I don’t know about you, but freezer cooking has saved me many times this past week. I’ve been so busy running errands, children to school, sports, the swimming pool and coming home to an easy meal. It’s worth having a menu plan in place even if we don’t follow it to a T. I know what our options are and which meals work best on our late dinner nights coinciding it with crock pot meals. I posted 4 tips on extending slow-cooking time last week, I hope you caught it.
I’m still doubling pasta and rice to keep our freezer stocked. I also implement a one hour power hour when I have time. It usually consists of baking or prepping crock pot meals or meatballs. I’ve had the freezer pancake mix on my “to post” for a while, so expect it on Friday. It’s a really easy whole grain mix that makes about 80 pancakes {you make them when you need them}. They are so versatile with all the fruit toppings I’ve been boasting about {blueberry compote, crock pot apple butter or crock pot applesauce}.
Dinner this week:
- Whole wheat pancake breakfast using freezer pancake mix {new recipe this week}, homemade apple butter, turkey bacon, fried eggs
- Italian Meatball Subs {how to freezer cook 8 dozen meatballs}, salad with homemade ranch dressing, cheesy oven potato skins
- Easy Potato Kielbasa {substituting sweet potatoes}, salad with ranch
- Crock Pot Stroganoff on freezer brown rice, steamed asparagus
- Asian Honey Chicken {freezer marinade} on whole wheat spaghetti {how to freeze pasta}, salad
- Crock pot baked beans with hot dogs {homemade beanie weanies} for lunches
- Freezer Southwest Egg Rolls, cheese quesadillas for kiddos
I hope your week is as adventurous and blessed as mine. My 3-year-old is beginning preschool and my kindergartner is worn out at the end of the day.
Can anyone relate?