I love my freezer because not only does it keep food from spoiling but it gives me free time. It gives me more money too.
What I have in my freezer and why:
What I have in my freezer and why:
1. chocolate chips- because we live in AZ and they melt when left out
2. corn and spinach- so I always have vegetables on hand to throw into anything
3. frozen berries (costco sized bag)- cheaper, always in season and helps make any number of desserts in a pinch
4. cookie dough- right now I have extra florentine dough leftover from last time I made them, makes for an easy dessert, and less dessert at one time
5. Brownies, individually wrapped- so that I hopefully eat them more sparingly then if I left them in the pan on the counter
6. bones- pork bones etc., whatever I have from butchering meat(you know like a pork chop that you bought bone on but didn't need the bone) I use pork bones to flavor tomato sauce and chicken bones for chicken stock
7. Tomato sauce and vegetable stock- I make both of these in really large batches and freeze them in small containers so I only make them every month or two. So easy, delicious and unbelievably economical(esp if you buy the #10 cans of tomatoes at costco)
8.Leftover soup ready to reheat at any time
9. tamales and ravioli when I am lucky, those usually dont last long though, too good to let sit in the freezer
10. blocks of cheddar cheese- i buy the "cheddar loaf" at costco and cut it, saran wrap in and put it in a plastic bag all together to keep out the freeze, so much cheaper!
11. ice cream and a frozen pizza, because I can't always do homemade, there are just those days....
What kind of goodies do you store in your freezer?
