I’ve finally finished up most of what I wanted to get done for Freezer Cooking Day.  I didn’t get around to the banana bread, but I’ll do that sometime this week.

3 Dinners of Brown Bag Burritos
1 1/2 Cans of Refried Beans (used 2 can’s in burritos)
2 Mexican Chicken and Rice Casserole (not liking this for freezer cooking day)
2 Chicken Baked Ziti
2 More Breakfast of Pancakes
Bacon (not in picture)

I’m hoping to fit Freezer Cooking Day around my crazy schedule this weekend.  I made Crock pot Chicken the other day, so I’ll use some of that for 2 meals.  I made Brown Bag burritos last Freezer Cooking Day and my family enjoyed them plus “Moneyboy” even requested them as an after school snack.  I was able to pull 1 out of the freezer, throw it in the oven and dinner or snack was served.

Pancakes
Bacon (some of breakfast today and tomorrow then freeze for quiche)
Refried Beans
Brown Bag Burritos
Chicken Baked Ziti (X2)
Mexican Chicken and Rice Casserole (recipe to follow)
Banana Bread

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I didn’t get to the mac and cheese from my plan, but I’m happy with my extra little freezer stash.

The Chicken Stock is still cooling in the pot (I yielded 9 bags, filled with various amounts of stock)

2 Small Loaves of Banana Bread

3 Dinners worth of Brown Bag Burritos – I think this was an excellent Freezer Cooking Day addition

2 Dinners of Southwestern Wagon Wheels Pasta – not divided in picture

2 Dinners of Chicken Tortilla Soup – in crock pot (ate for dinner tonight with banana bread)

I really like Crystal’s idea of having cooking partner(s).  I’m trying to decide who I can get to join me next month and make this day a little more fun and productive. 

I hope everyone had a great Freezer Cooking Day!

I’ll be participating in Freezer Cooking Day with Crystal and Jessica again this month.  My freezer is still pretty stocked, so I have only a few items I’ll be making.  I don’t cook all my meals in one day like some of the others ladies, but I do prepare several meals that help ward against the “what’s for dinner” questions at 5pm.  Most meals can come straight from the freezer and into the oven.  Further, my son has been sick which just throws everything off.  I plan to add on a few more items tomorrow if I’m feeling up to it. 

Chicken Stock

Brown Bag Burritos

Banana bread

Macaroni and Cheese X2

Chicken Tortilla Soup X2

Southwestern Wagon Wheel Pasta (except I’m using shells-they were free)

I’ll post the Southwestern Wagon Wheels recipe tomorrow.  I know you already link to Money Saving Mom, but I’d be interested to know if you have any recipes I should try next month.

I’m not sure how we arrived at the end of February already but it’s time for Freezer Cooking Day again! I’ll be cooking along with our hosts; MoneySavingMom and FishMama. I plan to cook some this weekend and finish up on Monday. Today, Saturday will be a prep day. I’ll be getting all my ingredients together and making Crock Pot Chicken tonight. If you read my menu plan, you’ll know that was my plan for Wednesday. Well, my chickens didn’t thaw completely so I flipped the entire menu. Luckily, I already had meal plans so it was just a matter of rearranging days. I’m happy to report that we didn’t resort to eating out at all this week (with the exception of yummy tilapia at a friend’s house last night).

Here’s a look at my overall plan:
Crock Pot Chicken
Cream of Chicken Soup
Chicken, Broccoli and Rice Casserole X2
Chicken Pot Pie X2
Chicken Noodle Soup
Lasagna X2
Banana Bread
Cook and Freeze Kidney Beans
Pancakes
Waffles

Saturday/Sunday:
Make Crock Pot Chicken-it’s the basis for several of my meals
Make Cream of Chicken Soup-I need this for casserole
Make Chicken Pot Pies-time consuming so this will be Sunday
Hubby to make Pancakes on Sunday
Kidney Beans-most likely will happen this weekend

Monday:
Casserole
Chicken Soup
Lasagna
Waffles
Banana Bread

If you’ve been reading since the commencement of this blog a month ago; you’ll know that things with me tend to change. I’ve been learning to “go with the flow” more and things usually work out just fine.   Remember to do what works for you and your family and you will have a successful Freezer Cooking Day.

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Okay back to cooking, I ended up with:
6 bags of cooked pinto beans
2 bags of Shredded Beef
1 Baked Ziti
Bag of chocolate chip pancakes (multiple breakfasts)
2 pans Freezer Mashed Potatoes
2 bags of Red Potatoes (same concept as above but with butter and parsley)

We had more but we ate 1 of the ziti, shredded beef, and both types of potatoes and some pancakes. Why all the potatoes? They were on sale for $0.99 a bag last week at Farm Fresh! I also plan to make spaghetti with meatballs tonight and freeze ½, and when I make Drop Biscuits later in the week I’ll mix up a few extra dry ingredients to have on hand.

Check out MoneySavingMom and LifeAsMom for their results. I just can’t compare with these two amazing ladies!

I plan to post my easy ziti receipt and spaghetti recipe later today or tomorrow. We still have snow to play in 🙂 DONE!

Did you participate in Freezer Cooking Day? I’d love to hear about it.