Having taken an inventory of my freezer recently, I discovered that I have a lot of delicious meals yet to serve. Thursday or Friday I’ll be adding to that stock, but I’m so happy that there are quite a few meals in reserve. That makes for easier dinnertimes. You may notice a lot of salads this week. We’re working on adding more vegetables to our diet.
This week’s menu:
Mustard Chicken, Roast Potatoes, Green Salad - Prepared the marinade, pour it into a freezer bag, add the chicken, seal, label and freeze. The chicken will marinade as it thaws. On serving night, FishPapa will head to the grill while I make a salad and put the potatoes in the oven.
Taco Night - Cook and season taco meat, pack it in a plastic freezer box and freeze. Grate cheese, place in freezer bag, seal, label, and freeze. On serving night, I’ll shred lettuce and chop tomatoes.
Chicken and Hominy Chili, Cornbread, Veggies, and Dip – Cook the chili, cool, package, label, and freeze. Combine dry ingredients for cornbread in a quart-size bag, label with baking directions, and freeze or store in pantry. On serving night, mix up the cornbread, reheat the chili.
Pasta with Red Sauce, Green Salad, Foccacia - Cook up a big pot of pasta/pizza sauce, divide into freezer containers, label, and freeze. Bake foccacia, cool, and freeze. On serving night, warm sauce while boiling a big pot of noodles. Make a salad and rewarm the foccacia.
Lasagna, Green Salad, Rolls – Prepare lasagna, wrap, label, and freeze. Bake rolls, cool, wrap, label, and freeze. Thaw both prior to serving. On serving night, bake lasagna, make a salad, and warm the rolls.
Pizza and ChiChi’s Italian Salad - Slice pizza toppings, prepare sauce (see above), grate cheese. Wrap each individually and freeze. On serving night, prepare pizza dough, assemble pizzas and bake while making a salad. (You can freeze pizza dough, but we don’t like it as well.)
Minestrone Soup – not yet a freezer meal, but I’m going to experiment with it this week.
EASTER dinner: Grilled Tri-Tip, Mashed Potatoes or Cheesy Potatoes, Crystal’s Butterhorn Rolls, Green Salad, Chocolate Cheesecake - going to prepare much of this this week and freeze. In fact, come back tomorrow for a free download illustrating how you could do it, too.
Freezer Cooking helps me lighten my workload. How do you make life easier at your house?
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I would be interested to know which of your meals on each week’s menu are from the freezer. I have often wondered this when reading your weekly menu plan. I think it would be another great way to highlight the benefits of freezer cooking!
Duh! Why didn’t I think of that. Thank you for asking a great question. Off to edit….
@Laurie, thanks for the great suggestion. I think if you revisit the post, it should make a lot more sense.
Hey, I think that salad in the picture looks just YUMMY! Bought some greens for salads this week along with strawberries and Feta Cheese. Can’t wait to dive into it. Maybe I’ll grill a little chicken in the mix for a boost of protein. What do you think? I enjoy your site. Love the pix you put up and the helpful info you post. Thank you for all you do.
Blessings,
Selena
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@Selena, personally, I love fruit and cheese in salads. I also like to add nuts. I’ve never done strawberries. Will have to give that a go.
@Selena, and thank you for your kind words! I’m so glad you find the content and conversations here helpful.
@FishMama,
Oh yeah…strawberries in salad are possible the best! I do a nice mix of mesclun greens and baby spinach, with some blue cheese, pecans or walnuts, and a balsamic vinaigrette.
Sounds like a yummy week! I’ve heard of the Chi Chi Salad, I’ll have to try it!
@Candi @ Family stamping and FOOD, from me? Or do you live in SCV and know it from the locals? My pizza post a few weeks ago brought out all sorts of readers from my hometown. Too funny!
Looks like an awesomely delicious week!!