OLD FASHIONED MOTIVATION! PANTRY PURGE! COOK FROM SCRATCH! Sweet & Sour Meatballs
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- Stop Throwing Your Money Away!! SAVE MONEY! Pantry declutter! Cook From Scratch! Frugal living guide to stocking your pantry with essentials! Fight inflation by keeping food on hand! Eat from your pantry! Meal planning becomes simpler when you have a well stocked and varied pantry. Early retirement debt and mortgage free couple shows you how.
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When I get home with my canned goods I use a permanent marker to Date the top of each can in bold numbers. Its easier to see.
That's such a great idea Jasmine!
I live alone so I have single serve meals in the freezer and a paper inventory. I write the name of the food and the amount in pencil, such as “Chili 1 2 3 4”. Then each time I use one, I erase the largest number.
In my deep freezer, I have everything in grocery bags by category: breads, frozen veggies, convenience meals like homemade hot pockets or chicken nuggets.
That's a great idea!
The cardboard wall around the shelves is genius, Paul.
He really is creative that way! Thank you!
Paul is wonderful ❤
I organize by type: veggies, fruit, grains, condiments, etc. In my freezer I have plastic basket type containers, one for beef, one for pork, etc. My pantry is in my basement, so once a week I go shopping in my basement for 5 meals.
Wow… I like how you have things set up…
Great idea!
Awesome
Love that Ginger!
Emmy, yes, I hate when I find something in the back of the fridge that has gone bad. I tell myself 'thats $3 in the trash, do better ' so it's always a good reminder to check your stock and rotate, rotate, rotate. Thanks for the good pantry organization tips!
That's how I feel too! Thanks for watching and sharing!
Oh and I forgot to say one more thing. What a great idea to think of the items in your pantry as money. Because it is money! I seem to forget that when I bring items home. It's so good to keep in mind.
I date EVERYTHING in the pantry. I also transfer all pasta , sugar , rice , beans, etc . to Mason jars ( oven dry canning) Takes up less space. I call it the VAULT . Because my pantry is just as an important investment like a savings account. The meatballs looked fabulous !
Well said Kim! Thanks!
I use a black Sharpie to write the expiration date on everything in my pantry & fridge. So much easier to see at a quick glance to make sure things are used up timely. I appreciate the “behind the scenes” honest peek into your pantry! Thanks for keeping it real, instead of staged.
No staging here! LOL!
I put oatmeal in meatballs and I bake the meatballs 😋 🤗
Thank you for the great suggestion
It's a great feeling knowing that our family is covered with good food and we purchased it at a great price.
That's the absolute truth!
I was married in 1983 and that Betty Crocker Sweet and Sour Meatballs recipe was one of my go-to newlywed meals! I need to make it again for old time’s sake.
Meatballs are one of the staples I keep in my freezer. I make them in large batches and they are always available for quick lunches or dinners. I have several kinds - Italian, Swedish, Enchilada-flavored and Turkey Ginger Garlic which go in an Asian-inspired vegetable soup. That soup is a favorite here, even with the grandkids!
I have a small pantry in my kitchen which was built with very deep shelves. One might think that’s a good thing - more room for food- but it was awful. I always said my pantry was clearly not designed by someone who cooks. A couple of years ago I asked my husband to re-make it for my birthday gift. I wanted more shallow shelves which he thought was counterintuitive but eventually saw the wisdom of. I treated myself to modular containers and now we have a very usable pantry. I don’t need to keep an inventory because the containers are labeled and I can see what is getting low. There’s a shelf for snacks, one for breakfast items, one for grains and pasta, one for baking and a couple for miscellaneous. I love it and still get a feeling of deep satisfaction when I open the door!
That sound so efficient and helpful! Isn't that a wonderful feeling!
I was also married in 1983! 40 years! I still love going through all my old cookbooks including those from churches etc😊 though we cook differently now with empty nest😢
We are currently planning a much needed kitchen remodel and I LOVE your idea of three shallow drawers instead of two deeper ones!
