Wanna see how I used my freezer foods?

So, last Wednesday, I posted a photographic inventory of the contents of my kitchen freezer.

And I promised an update in a week, so, here we go! I’m not done using it all up, so this is just a midway update. 🙂

These are the meats I started with.

I thawed the chicken tenders, browned them in a little oil with salt and pepper, and then shredded and sauteed them with salsa, green onions, and cumin, to make a filling for two quesadillas.

I used some of my stack of frozen corn tortillas to make these!

I used the Butcher Box Italian sausage in a number of ways.

For starters, I thawed these stuffed shells:

Then I covered them with some of this sauce from my freezer challenge.

And I browned some of the sausage and added it on top of the shells.

I also used some of the sausage in conjunction with my kale-using efforts.

And I had some browned with a Hungry Harvest pepper. The Parmesan on top is from my challenge too!

By the way…I tried a Butcher Box of meats because I got a really good introductory offer.

My very short review is that if you have a first-time offer, it can be a decent deal, considering that you are getting grass-fed beef, organic chicken, and so on.

However, I didn’t think that the chicken breasts were very good; if you order a box, I’d recommend the bacon, pork butt, sausage, and ground beef instead.

You can definitely get conventional meat more cheaply at a grocery store, but that’s not exactly comparing apples to apples.

Back to the freezer challenge!

The bacon? I just fried it up to eat with some whole wheat blueberry pancakes.

So, the bit of hamburger is all that’s left of the meat.

What else?

I used up the second jar of pasta sauce to make some baked ziti, and I also used up the mozzarella and more of the Parmesan.

So, what’s left?

I still need to use up the peaches in a smoothie or in some oatmeal.

I will make a couple of burgers with the ground beef.

I will use the corn to make some quesadillas, which will also use up some more of the tortillas.

I think I’m still gonna need to fry up some of those tortillas as strips to top a salad too, though. There are a lotta corn tortillas there!

And I might use some of the orange juice concentrate in that peach smoothie. 🙂

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I’ll do another update next week and maybe, just maybe, I’ll also start a challenge to use up some odds and ends in my chest freezer.

P.S. A key to making freezer challenges successful for me: keeping them low-key, with no rules. Some people don’t allow themselves to buy any groceries during a challenge, but I let myself buy whatever I need to make my freezer foods into delicious meals.

I’m not here to be miserable. 😉

P.P.S. I know we skipped Five Frugal Things this week; it’s because the 4th of July fell on Tuesday. I promise we’ll do one next week.