I got to take a huge plastic bag full of tomatoes out of the freezer today and it left a badly needed space........whew......anything helps. The tomato soup turned out good too.......:mdance:
Today I took 1 box of HB Helper from the pantry and 1 lb. hamburger and some frozen peas from the freezer. I put the free turkey from DH's work in the freezer so no room for anything else.
My freezer is looking great.
The meat fits on 2 shelves. This includes the turkey and turkey breast that I added to it last week.
I hope to use up all of the other meat before restocking. Want to use up all of the old stuff before buying new.
I am going to get a couple more turkeys and some ham since the local store has buy a cure 81 ham for $2.99 lb. get a turkey free and if you spend $25 you can get another turkey for .49 lb. So my plan is to buy the ham that will be almost $25 and then get the free turkey and then get the .49 lb. turkey.
So for about $30 I will get a cure 81 ham and 2 turkeys. Not to bad in my books since the cure 81 ham is so good and is almost $5 lb otherwise.
Well, I finished off over half of my list. Many older items are now gone. I did restock just about everything you can think may be on sale for Thanksgiving. My freezer and pantry is so full now. I need to restart.I think I am going on a total eat out of the stockpile until the new year. I am going to try not to buy anything except the regulars-milk, bread, etc. I will probably have to pick up a few items for Christmas baking, but not much.
I think I need to restart/quit. Here is my original list.
FRIDGE:
whole chicken DONE
all small sized condiments WORKING ON IT
all fresh veggies DOWN TO A FEW BABY CARROTS
all fresh fruit DOWN TO A FEW APPLES
2 opened juices DONE
1 marinade
FREEZER
bacon-cooked pack DONE
2 packs frozen soup ONE GONE
1 pack pumpkin FIVE GONE
waffles WORKING
burgers GONE
hot dogs GONE
buns TWO KINDS GONE
bacon-uncooked pack DONE
cheesey bites DONE
egg rolls
1 pack okra
thin hamburger rolls
hash browns
PANTRY
2 cereals GONE
pop tarts GONE
2 corns ONE GONE
1 rice GONE
cereal bars
wheat thins
1 juice
1 soup
1 jello
1 pudding
2 cans fruit
2 cans tuna
1 box noodles
1 can spaghettios
raisins
Since I restocked for the Thanksgiving sales I am restarting. I am challenging myself to not shop until Dec. 1. I last shopped on Nov 15. That would be 2 full weeks.
I have used up
Freezer
one pack of chicken breast
Pantry/Fridge
3 cans of cream soup
egg noodles
cereal
pack of cheese
Week 3 list progress
FRIDGE:
whole chicken -DONE
all small sized condiments-MOST GONE
all fresh veggies- DOWN TO A FEW BABY CARROTS
all fresh fruit- DOWN TO A FEW APPLES
2 opened juices- DONE
1 marinade
FREEZER
bacon-cooked pack DONE
2 packs frozen soup ONE GONE
1 pack pumpkin FIVE GONE
waffles WORKING
burgers GONE
hot dogs GONE
buns TWO KINDS GONE
bacon-uncooked pack DONE
cheesey bites DONE
thin hamburger rolls-DONE
egg rolls
1 pack okra
hash browns
So far for this week
Pantry
box of spaghetti
rest of the rice krispies
bag of marshmallows
bag of mac and cheese
jar of spaghetti sauce
can pumpkin
can evaporated milk
6 lbs of apples
1/2 of bag chocolate chips
1 box of chex cereal
finished jar of creamy peanutbutter
finished bottle of ketcup
1 can redbeets
finished jar of vinegar
Freezer/Frig
1/2 bag of meatballs
6 boneless porkchops
8 hambburgers
1 pack of hamburger rolls
cheese slices
4 sticks of butter
1 bag of pizza bites
2 loaves of garlic bread
10 cheese soft pretzels
1/2 gallon of icecream
jar of carmel
1 dozen eggs
Well I restocked my freezer.
I added 3 turkeys, 4 chuck roasts, 5 bags cooked breakfast sausage, 8 pks pork sausage links, 30 lbs chicken quarters, 8 bags veggies.
Saved enough room for the turkey I will be getting from work in a few weeks.
I am ready to start eating this stuff up again.
Just for today we are using, Besides the fresh turkey and sweet potatoes. I had everything else in my house for weeks or months.
pantry
2 cans french style green beans
1 can of chicken broth
bread
2 cans of gravy(I stink at homemade gravy)
sweet potatoes
marshmallows
brown sugar
bisquick--pancakes
syrup
Frig/freezer[/B
]2 cans of crescent rolls
1 turkey
1 can of cranberry sauce
2 sticks of butter
eggs
bacon
celery
onion
FRIDGE:
whole chicken DONE
all small sized condiments WORKING ON IT
all fresh veggies DOWN TO A FEW BABY CARROTS
all fresh fruit DOWN TO A FEW APPLES
2 opened juices DONE
1 marinade
PANTRY
2 cereals 3 GONE
pop tarts GONE
2 corns 3 GONE
1 rice GONE
1 box noodles ONE GONE
1 can spaghettios ONE GONE
wheat thins TRASHED
1 juice GONE
1 soup GONE
cereal bars
1 pudding-TWO GONE
2 cans fruit ONE GONE
1 jello
2 cans tuna
raisins
This month I discovered I buy many things I don't really like and that is why they are here for 6 months or more. I really need to stop buying stuff we don't eat!
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