Your idea is genius and I am going to incorporate your idea in our food storage cupboards... Thank you! 🤗
Hi Emmy and Paul. We don't have a walk-in pantry so I just use the kitchen cabinets. Our freezer is organized the way you demonstrated on a video, probably at least a couple of years ago now. We use the food saver for freezer items to extend their life. I know there are two schools of thought on this issue (and it's an individual decision), but we eat things past the date depending on what it is and if it passes inspection by us. We have found if you go to certain websites (sometimes even the manufacturer) it tells how long food is good past by best buy date. We are ok with that as long as the food passes our inspection. That way if something gets stuck in the cabinet and not seen for a while, we don't necessarily have to discard it. If the food looks iffy, it gets discarded because it's not worth getting sick over. Have a great week.
Yes, I agree! Always err on the side of safety when it comes to food!
Thanks for the great video again! You inspired me last Friday to do the inventory of the pantry and the freezer. I spent half of Sunday organizing everything. The result is a two weeks meal plan that came together in no time. Solely on what we already have at home!
I googled ingredients I wanted to use, and found some 5 stars rated recipes that I will try out.
I have a pretty stocked up pantry, could go on for longer than two weeks if I wanted to.
Thanks so much for the inspiration! Cheers from Sweden 🇸🇪
YAY! So happy our videos encouraged you Mina! Thank you!
Can I just say, you two are such a breath of fresh air. Thanks for your positive channel. By the way, my crisper is too often a hospice for fruits and vegetables where they go to expire. You've encouraged me to do better!😂
Thank you so much Jackie!! So happy the video was encouraging!
Ha! That was a funny comment.
Me too. We’ve gone from 4 adult children at home to one in the past year and I’m struggling to adjust my produce buying habits. Once a week or so, I go through the crisper and chop/blanch/freeze whatever is at risk of spoiling.
I have a canning room full of meat, veggies and jams. I also buy things on sale. I am on the process of reorganizing my pantry and canning room to eliminate any need to eat out. I would like to eat at home as much as possible. I even make our puppy his food as it is much healthier than what they sell in the stores. He won’t even touch can puppy food now. I bought 20 lbs. of chicken leg quarters, roasted them, deboned them, froze the meat in portions and canned chicken stock for our canning room-all for .59/lb. I am stocked on stock for the remainder of the year and beyond.
WOW! That is impressive! Thanks so much for sharing Rachele!
Such a lovely life affirming channel, thank you.
My 30second money saver, is to think ahead and get things out of the freezer to defrost before cooking. Saves time and energy
Thank you so very much Naomi for the kind words!
Perfect pronunciation of Worcestershire sauce Paul, this English lass is very proud of you. Great video again as always Emmy, thank you so much. My pantry is getting a good sort out this weekend. I was supposed to do it last week but we had a freezer disaster and ended up having to batch cook all of our meat.
Well done Paul 👏
Oh No Samantha! So sorry to hear that! Hope it got fixed!
@@FrugalMoneySaver thank you so much. We are on the hunt for another one. Thank the Lord we could save the food in time. Feeling very blessed ❤️🙏🏻
Hello from Romania❤. I admire your posts, beautiful living and common sense, all these with a smile on your face. I have learned s lot from you. Thank you❤
Oh you are so kind Laura! Thank you!
For my canned foods, I get those cardboard case boxes from the store so that they stack well and if I want something that is underneath the top row, I can move the entire box without things falling over. I am in the process of turning a small bedroom into my food pantry so that I can see everything that I have without it all being in the deep dark cabinets that I seen to never find what I need. I also have a very small kitchen so some of the pantry space will be used for storing kitchen gadgets that I can then clear from the counters. This will make everything neater and more inviting.
That's a great idea! Thanks for sharing!
Are you kidding? My pantry looks like that year round, 24/7.
So I wasn't alone lol!
Thanks for the inspiration. I decided this week to get organised. I am getting rid of at least 10 items a day either to charity or throwing out and tomorows agenda starts with the panntry. I have added to it and the freezer since Christmas and lost track of what I have but know that by next week I will have my menu plans for the next month and an organised house. Sometimes we all need a little nudge and that's just what you gave me. I know it's common sense but sometimes the weeks go by and it can seem overwhelming . I find by just giving myself a little to do each day I am getting there and don't feel exhausted just satisfied that I've acheived the days goals.
Can you not use it?
That is so wonderful Jacqueline!
