Have you ever done Once-a-Month cooking? The idea is that you do all your dinner cooking/prepping in one day and freeze it all. Then you have ready-to-go meals the rest of the month. It saves time and money, and it's healthier than store-bought freezer meals. I've decided to give it a try. During winter I do a lot of crock pot cooking anyway.
I'm kind of a picky eater (thankfully my kids aren't), and can't always find recipes we will all like. Over on Pinterest I have pinned a bunch of crock-pot and freezer meal sites and recipes. I sifted through them and found 24 recipes that I wanted to do, including ones I do already. 2 of the recipes even made double, so at the end of the day I had 26 meals ready to go.
On Friday, with only 2 of my kids shopping with me, I bought what I needed. And on Saturday I prepped and cooked. I spent about 2 hours prepping/cooking and $180 on ingredients (thank you Winco). I got freezer bags and pans at our local dollar store, and labeled them with masking tape and a sharpie. The labels have the recipe name and cooking instructions.
Here is what I made (recipes linked):
Curry (mine)…no link yet
Cream of "something" soup recipe
I'm kind of a picky eater (thankfully my kids aren't), and can't always find recipes we will all like. Over on Pinterest I have pinned a bunch of crock-pot and freezer meal sites and recipes. I sifted through them and found 24 recipes that I wanted to do, including ones I do already. 2 of the recipes even made double, so at the end of the day I had 26 meals ready to go.
On Friday, with only 2 of my kids shopping with me, I bought what I needed. And on Saturday I prepped and cooked. I spent about 2 hours prepping/cooking and $180 on ingredients (thank you Winco). I got freezer bags and pans at our local dollar store, and labeled them with masking tape and a sharpie. The labels have the recipe name and cooking instructions.
For crockpot
Honey Sesame ChickenCurry (mine)…no link yet
For Oven
Cheese Lasagna (basic)…no link
Baked Macaroni & Cheese (mine)…no link yet
And a bonus link! There are a few recipes in here that call for a 'cream of --' soup. Instead of using a canned soup, I used this recipe, and will add water at the time of cooking.
Cream of "something" soup recipe
