Feb 27 | Freebies
Make “Fast Food at Home” with the Dump Dinners Challenge from MyFreezEasy! Sound interesting? Here’s How the Challenge Works:
Step 1 – Sign Up and Pick Your Free Meal Plan
Step 2 – Go Shopping (You’ll get the Shopping List!)
Step 3 – Make Your Dump Dinner Challenge Meals
Step 4 – Enjoy Delicious and Simple Meals from the Freezer!
STARTS FRIDAY, February 23, 2018!
Oct 12 | Freebies
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a freezer full of delicious meals that you can easily pull out and have a home cooked meal in no time flat? Especially with holidays creeping up?
That’s where the Make One, Freeze One challenge come in. Starting October 16, you can get a great start on filling your freezer with this 5 day challenge. Here’s How the Challenge Works:
Step 1 – Pick Your Meal Plan (either Traditional, Freezer to Slow Cooker, or Freezer to Instant Pot)
Step 2 – Go Shopping (you get a Shopping List!)
Step 3 – Make One Meal, Freeze One Meal Next Week
Step 4 – Enjoy Delicious and Simple Meals from the Freezer!
Sounds good right? You can sign up and pick your meal plan here to participate.
Apr 28 | Frugal Living, Grocery Saving Tips, Menu Planning
Tips for Great Freezer Dinners
When it comes to tricks to help save time, money and stress, freezer cooking is at the top of my list. Freezer cooking can completely change the dinner time hour in your home. With a little bit of planning ahead, you can have have delicious, healthy meals for your family from the freezer instead of taking a spin through the drive through… again.
Do you find yourself constantly overwhelmed at dinner time? Help tame the dinner time madness with these tips for great freezer dinners!
Make a menu.
You hear it all the time, but that’s because it works. A menu means you can shop once and do prep work as you put the food away. You’ll probably find that you don’t have to look inside the fridge multiple times a day only to decide that thinking about what will be for dinner is just too much, again.
While I like to plan a week’s worth of meals, you may want to just plan enough meals to get you until your next shopping day. I recommend planning to double 1 – 2 meals so that you can put the extra into the freezer. Perfect for days when you don’t have time to shop or prepare a meal from scratch because of activities.
Prep before putting food away.
The fastest way to create many meals for the freezer at once, is to go shopping in the morning and spend the afternoon completing the prep work. This is great for working parents or families with a lot of activities during the week.
Chop all of the ingredients for one meal and load right into freezer bags for a complete recipe.
I’ve got a big list of freezer meals here that may interest you. Now you can pull out a bag and toss right into the slow cooker, Instant Pot, Air Fryer or oven.
Put dinner time on autopilot with MyFreezEasy!
Cook double.
When you are cooking and baking, double your recipes to cook once but eat twice! This is a great way to reduce your workload because you can cook once and clean once.
This works really well for casseroles, tomato based sauces, cookies and muffins, and soups. I love to make a big batch of spaghetti sauce and freeze the extras. The same goes for taco meat.
Cooking double is the least stressful way to build a large stash for your freezer with very little extra effort on your part. No all day cooking or menu planning but you will be building a stash of meals for busy nights.
Protect from freezer burn.
While freezer cooking is amazing for saving you time and money, you will find that things may get freezer burnt causing unnecessary waste.
To prevent freezer burn, remove air from packaging and use multiple layers around your food to keep it fresh longer. Never let air get into your packaging. Label your meals well so you do not need to open anything to find the meal you want.
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I’d love to know your tips for great freezer dinners! Let me know in the comments. 🙂
Feb 25 | Recipes
For this Chicken Broccoli Alfredo meal, you take some chicken, broccoli, Alfredo sauce, and bacon bits, toss it all into a freezer bag. That’s it. Then to cook it, throw it in the slow cooker for a super simple, family pleasing dinner!
This Chicken Broccoli Alfredo is easy, easy, easy! Easy to put together, and easy to cook! My favourite kind of meal. 🙂 It’s a family-friendly meal that goes from the freezer to the slow cooker, making dinnertime a breeze. The recipe calls for a bag of frozen broccoli, but I find a bag of broccoli and cauliflower is just as good! It’s delicious served over pasta or rice.
Here’s how to make Slow Cooker Chicken Broccoli Alfredo:
These ingredients make enough for one meal that feeds about 4 people.
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1
lb
boneless skinless chicken breasts
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2
jars of Alfredo sauce
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1
bag of Frozen broccoli florets
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1
Green Pepper
diced (optional)
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1/2
cup
real bacon
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Place all ingredients in a large freezer bag.
Freezing and Serving Directions:
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Freeze in a freezer bag for 3 months in a refrigerator freezer or 6 months in a deep freezer.
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To serve, defrost in fridge then place contents into slow cooker.
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Cook on Low for 6-8 hours or on high 4-6 hours.
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Serve over pasta (with parmesan cheese if you like), with a salad and/or veggies.
Feb 22 | Recipes
This recipe for the ultimate comfort food, Easy Freezer-Friendly Shepherd’s Pie will soon be one of your family’s favorite meals! Ground beef and veggies smothered in a tasty gravy, topped with delicious mashed potatoes. Yum yum!
Freezer Friendly Shepherd’s Pie Recipe
This freezer-friendly Shepherd’s Pie is one of those easy to prepare comfort foods. It’s a simple meal that uses ingredients that you usually have on hand. It’s perfect for the freezer to cook another day, or you can make it ahead and refrigerate until you’re ready to cook it for dinner. This recipe includes the use of beef gravy or Shepherd’s Pie gravy, which adds a delicious touch of flavour to the Shepherd’s Pie and keeps it moist and tender.
Here’s how to make Easy Freezer Friendly Shepherd’s Pie:
These ingredients make enough for two 8x8 baking pans that will feed about 4 people each.
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1 ½
lb.
lean ground beef
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1
bag mixed frozen vegetables
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1
small onion
diced
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1
clove
garlic
minced
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About 10 medium potatoes
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6
Tbsp
butter
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½
cup
milk
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1
tsp
ground black pepper
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1
package Shepherd's Pie gravy mix
prepared as per instructions
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1
cup
cheddar cheese shredded
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Peel and cut potatoes.
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Cook in salted water until tender, about 20 minutes, drain.
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Add butter, milk and mash then set aside.
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In a large pan, add ground beef, onion, and garlic and cook until browned.
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Add bag of frozen mixed vegetables, heat through.
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In the meantime prepare gravy mix as per instructions.
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Stir gravy into meat and vegetable mix.
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Transfer to freezer safe baking dish.
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Top with mashed potato mix and sprinkle with cheddar cheese, if desired.
Freezing and Serving Directions
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Once assembled, cover freezer safe baking dish really well. Place in freezer.
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To serve, defrost, then preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Bake for 30 minutes covered. Then bake uncovered for an additional 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
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