Freezer Meals

Freezing Smoothies

March 22, 2011

I was recently reading the Everyday Food blog, written by the Everyday Food team at Martha Stewart, and I had one of those, why have I never tried that moments. I am sure this idea is not unique or original to them, but something about reading it written by the Everyday Food blog, made me [...]

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Make Ahead French Toast

November 19, 2010

Today I decided to highlight my freezer french toast recipe because it would make the perfect breakfast to serve for Thanksgiving. Yes, I know Thanksgiving is all about the turkey and dinner, but my family always loves a nice breakfast on holidays. A special breakfast is one more way to make Thanksgiving even more memorable. [...]

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Freezing Fried Rice

August 31, 2010

Fried rice is a frugal and easy meal. It is also a great way to use up leftover rice. There are so many variations of fried rice. I have never posted my recipe for basic fried rice because I don’t really follow a recipe, I usually just use what I have. I will try though to [...]

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Managing Your Time In the Kitchen: Freezer Meals

August 28, 2010

Over the years I have done various types of freezer meals. A few years ago when I was struggling with a lot of health issues I froze thirty to sixty meals at a time. I would cook when I was feeling good, so that we had food to eat when I wasn’t. Over time my [...]

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Sloppy Joes

August 26, 2010

Sloppy Joes are one of those great, quick, and easy comfort food type recipes. For a long time I stayed away from making sloppy joes because my impression of sloppy joes was the kind I had seen so many people make. You know the version that is just opening the famous can, heating it, and [...]

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Crockpot Salsa Chicken

July 22, 2010

This is one of those recipes that is almost too simple to post. However, it is really good, so it is worth posting. We love my easy chicken tacos, but since tacos and other Mexican type meals are often on the menu plan, I like to have variety. Not only that, I like to freeze [...]

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Freezer Cooking Plan

April 29, 2010

Every few months I try to put a few meals or parts of meals together to freeze. This saves me so much time on very busy days. I used to do a lot of freezer meals. At one time I would freeze thirty to forty meals at a time. Right now doing that many meals [...]

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Freezing Taco Meat

April 28, 2010

One of my favorite things to freeze is taco meat. It is so easy to make a large batch, place it into Ziploc bags, and freeze. What I love about having taco meat in the freezer is that I can use it for so many things. It works great for tacos, taco salad, and nachos. I [...]

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Cooking and Freezing Beans

November 4, 2009

The last few days I have been in the cooking mood, but I did not want to bake anything. I decided it was a good time to cook up some things for the freezer. I like to make big batches of beans and keep them in the freezer. I have used up most of what [...]