Easiest Way to Organize a Deep Freezer and Full Freezer Tour
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All your videos are awesome! Very organized life. I know it takes work, yet look at all your rewards. You definitely need to get a home generator
We have those too! Super handy!
Thanks for this, didn’t know this was a thing 🤗.
Thank you... as we just moved to California and we have experienced power outages and it’s a great concern of mine. Luckily are freezers are empty from moving.
I just ordered hard sided bags. May go in deep freeze .
I may need to order more for grocery shopping.
I buy way more than we need & forget what we have. So I replicate what I didn't need several times over.
We all could use more organizing in our lives.
Becky! I remember back in the day when I had your energy. ☺️ 45+ years ago I got married started having kids. The more kids the less energy I seemed to have and now with 10 grandkids I need help getting up from my chair! 😉 Okay not QUITE that bad but almost. ☺️ Watching your videos gives me energy. I feel like I could do anything! I want to jump up from my chair and clean my garage and organize EVERYTHING. Alas, the old body says, “nay”. 😆 You are a force to be reckoned with! Just know in life you have an old woman in a rocking chair somewhere who is in awe of you and who is a big cheerleader for you! God bless you, Becky! I’m sure everyone in life that knows you is better for for it. I certainly am better for just watching!
I'm 64 & understand perfectly.
Life is good when you have food put up for your family.
Becky has done a great job with providing for her family. Her mom more than likely had a great deal to do with her skills.
God bless.
I empathize with the body not willing to cooperate any more. Becky inspires me too and I’ve compromised with my body by making a list and tackling my projects at my own pace 😊
I’m with u Deb. It’s hard when the brain says to do something & the body says no. It is renergizing to watch Becky with all that energy…like we used to have. Use it while u have it Becky👍
I love all these comments! I love that she inspires all you gals!!! Me too! God Bless you all!
I know the feeling ladies. I'm a 69 year old type 1 diabetic.
Make an inventory list and hang it on each side of the cabinets that are in between the freezer’s. Delete, erase etc… and add what you put in. You will always know what you have. After the holidays I’m going to do the same
Or on that kind of freezer you can use a whiteboard marker
Dry erase board would be helpful with that. I think im going to try that. Ty!!
@@sonjabaker426 that is a fantastic idea ! ive got to get a dry erase board for mine . my freezer is a very small one but still holds a ton of food stuff .
You should be able to dry erase right on the freezer
When I ran a full sized freezer, used spare freezer space at my parents, utilized my refrigerator freezer, and had a lot of freezer "stuff" - I generated a form using spread sheet software then printed it with the grids on feature to create a blank freezer chart. I tucked several copies on a clip board hung beside my full sized freezer with a mechanical pencil attached by a string; ultimately I ended up with 3 colors, one per freezer. When I began my inventory,I was religious when I added items and when removing listed items. I then worked on the least full freezer space which was at my parents. Then shelf by shelf in my full freezer. We ate through the 7nlisted stuff in the refrigerator freezer before it was fully inventoried.
As a South African I am blown away by the sheer amounts of food in one home...we are just not familiar with such food security! 25 packs of ground beef, I dont think I use that much in a year!
And it’s only 2 people ! Most people even in America don’t do this but Becky does a cooking show for her job and living! I love watching her freezer meals and the idea of not eating out!
We had that much as a family of 7 when I was growing up. Cycling through it is challenging.
The whole reason people do this is because food security is on the decline in the West.
Bruh, I'm from the U.S. ....and this woman is strange. Also that's Italian sausage, not beef, which makes it even stranger. I would wager that she is a compulsive shopper who wastes tons of money on stuff like this. Most people do not hoard food like this.
Not uncommon for people who live on farms. We keep a large amount of food on hand. Only get groceries once every few weeks. I also grew up in a family with 9 kids and I had 5 kids. Now they are gone but I still have just as much food on hand.
Haha! My freezer is over 50 years old and a work horse! My old deep freeze the same, but I gifted it 3 years ago. Friends had a 3 year old freezer that died and they lost all the contents. I will keep my old ancient freezers!!!
