2014 Freezer Clean-out Challenge: Week 1 Recipe Review and Update

It has been seven days since I started my freezer challenge.  I have used many different items in the freezer, but I don’t see any dent in it!  If you have followed me on Facebook, you have seen many of the things that I have cooked I this past week.  Some of my recipes were outstanding…

Recipe: Healthy and Savory Beef Stew-Freezer Clean-out Challenge

  As part of my freezer clean-out challenge, I made my version of beef stew with some stew beef that I found in my freezer. My family loves this hearty dish served with hot cornbread or a thick slice of rustic bread with butter.  Serve this with a green salad and you will have a…

2014 Freezer Clean-out 4-Week Challenge

If you have been a regular reader around here, you know that last year I had a freezer clean-out challenge.  This is what my freezer looked like last year:   This year, my freezer is not quite that bad, but it still isn’t very good.  So once again, I am going on a 4-week clean-out…

Freezer Clean-Out Challenge: Update Week 4 Before & After Pictures

*Note: This post was written about a month ago, but due to computer and website failure, it is just getting posted. After working on cleaning out my freezer for a whole month,  I’m shocked at how well we have eaten and yet I still have so much left in my freezer.  There is a large…

Freezer Clean Out Challenge: Update Week 1

I officially have been working on my freezer clean out challenge for one week now.  My husband and daughter have totally jumped on board and the days when I don’t feel like cooking, they have been more than happy to pull something out of the freezer and cook it up. Tuesday, I ended up making…

BBQ Jalapeno Bacon Poppers

  As you know, I have recently began a Freezer Clean-Out Challenge and am blogging my way through my freezer with recipes that I make with the food that I find. Today, I found a gallon size, Ziploc bag filled with Jalapeno peppers from the fall in my chest freezer.  My very sweet husband had…