Creating an inventory of what is in the freezer is something that I always put off and yet once it's done it really is a massive help.
Already I have been able to look at the scribbled pages when I have been wanting to get something out, instead of rummaging through the freezer drawers, thinking it's in one, not finding it there, trying the other two and then going back to the first one where by some mastery of physics it is suddenly very obviously right there!! I'm always convinced that something is in one drawer when it is actually in another buried under a mound of bits and bobs of leftovers.
Happily the freezer is pretty full with very edible and tasty looking things, mostly of bags of vegetables, so I see a lot of vegetable curries and soups in my immediate future. I do have one suitable candidate for a Christmas dinner centrepiece ... if it lasts that long. I obviously didn't fancy it last year, will I this?
Anyway I wrote out everything that was in the drawers and then compiled myself a menu plan of evening meals for this week, and up to now I have stuck to it faithfully.
Having just one meal on each days menu means that I can ad-lib at will and have different things for lunch and breakfast, and when I am at my most brain-dead and unimaginative in the evenings I have a hope in hell of finding something to eat ... and in the right drawer as well. 😄
Sue xx
Glad you were able to get your freezer inventory done. :)
ReplyDeleteFor some reason it's always one of those useful little jobs that I put off and put off, and I'm always so pleased when it's done and I can actually find things. I need to remember this!!
DeleteGreat job doing the inventory. I think I should probably do the same very soon. Catriona
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't take that long, but it's just a boring job to start, and yet an interesting job once you've finished. Go for it!!
DeleteYou're more organized than me! I roughly know what is in there, and the rummaging is fun on a hot day . . .
ReplyDeleteLove that meme - made me smile.
Gosh if I stand there rummaging my freezer starts screaming at me, these gadgets that tell you off are very annoying!!
DeleteSince moving, our freezer is so small that I've memorised the contents 😆
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
Haha, so being small has it's advantages then. :-)
DeleteThat meme made me laugh out loud! xxx
ReplyDeleteWe all need a good laugh every day with the news a depressing as it is, I'm happy to oblige with a little one for today. :-)
DeleteYou did a great job with the inventory! Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteI labeled the drawers so I don't have to search too hard: animal products, vegetables, bread, and cakes. One compartment has no label. There are various things in there that don't belong in any of the other drawers, such as herbal oil extracts for creams and ointments.
Because we have a garden from which we can harvest lots of berries and fruit, we have a second freezer just for these things. We can almost completely supply ourselves with fruit and berries.
That sounds like a really good way to do it. ❤️
DeleteGreat meme !I also keep an inventory on a couple of pieces of paper with a magnet on the side of my freezer.I don't waste food anymore by doing this.
ReplyDeleteYep, that's where my inventory lives now. I'm even remembering to cross things as off it when I use them. I must keep it up. 😄
DeleteYou have inspired me. I really must do a freezer inventory as well. You are very organized!
ReplyDeleteMarilyn S
Go for it, it's very satisfying ... once it's done. 😄
DeleteKeeping a freezer inventory is something I hadn't really thought about. I usually just (hopefully, lol) remember what's in there. It's a good idea though!
ReplyDeleteI'm usually pretty good at remembering, but then all the bitty bits of leftovers and single items start being squeezed into gaps and mayhem ensues. 😄
DeleteSue, I like to list what's in my freezer and then put it up on the fridge so I can glance at it and then mark off what I use up. I'm waiting on a new yearly planner to arrive in the mail and it has a place for the weekly meal planning. You've inspired me to actually follow through with that :) And I love that meme :) So true! haha
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to be good this time and tick off everything as I use it. 😀
DeleteYour planner sounds good.
I've definitely slipped again. I know roughly what's in there but not exactly :0/ The only thing I'm certain of is box after box of French beans!
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PS Great meme !
DeleteHaha, lots and lots of French beans in your foreseeable future then. 😄
DeleteYes, that meme definitely resonated with me. 🫤
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