You know what I love about your videos? You really explain everything and you say "we're going to do this together". Makes us feel like a part of it. Thanks for sharing! :D
Not sure if this comment will be seen but to let everyone know in a power cut/outage freezers will keep food at the same temperature for 24/48 hours if kept closed before starting to defrost
You can get freezer thermostats alarms that have an app on your phone, so you never have to have that dreaded moment. Maybe worth the £10(don't have a dollar sign) investment.
Thank you so much for promoting buying directly from the farmer. Our family raises beef and sells to consumers like what you do😊 it's so disheartening when people think we're taking advantage of them by selling beef by the hanging weight- I promise we work hard at taking the best care of our animals and we definitely don't get rich at it.
God bless you guys! Our nation needs more independent farmers like you.
My grandpa & uncle raised dairy cows.
My 92 year old farmer dad is still raising beef.
We appreciate the hard work that is involved with raising beef on the hoof!!
@@ms.newcomerteacher6554 thank you❤️
My family raises beef but we've always sold at a sale-barn instead to directly to the consumer...people just don't understand. We sell a cow for an average of $1.10 per pound and look at what it is costing in the stores. Between that, the rising price of fuel and fertilizer, many farmers in my area are quitting. In the 1980s there were over 70 dairies in my county and today there is 1 left.
Agree!!! We are the same and have aa farm I appreciate your encouragement to shop from local farmers.
My mom has a whole house Generac natural-gas powered automatic-start generator. In February 2021 Texas froze, the entire state, but my mom didn't lose power except for about 10 seconds. Guess where I went to sit that nightmare out!! Highly recommended!!!
As long as the natural gas is working, it is a great option. I'm gearing towards eliminating more from my freezers, canning and dehydrating. I still use my freezer for meats, some things that I cannot can or choose not to. My thought is that I have to be willing to lose those items. Possibly cook and can in a rush. Just my thoughts.
God bless and Merry Christmas!
@@justpatty7328 Pressure canning is a great way to preserve meat long term and free up freezer space!
If you have room. Put in some soda bottles full of water. That way if power goes off you have extra cooling i and it makes running the freezer more efficient. You also have extra water stored, should it be needed.
We just got ours installed a couple of months ago! I agree they are awesome. They run off of a tank. I guess in cities people have gas lines run but out in the country we have tanks and they come fill them up.
@tex2flaTex2fla you are right whole house Generacs are wonderful but they are about 16K…way too expensive of an investment unless one looses power often.
Hey Becky, I thought it might give you a little smile to know that when my 1 Year old hears your voice she immediately comes over and sits down to watch your videos with me. She loves when you show your chickens.
I use totes in my freezer for veggies and bread. I don't eat meat so it saves me room. I dehydrate most veggies which saves room, unable to lift boiling water anymore so canning is out. I enjoy your videos.
I can't lift either because of myelomylacia. But I put my water bath canner on burner and fill and use it for high acid foods. I just dip out water when finished. Same process with pressure canner. I use a jar lifter to lift each jar separately. I didn't can for a few years until I decided to try this. It takes longer because it's slower way to fill and empty but it works.
When I cook something that I don’t care to eat for my spouse, sometimes I’ll cook a different meal for me that he doesn’t like. Then we both are happy 😂
I think freeze drying liver for your pups is a great idea!! It's really expensive to buy a bucket. You sooooo inspire me to do better Becky! I tend to start projects.....but I'm not a closer! I always have lots of ideas.....but nothing actually gets done. You are wise beyond your years!!
Same. I'm great at the planning, just not the execution! Lol
What I do to make my freezers more organized is I write on the freezer what's in there and where. You can 100% write on your appliances with dry erase markers! If I have 6 bags of frozen red peppers in the lower right hand corner of the freezer, I write "Red Peppers" on the door where the peppers are stored and make 6 tally marks. When I pull out a bag, I erase a tally mark. If I have 4 bags of frozen corn on top of the red peppers, I write "Corn" with 4 tally marks over Red Peppers with 6 tally marks so I know when I hit corn, red peppers will be one more layer down.
