Kitchen Inventory

Armor Bearers, the college internship group that my husband and I run, is winding down. Which means cleaning everything up and making the students take, throw away, or burn all of the junk they've collected over the school year. This got me to thinking about my own stuff!!!

I had to quickly stop thinking about all of my junk because there's WAY too much and my head was about to explode. So I focused on the kitchen at home. I decided I should go through all my freezer, fridge, drawers, and hiding places and figure out just how much food we really have. This is a really good idea to do at least once a year. You find stuff you forgot you had, you can get rid of old stuff no one's ever gonna eat, and you can save some money.

The money part is really why I did this! I love saving money! If I know exactly what I have, I can base my menu on that and spend next to no money on groceries!

Some interesting things that I discovered:

• I had WAY more hamburger meat in the freezer than I thought. (I like to buy it when it's on sale- but I think I got carried away)
  
• I was almost out of chicken! (Don't worry I just picked up more at Cash and Carry 40 lbs for $19.97 and I'm splitting the case so only $10 for 20 lbs of Chicken!)
• I need to make banana bread soon or start tossing the bananas. Seriously I have a million...
• I have a lot of duplicate spices. Especially the ones that I never use. (Probably because I didn't do this before so I assumed I didn't have a spice and bought more)

I threw away a lot of old food from the cupboards. I hate waste, so I tend to keep weird things that will never be consumed or should never be by humans. Well, I threw most of it away. (most because I'm not totally reformed and I couldn't throw all of it away)

All in All- A very successful project!