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. Here’s what I’m thawing this week…
We rotate the same breakfast items each week:
- Freezer waffles with fresh/frozen seasonal fruit
- 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
We rotate leftovers, wraps, sandwiches and salads for lunch.
Dinner this week:
- Homemade biscuits, eggs, turkey bacon, homemade applesauce (doubling biscuits and applesauce for freezer)
- Spinach enchiladas (freezing extra for lunch portions)
- Southwest steak sandwiches, sweet potato fries
- Grilled Asian Chicken, fried rice, green beans (doubling grilled chicken for convenience chicken and freezing extra fried rice)
- Black bean and corn quesadillas
- Freezer Manicotti (doubling and giving one away), salad
- Pizza muffins, green beans
What are you freezing this week?
I have just come back from the grocery store, where I found a multi-pack of beef on sale for $2.79/lb — chuck steak; beef ribs; and a pot roast — about 5 lbs worth all packaged up together.
I also found acorn squash marked down to $0.39 each.