This is also helpful if, say, my onions didn't do as well in the garden this year. I know exactly when I need to buy onions because I'm erasing the tally marks and can see how many bags I have left instead of digging around and trying to count. Sometimes frozen veggies are hard to discern what they are when they've been in the freezer for a while, so its great to have exactly what they are written on the door of the chest freezer!
i do this on my fridge! the fridge is black and i use neon chalk markers to write my weekly meal plan and shopping list on one side and a mini inventory on the other.
"Free" cat litter pails work well as freezer compartments/bins.
When I need to defrost my deep freezer, I unload it into my washer. It is more insulated and easy to clean afterwards. When I run out of room in the washer, I load into coolers. The I used water to help defrost and clean the freezer quicker. Wipe out, dry, turn on, reload (organize as I go).
I use plastic milk crates to organize my freezer.
Great idea, thank you😊
We added insurance for our deep freezers, we have 3. One large one for meat, one for veggies and a smaller one for fruit.
We are planning a generator in the new year but having that insurance takes a bit of stress off my shoulders! I hate liver, like really hate it lol
Insurance for your freezer? Do you mean for when the electricity goes out and the food gets spoiled. That so… weird 😆 only in America I think.
@@manteltje we are in Canada and we care covered if something happens to our freezers due to power outage or power failure. We have to take a photo of freezers showing what was lost. It's topped out at 2500.
I dig the idea of using the hard-sided bags! I am currently using plastic bins which I like because I like the structured organization, but the plastic gets brittle. These bags look so much easier to lift out and move as well.
Walmart usually has that kind of bag.
I use plastic "milk" crates from Walmart. About $5 each and they're so easy to lift in and out (which helps this short person not fall into the chest!). The holes in the sides lets you kind of take a peek without having to move too much either. But you're kind of at the mercy of your freezer dimensions. I may give Becky's firm-sided but still flexible totes a try.
@@debbiebenge9398 great idea!
I use "milk crates", too. They don't fit perfectly in my freezer, but I love that they are so durable. I want to explore the idea of the hard sided tote bags so there's a little more flex.
I agree about the bags vs bins! I use cardboard boxes but they get flimsy after awhile. Totally going to check these out
Portable generators are fine if the power goes out for a short period of time. I live on the east coast and when super storm Sandy hit and we were without power for a week those portables were a hassle. You constantly had to fill it with fuel and run extension cords to the ‘essential’ appliances. Well with all your freezers and refrigerators I suggest a whole house generator. We installed a generac whole house natural gas generator a few years ago and it’s a blessing. No hassles, basic maintenance and less worry. I don’t know what type of utilities you have but a whole house generator is a great investment for your home and piece of mind.
For those in apartments, just getting started, or even those who just have tiny freezers... I used the $1 plastic shoeboxes to organize my freezers for YEARS. I could fit 7 shoeboxes in my old apartment freezer and they really helped me maximize that small space.
They may not have been a PERFECT solution, but they served me very well for a long time. Those little plastic shoe boxes are incredibly versatile, so you'll always be able to find a place for them if need to change things in the future. 😉
and now you can purchase plastic shoe boxes that open on the end - so if you are stacking them, you don't have to unstack them to access the interior.
@@AB-ol5uz Yessss! I've never done those, but that's a great idea!
One very important thing to remember is that you HAVE to have a switch installed at your fuse panel that turns the power off to the power lines. Linemen working to restore power have been electrocuted from generators feeding power back into the system.
We bought an electric start Predator generator that powers our whole house from Harbor Freight for about $700 on sale. My husband installed a tri-fuel kit for about $200. It can run on gasoline, natural gas, or propane. We have to switch power over and turn the generator on (push button) but for us, it sure beats paying several thousand for one that starts automatically. It works great!
Becky, my mother-in-law and I canned beef for years, it tasted great and was so easy to warm up with some green beans and mashed potatoes when she was cooking for a big group of hunger farmers. His family homesteaded a 40 acre farm in 1856. It has grown to 400 acres over the years and are on our 7th generations. We don’t can much anymore, but watching you work your garden sure brings back many fond memories.💕💕
Canned beef? ....no.....just no. Stop it.
