The wind chill is currently 19°, but I still see a smoothie in my future. Possibly chased by some hot tea!
Freezer goodies for this week
Left to right, top row: watermelon, two bags of buns, a bag of miscellaneous frozen fruit
Bottom row: Andouille sausage, shredded coconut, mystery rolls
Ideas for the freezer goodies
The watermelon could be used in this smoothie, especially because I have some pineapple in the fridge that needs to be used.
I’m making pulled pork today, so we’ll use the buns for that.
The random fruit could go into another smoothie.
I could make some jambalaya with the Andouille sausage.
I need to make no-stir granola today anyway, so I could use some of the coconut in that.
And I think the mystery rolls will probably become croutons.
Also I have a jar of what I think is butternut squash soup.
I’ll find out at lunch today!
And I still have corn tortillas. But I’m going to make migas, on your suggestion, readers! And tortilla chips probably.
My freezer is starting to be unrecognizably empty, which is feeling like a major triumph to me. Yay for a very very very long freezer challenge. 
I have been adding small amounts to frozen fruit to my oatmeal concoctions. I usually add frozen blueberries this time of year but I have also been adding a bit of whatever else I would have used in smoothies. I have used up one bag a couple others to go. Small and steady.
That looks like a powerful lot of coconut!
Not gonna lie, it’ll take multiple batches of granola!
Watermelon coconut sorbet?
Watermelon is good grilled, too.
I can imagine that with fresh watermelon. But I’m guessing frozen-then-thawed watermelon would be a soggy mess!
Try it and find out, next time you grill. Then report back, of course.
This is such a neat idea! I already planned out my meals for this week, but now I’m dying to play around with what’s in the freezer. Will definitely be trying out this method soon! Thanks for sharing
I was inspired by your freezer challenge of tackling a few things at a time. Here’s my plan for the week:
-Lasagna. Pan 1 of 2. This will sub in for a couple of dinners this week. 1/2 gone. The rest tomorrow.
-Edamame. We have a bag of shelled edamame that will go well with dinner this week, so I’ll add it in. DONE!
Chicken chowder. I’ll defrost a bowl & eat it for my lunch on Friday.
Pot stickers. I’ll serve them with dinner this week, although this will certainly not empty the bag.
Wontons. Same as the pot stickers. – Pot stickers are now gone. Wontons are 1/2 gone.
Rotisserie chicken. Use one bag for risotto.
Chicken broth. Ditto the rotisserie chicken. I’ll have to get creative in finding recipes that will move more than one ingredient at a time!
Some of the coconut could go in this:
https://cnz.to/recipes/cakes-tarts/coconut-chocolate-cake-recipe/
It is one of my favourite chocolaty cake recipes, not too sweet, but delicious.
Coconut macaroons for Christmas? We also use coconut in apricot balls, an old Christmas tradition in my family (chopped dried apricots, ground nuts, coconut and sweetened condensed milk) , but they are also quite sweet. I have an AIP recipe (from Bethany Darwin online) for Carrot Halwa that uses coconut and is mighty tasty but is not an actual dessert and is not full of sugar.
Coconut shrimp? Coconut cake? And what did the mystery soup turn out to be?
Ok, I MUST get back on the wagon! My fridge freezer was getting empty (er) but then Thanksgiving happened, and I had a houseful of people I was preparing for. Today is a new day!
Toasted coconut cookies are our favorite way to use shredded coconut.
http://www.mennonitegirlscancook.ca/2015/10/toasted-coconut-cookies.html
How about the Mexican meatball soup in the latest Cooks Country? It takes a bunch of corn tortillas. It is on my meal plan this weekend.
I saw that! One of my kids picked up the magazine and was like, “Oh Mom, that soup looks gross, please don’t ever make it.” lol And that was before I even said anything about it.
So now I have to decide if I still want to give it a shot.
Maybe let me know what you think after you make it, and then I’ll decide!