Stocking Up On Cheese

 

We eat a lot of cheese at our house.  It is a big part of my Keto diet and my daughter loves to make nachos.  I think she is going to turn into a nacho!  Anyway, I only buy it when I get it on sale and fortunately those sales are not hard to come by.  I usually find cheese between $2 and $3 a pound.  The larger the bags of cheese means the price is typically closer to $2 a pound like the ones I buy at Cash & Carry.  Sometimes, as was the case last week, I get really lucky and find bags of cheese on mark down for less than $2 a pound.

 

Markdown bags of cheese plus I had a coupon - $1.25 a pound
Sliced Swiss cheese $1.50 for 8 ounces

I divide the larger bags of cheese by using a measuring cup to place two or three cups in a Ziploc sandwich bag.  I label each bag with a Sharpie marker so I know what kind of cheese is in the bag as well as the date.  Then I place each of the bags into a larger Ziploc bag to keep them organized and help stave off freezer burn.

Parmesan is another one of those cheeses we really go through quickly so when Cash & Carry has them on sale I will grab one.  Those I always divide up into two cup packages.  That way I have the right amount to fill up a pint jar.  I have saved loads of lids off of parmesan containers and they fit perfectly on top of a pint jar.

 

Once all of the cheeses I had purchased were divvied up, labeled and placed into the bigger Ziploc bags they headed to the freezer.  I ended up with four very full gallon bags which will last us a fair bit of time.  

We'll try to control ourselves.