Your story sounds exactly like our farm. It was homesteaded in 1856 with 40 acres. We are now a 7 th generation farm family, although, now we rent some of our land and bale about 5,000 small hay bales for horse farmers . We now have 400 acres or thought we did for many, many years. We had a survey done and discovered there was 14 acres across the river that we thought we sold some 60 years ago and another 7 acres in another land sale with another neighbor. Thankfully, the 7 acres was conveyed back to us and the other 14 acres, well it’s just there. I still can beef. I learned it from my mother in law. And you are right, there was nothing better than mom opening 2-3 quarts of beef with all of the yummy juices that she made a gravy with, peel up some home grown potatoes and fresh green beans and wilted lettuce. Then she would whip up a couple of pies faster than you could blink. Oh what fond memories. People that have never tasted canned beef have no idea how flavorful it is. We still buy a beef every year and split it with our daughter and you can bet your bottom dollar that we can some of that beef. When we ordered our last one, I told the butcher I didn’t want a lot of steaks, just cube it for canned beef. The butcher asked me twice if I was sure and I said “yes I was sure”. He said ok, but my meat cutters are going to have a fit when they cut those beautiful porterhouse steaks into cubes. Of course, we saved the t-bones and rib eyes. I’m so glad they did. Merry Christmas.🎄🤶🧑🎄
I'm so glad you showed us your freezers. I have a small chest freezer - I keep a notebook on top of it with a pen, I keep a list of what's in there. Anytime I add to the freezer, I write it in the notebook. Anytime I take something out of the freezer to use, I cross it off the list. Take Care!
Canning meat is super easy. Raw pack and process at 10 pounds pressure. 45 min for pints 90 for quarts. No liquid needed. It comes out shredded. If you prefer chunks, chunk the meat and cook in frying pan a few minutes before placing in jars. Pork butt tastes like you cooked it all day. I always add a tablespoon of better than bullion to my quarts
Isn't it 75 minutes for pints and 90 minutes for quarts? I think you may have a typo.
@@treasurespastnpresen No typo, just a brain fart. Thanks for the correction.
City Prepping channel has great videos on generators and solar powered generators.
Tip: Add some lamented paper and tape it the inside door. Then use a fine expo marker and write down what you have below your line of sight! You can easily change inventory numbers and won't forget what's at the bottom.
Becky, freeze-dry your onions, peppers, celery. It has been an awesome way to preserve them and SO easy to use. Grind up some for powers to add to soups, stews or leave chopped and throw them in any dish - no need to rehydrate with water prior to cooking, just toss into your pan with a little butter or oil.
Good to know. I just ordered a freeze dryer
Even freeze dry milk, chicken, hamburger, (fresh eggs too), all your garden veggies. Freeze dried food can save you during power outages.
If you don't have a freeze dryer, I guess you could dehydrate, couldn't you?
I do exactly this to organize my freezer! Bags work great so things are it rolling out when I open the upright freezer also. TIP….if not in comments already. I large marker number each bag! Have everything in that bag written in my paper pad. I’ll look at my list, and pick what I want. Go directly to that particular bag! Less time with freezer open while looking! Hope I made sense with that! Lol. 💕
We live in Florida and after Hurricane Irma, we lost power and water for four days ( I had filled ever available container/jar in the house prior to the storm). But we purchased a Generac stand by generator. It's definitely an investment, but the peace of mind it gives is awesome. They have natural gas and propane run ones. I have two freezers and a fridge/freezer full of food and knowing if our power goes out that our food will be ok and we'll have water...so nice.
Dont worry about the texture cannned roast is amazing its like opening a the most tender yummy easy meal ever. put a bit of stock in it and thicken and boom gray over tatos or toast
4 Patriots has solar charged generators. You don't have to buy gas for them. They come with the solar panels.
I suggest a solar powered generator. Super quiet and they will keep your chest freezer running for 3 days or so if needed.
Canning chicken is super easy but it does over cook it in my opinion... you should freeze dry it with your dryer! That's what we'll be doing. God bless you sister and Merry Christmas!
I have the Generac whole house generator. I purchased it when I built a house in town. I chose to keep it and convert to propane when I moved to the country. I also had it hooked up to my well so I will always have water and power no mater what happens. It has been well worth to upfront cost.
