Sunday, March 18, 2012

Freezer Inventory -- Too Much Meat!

I took a quick inventory of our big freezer because I knew there was a lot of stuff in there that we need to eat. Here's what I found that I know I'm going to cook this week:

  • 500g peas, corn, and carrots (2/3 cup on Thursday)
  • 750g tater tots (Thursday) 
  • 800g potato bake (Monday) 
  • 100g sliced pepperoni (Monday) 
  • 2 links of chorizo  (Tuesday, Wednesday)
  • 500g thin sausages (Sunday) 
  • 2 x 500g beef mince (Wednesday, Thursday) 
  • 1 kg chuck steak (Tuesday) 

And here's all the rest:

  • 3 x 500g sliced green beans
  • 500g mixed vegetables
  • 2 x 1.2kg french fries
  • 1 x meat feast pizza
  • 3 x beef and cheese pies
  • 175g short cut bacon
  • 2 x 375g short cut bacon
  • 2 x small Spanish marinated minute steaks
  • 1/2 Mexican marinated chicken
  • 2 x 500g beef mince
  • 8 x 200g chicken breasts
  • 2 x pork scotch fillet steaks w/tarragon butter 
  • 1kg Santa Maria marinated sirloin roast
  • 3 x beef steaks (unknown cut)
  • 1 pkg pork chops (3 or 4? unknown cut)
  • 450g organic chicken drumsticks
Those chicken breasts are mostly from my big chicken purchase this week, and I will eat some of them for lunches this week, but the rest of it is just stuff I've bought and then forgotten about. Some of it's been in there for 3, 4 and maybe even 6 months, and it's time to get it out.

The bacon's not a problem because I eat bacon for breakfast almost every morning. This week I've got the chorizo, but next week I'll be back to bacon, so it'll go. 

I'll eat the minute steaks for lunch, and also the pork steaks (I've had 'em before, and they're very nice). I might try one of the other steaks, but I don't know what they are, and I think they've been in there for a pretty long time, so I'll probably just use them in a stew or something. Same with the pork chops. Maybe in the slow cooker. The sirloin roast can be a dinner one night next week, and I might have the 1/2 chicken for dinner on Monday. The frozen french fries, green beans, and mixed veggies will be eaten as side dishes over the next couple of weeks. 

So that just leaves the chicken legs and the meat pies. I'm not much of a leg man, but I'll come up with something. The meat pies might just have to go, though. The boys tried them, and really don't like the cheese in them, so maybe there's no hope for them. Unless I thaw them, scoop out the meat and cheese mixture, and then sneak it into something. I'll have to think about that one. 

But the one thing that's clear is that if I plan the menu right, I won't need to buy meat next week. I might buy some anyway, if there's a good sale on, but if not we should be fine with what we've already got. 

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