Freezer Cooking Fridays, Week 1

Now that my parents live in town full-time, my kids have regularly scheduled times at Grandma and Grandpa's. On Fridays, Toby and Calvin spend the morning there, we all meet up for lunch, and then Levi, Owen, and Silas stay for the afternoon. Since the older three especially are so good at entertaining themselves, and because I let the younger ones have some screen time in the afternoon to force them to rest, I've found I have a fair bit of time to pursue my own agenda. I've frittered away several Fridays now without a plan, but this week I decided: Fridays would be perfect for working ahead in the kitchen. Since a little alliteration always makes things feel official, I hereby declare Freezer Cooking Fridays!

Here's what I made today:

a double batch of fudge bites (actually, Levi made them!) for snacks

a triple batch of spinach cake muffins

a triple batch of taco meat, some of which we'll eat for dinner tonight

The next two recipes are both from this list of 15 freezer meals. I've made several of them now and liked them all. I just wish it wasn't an annoyingly long blog post with all the recipes in one post!

two pans of cheater lasagna (made with ravioli)

one freezer bag of cilantro lime chicken

A friend got me this nifty stand for loading gallon-sized bags!

I'll try to take a few minutes every Friday to post what I'm making; I know I'm always looking for new inspiration in the kitchen! Happy weekend!

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