I can easily make additions to improve on it as you share. I’ll be excited to hear how you implement this check list. When I use up that item, I will just cross it off. That way, I will have an area to look to right away. When I add things to the freezer, I will put a number for what shelf it’s on. No system is perfect, and if your children help put away groceries there’s always a margin for error, but it will be better than no system at all. It really helped me stay organized with what I had available, especially when I flash freezed items and made freezer meals. Oh yes, there’s a light at the end of this tunnel.įor years, I had freezer checklist taped outside of my chest freezer (and inside my pantry door for my inside freezer). There is so much ice around the rim that it really needs to be defrosted in order for it to perform better, but I have a long way to go before that can happen.īut, I feel great satisfaction from my inside freezer because for the first time in months, I saw… One of my main goals from this freezer challenge is to eat through enough frozen foods to be able to defrost my outside chest freezer. Remembering that I have frozen chicken breast in my chest freezer, but having no clue where it’s located, does me no good when I am in a hurry to get dinner going.Īfter having pulled out ten frozen veggies, two half gallons of milk, a packet of hot dog buns that I searched for three months ago, and my after Easter ham deal purchase, I’m in no mood to joyously make that Crockpot BBQ chicken recipe, no matter how easy it is. Especially in a large stand alone freezer, knowing where food items are located is crucial as well. With a chest freezer and a side by side freezer, it’s so easy for me to throw items in the freezer, and completely forget what falls into the deep, dark abyss. Today, I’m sharing a freezer inventory checklist that will help us all get organized with our freezer stockpile. (And yes, I read the requests for a follow up post on my long term food storage. Your answers, as always, were so interesting. Last week we shared a bit about our pantry stockpile and the “When is enough, enough?” stockpiling food question. I don’t, but I am bound and determined to change that over the next month as I slowly but surely, eat through my freezer during my January Pantry and Freezer Challenge. Come on, let’s fess up, do you know what lurks in your freezer?
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