12 days to go!
We're still not officially counting down at home yet and it feels like there is still so much to do before we head off on holiday.
What is it about going on holiday that makes you think about checking perishable items? I don't have ANY issue with the stuff in my pantry....
This weekend, I checked the frozen food situation in my freezer . I have a LOT of food in that freezer and I'm going to have to cook a lot of meals over the next 12 days if I'm to put a dent into this black hole.
So, yesterday I defrosted some prawns and cooked stir fried noodles. I still have 3 more bundles of prawns...I'll use one more bundle next week.
Today, I've made a bolognaise sauce for tonight's dinner. I ended up mixing the mince beef, mince chicken and mince pork together. I made some meatballs so that there wasn't an overload of meat in the sauce but there's still a lot of sauce....and I suspect that I'm going to be freezing half of it for another night's dinner next week.
I have at least 5 x 1 lb bundles of flathead fish. Looks like Monday and Thursday night's dinner this week is going to be home made fish and chips. Oh - in keeping with my compulsive obsessiveness for being tidy, I label everything in my freezer with a purchase date and everything is stored in freezer containers. So, I'll have to check the dates and pick the oldest bundles to use.
We normally have a baked potato, cheese and coleslaw meal on Tuesday nights. DS loves this combination and I won't deviate from the routine.
Wednesday night is dinner at mum's....but she'll also be looking to empty out the freezer.
I have a fortune in chicken tenderloins as well....might have to use these for lunch next weekend.
Thankfully I cleared out some of the red meat last week, with the roast dinner. But there is still about 2 kg (4 lbs) of diced beef!
But what am I going to do with the whole frozen snapper and the 3 whole calamari? And when am I going to eat these....?
Oh well, it looks like there will be some food in the freezer when I get back from holiday.
AWESOME ! ! ! ! ! ! ! .....
....I so excited that we'll be back here 3 more times in the next six weeks!
Thanks. No not long now.Congrats on the weight loss! Wish I had gotten on the ball with that one!
Packing is always a challenge, isn't it?
Glad I am not the only one with a mile-long to-do list!
Not long now, is it?!! Good luck with the freezer clear-out!
Wow! You are quite diligent with your freezer clear out. You wouldn't believe what I have in mine. Three weeks before we left I made a turkey (still have 3 more), two weeks before a Ham (2 of those left). one week before I wanted to make a Prime Rib, but no dice I forgot to thaw it out! I still have 4 maybe 5 of those, and now that F&W Festival has started we're eating a gourmet meal every week! Maybe I can slip that Prime Rib in on a Sunday after a Friday night winemaker dinner. Ahhh the dilemmas.
That doesn't even cover the spaghetti sauce that I have from a year ago, there are still at least 5-6 bags (2 cups each, not sure in metric). Also I have Rib Eyes, 2 whole chickens, boneless thighs, Top Sirloin steaks, a few Tri Tips a 7-bone roast and a skirt steak, and that's just the meats. I've got loads of frozen dinners and appetizers too...wow, you've just made me realize I need to step up my cooking game!
Oooooh, we learned a whole chicken recipe at the Napa Rose Cooking School this morning, I know what I can do with those!
Oy, I'm so behind on reading my TR's. Trying to catch up! I haven't read in such a long time. Is the Cinco de Mayo meet still on?
What use some of the food. You can make fish pie with your snapper. Beef stew with the diced beef or even chunky chili. You can make chicken and rice with your tenderloins just chop them up. So let's say starting Thrusday it goes
Thrus -Fish Pie
Fri Beef Stew
Sat Chicken and Rice
Sun Chicken stir fry
Mon Baked snapper with aparagus and rice
Tues DS's favorite meal
Wed Dinner at Mom's
Thrusday Sheppard's Pie just dice the beef up really well
Fri Coffee braised Chicken
Sat Red Beans and Rice
Sun Snapper with pasta
Maybe haha your talking to a chef in the making. I know you'll do what you will with your food but just some suggestions.
Your so close to leaving!!!!!
I so hate you!! I hope every trip is better than the previous one! And I'm soooo enjoying your F&W report.
Thanks for the thread! I will have to check it out for sure!!
Whee your doing so well! I know you will reach your goal and I know your on vacation but this no shame in getting up early one day to work out. I'm sure your hotel has a running path at the very least or going for a swim before all the kiddes get there would be a great work out too! Because then your not really "working out" per-say your just swimming.
I think my DH is going to hate me for wanting to work out at least three days. But there is a gym at my hotel so I'm at the very least going to get up very early to get a run and some weights in. I can't just not work out. I've learned a very hard lesson from that!
Thanks!Congratulations on your weight loss!!
Ha! and I'll be thinking the same thing when you are on your cruise! Was it Wishes or Illuminations? I forget, I would love to do that someday!
Congrats on the weight loss!
Happy 10 days!! I would hate to be one of those travelers coming into or going out of the volcanic area! But safety first right?! Can you believe we're almost there?! I sure can't! I'm in the same boat as you as far as planning goes. I feel like now, all I have to do is pack and just reconfirm everything. I love planning early and relaxing the last few weeks! LOL! It'll be here before you know it!!