Here is the rest of the follow up on the freezer cooking. A mixed bag to be sure as I wrote earlier. Some things have worked out rather well however. Best move – getting back to processing food upon bringing it in the door from the van. We got away from that after Tess because the kids were unloading food and it ended up going straight to the fridge in original store bags. Problem there is that every time you need a vegetable you must wash and peel and trim. There was a lot of waste and mess in the fridge too. With this many people in and out of it we had to clear it out and wash it weekly which was a bit demoralizing. This way we take the food out of the grocery bag, wash, peel, trim and store it in plastic or glass container.  I would prefer more glass since I am a bit of a plasti-phobe but will take what we can get for now. The fridge looks sooooo much better and is staying much tidier even at week’s end.

An interesting side note – it seems every few years all of a sudden nothing seems to be working well logistically. It occurred to me about ten years ago it was because while our family was growing our stuff wasn’t. The result was growing pains which I hadn’t really planned for – the pancake griddle’s size was slowing down breakfast prep, the serving bowls no longer held all of the prepared dish, etc. Then there is the perennial problem of staying stocked up in flatware and glasses. ; )  Up side was I realized it wasn’t me being disorganized, it was a practical problem that could be solved by scaling up. We are in that place again so a trip to the kitchen ware section is on order.

alright, Miss Tess is hungry on that note.  : )