It's "watchyoursister" sauce in my house. My youngest daughter came up with some cute mispronunciations of words when small to the amusement of the family. I cook for only myself now and usually make a recipe for something and portion it into individual portions, freeze some in microwavable containers and have easy meals for several weeks. I also freeze a couple of slices of bread in ziploc bags because there's no way I can use a whole loaf before it spoils. Thanks for these messages.
LOL! That's a great way to say it!
I'm working on organizing my pantry... Because I do not have one!
It sucks... LoL
We're in a tiny two room apartment (for now) I want to move so badly!
Anyways
There's only 3 tiny cabinets, One drawer... That's it!
I bought wire shelves and they are in the living room!
Our small closet I bought those shelf risers to try to get more space for the closet and I'm trying to make pantry space
That is so creative! Good for you!
I have always kept a well stocked pantry. I like to look things over and then decide what's for dinner.
That's the best way to do it!
I date all pantry foods and freezer foods; easy to rotate that way. I decided at 1 pm to fix tacos with refried beans for dinner. I went to my freezer and pulled out taco meat (12 oz cooked feeds the three of us) and a bag of homemade refried beans. I’ve got all the toppings in the frig along with corn and flour tortillas. All my meals for the week will be pulled out of the frig, freezer and pantry. Such a stress-free feeling knowing I can feed us for 6 months with food on hand should something go terribly wrong. Debi in Vicksburg, MS. 🥰🥰
Debi you are absolutely right! Such a feeling of security knowing you have the food!
One of the few perks of both working outside the home is using up leftovers :) we use them to pack lunches, in fact, we often "put away" leftovers in lunch-size containers so that all we have to do in the morning is grab the prepackaged lunches out of the fridge (homemade and just as easy as the prepackaged from the store.
That is so smart and money saving!
I have a roomy pantry not far from my kitchen but also keep one of all my canned goods, peanut butter, syrup, snacks, coffee and tea, cold cereal in cabinets in my kitchen. When I use anything up I replace it from the pantry. It is organized with a couple of shelves for baking items, one for canned goods, one for cereal and oatmeal etc but I don’t date the items in bold black market. Probably should. That being said I don’t keep half as much on hand as Emmy does partly because we do little entertaining and are in our ‘70’s and din’t need as much food. I have never had an extra freezer. Mostly my comfort level is having less to keep up with and organize. We waste nothing! Carole
Carole, sounds like a system that works well!
We did tacos last night with left over must go items too
We had some shells that were already opened to use, shredded a bunch of random cheese pieces and made some pico with some aging green onions, tomatoes and lime. Only fresh item from the store was the lettuce that I'd bought on my biweekly trip earlier in the day.
Had a few soft shells open too so we had "meximelts" and nachos as well
We said it was as tasty as the restaurant
We saved at least $60 by not going out, so it was a big WIN...
As far as your pantry I didn't think it wasn't terrible. But, you did a great job.
Ive got to get after mine a bit. (Again) i did it in January but it can easily get to be a jumble
Oh that's wonderful! Tacos can be so customizable!
Little tip
The potatoes and onions are great in those bags, but if you wrap them in paper... Like news paper or even cut up paper grocery bags they will last even longer as the lite is kept out AND they are not touching each other!
Cut up egg container box's also would work to separate them.... And if they are cut up you can still use those hanging bags!
Good job....
Congrats on your hard work and honesty with us! 😁
Thank you for that tip, I will try it!
I love this video. Emmy, that shirt looks lovely on you! It makes your Spirit shine!!
So kind Susan! Thank you!
I have a fairly large walk-in pantry. About once a month I try to go through it and organize it. It’s got a lot of shelves and I don’t always get the whole thing done, but I do the best I can. I rarely find anything expired, but I will use expired foods too if they aren’t waaay past the date. I just went through it a few days ago and found some raisins I got in a pickup order that I didn’t order. I pulled them out yesterday and made cinnamon raisin bread.
Wonderful! Raisin bread is the best!
