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[dizzyLiz]

Just finished my first freezer meal cooking. In under 2 hours I have 5 packages of chili and 1 lasagna for tonight and 4 in the freezer. Anoth half hour for clean up and I have made 10 dinners in 2 1/2 hours. I could really get into this way of cooking.

[Mom23]

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Congratulations! I've done the same thing before with crock pot meals. Preparing keeps you on your feet for much of an afternoon but it's well worth the time in the kitchen.

[grannyann]

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Oh well all I did was make a banana bread and coffee cake both from scratch and can corn beef hash for tonight.
I got tired just reading all you manage to get done and in a short period of time.

[Ginny B]

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I love cooking/prepping a bunch of meals all at once. Yes it is a lot of work at the time but sure does pay off down the road. This week it sure helped when we needed something for Thursday night and I was able to pull some vodka sauce out of the freezer. Cook up some penne real quick and poof, penne a la vodka for dinner.

Today was housecleaning/ closet purging day; tomorrow we will put together a bunch of meals. You had a very productive Liz. Way to go!

[Hulamoon]

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Yay! I can't do that in such a short time so I give you big props for that! I made Mexican beans, chicken caccitore and lentil soup in the crock pot this week. I bought a grinder for making turkey meatballs ( doing that right after this) it took all of five mins to grind.

I think I can keep it up, just not in one day. lol

[SallyO'Sews]

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Still pretty queasy from the tummy bug I've had , but managed to get going on our taxes and do a couple loads of laundry. Best news - I took ground turkey out of the freezer for chili, but DD#6 walked into my house around 5 with her crock-pot filled with the chili her friend made! And the friend's chili is way better than mine! Win-win!

Very impressed with all you accomplished!

[TRLSRL72]

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I really need to try this again. With my crazy work schedule it would be very beneficial to my family. I think I may start a list of what I can do. Thanks for the inspire.

[dwil23]

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The only way to go! We do the crockpot freezer meals - so easy to do.

[ncgrammie]

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You did good!!! I do a lot of batch cooking on the weekends. I love to make double batches of spaghetti sauce for the freezer and gallons of vegetable soup and chili. If I need to make a lasagna, I will make at least two or more and the rest. Meatloaf is another thing I make a lot of and freeze. I make breakfast for the week too. Usually it will be a big breakfast bowl or quiche and I will just eat on it all week. There are a lot of other sauces and meals I fix ahead and freeze. It is so very handy to have on hand. Once you start doing it on a regular basis, you will find more and more meals you can make ahead and your weekday life will get so much easier.

[Hulamoon]

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Does anyone freeze pancakes or waffles? We were a Bisquick family while the kids were little. I would like to try a scratch recipe, one or two little one's with coffee.

[ilive2craft2]

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Way to go Liz!!! I have been wanting to do this forever! Going to the dietitian on Monday and taking several print outs with me, so I can figure out which ones will work the best for us and then I am going to be jumping on this band wagon.

[Lindagie]

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Does anyone freeze pancakes or waffles? We were a Bisquick family while the kids were little. I would like to try a scratch recipe, one or two little one's with coffee.

I have frozen left over pancakes; then just put them in the toaster or in the mocrowave when I want to eat one or two of them. With some butter and syrup on top they were just fine!

[MayinJerset]

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With just the 2 of us and only the fridge freezer I don't make too many meals in advance. What I do is make a meal that feeds us for 2 nights and maybe a lunch, like today I made a pot of carrot soup, half goes into the freezer for another day. DS#3 was taking me out for my Bday but it was snowing so we ordered in, half of our meals were enough to stuff all 3 of us so the other half is for tomorrow's dinner or frozen for next week. Making a bunch of dishes at one time is out for me as I can't stand for a long time so I make one dish or pot at a time. Tomorrow is time for creamy mushroom barley soup and maybe a crock pot chicken dish. Snow and freezing temps have kept me inside a lot more so I'm stocking up the extra meals whenever I can.

I really don't make much beef in the crock pot, recipes with chopped beef come out OK but I find the beef in pot roasts and stew comes out hard and stringy. I tried using a better grade of beef with the same results. I've been shopping for meat for 70 years so I kind of know what a good piece of chuck, round or sirloin looks like. Any ideas how to get some beef stew with meat that is soft to chew and just falls apart after cooking.

[Judy, USMC]

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I'm a cheater! I admit it!

Tonight we ordered Spaghetti; 5 meatball family size with Meat Marinara. We ate 1/4 and individually packed up each one of the other 1/4's for the freezer. With only DH and myself I don't do too much pre-cooking but those portions of spaghetti are a treat!

[pcbatiks]

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Way to go Liz! I rrrrrrreeeeeaaaaallllllllyyyyyyyy need to do this! Do you have a website or link to recommend?