Purge

Purge is such a fun word to say. I love saying it. P. u. r. g. e. It feels good to say the word and to purge! I cleaned out my fridge today. Ya, it was getting bad. Neglect is a horrible word. It's not even fun to say.

-So the fridge is cleaned out and wiped down.
-I took inventory of the kitchen freezer and the garage deep freeze.
-I made some menu plans for eating out of the freezer and the pantry.

I know I just did this not too long ago but see, I have a disease...it's the hoarding disease. Apparently I hoard food. I was appalled when I realized this but as I analyzed it more and more I realized there are some reasons.... good reasons. Yes, I'm relieved that I could come up with some good reasons!

a. I buy food in bulk now. No brainer on that one. I'm obviously going to be stocked up on food.
b. I make freezer meals. I've just trained myself to always cook in bulk which honestly has really helped since I'm working now. As soon as I eat out of the freezer I end up restocking the darn thing. It's just habit. It's also stocked with leftovers because I HATE to waste food and frankly can not afford to waste food.

Okay, see, I have good reasons. Well, good enough for me anyway.

So, since I need to save money everywhere I can we are once again eating out of the freezer and pantry this month. It's a way of purging and making sure nothing goes to waste.

Next, I need to defrost the deep freeze. That was my original plan the last time we ate out of the freezer but as you can see, I restocked it before I got a chance to defrost it. So, I'm going to give that a try again. I even started to make a double batch of stuffed shells today and had to force myself to not put a pan of them in the freezer....since the whole idea was to eat the ricotta out of the fridge.....to only put it back into the freezer as stuffed shells? Doesn't make sense to me either. Wow, I'm really rambling. So, we are eating the stuffed shells for dinner tonight. Problem solved.

So, if you have a food stocking issue....and want to join me on eating out of the pantry and freezer this month, feel free to jump in.

Side note on saving money....I turned down our thermostat 2 degrees to see if it saves us money. No, I'm not going to tell you what it's set at because I don't want you laughing at what a wimp I am. I'm hoping that at the end of this month it has saved us money. Now we wear layers in the house!

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Happy Monday!
I'm off to go do some more food prep for the week, finish schooling my kids for the day, and I can hear the washer and dryer calling me....buzzzzzzzz, buzzzzzzzzzzz, buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.