Hi Emmy and Paul! My pantry looks the same. It’s so easy to let it get out of hand, just shoving things in when I come home from the store. When it is organized, I organize like with like and it’s always in the same place. Canned tomatoes always on the left, followed by tomato sauce, the, canned beans, then vegetables, etc,. I try to reorganize and inventory once a month. I’m slowly getting better at it. I’m a work in progress! I’ve got the exact Betty Crocker cookbook but mine is hard bound. Dated 1983. I happen to have some leftover pineapple I need to use up so I’m going to make that sweet and sour recipe.
Oh I hope you enjoy those meatballs, so yummy!
I always have dinner with you Emmy on Tuesdays. Tuesdays with Emmy! I organize my freezer by keeping protein together, veggies together, fruits together, carbs together, and sweets together. It works for me. YAY Almost 50,000!!!!!
Oh Annie! Thank you! That means so much to me!
One of the biggest ways we waste money is to toss non perishables because of the expiration dates. These types of foods are still good way past the exp. dates. I understand this does not apply to perishables like milk, cheese, yogurt etc, but even those do not magically go bad at the exp. date. Thank you for your videos!
I don't have a walk in pantry. I use my cabinets
For my pantry, I store baking items in beautiful mason canisters. All dry ingredients like rice, pasta, chocolate chips, are stored in various size mason jars. I store cookies and crackers in clear stackable containers. I have pull shelves and organize everything else with like items. Canned, boxed stock/broth, condiments. I used cute baskets to store sauces, syrups, seasoning packets, chips, etc.
Karen, that sounds wonderful!
Put a apple with the patatos and they wil not spring grandma’s tip!!😄
Oh great tip!
Love your channel!! You both are so encouraging and an inspiration!!
So kind of you to say! Thank you so much!
Pressure and water bath canning are wonderful, economical, old fashioned ways to stock your pantry.
I have an upright freezer with shelves. One for meats, one for veggies, one for homemade frozen cookie dough, pie crusts and frozen desserts, one for frozen convenience meals I find at a good price (pizza, meatballs, etc) and leftover food like spaghetti sauce, homemade chicken pot pie). I store breads, butter and smaller food containers on the door shelves.
You sound very organized! That’s wonderful!
Great video as always. I keep a running inventory of all of my pantries dry goods, bulk, long term storage, pressure and waterbath canned foods, our storebought canned foods, home dehydrated fruits, vegetables etc, freezers, refrigerators. We date everything and rotate continuously. In our kitchen pantry all dry and baking goods are stored in 3 gallon buckets, backup pantry all items are in 5 gallon buckets and long term is in Mylarbags with 02 absorbers and they are in barrels. We have been stocking and storing food for the last 40 years. We raise 11/2 acre garden and corn fields that are planted in 3 sisters of our dry beans, pumpkin, winter squash, popcorn, sweet corn, dent corn for grinding. These not only supply us with generous amounts of food but cash for extras. We also raise and breed chickens, ducks, turkeys. We purchase a whole beef and 2 whole hogs each fall for meats that we no longer raise.
Joyce you are a efficient and thorough!! Wonderful!! Thank you so much for sharing!
Enjoyed this older video. I organize all my dry goods in gallon and half gallon jars. I picked up all these olive jars free from a local restaurant. My canned goods get rotated into the pantry from the extra I have stocked in the garage.
Sounds great!
All cans have date on top and on front of can with magic marker. I have a bookcase that I use. I started to write down on a legal pad what is on each shelf and how many & exp.
I also have canned goods etc in my kitchen cabinets. Not much room in a senior apt. And I only have in pantry what I use. I get all kinds of dried beans from the free table in my building and transfer them to coffee cans or jars. I usually only make bar b q beans we with them and use each different bean to make a crock pot full of bar b q beans. Northern beans, pinto beans, Lima beans all taste good bar b qued. I have a big tub full of pasta. And try and use different pastas all the time. It is only me now so cooking has gotten easier. I have halved recipes and may eat a casserole several nights or for lunch.
That's so creative and time saving! Thank you!
You might want to store your beans and rice , barley and such in mason jars and seal them so they will last a year or so , by doing this will keep bugs and mice away
I love Paul's idea with the cardboard on the shelving. I have a lot of those kind of shelves in my basement. Due to possible rodent issues with the cardboard, I think that I'm going to try using galvanized hardware cloth scraps or pieces of plastic. Thanks for sharing!!
