Eating Down the Fridge

A year ago, Kim O'Donnel presented a challenge to her readers. She suggested folks take a break from food shopping and eat what they had stashed in their refrigerator, freezer, and pantry. This is something we've done for years during Advent and Lent and for a couple weeks before a vacation, but for some reason we don't plan our meals this way on a regular basis.

Talking about it this evening, we decided we should try the EDF challenge. It's just the two of us here and our new refrigerator is already busting at the seams.

In addition to achieving a more organized refrigerator and freezer, we won't fuss with one another over who left what too long in the fridge. I truly dislike discovering new living organisms (aka moldy food) in our refrigerator. We may also discover some new recipes using ingredients we already have sitting on the refrigerator door.

Have you ever tried "eating down the fridge?"

Eating Down the Fridge originally appeared on About.com Marriage on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 at 04:36:46.

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