them out.
The hardest part for me, I think, will
be not buying any more meat or anything else to freeze! It goes
against my nature! I have become so used to buying up meat on sale
and preparing it and freezing it, it is hard to change! But I can
look forward to some great (and big!)
Meanwhile this will all give me an
excellent exercise in menu planning, so that I can use up as much as
possible without repeating too often or at least too close together!
