Freezer Diving...

 Note to Reader:  

The following photos have no relation to this post...  

They are photos of pretty places in Paris... 

This post is not about pretty places
or about Paris, 

for that matter... 

In fact, it is about old food...

Read on at your own risk...

We are headed out of town shortly 

to visit the grandparents for a couple of weeks 

and I  need to clean out the fridge before we go...

Tom is not joining us right away and he will, 

in no way, conspire to cook 

anything unless beer counts as a meal... 

So, in order to spare myself the olfactory pain 

of science experiments locked in Tupperware, 

I need to use up all perishables...  

It's like an episode of "Chopped", 

only not as much fun...  

 Okay, how this pink, feathery helicopter got
inside the palace of Versailles
is beyond me.
Maybe Lady Gaga accidentally left it there...

This is not Paris...
But you knew that already...

The rule of the game is to not choose a recipe 

that requires a trip to the grocery... 

Last night it was stuffed peppers...  

I had all colors of peppers left over 

from an Aldi run, a pound of ground beef 

and there is always rice in the pantry...

Throw in some cheese and tomatoes 

and you have it... 

Actually, the recipe I used is here.  

There was one head of broccoli 

that I steamed and parceled out for the four of us... 

I used up the boxed pie crusts 

and a bag of peaches from Trader Joes 

to make a pie... 

I even whipped up a pint of cream 

to top it off... 

That meal made a serious dent 

in the contents of the fridge, so much so, 

that I was a little stumped as to what to make tonight... 

Digging deep in the freezer, 

I found a frozen container 

of beef enchilada filling made a few months ago... 

There were also fresh flour tortillas, 

cheese and some sour cream, 

but damn if I was plumb out of enchilada sauce...

Here is where a stocked pantry 

and a little imagination comes into play... 

I tossed two cans of diced tomatoes with green chilis 

and some tomato sauce into the food processor 

and pureed it...  

Voila'!  

Enchilada sauce!  

This photo is not pretty...
In fact, it's creepy and we saw it everywhere...
I was compelled to share...
Sorry.

For dessert, I might make one of those 

cookie in a pan recipes 

I see on Pinterest now and then...  

It feels good to clean out the refrigerator, 

kind of like cleaning out my closet, 

except that the fridge 

has a distinct connection to my closet...  

If, perhaps, I would just fill the fridge 

with less food,
then my closet would house smaller sizes...  

And then again, maybe not...