Stocking a healthy pantry, freezer

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Stocking a healthy pantry, freezer

By Robert Walsh

Mormon Times
Published: Friday, Sep. 26, 2008

Your pantry and freezer aren't meant to hold a year's supply of food.

So says Dr. Nora Nyland, associate professor and dietetics program director in nutrition, dietetics and food science at Brigham Young University, who spoke at the Campus Education Week last month in Provo, Utah.

What's in your pantry and freezer can be part of your three months' supply of canned foods, frozen foods, pastas, grains and seasonings, Nyland says. And those items should be rotated to avoid spoilage.
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[Sukie]

def. need to get a freezer.
would make my life much easier. could make ahead and freeze.

[Bentley Green]

I just threw out a whole bunch of cans and jars of old food that have been sitting in the cupboard over the kitchrn sink for eons!

There's still some stuff in there that has to come out and be tossed. Have to make some room for Corning cookware and other stuff that was out in the hall.

I think the stuff in the freezer is ok.

[Pluff Mudder]

Living out in the boonies I have to have a freezer. I could stand having another fridge (most people on the island have 2 fridges and a freezer) and I'm looking for a spot to put another one in the house. But, our house is tiny like our kitchen so it's going to be tough.

[bakerman]

I need a small chest freezer. I just restocked chicken, and it is quite a puzzle in the freezer right now, it is packed to the gills. Of course if the ice maker wasn't in there I would have more room, but we do love ice in our drinks.

MAC

[Food Network Fan]

We put our old fridge from the remodel in what will be the garage. I will replace it if it dies, I have come to rely on it too much not to.

[Bentley Green]

That's what I got.

But the next time I buy one, it'll be an upright one

Even though a chest holds the cold air in better than an upright when opened for any reason, it is a pain to have to dig and search for items at the bottom of the unit!

[BerryBaby]

Ours is an upright and I love it. Nothing stays in there longer than 3-4 months, tops.

[Bentley Green]

I once had a 15 cubic foot frost free Woods unit. Sadly, the stairs here are way too narrow to bring it up, so I had no choice but to sell it!