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Freezer Cooking: The Discord and the Cupboard

January 20, 2012 by KerryAnn 6 Comments

Freezer Cooking: The Discord and the Cupboard

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This week has been busy crazy. Jeff’s job interview on Monday went well and we went through a lot this week to prepare for a potential short-term and part-time relocation so he could work in another state and the kids and I travel back and forth between the two cities. We found out Thursday afternoon that he didn’t get the job. I’m very disappointed because despite the challenges it presented, it also presented some advantages that I believe we would have thoroughly enjoyed. I shouldn’t have gotten my hopes up, but it’s hard not to when something that you feel would be an adventure and a tremendous opportunity is dangled in front of you.

My kitchen is in complete disarray. We went ahead with building the cabinet in case he would be leaving town for that job. You can’t see the counters. Plus we tackled some other needed projects around the kitchen, yard and house. The only things added to my freezer this week were some cooked quinoa, lentils and navy beans. I started all three sprouting last week in anticipation of a recipe testing session but the sudden crazies meant I had little time to cook. I cooked them once they were done sprouting and popped them into the freezer until I could have the mental space to decide what to do with them.

Somehow I managed to avoid us eating anything out of the freezer this week except a few of the chicken and veggie nuggets. I’m still not sure how that happened. So everything stays the same. I wouldn’t have had room for it anyway, thanks to the myriad of paint brushes and rollers (and ice packs) that lived in my freezer on and off through the week. We’re both tired and sore.

All work and no play has made Jeff and Jeffrina a dull married couple this week. We need a break and a little sleep this weekend before we dive headlong in the new Menu Mailer launch scheduled for January 30th.

Here’s hoping next week will be better. Onward and upward, better days are ahead. I must convince myself of that.

Here’s a pic of the new shelf. It goes almost to the ceiling. The top row holds pints, three deep. The next rows hold quarts, also three deep. Then there’s three rows of half-gallons, two deep- we’ll move out the canisters, I just sat them there to clear my stove so I could cook. The bottom holds jugs and a gallon of raw honey. Then there’s a special shelf designed to hold boxes of ziplock bags and parchment paper plus a carton of our fresh eggs.

None of those jars are in their final resting place, I just had to clear some space to cook so we sat them up there. I still can’t see my counters, but we’ll get to that next. I am doing my meal prep work on the dining room table for now. This weekend, I’ll drag out the little bags in my pantry holding spices, clear my baking center out of a cabinet, pull out my ziplock bags that keep my herbs and assemble it all. We will label the shelves to help the kids to remember where to put everything. My daughter is convinced everything in the house needs a label, so I’m hoping that will encourage her to help keep it organized.

We went ahead and painted it light-blue to match the colors we’ve picked out for the remodel.  This weekend I’ll putty in the nail holes on the trim and give it a final coat of paint. I’m thrilled with this shelf as it solves a lot of my kitchen storage problems. Now, if we can just get to that remodel…

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I'm KerryAnn Foster, a crazy vibrant Jesus Freak with a heart full of hope. I'm not afraid to love on the least of these or get my hands dirty. This blog is my journey from ineffective, uptight, obese wallflower to a woman on fire for God and living the most vibrant, passionate life possible!

I live in the mountains of Western North Carolina with my husband, Jeff, and our two teens. I blog about self-confidence, health and home, homeschooling and living a vibrant, wide-open Jesus-centered lifestyle. I have over seventeen years of real food, natural lifestyle and health experience. We have homeschooled our children since birth and both Jeff and I run home-based businesses. We're crazy, we know it, and we love every second of it!

Read about my journey to health through celiac disease, PCOS, food allergies, obesity, adrenal fatigue and heavy metals.

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  1. Dia says

    January 20, 2012 at 3:42 am

    So sorry the job didn’t work out! It’s hard not to get your hopes up, & you had to plan as if it DID come through – I hope something EVEN BETTER comes along soon!
    LOVE the pantry shelves!! Am in process of reclaiming a little room that’s housed my old computer & its’ associated stuff for way too long – & turning it into the pantry! I have just cleaned off my counters, stripped wallpaper (only one layer, pretty easy) that was above them, & put just *some* things back on, arranged a bit different! Will see how long it lasts, but looks great now, LOL!
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  2. Molly says

    January 20, 2012 at 6:51 am

    We are wanting to make something similar. Is this just standing alone in the kitchen?

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    • KerryAnn Foster says

      January 20, 2012 at 8:20 am

      Molly, this is stand-alone. At the top, you see the little black thing? That’s the bracket that anchors it to the wall so it won’t tip.
      KerryAnn Foster recently posted..Can’t Keep Up? Three Ways to Simplify Making Stock

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  3. Andrea says

    January 20, 2012 at 11:43 am

    That looks wonderful! How exciting to have such great storage!

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  4. jpatti says

    January 24, 2012 at 11:54 am

    I have the MOST awesome pantry and baking rack built by the sexiest man on the planet cause I am one lucky gal. 😉

    http://ornery-geeks.org/pictures/kitchencabinet/

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  5. Chara says

    January 29, 2012 at 5:55 pm

    Don’t know if y’all are in earthquake country like we are, but I saw a good idea to put a metal band across the front of the shelf a couple inches up- easy way to keep jars in place- they won’t fall out, but they are still easy to tilt and lift out… Looks great, I’m wondering were I could put one in around here… 🙂

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