Another tip
I started up cycling square plastic clamshell box's in the refrigerator and freezer helps me so much using every inch!!
I have a very small old refrigerator where we rent so it needs all the help I can give it!
The box's allows me to store way more item's in the space.
I have to be honest, I did not believe it would make a difference, I honestly thought it would work the opposite....
Boy was I wrong!!
Same stuffed freezer
ALL compartmentalized.... Like beef, breakfast, pork etc.
OMG
I actually now have a blank Free space so if I see something on sale I can fit it in!!
Refrigerator is the same.
Especially for the cheese and lunch meat packets, they are always a problem because we don't have a small extra drawer.
SO SMART! What a great tip! Thanks so much!
I have the same Betty Crocker cookbook. It was the first one I purchased when I was young. It is one of my favorites. All these new cookbooks out are just too complicated and need all kinds of different items I don't keep on hand. Keep it simple. I try to organize my pantry by fruits, vegetables, baking supplies, dried potatoes, canned meats, cereal, etc. Mines a mess right now and I've slowly been organizing and pulling out what needs to be used soon.
Yes, it is a wonderful cookbook for sure!
I dont know how I ended up on your channel- dont care. Im here have been for awhile and i simply love it- just love it ❤
YAY!!! Thanks so very much Alyce!!
I have a large green armoire. I use it for our pantry in the kitchen. I use bins for rice and pastas. I have rows and rows of canned veggies, soups, sauces, etc.
We are stocked up.
Be sure to rotate your inventory.
Always rotate! So true Rhonda!
We are retired farm people and put food by differently than most folks. We buy canned food like vegetables, fruit, etc, by the case. Cases are marked by date and one is replaced as it is opened. Product is kept in a store room on steel racks; plus free standing freezers. Our frozen food is organized by type, i.e., whole meats, fish, butter, and cheese together; then fruits and vegetables; and lastly foodstuffs that aren't in the other categories. For instance we make bone broth, stock, and soups ahead and freeze, also we keep some hot dogs, fish sticks and bread. The refrigerator freezer is for open packages we are using up. We have a special area in the store room to keep dry goods (flour, oats, dried potatoes, rice, beans). We buy fresh items as needed. We're extremely careful with these resources. We inventory every three months. Of course, when you've done something like this for as long as we have, you almost know what's what, but of course, it needs to be checked. We all need to be reminded to take stock and prepare for the future. We must be good stewards of that which the Lord has blessed us. Thank you for your videos, I like listening to your calming voice. 🙏👑✝
Cindy you are so thorough and organized! Sounds like an amazing system!
I go in once a week to make sure I have it easy to get out. When I was younger I had a very small kitchen and two cupboards to put food in. I put my vegetables in order of my menu. By the end of the biweekly menu I had one can of vegetables , pasta and sauce left. The cereal I put into baggies with a serving in each bag. My 4 year old was able to get her own breakfast. ( table was a mess with spilled milk) but she did it herself.
Thank you so much for sharing! Always great to hear from you!
Hi from England ❤
Hello from New York Holly!
It is so easy to cook meatballs in the air fryer. It takes between 10-15 minutes to cook them. Sweet and sour meatballs look great.
Great idea Debbie!
Love your pantry horror music, lol! Something that helps me not to waste food is prepping some of our produce right away and repackaging meats into smaller sizes for our 2-person meals before freezing, such as 1/2 lb portions of ground meat. When lettuce is already washed & dried, and I have carrots, onions, celery, peppers, etc. cut up and ready to go, making dinner is easier and keeps us on track eating more veggies, too.
Yes! Prepping veggies is a great money saver!
As a canner I have to label my lids. I sort my pantry by category: fruits, veggies, breakfast, etc. but because I can myself i may have 50 jars of green beans so we have 1 per week to eat. It’s a must to keep like things together.
WOW! 50 jars! That's wonderful!
I organize all my canned goods on a lower shelf; baking ingredients along with pasta, rice and beans on an upper shelf; coffee, tea, cereal, pasta sauce, and extra condiments on a middle shelf; and then, salt, pepper, herbs and spices on a rack attached to the pantry door. The two bottom racks on the door hold garbage and trash bags.
That's a great way to be organized!
