I was on the phone with J the other night and he mentioned that he made a list of all the things in his freezer to help him plan his meals for the rest of the month. Now, he’s a frugal chap (duh, of course he would be!), but this ultra-organization sounded like something I’d do! I’m surprised I’ve never taken inventory of my food before, so I thought I’d take a look into my freezer and write down all that I have for possible dinners this week.
Here’s what I found:
- Frozen pizza
- 4 Chicken breasts
- 2 Salmon cakes
- 2 Crab cakes
- 4 Chicken egg rolls
- Bag of shrimp
- Stir fry mix
- Eggplant/Zucchini mix
- Ravioli
- Mixed vegetables
- Frozen bananas (just waiting for banana bread)
- Two bags of cheese
- Ice cream (my fave=cookie dough)
- Homemade tomato sauce
- Sausage
- Green beans
- Chicken fried rice mix
- 2 Seasoned chicken patties
- Fettuccine/mushroom mix
Whoa baby! If this is correct, then I have a whole month of dinner entrees in my freezer!
Hmm. I wonder what I should have for dinner tonight. What do you suggest? :)
Wow that’s definitely a nice well rounded freezer.
I think I have some homemade pasta sauce (actually a recipe from $5 dinners!), some tilipia filets, a few chicken breasts and some freezie pops (yum!…good value too).
You have the makings for a nice chicken stir fry dinner!
I would use the stir fry mix (i’m assuming it’s just frozen vegetables) and a chicken breast and have a stir fry. Yum!
I try to do an inventory about once a month actually, I’ve found that it can really save me money.
One trick I’ve found useful is to go to a site like allrecipes or recipezaar that allows you to search for recipe by ingredients. You just put in what you have and it will pull up a recipe for you.
Personally, I’m seeing some shrimp fettucini in your future! Plus, I’d combine the eggrolls and stir fry for a Chinese food night, and the chicken and homemade pasta sauce for chicken parmigiana
Green beans in the chicken fried rice, and salmon cakes on the side. YUM. This is the kind of stuff I look forward to when daydreaming about living on my own.
Ice cream!
I need to clean out my freezer and use up some things. Thanks for the reminder! I know I could not go to the store for a month if I just used the food in my cupboard and freezer!