6 Reasons to Fill Your Freezer

6 reasons you should make freezer meals:

  1. Its Monday and the "What do you want for dinner?" "I don't know...What do you want for dinner?" Conversations can be ended.
  2. If you're going to all the trouble to dirty up that many pots and pans and have the oven on it should be worth it (Twice!)
  3. Friends have babies and need quick meals (before your church has time to "plan" a line-up of women and casserole dishes- although that's awesome as well).
  4. Kids still need to eat healthy on Mommy's night out (and you might run out of  frozen pizza's).
  5. Friends loose loved ones and need quick meals (before your church has time to "plan" a line-up of women and casserole dishes- although that's awesome as well).
  6. Some times you NEED an emergency date night and {again} your kids need a healthy meal ... without the babysitter having to burn down your house.

Click around the The Ones about Cooking (11) category for yummy freezer meal ideas I use! {More coming soon}

What are some good reasons YOU make freezer meals?

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Monkeybread Breakfast

Totally unhealthy but yum-scrum-diddly-umpsious!

I found this amazingness on Pinterest but adjusted the recipe a little.
I don't think there's a meal I haven't 'adapted' for our family... Anyways; feel free to adjust my recipe:
 
1 small tubes refrigerator buttermilk biscuits (I use 'cheap brand')
1.5 Tbsp. margarine, melted
1/4 C. syrup
4 Tbsp. packed brown sugar
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
 
Spray a pan with non-stick spray. Preheat oven to 375'
Combine the melted butter and syrup in a small bowl and set aside.
In another bowl, combine the brown sugar, and cinnamon.
Place about half of the syrup mixture in the bottom of the pan. Then sprinkle half of the brown sugar mixture on top.
Tare the biscuits 4ths (ball them up if ya want) and make a layer on the bottom of the pan, overlapping edges (closely together)
Top with syrup and sugar mixtures. Then make another layer of balled biscuits, syrup and sugar mixtures.
Bake at 375 degrees for approximately 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Cool for 1 minute in the pan, then invert onto a serving platter and enjoy!
You really need to try these soon!! Maybe for Christmas breakfast??? It's a good excuse to eat completely unhealthy. Enjoy!
 
What is your family's traditional Christmas Breakfast?
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Hot Chocolate

These are for Real the "Preparation Instructions" on my Great Value Milk Chocolate Flavored Hot Cocoa Mix with Marshmallows:

1. Empty 1/4 cup of cocoa mix into a cup {Mom, the "one spoon full of mix" rule---> Bogus!}

2. Add 1 cup of hot water {That's right my friends 1/4 cup mix per 1 cup water!}

3. Stir and enjoy. {I think the punctuation here behind ENJOY is and understatement!!!}
     *I added large marshmallows and a dab of milk (3/4 water 1/4 mild) to mine as well ;o)

Go make some awesomeness! You know you want to now that the back of the can has given you permission to go overboard on the chocolatey goodness!

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What kind of favorite wintery treats to you enjoy?

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Mix-n-Chop

I usually don't do expensive kitchen stuff...or anything for that matter...but my mom-in-love gave me a Pampered Chef Mix and Chop and I use it at least 4 times a week.

I love this tool. I use it to chop ground beef. It makes it quick and easy. Without must effort at all it help you ground your beef into tiny bits. A few of the meals I use this tool for are: Baked Ziti, Taco Soup, spaghetti, enchiladas, Beefy Cheese Dip, and Mexican Trifold.

I have bought one of these (and the other pampered chef tools I love) off eBay for my mom. Love'm

*Note: I am not being paid for these recommendations/reviews but if you know how I can- bring it!

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{Fry-less} Stir Fry

I love this meal because it is a 'well rounded meal': meat, veggies, rice! This is also a meal we as a family eat at least once a month. We chop everything small so it's a quick kid-friendly meal. They eat it up every time. It's also easy to let kids help: if little like mine they can scoop chopped items and put them in the pan (before heated) and if they are older they can use that knife themselves, stir, or even measure water and rice!

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~3 Boneless, Skinless Chx Breast
1 Red Pepper
1 Orange Pepper
1 Green Pepper
~1/2 Cup Baby Carrot
{We've also tried frozen bags of 'stir fry' veggies that had snow peas, or adding broccoli- yummy}
1 btl Kikkoman Stir Fry Sauce
2 Cups Rice

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*Cook chx breast (I like to bake an entire bag of frozen chx breast all at once and then put them back- fridge/freezer- for later meals) and slice or cube
*Cook rice (we do ~2 cups which feeds our family of 2 adults, a preschooler, and toddler) and set aside
*Chop peppers, carrots, and any other veggies you enjoy
*Mix all meat and veggies in a large frying pan, coat with stir fry sauce and continually stir until everything is covered and heated well (I do ~5-10 minutes depending on how much time I have before the family naws off their own fingers)
*I serve a spoon full of the meat, veggie, and sauce mixture over a spoon full of rice. Salt and pepper to taste.

{The stir fry bottle also has a yummy sounding recipe on the back using beef!}

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Comment and let me know if you try this recipe or if you have a “tweaked” favorite recipe of your own!

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