I desperately need to organize my pantry Emmy! I have food in too many places at the moment! Lol! I have the majority of canned & bottles in one area, pasta, noodles and stuffing mixes in another, baking in another and snacks in another. Regardless, I always feel more secure with food on hand in the home. Have a great week!
Yes, I agree! The security of having food in the home is a real thing! Especially SALSA! You have a great week too my friend!
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I love your ideas. I think/hope I'm motivated enough to get into my pantry.
Other channels have thought people become unsubscribed because they watch and don't "like" or comment. I really don't know. But I'm glad I'm here loving your channel.
So happy you are here too! Thank you!
Really enjoyed this video. I’m trying to use the contents of my fridge before I go shopping for our long Bank holiday weekend here in England. I intend to do a large shop next week as I will be with family to celebrate King Charles’s coronation. It should be a momentous occasion. Sending best wishes to your family x
That sounds wonderful and enjoy the Coronation of King Charles
@@alishawilson4123 Thank you we will . Fewer and fewer of us remember the Queens coronation in 1953 and most of us have only ever known one monarch, so this is going to be something very special in history.
Oh how exciting Jennifer!! Enjoy the coronation! It should be magnificent!
I try to buy only products I like and eat. I use a ton of black beans, chickpeas, and canned tomatoes. I note their expiration dates in Sharpie on the top of the can and stack those together. For items like oats, raisins, mustard, pasta sauce, or pasta, I put the newest box in the back of the cabinet and pull the older ones to the front. I will follow your lead and write an actual list of what I have, because out of sight is out of mind. I inventory my freezer periodically and that helps me use items efficiently. Still not a master of the freezer, but I'm gaining on it. Thanks for reminding us to make great food from the items we have gathered.
Yes, it helps if we buy what we eat right! Thanks for sharing!
Right now I am using a deep and tall cabinet as our pantry. It has 3 pull out shelves on the bottom, which helps you see food in the back. The other shelves do not move. Because the shelves are so deep, I write the expiration date and item name on the top of the can. Then I can look down and see what I have without pulling it out. I have baking supplies and grains together, and most are decanted in plastic or glass jars. It is not perfect though... My pantry has gotten pretty full and I need to rotate through our supply. It is a work in progress...
What a great idea to write on the top of the cans! Thanks for sharing!
All canned goods are in alphabetical order on pantry shelves, and pasta like with like. New items always put to back when they come home. Since I basically shop specials it is easy to keep organized. We also have some items with long dates stored by year to be integrated as needed.Susan
Susan, that's a very effective way!
Dehydrating
Before the vegetables and fruit go bad. In the refrigerator or freezer I dehydrate and store in mason jars, and I also powered them and mix them all up together keeping in the same category and put into a capsule and take 1 vegetable and 1 fruit per day that way I get vegetables and fruit in my body
This way you don't spend the money buying them on TV . That is very costly
Real life practical frugal tips-
Since we retired and move from Concord, North Carolina to North Myrtle Beach every few weeks, it’s easy to lose track…
Here’s what we’ve had to do:
1. Clean/Organise/list inventory in the pantry at our main home every three weeks. ( We put it on our Happy Calendar every third Monday).
2. Pantry is organised by food groups… with no more than 4 of one item ( there are only two of us).
3. Same goes for Freezor- although we only clean it out / inventory etc every 90 days ( The freezer is in the garage).
4. We have been cleaning our refrigerator out once a month, but since Emmy’s video on cleaning it out before the Sabbath- we are trying that schedule and seeing if this works better. ( Thank you for that wonderful suggestion on keeping the sabbath in preparing the day before!)
5. At Ocean Drive beach in North Myrtle we only Stock one or two items of each thing in the pantry.
We are only two minutes away from Aldis, Walmart, food Lion and Publix ( as opposed to in Concord where it’s a 20 minute drive to grocery stores! Plus there are no taxes on food in South Carolina!!!)
We take advantage of the happy hour cheap meals and never go out in Concord where it’s much more expensive!
Thanks again for another wonderful video💙💙💙✝️💕😇
Alisha thank you so much for sharing that! So helpful!
The Betty Crocker cookbook is how I learned to cook. I still make those sweet & sour meatballs. So delicious!
Such a great cookbook!
