A Chic Paris Holiday Season – Day 12 – Declutter the ‘Fridge
December 14, 2020
It’s mid-December – 10 days until Christmas Eve. There’s been a bit of drift with the investment cooking schedule. The creamy chicken chowder has moved to Wednesday. A crustless Quiche Lorraine-ish hopped onto this afternoon’s project list in its place. (I call it Lorraine-ish because there is ham and gruyere cheese in it but also there is some leftover sauteed onions and some roasted red peppers that had been hanging about in the ‘fridge for the last little while.) I make a large crustless quiche almost every other weekend. The quiche acts as a recipient for any leftover veggies and as an easy, hearty lunch during the week. I usually pair it with a teacup of soup or a green salad.
As the title suggests, I am trying to clear out the refrigerator of “leftover bits and pieces” as we count down to Christmas Eve. My “decluttering” spree continues! Maybe we should just name the idea, “December Declutter”. My husband and I will start the holiday cooking this weekend. A refrigerator with some open space would be particularly helpful for the influx of ingredients and partially prepared dishes.
I have happily embraced one reader (Julie)’s suggestion of “Throwback Thursday.” Thursday dinner becomes the designated, scheduled evening for dinner out of the freezer. (Let’s not call it “dinner of leftovers.” I think “home-made dinner from the secret stash” sounds a bit more interesting.) Basically, the idea is that the food in the freezer gets used up regularly. Such a good idea to put it in the weekly calendar! I’m embarrassed to admit that there are sometimes freezer-frosted “mystery” packages buried in my freezer that have languished completely forgotten past the point of no return. When I do come upon them months/years(?) later, all one can do is throw them away. Grr, what a waste of time and effort. I have read about people who keep a list or whiteboard taped on the freezer on which one can note what has been put in the freezer. I think that’s a good idea, too, even though I have not implemented it (yet) myself.
