May Meal Plan

I made all my meals for the month in one day again, so most of my dinners for May are sitting happily in the freezer or refrigerator.

This is what's on the menu, certainly nothing too terribly fancy.  All the meals are naturally gluten free or made with gluten free alternatives.

• Corned Beef for Rubens (My husband is in LOVE with Rubens)
• Pot Roast
• Lasagna (2 times)
• Shipwreck (3 times, I made too much by mistake)
• Enchiladas
• Enchilada Casserole (Because I was too lazy to roll the corn tortillas in the 2nd pan)
• Taco Filling
• Chicken and Peppers for Fajitas
• BBQ Chicken Wings (2 times)
• Chicken dippers (2 times)  This is just chicken breasts cut up into bite size pieces, my girls are much more apt to eat chicken this way.
• Ground Beef for Mrs. Leeper's Cheeseburger Mac ( I love these pasta helpers!)
• Meat Loaf (3 times, I made too much of this too)
• Grilled Italian Sausage and peppers
• Ground Beef for Bear Creek Country Kitchens Darn Good Chili Mix (2 times) 

In addition to these meals we'll be rounding out the month with pasta, breakfast for dinner, pizza, corn dogs made in my  Good Times Xpress Redi Set Go Cooker and Bear Creek Country Kitchens Cheddar Potato Soup

I also made some apple carrot muffins using  Gluten Free Bisquick  and my go to muffin recipe.

I know there are some repeat meals on here, but quite frankly it makes cooking day SO MUCH easier.

What are your favorite freezer friendly recipes?

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What I Learned From Freezer Cooking

I decided to cook all my meals for a month in one day again : )  In fact I've been cooking and freezing meals all day long.

You may wonder why someone would want to cook all their meals for the month in one day, when last month her house almost burned down (that might be a slight exaggeration). The fact of the matter is, cooking once a month means  A LOT of work in one day. But that's just it, it's JUST ONE day.

I was inspired after hearing the author of Once-A-Month Cooking on Focus on the Family last month, and I immediately started writing out a meal plan.
It made my evenings so much smoother last month and we had no emergency take out trips.  It also lowered our grocery budget slightly.

I normally would need to make up to three meals in one night because of picky eaters, so having a meal already made for our entree was great.  It just meant heating up a side or two I knew everyone would eat.

Everything I made turned out well after freezing too, with the exception of one rice dish that my husband and I didn't really care for.  My picky eaters however gobbled it up, go figure.

My favorite part about this whole endevour was how much faster I was able to clean my kitchen during the month.

Last month our menu included:

• Cheesy chicken and rice with broccoli
• Italian Chicken and rice
• Beef and cheese enchiladas
• Corned Beef
• Turkey Roast
• Sloppy Joes
• Meat Loaf
• Spaghetti and Meatballs

Hopefully I'll be able to ad some recipe links within the next few days.  In the mean time I would love to know what meals that you've made that freeze well.


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