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I’ve always been intrigued by freezer cooking, the method of cooking multiple meals at a time and freezing them. I know that having frozen meals in the freezer definitely makes life easier and dinner prep a breeze. Plus, it frees up my time to focus on preparing other side dishes rather than all my time on the main dish.
I’ve been trying to bring more vegetables in my family’s diet. When the main dish took so much time, it was too easy to scrimp on or even eliminate a vegetable side. But with the main dish already taken care of, it’s easy to spend time on the sides.
But . . .
It takes a lot of time and work to spend an entire day preparing meals for the freezer. It took me way too long to realize that I actually have it easy right now. Freezer cooking doesn’t need to take any extra time.
Almost every recipe I make for my family makes anywhere from 6-8 servings. Currently I only have to prepare meals for two people. So rather than cutting a recipe down so it serves only two people, it suddenly dawned on me that if I make the full recipe, I automatically have extra servings to freeze.
If a recipe makes enough, I can serve leftovers for my family for a day and still have enough to freeze.
It’s so much easier to cook for my freezer in smaller batches like this, and it takes virtually no extra work.
This post is linked to Moms the Word and Raising Mighty Arrows.
You’re so smart to jump on the freezer cooking bandwagon! I used to do that when I was single and teaching. It was so nice to have a bunch of entrees ready to go in the freezer. Now with 3 kids, things don’t last nearly so long
Have a wonderful week!
I wish I had learned that when it was just my hubby and I. I have never tried the all-day freezer cooking. It just seems to intimidating to me, not to mention tiring, lol!
But sometimes when I am making an evening meal I will make an EXTRA meal and freeze it. That way I have a couple of extras for the freezer for another time.
When my kids move out I am definitely going to try your idea because that way I can still make our favorite meals and have extra left over! Thanks for linking up to Making Your Home Sing Monday!
I have several recipes that, if I didn’t freeze them, I’d probably never make them! I just made a big pot of sauce last weekend that took all day – but besides dinner that night and later in the week, I’ve got a couple of containers in the freezer for another time, besides. When I can get 4 or 5 meals from it, I don’t mind spending the time making it.
I’ve been doing this for Daniel and I–but less because I’m in love with freezer cooking than that I hate to eat leftovers several days in a row. This way, I can eat leftovers just once and have the rest frozen for a rainy day.