Love chest freezers because if the electric goes out they seem to keep everything solid longer than stand up freezers. I also date my veggies (month & year) to make sure I use the oldest first.
Predator 3500 Watt Inverter Generator.
I will always recommend this generator. It’s inverter, so it’s pretty quite. Very easy to maintain. If in the future you find that you need more power, two of these generators can be hooked up together.
Get your stuff processed in the freeze and dehydrate dryer ASAP. When I find frozen veggies on sale I dehydrated them. And I pull q7lbs of ground beef at one time and cook it up with onions and garlic and freeze dry and it makes the most simple fast food dinners. Good luck finding generator they sale very fast. Costco has a nice one that does both gas and propane and it’s awesome also, get a $10 magnetic lock for the upright. They work perfectly
My husband loves the chest freezer over the upright, but it's a nightmare to keep organized. I have bins, but they get frosted in and are hard to move. We live in the south and have hurricanes, he stayed for Hurricane Ida and manned the generator to keep the 2 fridges and 2 freezers running while power was out (5 days before it came back on). I keep the bottom of the chest freezer loaded with frozen milk jugs (rinsed and filled with water). It will keep the food frozen longer if the power is out and a fully loaded freezer stays frozen longer than a half filled one. Thanks for posting about the alarms, that's the one thing I haven't gotten around to for the freezers.
That’s a brilliant idea, about the filled & frozen jugs of water. 👍🏼
Until we moved into a home with a whole home generator, we used 2 Ryobi generators to power our fridge/freezers and a small air conditioner. I think you said once that your husband loves to research stuff… mine does too! That said, I’m sure your hubs will find y’all a great one that suits your needs! My only recommendation is one that’s easy to use and maintain. Something that you can potentially start and set up yourself in case he’s not around.
I can a lot of meats, I do 20 lbs of ground beef at a time, my hubby has a texture thing so I buy chicken boneless and skinless and grind it to can. It’s great in soups. I also do Turkey this way. Beef is really good canned, I can the cheapest cuts I can find. After canning they are so tender. I do advise seasonings some of your meats.
I have canned beef for years. It is so handy for beef and noodles, soups etc. Well worth the time and effort The flavor is wonderful.
When I worked in surgery we were trained to only touch things once too. It helps any job, big or small, go faster & more smoothly plus your brain gets more detail oriented 😆 Leaving the fridge/ freezer door open is an epidemic in my home😲Yes to top closing
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You have such a peaceful disposition and a calming voice, I love watching your videos!
Aw thank you!
I can meats. My favorite is chicken. You can raw pack and that is the easiest, but I like to either par cook chicken pieces and can in broth or a spicy broth. It is so convient to use. I use the broth for soups, or just to warm the meat in the broth, or use the broth to cook rice or noodles in. The texture is great. Our venison I can in a broth also and it helps with any gamey taste. I cut them in chunks and put them in broth raw or par cook. My husband likes to eat it right from the jar or make a sandwich. It is so tender. I have done this with beef roasts or extra steaks. Ground beef I do can for chili, rolled tacos, soups and am very happy to have on the shelf. I must say that it looks like it wont be good, but we like it. Try in small portions and see what you like and then can it that way. You did great on your freezers. I found some totes on amazon just a bit smaller than the ones you had linked because they were a bit big for my small freezers. There are many choices. Thank you so much for all your help. Love it.
I do something similar with boxes in my small freezer. As a tip, once it' frozen, you can put it on end in the container for better visibility and accessibility. I freeze flat, then set items on edge, like a food file.
Canned meat is wonderful. It was my grandmother's "quick" meal prep. I started canning meat 3 years ago and we both really enjoy it. I like to hear the canned meat and juice, make some egg noodles, use the canned meat liquid to make a gravy and you have a wonderful main dish in 20 min. Enjoy your videos!
Homesteading Family has videos on canning different types of meat
Even though I have a series of wire freezer baskets to store my food, my deep freezer is a hot mess... well, a cold mess! 😂
Doing an inventory on my freezer and my cabinets is definitely on my to do list. Thanks for the motivation and for being real with us!
