A final kitchen freezer update | almost 100%!

Alrighty! I’m back with a freezer update.

As a reminder, here’s what I had to use up the last time I updated.

Annnnnd here’s how it went!

OJ Concentrate/Peaches

I used some of the OJ concentrate by mixing it with a can of seltzer water.

I also used some in a smoothie, along with the bag of peaches.

Tortillas

I used two tortillas when I made breakfast tacos for myself (which also used up the last of a jalapeno, and a wrinkly red pepper).

More tortilla use in a sec!

Corn

I browned the corn in a skillet.

And then I used it to make a filling for a quesadilla.

I used some of the leftover quesadilla filling to make more breakfast tacos another day, on corn tortillas.

Ground Beef

I thawed the ground beef and browned it with an onion and some homemade taco seasoning that was in my spice cabinet. I didn’t have lettuce on hand, but I did have a partial head of cabbage, so I sliced that thinly and used it on the tacos, along with some Mexican crema.

And of course, I used some more of my corn tortillas.

Speaking of the tortillas, they were all frozen into a solid pile, which made using them annoying; you couldn’t grab just one or two!

To fix this, I pried them all apart with a butter knife and then froze them in a zipper bag.

Since they’re all free-floating now, it’s way, way easier to grab one or two.

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In conclusion, I just have a bit of OJ concentrate left, along with some of the tortillas.

But now that the tortillas are separated, I think I can use them up pretty quickly by faithfully making breakfast tacos.

And I will just keep using the OJ concentrate to add to smoothies or my seltzer water, so I know I will use that up too.

Soooo, this was a pretty successful freezer challenge! I feel really happy that my freezer is so much emptier now. Yay me!

About the chest freezer…

I got a small chest freezer for my rental house almost a year ago, and after a year, it needs a little organizing/eating down.

And I might as well tackle that before school starts, right??

I like to keep my freezer challenges manageable, so I’m not going to try to do it all in a week. Instead, I pulled out a few items to show you today, and then I’ll give myself a new set of items next week.

Bit by bit, it’ll get done!

First up, three chicken carcasses, which I need to turn into broth. It’s not a good time of year for doing this on the stovetop, so I think I will set up my crockpot in the carport and do it there.

Then we have two random containers of chicken tenderloins.

This is a bag of frozen peaches that I had grabbed from the freezer at my other house (they’re in a reused Costco frozen strawberry bag). I’ll probably make smoothies with these.

And lastly, a full package of mozzarella and a tiny bit in another bag. I don’t know if I’m too pressed about using up the full bag, but I do want to use the little tiny bit.

That seems like a manageable amount of stuff to use in a week, right? Wish me luck!