When we moved here, I finally convinced Ben to buy a freezer. We have zero room in our stacked fridge/freezer inside the house and so some more room was a definite must. Now that Alaina is getting ready to start solids and I am committed to making baby food at home, I had the idea of freezing some meals to help fill the shelves of this freezer. Let me tell you! Fill 'er up I did! We have no space now in any freezer.
I don't know about you, but some days I totally forget to pull out something to thaw for dinner until it is WAY too late or there are some days that I have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off and have no desire to cook...this is where freezer meals come in. In the span of 4 hours this morning and a couple hours of prepping yesterday, I successfully froze sweet potatoes, pears and squash for Alaina, two meals of homemade pasta sauce with meatballs, 2 meals of shepherd's pie, 2 meals of meatloaf, cream cheese chicken, brown sugared short ribs, manicotti, almost lasagna, cola chicken, teriyaki chicken, taco pie, salisbury steak with gravy, candied chicken and cheesy ham with potatoes. An entire freezer stocked with food for my family for almost 3 weeks on a morning of time and less than $250! SWEET!
Now, let me tell you....I will NOT be depleting my frozen meals and repeating this process once every 2 weeks. Heck, no! Maybe once a month is more appropriate for my calendar/schedule/needs. The clean-up was monsterous and creatively packing the freezer was a little bit of a challenge but (hopefully) it will be well worth it in the end with the overall goal being saving money in the long run and not going out to eat on the spur of the moment anymore. I guess time will tell!
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