Frugal In Florida

This is so late in happening, I'm almost ashamed to even post the list on MARCH 18! Good grief. It was suppose to happen at the first of the year to kick start the Year of Zero ... Of course, when I started doing this, just like that I REMEMBERED the deep freeze at my dad's place ... I never even looked in there. Oh boy.  He seems to think perhaps my brother and wife were tapping in and removing stuff ... I hope so! Anyways ... here's what I got started so far: Guest Freezer: 14 bags (2cup) mozzarella cheese 2 bags of Tabasco pulp 2 OM Black Angus hot dogs (these are pretty much the ONLY dog I will eat now) OM Chicago style hot dog 2 bags (1lb) key west shrimp 2 lb bag (open) large key west shrimp (shell on) cheddar cheese (2 cup) 2 gallon size ziploc of red sauce 3 (1cup) parm romano cheese shreds 40 ct egg rolls 4 pkgs pineapple meatballs (I'm the only one that will eat these) 2 bags brocolli (smaller bags) 3 1/4 lb bag of cooked chi...

Whew...it's been a more productive week! There are signs of hope!! I'm actually quite pleased with this past week's results ... Out: sausage bacon pkg of turkey lunchmeat 2 pkgs of bagel bites (I think this is it!) 1 box of Taquitos (yahoo) (close to tossing the remainder of box 2, I think they are freezer burned at this point) 1 small box of mac and cheese *HC Fudge bars, one box is getting 'lower' but don't want to toss the box as then I will lose the remaining bars so the box stays in the door* 2 lb of butter (moved to the fridge and one box is already gone!) 1 pkg ready cooked bacon filet mignon steaks 2 boxes crabcakes 2 frozen pizzas 1 smoothie mix half bag of raspberries In: 4 pizzas (and see the 2 removed, so only 2 left) 1 lb frozen blueberries small pkg of tortellini for Sonny Boy

Yup, continuing on... Here's what's been removed: Pkg of ham lunch meat bag of variety beans and carrots small bag of diced onions Bagel bites ... see below, they were purchased and gone like that tossed a pkg of pita bread 2 lbs ground beef 1/2 bag of cooked chicken bag of chicken wings (last one, officially) oj concentrate AND....here's what's been added! 2 3.5 lb bags of cooked chicken 2 large boxes of Healthy Choice Fudge Bars (and IF I had more room, I'd have bought more they are so good!) pkg of bagel bites (um, like 8 trays) 2.5 lbs boneless thick pork chops Sooooo....how is everyone else doing on the freezers and pantry??

Sometimes I feel like I'm making progress and other times I feel like it's a bottomless pit! Here's whats been removed lately: 1 oj concentrate (last one!?) smoked turkey lunchmeat (WTH, only 9 ounces??) bag of fried turkey a few more sausage patties 2 bag of shrimp bag of meatballs (I have no more now, panic!) 2 pkgs of snausages (again, I have no more, panic!) 1 pkg bacon 1 grape juice concentrate And here's what I've added: 4 yoplait frozen smoothie mixes (I got them cheap!) ... these are stashed so no one sees them, figured it might be a nice treat towards the end of the month! 2 12 oz deli sliced ham, was in the freezer at work (forgot I had picked them up end of December) 5 cans of oj concentrate 2 cans of grape concentrate 2 bags of brocolli

STILL trying to clear out the freezers ... the pantry/freezer challenge is helping a little but NOT as much as I had anticipated. Since I'm FINALLY starting to feel better, hopefully I'll be a little more motivated! Here's whats been removed this past week: 2 pkgs of chicken breast (hubby made some chicken soup in the crockpot on Thursday night ... I think he's pushing me to get better too ... he also came home with some Emergen-C) 1 bag of broccoli 2 bratwurst (cooked) - not sure but I think Hubby ate them Thursday night after I went bed (not going so well with this post!) 1/2 loaf of italian/french bread (not sure which it really is) to go with the soup 2 pkgs mix veggies (one left, thankfully, I'm not crazy about the quinoa ones!) bag of pork chops a few sausage patties 1 pkg ground turkey Mozzarella cheese (2 pkgs) bag of wings 1 OJ concentrate Added: 2 boxes of spinach (hubby picked up not realizing I had some already)

I've been trying to keep track of whats taken from the freezer so I can sort of keep track of the inventory list (yeah, right) ... here's what I've removed from the freezer in the past few weeks ... 1/2 bag of sliced onions (for the black bean soup) 1 bag of flame roasted chicken breast waffles (I believe this is the LAST package) 1 pkg ham lunchmeat 1 pkg turkey lunchmeat 2 packages of chicken breast 1 pkg of fried turkey (ziploc) 6 pk muffins 1 bag of steam taters 1 pkg mozzarella slices 1 pkg bacon And here's what I've added: *I haven't added anything except 2 bags of broccoli but others have added: onion rings jalapeno poppers cheese sticks fries Those junky things were from Sonny Boy's New Years Eve party ... they apparently didn't fry EVERYTHING up and just wedged the bags in the freezer ... nice.

I never did get around to the garage freezer inventory ... I should probably try to in the next few days huh? So, heres what I've removed from the freezer in the past week or so: 2 pkg boneless skinless chicken breast 1 pkg of sirloin steaks 2 bags red/green peppers 1 bag of sliced onions bag of broccoli 1/2 bag of shrimp 1 bag of brats 1 pkg italian chicken sausage 1 pkg cajun chicken sausage 1 pkg snausages And of course, here's what I've added: 4 1lb pkgs ground turkey 1 pkg chicken sausage (not the same as above) bag of fried turkey breast ANOTHER bag of fried turkey breast (we did take out half a few days later for sandwiches) 2 pkgs snausages (not the same as above) Pkg hot dogs buns 1/2 pkg hot dog buns So am I making progress? Yeah, a little. But not as much as I'd like to be obviously. I need to stay F O C U S E D!

I've been trying very very hard to eat from the freezers to clean them out some ... this past week, this is what I've removed: package of pepperoni package of hoagie rolls 3 packages of cheese 2 boxes of Berber chicken (Kiev) bag of pork chops hot dog buns hot dogs *edited to add (since I forgot!): 3 packages of hamburger 2 1/2 packages of slider buns 1 frozen pizza (I believe this is the LAST one?) Not so bad. And THIS week will herald the removal of THREE turkey breast AND a few bags of mashed taters. Can I tell you how much I'm looking forward to THAT?? :) Evil, I know. And yes, there will be some bags of turkey to put back in the freezer, but at least it won't be big hunks of frozen solid stuff :) Oh, we DID add in 2 containers of ice cream, but those will be gone fairly quickly ...