Comments on: March Freezer Meal Madness

By: Menu Plan Monday – Week of March 1, 2010 « Simply Frugal

Menu Plan Monday – Week of March 1, 2010 « Simply Frugal — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:22:58 +0000

[...] at doing a months worth of freezer meals but I got totally overwhelmed! I think if I want to try freezer cooking, I’ll have to plan father in advance then two days! But, I’ve come up with about a [...]

By: Building a Frugal Pantry with Good Cheap Eats — Life As Mom

Building a Frugal Pantry with Good Cheap Eats — Life As Mom — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:43:01 +0000

[...] a foodie to the core. A frugal one, but a foodie nonetheless. For the past few days I’ve been planning, shopping, and cooking to fill my freezer with premade, delicious, and nutritious meals that my family will enjoy for the coming month [...]

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:46:43 +0000

Chili Blanco
6 cans of great northern beans
6 cups chicken broth plus 2 tsp boullion
oil to saute in
5 cloves garlic
1 4.5oz. can diced green chilies
4 tsp cumin
2 tsp cayenne pepper
2 tsp oregano
2 small onions, chopped
7 chicken breasts cut up about 3 pounds
1 cup sourcream
5 cups co jack cheese

Cut chicken and onions saute in oil add garlic towards the end of cooking. Add all dry spices and stir to coat chk. Add beans, broth and bouillion simmer for 30 minutes. Add sour cream and cheese cook till cheese melts.

Serve with green onions, sourcream, tomatos, cilantro or tortilla chips.

This soup is good as left overs.

By: Jessica Fisher

Jessica Fisher — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:49:05 +0000

@Cate, I'm going to freeze some of the dough uncooked. Just put it in a freezer bag and suck out the air. The baked ones I'll freeze in bags as well. They thaw really quickly, so I'm not worried about reheating.

By: Cate

Cate — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:43:01 +0000

I love your recipe for the breakfast cookies. Can you share how you plan to freeze them and reheat/bake them from frozen?

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:55:03 +0000

We had this recipe the other day. It’s a white bean and chicken chili from Giada. It was delicious- there weren’t any leftovers at our house!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/white-bean-and-chicken-chili-recipe/index.html

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:55:25 +0000

@Sheri, I've never had problems with doughy crusts since I started using the 'holey' pans, and prebaking for a few minutes. My experience is that pizza stones are awful for making doughy crusts. Maybe if I had a pizza peel and could slip the crust onto the heated stone in the oven it would work? I don't know, but I don't even use my stone anymore.

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:46:03 +0000

Here’s a great chicken chili recipe!

http://www.stewleonards.com/press/07ChiliCookoff.cfm

By: Kroger Shopping Trip – Freezer Cooking Shortcuts | $5 Dinners™

Kroger Shopping Trip – Freezer Cooking Shortcuts | $5 Dinners™ — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:30:09 +0000

[...] For more great freezer cooking ideas, visit Crystal and Jessica! [...]

By: JessieLeigh

JessieLeigh — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:24:02 +0000

I have a great (simple) chicken chili recipe that is tomato-based. I’ve never posted it, so I can’t offer a link but, if you’re interested, I’d be more than happy to email it to you.

Rachel- I’ve used quick oats in my granola before and it turned out “ok”. The biggest issue is getting the oats mixed and coated with the liquids without “cooking” them. You want to retain that good oat texture. I definitely prefer old-fashioned for my granola, but quick will work in a pinch.