If your cabinets and freezer look like mine, they are full of a bunch of stuff you have bought and never eaten. Eventually it will all get so old you will have to throw it out. Sad, but true.
At school we are preparing for the annual canned food drive. As I am becoming more introspective about wastefulness and need in our community(and my need to defrost the upright freezer is becoming quite urgent...if you know what I mean) I have decided that my family is going to eat what we have before we buy again. I have been putting the strangest meals together as I try to make what is left in the pantry into a meal. I take pleasure in being able to remove one more thing from the freezer or from the pantry. My husband currently finds it amusing. His patience with my quirks is endless.
This act has almost been like a personal test for me. Growing up as I did with erratic food supply issues, I have now become almost a food hoarder. When the pantry gets sort of low--we only have one can of green beans left (but lots of other stuff) I feel the need to go to the store and stock up on everything. Now I am challenging myself to see how low I can let the pantry get before I shop again. Hopefully this exercise will help me break out of the cycle of waste that I was in....and maybe my freezer will be defrosted in the process.
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