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Freezer Cooking: Storage Solutions

March 12, 2010

  One frequently asked question about freezer cooking is, “how do I store the food in my freezer?”  This answer comes with many solutions and comes down to what works best for you. Freezer Bags-You can get quite a bit into a quart sized freezer bag.  Depending on the size of your family, you may [...]

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Watch Me Wednesday-Freezer Cooking, Keeping Track Of What’s In Your Freezer

March 11, 2010

  Here are a few quick tips for freezer cooking.  It’s so important to know what is in your freezer.  Keeping a freezer inventory allows me to menu plan much faster because I already know what I have on hand. I love freezer cooking because now my freezer is my source of convinence.  I put some hard work [...]

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Freezer Cooking-What Can I Freeze?

March 11, 2010

  Over the next few days I am going to do a few posts on Freezer Cooking.  If you haven’t tried any freezer cooking yet, I highly recommend you give it a try.  It has saved me both time and money! So to begin I’ll cover a few basics on what you can freeze. Hamburger [...]

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Watch Me Wednesday-Integrating Freezer Cooking: Taco Chili

March 3, 2010

Ok, so this is late, but it’s up!  You’ll have to excuse me as I was not feeling the greatest at all today so you get to see me with no make up and all….ahem, sorry about that! Just wanted to show you guys how working ahead and getting part of the meal cooked ahead [...]

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Freezer Cooking-A Recap

February 3, 2010

Whew, I felt like I didn’t leave my kitchen over the weekend!  I’m so glad I kept plugging away and accomplished so much!    I started out realizing I didn’t have enough freezer bags so I ended up making an unplanned run to the Dollar Tree.  Tip-make sure you have everything on hand!  It wasn’t [...]

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Once A Month Cooking-Working Ahead

January 29, 2010

It’s time to do a little freezer cooking.  I’m joining Life As Mom and Money Saving Mom and doing a little prep work this weekend.  I’ll be getting up early Saturday morning to get a few groceries and then spending the afternoon(naptime) in the kitchen.  I’m not going to do a huge amount, but I do want [...]

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Freezer Inventory-Do you know what’s in your freezer?

November 15, 2009

We had a guy come out on Tuesday to fix our ice maker.  Thankfully the fridge was still under warranty so it didn’t cost a dime.  Before he came I moved as much food as I could from the freezer to the little freezer we have in the basement.  I wasn’t sure how long or [...]

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Freezer Cooking-French Fries, Hashbrowns, Mashed Potatoes, & Diced Potatoes

September 14, 2009

Since we’ve moved I’ve been meaning to freeze some potatoes because it seems like I end up tossing the last 8-10 potatoes in a 10lb bag-and that is a shame and wasteful! The other night we had some mashed potatoes I had in the freezer, and it gave me some inspiration. Here’s what I did Thursday with my 10lb bag of potatoes.  [...]

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Freezer Cooking

August 31, 2009

We just got a new(to us) upright freezer last week.  I can’t tell you how excited I am or how long I’ve been waiting for one!  I love to freezer cook and get ahead, but felt limited since we’ve moved because the freezer on our fridge is a side by side and doesn’t have a ton [...]

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