As I mentioned yesterday, because of recent busyness I've been spending less time in the kitchen. To make sure we're still eating well I've taken advantage of the time I've had to cook big batches of food, enough to last a couple of days and leave leftovers for the freezer.

After a week of stuffing containers, all higgledy-piggledy into the freezer, it became rather ridiculous. In fact containers started falling out every time I opened the door. Which shamed me into finally sorting out the freezer.

As you can see ours is not a large freezer. And yet, it's still possible for the space to become disorganised and for containers to get lost down the back. Which means food is missed, ingredients don't get used and I end up having to throw food out - a waste.

So I pulled every container out the freezer, worked out what it was (not always easy), consolidated and organised all the food.  Most importantly, I also labelled everything with a marker pen.

 

I now have a freezer which is useful, rather than being a source of frustration.  I know what's in there and can take full advantage of the meals and ingredients in our weekly eating.