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Freezer meals?
Anyone prep freezer meals? I think I might attempt to do a bunch this week since I am still off work. Check this website out http://www.aturtleslifeforme.com/2011/06/freezer-meals-on-cheap.html
I want 46 meals in my freezer!
Any favorite marinades?
If I buy a whole chicken I have to take out the icky bits huh? Chicken stock tips?
Any favorite freezer meals?
Re: Freezer meals?
If I buy a whole chicken I have to take out the icky bits huh?
I think you can buy it with the insides removed, but you do all the bone breaking/cutting/etc.
We have a very small freezer, but we do make some meals ahead. Since dh and i have such different diets we usually freeze it in individual portions so we can just defrost/cook one serving at a time.
Chili is my favorite.
Others: lasagna, sometimes pizza, ravioli (though we do usually buy this one), chicken (i'm not sure how dh prepares it), soups/curry, home-made pasta sauce, waffles, and cookies, of course.
Quiches, casseroles and enchiladas also freeze great. Martha Stewart's website has a lot of good-looking recipes, too.
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My freezer is also pretty small, but if I'm making a pot of soup or chili anyways, I'll usually find space for a least a few single serving containers of it.
I like to make big batches of homemade pesto to freeze. It doesn't take up very much space and it's a super easy to pull out a serving or two and cook up some pasta or a chicken breast to have with it.
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mine is too small too. the only thing that i like to eat after it's been frozen is usually a soup or stew or something.. or sauce of some sort. otherwise frozen stuff isn't my fav..
good luck!!!
The guys at the butcher shop at Pikes will break the chicken down for you, QFC also sells smaller chickens already cleaned. I made my own stock earlier this year and it was fabulous. I froze it in one cup portions in freezer bags. I also froze it in an ice cube try for when I only needed smaller portions.
In my freezer I have meat pasta sauce, chili, tomato soup and barbacoa pork.
Heh, I am starting to compile a giant pile of freezer recipes, m'self.
My absolute favourite is, of course, lasagna, but I've been thinking about branching out into other things, like pre-cooking taco meat and freezing that and also chili and soup. We'll see!