Organizing your freezer

Ok, so some would say I have a small case of OCD about being organized.

Today I am going to share with you our freezer we keep downstairs in the basement.

Because we cook in bulk, freezing things properly is extremely important or you just wasted your
time cooking it.

We purchased identical ziploc containers. All of them are the same size and shape so stacking
in the freezer is easier.

On top of each container is post it that has the item, qty and date. For example, Meatballs (1) Nov 4 ,2010.
That says it is meatballs for one and when it was packaged.

Mark travels alot and I can have homemade meatballs without creating more leftovers.

Upstairs in the kitchen we keep a chart ( that is an excel spreadsheet for easy changes) on our bulletin
board in the kitchen.
It reads oldest date first, item, qty. We keep this list for everything.  So when we find a sale on meat
we can label it and freeze it. Meats we usually repackage with the vacuum sealer.

Again everything is  labeled and added to the list.

It is a great system and we know exactly what we have in the freezer and try to use the oldest item first.

Try it, it will save you a ton of money.

Smiles-Cathy