You make it sound like
You have so much in your pantry,Emmie.Hello Paul.
When you realize how many meals can be made with different items you always have it seems like a lot!
I love seeing your pantry. You’re so authentic! Also love the inventory sheet. The only thing I would add is it’s helpful to mark the expiration date on each item with a marker. It’s easy to see which makes me more aware of what should be used first.
Yes, great tip! Thanks for being here Rachel!
My pantry is organized like a grocery store.....just a whole lot smaller, ha ha! :) Loved the video! Good job, guys! :) Dawn @ Rich & Dawn in MN :)
Love that Dawn! So efficient!
Emmy, I am starting to realize that you have to be real with what you really eat. I love potatoes but a whole bag goes to waste for my husband and I. So I blanched and flash froze a 5lb bag which gave me a gallon size freezer bag worth. It lasted us over two months. I am going to do more flash freezing of items for us to just pull out handfuls of for recipes.
Yes, you are so right!
It's good to have a pantry stocked for emergencies as well. If there is a blackout etc.... I need to go through my inventory again. Once I go through it I then go through my recipe books to see what I can make that might be different. I don't always like eating the same thing. This week I made a roast and then took the leftover beef and I made tacos one night and another night I made home made beef pho. Both were so yummy.
Yes, that's a creative way to cook! So much more varied!
My grandmother’s cheap tacos had little ground beef and were mixed with potato. We never use seasoning packets or taco shells. You out the mixture on one side of the tortilla like a quesadilla and fry it. Top it with lettuce or cabbage and tomato or whatever you have. My grandmother didn’t have $$ and made these in Mexico to feed her children and they are so gooooood❤
They sound so yummy!
I really need to clean out my pantries - one upstairs and one downstairs - that's the main pantry.
It helps me when I am organized to meal plan better lol!
Fantastic DixieBelle and Paul and Emmy ❤❤❤
Thanks so much Wanda and Ritzi!
I sort by expiration date-- I have a very small pantry-- 2 shelves. Top shelf is current items, bottom shelf are older dates.
Thanks Shawna!
We are on vacation where we have a kitchen. We pulled from our home pantry to make meals. We may stop for breakfast on our way home, but other than that, we are not eating out.
That is so wonderful! Hope you are having a wonderful time!
Excellent video! I organize by putting all the cans together, card board, and packaging together. Love your top and jewelry. ❤
Smart! Great way to do it!
I organized my pantry a couple of months ago and made my inventory list. So far I have stayed organized. I have one freezer in the garage done--just have to finish doing my other 2.
That's great! Helps so much!
I inventory, keep types toghetter on the shelfs in fifo system, (the oldest in the front.)
do the same with the Fridge. a shelf for open goods, a drawer for sandwiche items, a drawer for veg and fruit, a shelf for yogurt and eggs.
Freezer has 3 drawers
1 meats
2 bread an extra tub of home made soup
3 veggies fruits and premade homecooked meals /sauces/stews
Vet efficient!
My freezer is ordered so that the things I need to use first is on the top shelf. My pantry is organised like foods together, oldest at the front. I am luck I have a large pantry so everything except fresh food is in there. Fridge is similar to the freezer - top shelf is use me first - hope this helps someone x
Sam, that is a very smart and efficient way to organize!
Emmy & Paul-I see that you have molasses in your pantry. Did you know that 1 cup of molasses mixed with 8 cups of white sugar make brown sugar? I never buy store brown sugar any longer. Of course. You can change the measurements to suit your needs. Powdered sugar is white sugar and corn starch mixed together. Hope these tips help. 😊
Thanks for the tips!
I have enough canned food to Iast a year veg jam jellie and canned veg. Ĵust need meats toilet stuff eggs and bread
That's great Tami!!
Thank you Emmy and paul... for these frugal tips
I inventory my refrigerator, freezer & pantry on my organizational app on my phone, so I always have it with me. I also keep a list of my expiration dates.
So smart susan!
I also make my own rolls,
Portion them into meal amounts and freeze. I take out a package when bread is needed with dinner.
Yes, that's a great idea!
Well done Paul, I live in Worcestershire UK and that pronunciation was perfect.
YAY! He's of English descent so his Mama taught hime well lol!
