Comments on: Keeping a Freezer Inventory Saves Food, Time, and Money http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/04/28/keeping-a-freezer-inventory-saves-food-time-and-money/ Earth Friendly, Budget Friendly Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:24:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tiffany http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/04/28/keeping-a-freezer-inventory-saves-food-time-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2790 tiffany Sun, 17 May 2009 02:06:27 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2629#comment-2790 I drive my husband crazy with my lits to keep track of everything .... on the weekends he will want to cook something for a snack but he has to check the dinner list to see if i will be used for the next 2 weeks of dinners. I have 2 freezers and wish I had a stand up freezer. my chest freezer is were I put everything to store till needed.... I use the baskets it comes with for my fried foods like fries and nuggets and fish sticks, then I have the plastic shoe boxes and lable them for what ever is in them. I have one for chicken, one ground beef, one for pizza ingrediants, one for hotdogs, bacon and other smaller amounts of meet. in my kitchen freezer I keep a plastic box of all my veg and another one of all my fruit.... then a box I fill every week with that weeks dinner meats. I drive my husband crazy with my lits to keep track of everything …. on the weekends he will want to cook something for a snack but he has to check the dinner list to see if i will be used for the next 2 weeks of dinners. I have 2 freezers and wish I had a stand up freezer. my chest freezer is were I put everything to store till needed…. I use the baskets it comes with for my fried foods like fries and nuggets and fish sticks, then I have the plastic shoe boxes and lable them for what ever is in them. I have one for chicken, one ground beef, one for pizza ingrediants, one for hotdogs, bacon and other smaller amounts of meet. in my kitchen freezer I keep a plastic box of all my veg and another one of all my fruit…. then a box I fill every week with that weeks dinner meats.

]]> By: Betsy http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/04/28/keeping-a-freezer-inventory-saves-food-time-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2689 Betsy Wed, 06 May 2009 03:28:02 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2629#comment-2689 This is a great idea that I will try to implement. I would only add an idea I got from my sister for organizing the freezer. She uses plastic containers (the shoe box size more or less), but I use actual shoe boxes. I use one container for fruit, one for veggie and then stack bread products around those. I think she uses another one for already cooked meat, but I rarely freeze that (she buys more prepared foods than I do). That's the top shelf. On the bottom shelf I keep mostly meat products (in case the freezer ever should melt -- the raw meat juices wouldn't leak on everything) and nuts, spices, butter, OJ concentrate and other small stuff in the door (nuts, spices, and butter all keep much longer in the freezer). This is all ideally, of course. Sometimes when I am in a hurry when I get back from the grocery store, everything gets jammed in wherever there is space. I think the inventory is a great idea for keeping track. I also recently discovered a bunch of old bread I had intended to make into bread crumbs eventually in various ziploc bags all over my freezer. This is a great idea that I will try to implement. I would only add an idea I got from my sister for organizing the freezer. She uses plastic containers (the shoe box size more or less), but I use actual shoe boxes. I use one container for fruit, one for veggie and then stack bread products around those. I think she uses another one for already cooked meat, but I rarely freeze that (she buys more prepared foods than I do). That’s the top shelf. On the bottom shelf I keep mostly meat products (in case the freezer ever should melt — the raw meat juices wouldn’t leak on everything) and nuts, spices, butter, OJ concentrate and other small stuff in the door (nuts, spices, and butter all keep much longer in the freezer). This is all ideally, of course. Sometimes when I am in a hurry when I get back from the grocery store, everything gets jammed in wherever there is space. I think the inventory is a great idea for keeping track. I also recently discovered a bunch of old bread I had intended to make into bread crumbs eventually in various ziploc bags all over my freezer.

