I mentioned that one of my resolutions was to simplify by preparing recipes for the week and freezing them. I thought it would be fun to share my menus each week! (Since these aren't really creative meals, I'll skip the recipes for now. If you'd like one just let me know!)
Saturday was so much fun! We got up and made pancakes. Anna-Kate told me that I made the best pancakes because I made her baby pancakes! haha. (Basically one day she was helping me make pancakes and she noticed that I dripped batter and she thought I had done it on purpose to make her itty bitty pancakes. So now we have to do that every time!)
After breakfast we got ready and did our weekly grocery shopping. It was a little crazy but we got done just in time for the kids to take naps!
That was the perfect time for us to make our meals. It took around 2- 2 1/2 hours to make 6 meals. Here's what we made:
Chili
Shepherd's Pie
Cheesy Tuna Noodle Bake
Ritz Chicken
Vegetable Beef Soup
Pot Roast (Assembled everything together so we just have to throw into the crock pot and season)
Bowtie Pasta Alfredo (I was worried the alfredo sauce wouldn't freeze well so I decided to just make this one the night of. It's a very simple recipe- the alfredo sauce takes about 10 minutes to make.)
We are loving having our meals prepared! We have an expensive habit of eating out a few nights a week, so having a meal that I don't have to prepare is a lot of help. Yesterday was a snow day so we chose chili. It was so good! We had Shepherd's Pie. I made the mistake of pulling it out of the freezer a little late, so it was still frozen when we got home. We wound up heating it at a lower temperature for a longer time. It worked but I will definitely remember to pull out dinner the night before!
The only bad thing that I've noticed is that our meals are just too large. We have about half the meal left over. I even cut the chili recipe in half! We are considering making two weeks worth of recipes and just dividing all of the them in half so we have a month's worth of food. Obviously that would mean we wouldn't have too much variety that month and I'm a girl who loves food...so I'm still just thinking about it! We are just trying to figure things out!
Anyone have any recipes, suggestions or tips? I'm pretty new to all of this and would love to hear some ideas!
2 comments:
I don't know if you read www.heavenlyhomemakers.com but she is FABULOUS. She makes most things from scratch, and healthy ingredients, which i love. Additionally, she makes many things in advance. She also posts her weekly meal plans, often with recipes...
Thanks Ann! I had actually seen where someone else mentioned her but I have not taken the time to check out her website! I am exploring it now! How exciting!
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