Thursday, April 7, 2011

Freezer Organization!

I am pretty excited about something I started doing about 3 months ago that is making my life MUCH easier!  I said in an earlier post that when couponing and stockpiling, it is so important to KNOW what you have and keep like items together.  This is something that can be VERY difficult if you have a chest freezer like I do!  It seems like I would toss things in and NEVER be able to get to them, or buy way too much of one thing and be out of the next, it is very hard to keep things in their place in my freezer.  So with that being said, I decided to organize the freezer!  The next time I went to town I bought 5 rubbermaid tubs with lids that would fit stacked in my freezer like these:

I cleaned out everything in the freezer and divided the stuff amongst the tubs.  I labeled them baking goods, frozen veggies, cheese, meat, and one misc.  Now I have them all stacked in my freezer, if I need to get to something at the bottom I can pull the tubs out and easily get to the one I want. All similar items are in the tub so I know when it's time to "restock", therefore reducing waste due to not remembering what I have!  There is enough room in the "basket" for the meals I like to have on and then the area underneath is where I keep some bread items stacked!  I am LOVING this!  I think it probably takes up some extra space but I think it is so worth it!  I am lucky enough to have a deep freeze out in the garage where we keep all of our meats (like the beef and pork and deer we have so much of) and then in my "fridge freezer" I keep the more commonly used items like toaster strudel, frozen pizza, ice cream and those sorts of things!    Being organized like this sure has made meal prep and grocery shopping a lot easier and more enjoyable! Would sure LOVE to know what is working for some of you!

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