{"id":1488,"date":"2018-05-01T19:33:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T19:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beahmfamilyfarm.com\/?p=1488"},"modified":"2020-04-26T18:16:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T18:16:27","slug":"how-to-make-a-freezer-inventory-to-plan-meals-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beahmfamilyfarm.com\/?p=1488","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a Simple Freezer Inventory List"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Julie<\/h4>\n

This action tip may be helpful for you if you’ve recently bought meat from us or have
\nnever thought to keep a running inventory list going for your beef or pork supply. I\u2019ve
\nfound over the years that with a freezer full of meat several things can happen 1)
\nI\u2019ve literally forgotten what\u2019s gotten buried in there over time and 2) I wouldn\u2019t
\nrealize that I\u2019m running low on a particular cut of meat that I was hoping to use.
\nSimply put, if you have goals to eat healthier meals at home, and you have taken the
\ntime to source out good meat from your local farmer, then the next step to take the
\nfrustration out of meal planning or not waste this precious food, is to keep it
\norganized (even just a bit!)
\nHere\u2019s how I do it, and how you can start a freezer inventory list of your own:
\nFor those of you who have bought a smaller shares from us, like the 30 or 60 lb
\noption, making an inventory of your meat is easiest to do as soon as you bring
\nit home from the farm. Jot down on paper how many of each type of steaks,
\nroasts, and the amount of burger you have and then organize it in your freezer
\nwith putting like things together (roasts in one stack or area, the steaks in a
\nsmall plastic box, the burger stacked neatly).<\/p>\n

For those who have bought half a beef from us (or pig) then the butcher has
\nprovided a list for you with the amounts of each type of cut of meat. That\u2019s a
\nhandy list to have and the work is already done for you! From this point,
\npeople with their cut sheets can then just update it each time they use up
\nsome of their meat.
\nBut if you\u2019ve had beef in your freezer for a while and don\u2019t know where your butcher
\ncut sheet is or if you even still have it, you can make a designated time to organize
\nand make a list of what you have in your freezer which will help you plan your meals
\nbetter.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a picture of my freezer inventory list after I had pulled out the meat shelf by
\nshelf and counted up and listed the different cuts. I even tried to organize the pork
\non one shelf, beef on another and so on.<\/p>\n

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I listed the name of the cut of meat on the left and made small marks on the right
\nthat I can strike off each time I take out a piece of meat. I\u2019ve tried in the past to just
\nwrite the number of cuts next to the type listed, but I would often forget to write
\ndown when I take something out and then the list does me absolutely no good over
\nlong term. I keep a magnetic marker right there on the freezer (or fridge) and the list
\ntaped up so that each time I take out a piece of meat, I just strike through the
\nnumber or marks and I can easily see about how much I have left of that type of cut
\nof meat in the freezer. Even if you have a deep freezer chocked full and this seems
\noverwhelming, I did a whole freezer inventory in about a half hour.
\nPlanning ahead for healthy meals and knowing how much meat you have on hand to
\ndo it with is the very basic beginning of being able to stick to the goal of healthy
\neating.<\/p>\n

The \u201cwhy\u201d behind all of the planning is not just for the sake of planning, but
\nbecause it is vital we eat more good, heart-healing, body-strengthening food, and
\nsome little steps of planning and making an inventory of your meat might help you
\nget a little closer to your goal of healthy living \u2013 and part of that is home-cooked
\nhealthy protein. One of the blessings of buying in bulk is having all that wonderful
\nmeat on hand, and with a little simple inventory (it doesn\u2019t have to be as detailed as
\nmine even!), you can know exactly what you have on hand to use for your upcoming
\nweek\u2019s meals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Julie This action tip may be helpful for you if you’ve recently bought meat from us or have never thought to keep a running inventory list going for your beef or pork supply. I\u2019ve found over the years that with a freezer full of meat several things can happen 1) I\u2019ve literally forgotten what\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beahmfamilyfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beahmfamilyfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beahmfamilyfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beahmfamilyfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beahmfamilyfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1488"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/beahmfamilyfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1713,"href":"https:\/\/beahmfamilyfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488\/revisions\/1713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beahmfamilyfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beahmfamilyfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beahmfamilyfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beahmfamilyfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}