Menus, and Eating from the Freezer

Last week's menu did not factor in a certain little bear falling ill. The noble, and brave Beloved stepped in and provided meals during this time.

It's standard for us to have sausages, scampi, pizza, and homemade ready meals in the freezer for just such an eventuality. It was also useful as the freezer needs to be given a hard reset. There's goodness know what in there, apart from a huge build up of frost. 

This week, I'm trying to eat as much as we can from the freezer. The goal is to have a pretty empty freezer by the first of November. This will enable it to be switched off, defrosted and cleaned. Then I can get back to the joy of filling it back up again.

The first items to be added will be soups, most likely tomato and lentil, and also French-ish onion soup. On the Monday, (our usual day for going food shopping, the convenience foods will be added, pizza, scampi, sausage, hash browns etc - all so useful for the days when cooking is not an option. There will also be the basics, like chicken, fish and mash. There will be ice cream.  

I'm thinking about designating a shelf of the freezer for the Offspring's use. They can put anything they want in the freezer, as long as it remains within that shelf.