One of our favorite blogs, Eco Thrifty Living, started a decluttering challenge a few weeks ago. The goal is to sort through all the food items you have at home and see what's good, what needs to be thrown away and what needs to be used soon. It's an inventory check so you waste less... and spend less.
The freezer check was week 3 of the challenge. So what did we find? For starters, there was the 2-year-old pie crust that I bought when a co-worker gave me a really good recipe for raspberry meringue pie. They were cracked and icy so that was a definite throw away. Then there were a few half loaves of sliced bread that I didn't want to waste so I had planned to make bread pudding. I live in denial so I put that on the "use soon" list. Hey... it could happen. I have a really good recipe for bread pudding...