We have a very small freezer that's attached to our fridge, but we are hoping this tax season to buy a small chest freezer so we can stock up on things on sale, meat and put pumped milk in there.
What kinds of frozen food do you usually buy in bulk? Do you have an extra freezer or is your regular freezer large enough to hold a lot?
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
I like frozen vegetables like peas, corn and spinach. Especially spinach. It's always on sale at my grocery store so I stock up whenever I can. And I buy bulk meat to freeze.
And not something I buy, but every few months I make up, portion out and freeze a big pot of pasta sauce. And meatballs. Also I make and freeze some baked goods like pancakes and applesauce oatmeal muffins.
ETA: I don't have a separate freezer. SO has promised me one when we're in a bigger place, but for now we don't have the space. My freezer isn't very big, but I shove in what I can, lol.
pear / 1699 posts
Berries when they're in season and reasonably priced! I try to get enough to get us through the winter but it's never enough 
papaya / 10473 posts
I make a lot of meals and put them in our chest freezer. Every time I make a recipe that freezes well, I make two! Pasta sauce, enchiladas, quiche, meatballs, casseroles, etc.
coconut / 8854 posts
Just beef. We get an 1/8 of a cow every year from my husbands uncle. He has a farm, and slaughters 2-3 cows every winter. Then he asks the family who wants meat! An 1/8 of the cow normally lasts us all year too! 
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
@MrsBrewer: I wish I knew someone who did this! I may need to look around, if we ever get around to getting that second freezer!
@autumnlove: Haha ice cream, I love it
eggplant / 11824 posts
@MrsBrewer: We buy portions of a cow and a pig, too! Much cheaper than buying meat by the cut at the market, and from a local farm so win!
Other than that, mostly berries that I pick in season and freeze for winter consumption.
I don't buy many frozen veggies outside of peas because I dislike the flavor and texture of most reheated frozen veggies.
I also make pasta sauces from scratch and freeze those as well.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
@yoursilverlining: I've never attempted to make any pasta sauce, I'm intimidated...is it hard? I'm not the best person in the kitchen.
coconut / 8854 posts
@yoursilverlining: Yes!!! Sooo much cheaper! I think we ended up paying $2/lb. And we got all different cuts, we got soo much ground beef (I use that the most) tons of steaks, roasts, burger patties! Plus I love it because I know that the cows are raised and treated very well, they are all grass fed, and allowed to roam over their entire property! No hormones or anything
eggplant / 11824 posts
@Bao: oh gosh no, pasta sauce is EASY to make!!!! Don't be intimidated! We make both tomato sauce and pesto sauce and both are minimal ingredients. We don’t really have recipes, because we’ve been doing this for years, but there are plenty of recipes online. I think one thing that is important is to use quality ingredients – good olive oil, good parmesan cheese etc. Especially with pesto, it makes the difference. Pesto though, is just garlic, olive oil, basil leaves, parmesan cheese, pine nuts and a bit of salt and pepper. Run everything through a food processor or blender (you can also chop by hand) and bam – you’ve got homemade sauce! You can always add in more of whatever you like (for me, garlic!), and less of what you don't.
@MrsBrewer: Yes, the price upfront is sometimes like “whoa”, but then when you break it down its amazing! We get house-cured bacon and homemade sausage with our pig cuts, for about $3/lb for everything, overall. House cured bacon is between $7-$15/lb. at our local grocer and farmers market, so yeah, it works out nicely!
coconut / 8854 posts
@yoursilverlining: WOW! I wish DH's uncle had pigs! That sounds heavenly! Now I want some bacon!
pomegranate / 3779 posts
@yoursilverlining @ mrsbrewer - I am trying to talk DH into doing this, but we don't have a large freezer so there is nowhere to store it.
My parents would usually go in with a group at our local fair and purchase a cow or pig that was raised and shown at the fair by a local kid. Good, relatively cheap meat, and supporting local kids raising money for college - what could be better?
pomegranate / 3160 posts
Pizza Rolls. The big giant bags of "combination" flavor. Mmm.
bananas / 9227 posts
Peas, spinach, corn, broccoli, chicken breasts, chicken thighs, and whatever dark meat that's on sale.
pineapple / 12566 posts
We have a smallish freezer, so I can't really buy in bulk. But I always have several bags of spinach, peas and blueberries.
honeydew / 7909 posts
We get a 1/4 cow and a 1/2 pig every year.... which each have their own freezer. Plus, I usually stock up on frozen veggies and chicken when it's on sale. We have our regular fridge/freezer, an extra fridge/freezer combo downstairs, and 2 extra deep freezers.
nectarine / 2750 posts
@Ash: jealous! Wish we had enough room to do this!
We just keep a ton of frozen fruit for DH's paleo "cereal" and I'll stick up on frozen chicken or fibs when on sale. Does my milk stash count?
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