I would really like to see the freeze dty liver thats something i never seen or heard of. Xx sending love from uk xx
You might like Moroccan lamb skewers, they are delicious! We chop/grate onion, garlic and cilantro. Then we add salt, pepper, cumin, ginger powder, paprika, turmeric powder, small grating of nutmeg and a tiny pinch of cinnamon. Add a glug of olive oil and let marinate overnight. You can grill indoor, but the best flavour is on a charcoal grill outside! Traditionally, we eat it with homemade bread and sweet mint tea. It's also really good with salad. Hope you try it!
We have a Generac. I almost fell over when you said your freezer was a mess! That is called very clean and organized at our house. I am going to get some totes! We have had mystery thaws more than once.
You mentioned wanting to can meat, those turkeys in your freezer would be a wonderful to can. You can raw pack the turkey (almost any meat actually) when canning it and it will help the texture not be mushy.
I do the left to right move. 😁 All new goes into the left side - small boxes - meat- veggies- greens ect... I take from the right side, same box system, day before grocery day it all gets put to the right all but the greens/veggies, only refill to the right. The new goes into the left to restock. It works well oh- on the top of the left side is rolls, biscuits, sweet breads ect and my fridge freezer is just bread, homemade baked beans, bacon n such that is used more frequen. Bread day is always fridays giving fresh bread all week 👍
I can meat all the time, chicken and roast are my favorite. I do can hamburger and venison. I use some broth with my hamburger once I have browned it. It is great for tocos and soup. You will enjoy the convenience of canned meats.
We purchased a Generac whole house generator in the spring. Our electrician was helpful in ordering the right size generator so we could use everything in our home in case of a power failure. If you do plan on purchasing best to put an order in as soon as you’re able to. It took months for our generator to be delivered and a couple more months for installation due to shipping delays and contractors being booked solid.
I never thought I’d enjoy watching someone clean and organise so much! I’ve just recently come across your channel and I need to admit, I have totally binged on all your episodes! Much love from Australia x
I had watched this video months ago and used the walmart bags to organize my freezer, Loved the ease of finding things in the freezer. But the best thing about this, we were evacuated due to fire and afraid electric might be turned off, it took less than five minutes to unload freezer, We ended up at my son's place and thank goodness they had an extra freezer and the food did not go to waste. This I will continue to do.
Becky, I also love Butcher Box! What's great is that you can order the perfect size box for your family and select what you get. I love how well it's packaged as well. I will look into getting meat from a local butcher. Living local is best.
Just what I needed on this Monday! Thanks for starting my week with your positivity!
Thank you for this video!! I love your energy, at 65 I remember those days. The tote idea is awesome!!!! So many organizational videos use baskets that cost. The totes are more reasonable, and sometimes even free!!! We have 2 grandsons (8&9 yrs old) living with us, so every penny counts!!! I do love all your videos! Thanks for all you do!
You have every gadget and resource that we all long for for food prep and preservation. So blessed! And we are blessed to share your skills with us.
Freeze dried liver in capsules is a fabulous idea. Dr Ken Berry has a whole episode on his YT channel about how good liver (and all organ meat) is for humans! So glad YT suggested your channel to me!! Merry Christmas !!!
I love your video's Becky, I never miss an upload! Thanks for your tip to start a big baking/cooking day with an empty dishwasher! I'll never know why it didn't dawn on me to do this before. It made clean-up a breeze!
I love your videos!! Doesn’t it feel so great when you tackle a task like this? Every time you grab something you will just smile knowing how easy it was to grab that and go
We raise our own beef and pork, selling also to local people, and keep it all (plus garden/orchard produce) in chest freezers in the shop. After a HORRIBLE ice storm, losing everything, hubby upgraded his welder, investing in a portable welder. Not only does the welder work on the farm it also doubles as a generator. Being portable, we can move it where needed. I have been using cardboard boxes to organize the freezers but just orders these totes. Excited to see how they work for me! Thanks so much for your videos! I pick up new tips and tricks with each one 🥰
I bought those bags! Thanks! I have been trying to figure out the best way to organize my deep freezer to be able to access the food best. This is the best option I have seen. Great job!