I organize by type of food. Just went through our pantry and put several things on the counter to eat up over the next few weeks. Rye flour is now rye dough rising on the counter...yummy rye bread with caraway seeds!
Oh rye bread is one of our faves! I've never made it though!
Hi! Love the pantry recipes.
Thanks so very much Beth!
Aldi has those flat cardboard boxes where tomato cans etc are in. I have taken some of them with me. Wonderful in the pantry, stackable and I do not have to take each dose individually in hand when cleaning up
I also use the cartons for rice, pasta, baking mixes and so. No need to buy something.
Very smart Gabi!
I organize my pantry in small groupings in different spots in the house on purpose. This helps limit damage if some type of vermin manages to get to some of it. I started this after I had a major infestation fresh from the grocery store. Even with care it can happen.
That is very smart Tawna!
I can, as well ,so I organize like items together and then I use a note card on the shelf with quantities and dates of products. This way I meal plan monthly by the age of products.
That's very smart Elizabeth!
How do I organize my pantry? Not very well! This will be my second summer as a college instructor, but the first when I won't have quite as many extra classes I am teaching. My goal is to finally do some cleaning, organizing, painting and tackling the long overdue to-do list of all the little things that get put off! Wish me luck and motivation!
Cris I know you can do it! Take it slow, take it easy, and you do what you can… It’s not a race and be gentle on yourself.
Great video. You guys are the real deal! Love seeing your unorganized pantry!
I do appreciate you showing the computer and the” how to “of being subscribed! Thank you!
You are so welcome Barb! Thanks for watching!
Great video! Thanks for all your time and hard work to entertain us on your channel.
Memories…. I took out my books that I always read during my”thrifty/frugal” days just after my boys were born (bought in 1992). The Tightwad Gazette..3 books. I love to reminisce. Fast forward 30 plus years….I laughed at my many notes written in the books. Before Internet.
Hope you’ll show the progress of your garden soon….planting ours now. Warm weather is here!😅
Yes, I have those books! Invaluable! We will definetely be sharing our garden again! Too cold still to plant...usually after Mother's Day in our area!
@@FrugalMoneySaver I have 3 but my favorite is # 1 back then. She had a newsletter and I guess that’s how the book came about.
Thank you 😊
Hello Emmy and Paul. The motto in our house is if the dog is happy, everyone is happy. 😊. (Also happy wife, happy life but that’s a topic for another video. 😉.) We converted the coat closet to a pantry as it’s steps away from our kitchen and I organize it by category. I organize our chest freezer by category as well using large cloth grocery bags to hold each category and when I restock both I put the older items in the front/top so I use them first. The category bags help my husband find what he needs avoiding the inevitable where is such and such question shouted from the basement. It also helps me know when a particular category needs stocking up because the bag is getting lighter when I pull it up out of the freezer.
That is such a great idea Donna! Love the idea of the cloth bags!
That pineapple dish looks just marvelous !!! Thanks Emmy
It's very good Susan!
Wonderful, challenging video! I definitely need to step up my pantry game! 😊 Thanks, Emmy and Paul!
You are so welcome Pam! Thanks for watching!
I don't have a pantry so I'm limited to kitchen cabinets for storage. I need to do a better job of stocking and inventorying.
Hi Paul and Emmy…. I have my canned goods on those metal organizers where it stacks 3 rows of cans. I put the expiration dates on the tops of the cans using a sharpie. I try to keep the other thins in baskets. I have a very deep closet in my hallway that actually used to be for our furnace before we pit in central air and heating so it’s just being used as a pantry
What a great idea for a pantry! Thanks for sharing Lisa!
I cook 5 pounds of ground beef at a time. I then ziplock 1/2 each, then store in a big ziplock, freeze and pull out as needed. I hardly make meatballs, sometimes I make a meatloaf and freeze.
Saves time, saves excuses
Exactly! That is so smart Dana!
My pantry and freezer are inventoried. I have a list that includes dates and where it's stored in the house. I do date each product before putting it away. The timing of this video was interesting since I went through my lists 2 days ago and made a menu plan for the next 2 weeks. I need only to get a couple perishable items and I'll have 40• meals.
That is soooo wonderful Angela! Good for you!