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So I didn’t get as much freezer cooking accomplished as I had planned (I have been battling mastitis this weekend), but here is what I did get done:
– Angel Rolls – double batch (about 6 1/2 dozen rolls)
– Cranberry Orange Bagels – double batch (18 bagels)
– Pumpkin Spice Bagels – double batch (18 bagels)
Maybe I’ll get to my sweet potato casseroles this week!
P.S. Making bagels was totally fun and easy! You should definitely try it if you never have.
This weekend I am attempting to do a little holiday freezer cooking. I’m not planning on doing as much as last time, but I am hoping that my efforts will help make Thanksgiving and Christmas a little less busy! Here are my plans:
– Angel Rolls – triple batch (about 10 dozen rolls)
– Cranberry Orange Bagels – double batch (18 bagels)
– Pumpkin Spice Bagels – double batch (18 bagels)
– Sweet Potato Casserole – double batch (two casseroles)
So that’s the plan! I’ll report back on Monday to let you know how things went down! You can check my twitter for updates throughout the weekend as well.
Anyone else doing any freezer cooking this weekend?
Okay, so if I were Super Woman, I would have had a big freezer cooking day already to prepare tons of meals in my freezer for when our baby arrives. However, since I’m not, I knew I needed to figure out another way of having some meals stashed away!
This week I’ve been slowly doing some freezer cooking… just a little bit each day. Monday I got some meat on sale when I was grocery shopping, and several days this week I’ve made extra of whatever I’ve been preparing so that I could freeze half. I’ve also picked up some convenience foods to have on hand as well.
I’m going to keep this up for the next few weeks so that I’ll (hopefully) have a fairly well-stocked freezer by the time our baby girl gets here. Some of the things I have frozen still need to be prepared, but they are easy enough that Tad or I can throw them together even if we are slightly (or very) sleep-deprived.
Here’s what I have in the freezer so far:
-turkey burgers (2 meals)
-beef roast – for making coffee beef (2-3 meals)
-spaghetti sauce – 3 bags (2 bags with 4-5 servings each, 1 bag with 8 servings – for crockpot lasagna)
-garlic bread (not made from scratch)
-pizza (not made from scratch…1 meal)
-sloppy joes (1 or 2 meals)
-lasagna (not made from scratch…1-2 meals)
–minestrone soup (2-3 meals)
-parmesan boneless pork chops – already cooked (2 meals)
–banana bread (1 loaf)
I’m going to keep adding to my “stash” over the next few weeks!