We’re buying a home next year with farmland acreage and I cannot wait to work on tasks like this!
I'm participating in the 3 Rivers Challenge also. I have 4 freezers- 2 stand up, 1 deep freeze, and 1 small top of fridge (aside from my main fridge) we purchased a whole hog and whole stear and NOTHING is organized. I have 1 stand up dedicated to veggies, fruits, and meal freezers. I realized there are a lot of veggies and fruits I don't like frozen so once those get ate I can start organizing everything. That'll be my winter project once Ohio's weather sets in.
Canning meats: I love love love my canned chicken (ugly chicken). I can every type of meat because I find a purpose for it all and is a life saver!! Hamburger meat is the main meat most people either love or hate. Texture doesn't change for me but the taste does. I urge you to Can chicken with 1 jar of Hamburger meat to teat it out. I find it's better canned with beef broth than water. My family doesn't notice when I use canned meat vs. Fresh
Becky I love your videos and get so excited when I see you posted a new one!
Becky, love your channel! For backup, we installed solar panels and batteries. We've had them for a few years now. It's silent, 100% automatic, and zero maintenance, it just works. We may not even notice when the power goes out. We are just south of you, near Portland, and yes we do get enough sun here!
I have just been using the outside if my freezer for my dry eraser board. It cleans off very easy with a little squirt of windex or soft scrub.
I also use the bags except mine are colored coded. White for chicken, green for beef, black for pork and on and on. Works great because all I have to do is look for the right colored bag.
Excellent idea!
Love this idea!
I remember going through this process. It is a lot of work! Gloves is a good idea I didn't think of. Tubs, totes and baskets made a huge difference. The best part is when you're done and you know where everything is and it's easy to get to! Great job Becky!!!.
Thank you for the great idea on how to organize the freezer! I love it. Also, your honesty is refreshing when you admit your personality traits - in reference to leaving the freezer door open; it's so helpful to know oneself! God bless!
I have and recommend a dual fuel ( propane/gasoline) generator. I like the fact I can have 20 lb propane tanks ready to vs storing gasoline . Another plus about the propane is that it’s a more reliable cold weather fuel source.
Becky How did you know my deep freezer needed a good gutting/cleaning out! LOL Thanks for sharing!
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It's a lot of work but worth it!
I think she sneaks around looking at her followers freezers, mine is a disaster too, I’m waiting until after Christmas to go through mine, I have 3 turkeys and two hams hanging out in there that need canned
I use those hard sided bags all the time for organizing and shopping. I never thought to use them in the freezer. We also have two. One standup ane chest.
I've never considered totes to organise our chest freezer. That's brilliant. I am doing my monthly meal planning and shopping tomorrow and this video has inspired me to organise our dreaded chest freezer so that everything is easier to find!
I can venison and it is awesome! It is delicious and tender and falls apart. I mix in a packet of onion soup mix for every 6 pounds of meat, which is just trimmed, cubed stew meat. Then you pack it into the jars, leave an inch headspace and pressure can @10 pounds pressure for 90 minutes. It is soooo good! I promise you will love it and you might not freeze as much meat once you start canning because it is so easy to use.
We can most of our venison too! Ground, strips, and stew. I don't notice a texture difference and I am texture sensitive. It's delicious and tender!
I have a much of older venison that I should do with this . Also need to do this pantry challange myself
This was a really needed video! Thanks for the inspiration. Got to get our freezers cleared out, and restocked. I wasn't sure how I wanted to go about it, now I do. Thanks!
I really enjoy your videos. It amazes me how much food you have…frozen, & freeze dried & dehydrated, & canned, & stored up! I think it’s fantastic!
Plus, I love the way you talk! You have the gift of being able to speak about anything, without being at a loss for words. I’m never bored listening to you…not even for a second…no matter what you’re talking about! So thank you! You’re much more interesting to watch than any TV show!
I love those totes too! I got a bunch from Aldi a few years ago and definitely couldn't cope without them lol
I just found your channel and am really enjoying it. I just organized my freezer this fall and then made inventory sheets. I can’t believe how much it is helping me. Have a Merry Christmas and thank you for sharing!