]]> By: melinda http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/04/28/keeping-a-freezer-inventory-saves-food-time-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2649 melinda Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:32:55 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2629#comment-2649 I freeze a lot of food from my garden, from local farmer's markets and from u-pick fruit farms. Near the end of the fall (the cheapest time to get red peppers (sliced and diced), sweet corn (blanched and cut off of the cob) and pumpkins (baked and pureed)) my chest freezer is full (I'll start filling it again soon with rhubarb and strawberries). Then I make my list of items and I put check boxes next to each item for every bag I have of that item. That gets taped to the top of the freezer along with a pen on a string. Then I make another list of just the items and I put it on the front of my fridge so I don't forget what lovely things I have down in the basement. It may be picky, but it is good to know when your strawberries are running out but you haven't used much corn--a good time for a corn chowder recipe! I freeze a lot of food from my garden, from local farmer’s markets and from u-pick fruit farms. Near the end of the fall (the cheapest time to get red peppers (sliced and diced), sweet corn (blanched and cut off of the cob) and pumpkins (baked and pureed)) my chest freezer is full (I’ll start filling it again soon with rhubarb and strawberries). Then I make my list of items and I put check boxes next to each item for every bag I have of that item. That gets taped to the top of the freezer along with a pen on a string. Then I make another list of just the items and I put it on the front of my fridge so I don’t forget what lovely things I have down in the basement. It may be picky, but it is good to know when your strawberries are running out but you haven’t used much corn–a good time for a corn chowder recipe!

]]> By: rebecca http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/04/28/keeping-a-freezer-inventory-saves-food-time-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2644 rebecca Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:26:33 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2629#comment-2644 Michelle, I keep the list in a drawer. Of course, hanging it on the fridge isn't a bad idea at all! Thanks for all the comments, everybody! Michelle, I keep the list in a drawer. Of course, hanging it on the fridge isn’t a bad idea at all!

Thanks for all the comments, everybody!

]]> By: Erin @ Closing Time http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/04/28/keeping-a-freezer-inventory-saves-food-time-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2643 Erin @ Closing Time Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:11:31 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2629#comment-2643 This is GREAT!! I was just thinking yesterday that I have to do something about my freezer. Thanks for the tip!! This is GREAT!! I was just thinking yesterday that I have to do something about my freezer. Thanks for the tip!!

]]> By: Buffie http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/04/28/keeping-a-freezer-inventory-saves-food-time-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2639 Buffie Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:57:04 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2629#comment-2639 I'm going to have to try this. I'm always forgetting exactly what we have in the freezer (although I do try to label everything). We wind up throwing out way too much because it sits in there so long that it gets freezer burned. I’m going to have to try this. I’m always forgetting exactly what we have in the freezer (although I do try to label everything). We wind up throwing out way too much because it sits in there so long that it gets freezer burned.

]]> By: Carrie http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/04/28/keeping-a-freezer-inventory-saves-food-time-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2638 Carrie Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:54:31 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2629#comment-2638 great idea. i just started doing something like this with my fridge and freezer and created my meal plan for this week http://www.itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/2009/04/meal-plan-426.html with almost only food i already had. great idea. i just started doing something like this with my fridge and freezer and created my meal plan for this week http://www.itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/2009/04/meal-plan-426.html with almost only food i already had.

]]> By: Multi-Tasking Mommy http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/04/28/keeping-a-freezer-inventory-saves-food-time-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2636 Multi-Tasking Mommy Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:56:09 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2629#comment-2636 I do this as well, but the hardest thing for me is keeping it up to date! I do this as well, but the hardest thing for me is keeping it up to date!

]]> By: Mrs. Not the Jet Set http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/04/28/keeping-a-freezer-inventory-saves-food-time-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2635 Mrs. Not the Jet Set Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:36:04 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2629#comment-2635 I've done a freezer inventory list for three years now and can't imagine not doing it. It's amazing how helpful it is. I do a lot of canning and freezing from my garden and local orchards so it also helps me to track how much I put up of X last and how much we actually used. Then I can adjust the amount I will put up this year based on our actual usage. I’ve done a freezer inventory list for three years now and can’t imagine not doing it. It’s amazing how helpful it is. I do a lot of canning and freezing from my garden and local orchards so it also helps me to track how much I put up of X last and how much we actually used. Then I can adjust the amount I will put up this year based on our actual usage.

]]> By: *~Michelle~* http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/04/28/keeping-a-freezer-inventory-saves-food-time-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2634 *~Michelle~* Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:22:43 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2629#comment-2634 Cool idea! Do you hang the list on the side of your freezer/fridge? Cool idea! Do you hang the list on the side of your freezer/fridge?

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