Thanks, Honey. And thanks, freezer.

Every once in a while, my sweet hubby forgets to communicate an important piece of information. For example: we were invited weeks ago (by his friends through an email to him) to a New Year's Party, and I had asked Hubby if we were told to bring anything. He said, "no". This morning, when re-reading the email, he announced that we need to bring a dessert or finger food.  Thanks, Honey. I wasn't really planning on cooking today. And I wasn't really feeling very creative. And I had a gazillion other things I was planning to do today.

So I took a little peek in the freezer. Surely with all of my Christmas delights and my baking frenzies during the holidays I had something wrapped up and tucked away in the freezer. Surely there was something I was saving for a rainy day, saving for a day when I was overwhelmed by a sweet treat craving. My freezer didn't disappoint.  There were three treasures (!) :  an unbaked pie crust in the pie pan, ready to be filled, a foil packet of 9 chocolate mint cheesecake bars (see my "Taking Christmas to the Cabin" post), and some snowflake sugar cookies waiting to be decorated.

Since I was just on my Winter decorating spree the other day, I decided to decorate the snowflakes. Yesterday I bought some little edible mini-pearls on Christmas clearance (which I was so excited about), and thought I'd use them on my winter-y treats. What a relief to have some things in the freezer. My freezer treasures have saved me on many occasions! That is why I love freezer meals, desserts, snacks, coffee cakes. The dreary, gloomy January days can be a great time to cozy up in the kitchen and do some cooking and baking and get the freezer stocked with treasures. You never know when you're going to need a little something from the freezer. Thanks again, freezer.

In the new year, as you are getting your kitchen organized, go through your freezer and get things in there organized too. You'll need to make room for the freezable treats and eats that I'll be telling you about in 2011. We'll start the year with organizing tips for the kitchen, so get ready to clean out and ORGANIZE.

Happy New Year!