Becky, thank you, you energize all of us❤ I learn so much from you. ❤ you are a beautiful woman!
What a great idea!! I’ve been using brown paper grocery bags for years…but the sturdy bags look like they work awesome!
Looks great! A tip my Mom gave me years ago was to fill empty gallonand half gallon milk jugs with water. Freeze a few if them. If the power goes out the frozen water jugs will help keep your food frozen longer. Works great if you don't have a generator or until you can get one
That was a great tip your mother gave you 👍👍👍👍
She has no room for water jugs lol
Great video! I have two upright freezers and I use plastic bins from the dollar tree. 3 trays fit on a shelf. I’ve had them for about two years no problems. Give it a try!
I have canned beef and chicken and they are great to have on hand. I use the canned chicken for chicken salad, chicken and gravy, chicken pot pie, and chicken Italian medley. The beef I use for quick beef stew, beef stroganoff and philly cheese steak regarding a generator I would get one with dual ways to run it such as gas and propane
Thank you for the brilliant freezer organization ideas. I ordered some of those totes for my chest freezer and they are such a game changer! Now I can actually find what I need in my freezer without having to dig through its entire contents. They are the perfect size and it’s so much easier to lift out a tote to get to the stuff in the bottom of the freezer. I might actually use up my stash of garden vegetables now because I can actually find them! 😅
Looking forward to the pantry challenge that you do. I love the idea of the totes! I have a stand up, but my cousin has a deep. We were just talking of how to organize it.
Becky, Could you make a video explaining when is the best time to start a small garden and how to start growing food? I love your videos, happy holidays from Argentina
I can meat with my pressure canner since quite a while now and the meat is so tender afterwards!!! You should do it, it is very easy and quite convenient.
Love your organization and thank you for all the hard work you put in...not just to your videos. But in my house, someone would come in, dig around like a dog looking for a bone, and completely mess up my whole year looking for that special frozen item. They drive me nutz. I'm very glad your family members respect all your immense effort to be organized.
I haven’t done it in years, but I’ve canned venison before and was a huge fan. It wasn’t visually appealing when I saw it from the guy I got the instructions from but I was willing to try. It took out the gaminess and it was so tender. We used it in soups and stews mostly but also made bbq sandwiches too.
can you please list some recipes or the one to take out the gameness & tenderize it?
@@langstroth9334 the key is to soak the meat in ice water for 48 hours and change the water a couple times to get the blood out. You also add 2 bouillon cubes to each quart of meat when canning.
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Just watched and very interesting. One thing that helps us is to keep a running list on top of our freezer of what is exactly in each freezer. It also help my husband when I ask him to take something out to thaw. It also helps me plan meals and not to buy something that I may have already. In my headspace -- out of sight, out of mind...So I tend to buy things I already have because they're in the pit of the freezer 😆. I'm sure that list will come in handy for your upcoming challenge.
Maybe you should divide the meat between two freezers so that if one fails you don't actually lose everything
I have several of those softer totes and have been meaning to organize my freezers just like this so thank you for giving me the push I need to get it done!
I actually love liver. We brown it and cover it with cream of mushroom soup. It’s a tough meat but it’s so good for you. We also used to can beef roasts and it’s so good! I want to try canning hamburger because we just had a power outage the other day that lasted close to 24 hours and the thought of losing all that meat just makes me sick. We were very lucky it came on when it did and everything stayed frozen solid.
My parents have a deep freezer and I think they got it when they built their house which was in the mid 1980's. My parents have never had a problem with that deep freezer although they have had to get a new fridge/freezer a couple of times. They also have crates for organization and it's easier to get things out from the bottom as well.
Yours is the best way to organize a freezer yet!!!! Thanks for doing this video!😁👍🏻💖
Those totes were so cool Becky!! I have 2 deep freezers and definitely needs some organization... Having a dedicated freezer for the garden is a great idea. I look forward to doing that in the spring/summer
Oh my goodness! Now I got to go organize my freezer. Been putting it off for months but you have motivated me to get with it! Thank you!! I needed that! :)
Me too lol.