Sooo, I mentioned the fact that my freezer situation may be a wee bit out of control. Just a little. It looks worse than it is, though. I keep a white board on each of them, with a running list of what's inside. We'll call it organized chaos. Ya know, to make me feel better about it.
And now, I'm giving you a glimpse inside.
The first one is the freezer in the main fridge - the one in the actual kitchen.
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The other fridge is in our garage, the room that happens to be another one of my dirty little secrets.
Photos of that, not included.
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So, as I mentioned last week, my goal was to put together a meal plan based on what I've got stashed in those two freezers, as well as the "pantry". Pantry is in quotes, 'cause it's open shelving in my laundry/utility room. It's also loaded.
Grocery shopping without a plan is awkward to me, but I walked over to the Ghetto Safeway and stocked up on produce. I also bought a pound of bacon, a container of crumbled feta, and coffee filters. My total bill was $33 buckeroos.
This weekend, I put together our meal plan based on what's in the house and the veggies I bought at the store. With some dinners rolling over into a second night, I should get two weeks of meals out of that $33 bucks.
Here's the menu this time around:
- Spaghetti With Turkey Meatballs, Green Salad and Bread
- Bean Soup With Ham and Cornbread
- Chicken Frito Pie and Salad (this is a rollover from the last menu that I just haven't made yet)
- Grilled Ravioli With Garden Veggies and Bread
- Pork Chops Primavera and Roasted Potatoes
- Asian Braised Pork With Cucumber Salad, and Steamed Rice
- Baked Shrimp With Feta, Pasta and Bread
- Soy-Ginger Steak, Broccoli With Miso Peanut Sauce, and Steamed Rice
- Roasted Pork With Blackberry Sauce, Lindsay's Mashed Cauliflower, and Spinach-Apple Salad
- Gingery Pork and Cucumber Pita Sandwiches
- BBQ Beef Ribs, Slow Cooker Scalloped Potatoes and Corn On The Cob
I also always make a note of some things I'd like to try, and have the ingredients for. It doesn't necessarily mean they'll all happen.
- Carrot Buns
- Fresh Fettuccini
- Blueberry-Orange Cornmeal Muffins
- Maple, Bacon and Pecan Sticky buns
- Pear Butter
There ya have it. Recipes worth sharin' to follow.....
Wow your menu sounds sooooooooo soooooo good! Question, since your freezers are very well stocked, do you have a back up for power losses? My brother has lost hundreds of food loss in power outages so just curious how you hand that.
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Might you happen to have recipes for the bean soup and the grilled ravioli? Sounds very interesting.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I need you to come cook for me. That all sounds soooo good! And, your freezer looks perfect to me - stocked, just as it should be :)
ReplyDeleteMy freezers are maxed out at the moment, too. I make lists of what's in them, but it does no good if everyone who uses the freezer doesn't keep the list up to date, if you know what I mean :) Glad to hear you drove through Minerva a while back--we've driven through as well in times past when we drove up the coast!
ReplyDeleteMy freezer does not look like that at all - it's fairly empty so my grocery bill was not $33 for even just this week - checked out that frito pie - looks great
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