After the Pantry and Freezer Problem final 12 months, considered one of my objectives was to be a bit extra environment friendly on the subject of stocking up on meals in my pantry, in addition to the freezer. A 12 months later, I replicate on how profitable my decision has been for me.
Once I began the pantry and freezer cleanout final week, there was simply 1 packet of frozen, combined greens in my freezer which I’d purchased some time again as an ‘emergency’ packet of veggies to have available (I keep away from shopping for frozen greens altogether) and, I’m comfortable to say, that packet has since been used! I steamed the entire packet of veggies within the microwave and made a rapid and straightforward butter sauce to go along with. These veggies have been gone in 3 days, as a facet serving to three dinner meals that we had final week.
Aside from that 1 packet of veggies, there have been no packets of meat that wanted for use up instantly, or that I haven’t included in my meal plan for subsequent month. Yay! I’m tremendous glad about that. I do have just a few tubs of ready-made meals however these are all going for use quickly, as I’ve deliberate for that.
As for my pantry, the scenario was significantly better this time spherical as effectively! After an intensive cleanout, the gadgets within the photograph under have been the solely gadgets that wanted for use up. I believe I might be happy with my progress since final 12 months as I’d had an entire lot extra in my pantry after I began the Pantry & Freezer Problem.
The small tin of granadilla pulp you possibly can see within the photograph was left over from baking and, sadly, there wasn’t sufficient for me to make one other granadilla cake, which is what I’d initially used these tins for. So I made us some mango flavoured jelly and after it had set, I poured the pulp over the jelly and served it for dessert a few instances. It was scrumptious and, no less than for us, one thing a bit totally different.
The Lipton fruit tea packets within the photograph have been free to start with. I used to be stocking up on Joko tea (hubby’s favorite), which was on a very good particular on the time, and for every packet of Joko tea that I purchased, I obtained an entire packet of Lipton tea free of charge. I ended up with a number of packets of the totally different flavours which we’ve totally loved this winter. Now that the times are getting hotter, I made a decision to start out use a few of these leftover tea luggage to make us ice tea. The Mandarin orange flavour, particularly, was very good as I’d added a few slices of oranges and naartjies to the bottle of tea.
The gadgets which I very hardly ever purchase – the Cup-a-Soup sachets, Melba toast and prawn crackers – have been additionally put to good use. We had the slices of Melba toast for breakfast throughout the week as a substitute of really making toast. The Cup-a-Soup sachets hubby and I took to work and had a cup with a sandwich on two days. We fried the entire packet of prawn crackers over the weekend and loved the snack whereas watching TV.
Lastly, the little little bit of castor sugar that was left within the packet I used for this beautiful Lemon Loaf Cake. I additionally made us some Taco mince filling for the Taco shells which was our supper on 2 nights this week.
All in all, my pantry and freezer cleanout this 12 months was an absolute breeze. I’m so comfortable that there was no waste from both the pantry or the freezer, and that I’ve managed to make use of up all of the gadgets that wanted for use up, fairly rapidly. I’ve tried some new concepts (the granadilla pulp poured over jelly and taking the time to make us ice tea as a substitute of plain cups of tea) in addition to some new recipes which we’ve so loved (the Lemon Loaf Cake and Tacos).
Have you ever completed a pantry and freezer cleanout these days? How did it go?
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