Crock Pot Beef Tips with Mushroom Gravy
When you have a stomach bug you don’t feel like planning or cooking. Now that I’m feeling a little better I’ve got to get serious or we’ll be doing take-out every night 
Nearly every meal I prepare consists of foods I have cooked or baked in bulk and frozen. I thaw items in a plastic shoe box to prevent condensation dripping onto my shelves (I’ve learned from experience). Then I shop my freezer from my freezer inventory, to see what goodies I can thaw and serve to my family and others. I write these items down on a seven-day menu plan and post it on my refrigerator as a reminder to thaw my food 24 hours ahead of time. Typically right after the dishes are done, I check my menu plan and put new items into my thawing box and slash them off my freezer inventory.
We rotate the same breakfast items each week:
- Freezer waffles with fresh/frozen seasonal fruit or homemade syrup
- Homemade Crock pot yogurt with homemade granola
- Oatmeal with cranberries, walnuts and raw sugar
- Cheerios with bananas and milk
- Scrambled eggs and quick bread like banana or zucchini
Dinner this week:
- Crock pot beef tips with mushroom gravy, freezer mashed potatoes, green beans, Artisan bread
- Italian sausage Three pizza pie kit, DIY cheesy breadsticks like Pizza Hut, salad
- Frozen Spaghetti with bulk crockpot marinara sauce, salad
- Grilled Turkey cheeseburgers, grilled potato wedges, carrots
- Frozen Chicken Enchiladas, pintos and cheese
- Frozen Pasta Fagioli soup, grilled cheese
- Chicken Tortilla soup, bulk baked potatoes {monthly mission meal}
- Breakfast for dinner: Crock pot applesauce, healthier biscuits, fried eggs, turkey bacon
- Easy Potato and Turkey Kielbasa, salad
- Breakfast for dinner: freezer waffles, fresh fruit, scrambled eggs and turkey bacon