MEAL PREP

 I have always been a fan of meal prepping. I’m not a huge fan of the work. But this weekend I manned up and did the thing. 

I put in a pick up order at Sam’s Club Saturday morning and I hit Kroger too. My vehicle was full of ingredients and my head was full of delicious ideas. 

As soon as the groceries were unloaded the prepping began. My kitchen was overflowing but I wasn’t overwhelmed. I had a plan. And I cleaned as I went. 

It took most of the weekend (I had a grandson visiting, he was my priority, so I put my crockpots to work for a couple meals). I picked the meals we enjoy and made large family batches. There are just two of us to feed, but now I have a rotation of dinners, portioned and labeled, neatly stacked in the freezer, ready to go. 

I made sure all meals would be ready to serve in 30 minutes. That way dinner would be fresh, hot and not a drudgery. 

FREEZER MEALS (45)

Minestrone Soup 2

Potato and Leak Soup 4

Chicken Enchiladas 1

Mexican Beef (for tacos) 3

Mexican Chicken (for burritos or enchiladas) 5

Meat Loaf 4 (we tried this on already, and I think I finally got my recipe right!)

Marinated Pork Chops 5

Marinated Chopped Pork 2 (for fried rice)

Pork Loin Roast (for a get together- serving 4) 1

Marinated Beef Steak 1

Pot Roast marinated with Veg 1

Asian Beef  1

Chicken Stew 4

Chicken Stew with Dumplings 2

BBQ Pulled Pork 5 

Dirty Rice with Kielbasa 4   

I plan on making Turkey Pot Pie with the smoked Turkey in the freezer also. 

I even baked Christmas sugar cookies. They are all wrapped in cute little Holiday bags ready for gift baskets.

A very full weekend, but so glad I did it!