Second Freezer For Leftovers And Bulk Foods

We purchased a second freezer a year ago. Instead of getting rid of the old one, we now use it as a place to keep leftovers, extras such as flour, cornmeal, bird seed, and items we find on sale and buy in bulk, such as 2 for 1 pizzas, pot pies, and other foods we like to keep handy for a quick lunch or dinner when we are on the run.

I work every morning, and many times we will have someplace we need to go in afternoon, so we are always looking for a fast lunch before we leave, or dinner when we get back home. I have found that we can reheat leftovers from the freezer or pop in a frozen pizza or pot pie, corn dog, or skillet dinner. We can eat for very little and take off, rather than stopping in a restaurant to eat while on the go. We save a lot of money by doing this, use our leftovers wisely as well. Meanwhile, we still have room to store the 'usual' foods such as summer veggies, sale priced meats, etc.

This second freezer is also handy to store our corn meal. Greer has a 100+ year old grist mill that grinds the very best corn meal. When we go there for a purchase, we will get 10 - 15 lbs and store the extra in the freezer. It saves us a trip, keeps bugs from getting to the corn meal, and allows us the luxury of that great Suber's corn meal!

Another plus is that when we go camping, we can buy our meats and things to take with us ahead of time, store in the freezer, and just transfer to the camper freezer when ready to go. This aides the fridge in the camper to get cool quicker, too, saving on gas used to cool it down. We found too that we can freeze a gallon milk jug or 2 liter drink bottle of water, and use that rather than buying ice to fill our ice chest. It chills our drinks till we get there, then refreezes once we get there, to use coming back home if needed, then goes right back in the freezer for our next camping trip.

Since we now do have room, we buy extra parrot mix for our pet parrot, and store it in the freezer too. No bugs are in the food, and it costs way less to buy in bulk and keep it this way. It works great for dog food and outside bird seed too, if we have that kind of room left.

By Jacketbacker from Greer, SC