I know I mention this before, twice already (once when I posted my
menu plan and again when I told you all about my
head start) but I'm excited! I did participate last month, but it was my first real attempt at massive freezer cooking in one day kind and I was slightly disorganized. This is what I hope to have done by the end of the day:
- Meatloaf x2 : I freeze mine uncooked and then pop directly in the oven
- Crockpot Refried Beans x2 : enough for dinner and 2 batches for freezing
- Pumpkin Bread x 2 : should make 4 loaves- one for now, 3 for the freezer
- Meatballs: 2 dozen, to be cooked, then frozen
- Almond Poppyseed muffins : I'm testing out a new recipe so will only be making a single batch today
- Turkey Pot Pie soup x2 : All to be frozen, this will be enough for 4 meals
...and this is what my plan of action looks like:
- Chop veggies (everything except the potatoes for the soup). will set aside onions for dinner and meatloaf. Carrots and celery for pot pie soup.
- Get Crockpot Refried Beans assembled and cooking in the crockpot
- Assemble Meatloaf and Meatballs
- Pop the meatballs into the oven and the meatloaf into the freezer
- Clean up break
- Flash freeze cooked meatballs
- Start Pumpkin Bread (and measure dry ingredients for poppyseed muffins while I have everything out)
- Put pumpkin bread in the oven
- Chop potatoes
- Start Turkey Pot Pie soup
- Strain and mash beans (while soup boils)- freeze some, leave the rest in the crockpot to serve with dinner
- Divide Meatballs into 2 freezer bags
- Cool & Freeze Turkey Pot Pie Soup
- Another cleaning break- may need to start dishwasher!
- Start poppyseed muffins, while those are baking I'll do the rest of my dinner prep (taco night: shred lettuce & cheese, drain olives, get everything together in the fridge so it can all come out quickly)
- Freeze Poppyseed muffins
The toddler is a HUGE help in the kitchen (he's great at stirring, sorting, distracting baby, and taste testing) but I'll probably need quite a few breaks. I am feeling kind of ambitious but I think my plan for tomorrow is also realistic- it'll be nice to have 8 full meals and a variety of baked goods/odds&ends at the end of the day. With the 2 batches of
Albondigas already done and the spare batch of stew I'll be making later this week, it'll be at least 11 meals I won't have to cook in December!
Very impressed! Good luck!
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