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My girls have gone on a youth retreat with our church so I decided that I am going to work on getting thing put together to freeze. I know this would make my life so much easier if I had things that were ready to go - either in the crockpot in the mornings or pop into the oven when we get home. I just made a Pork Casserole that I found in my new Paula Deen Magazine and I am getting ready to shredded some chicken that I have cooked. I am not sure what I will use that for but cooked shredded chicken is nice to have on hand. I am trying not to make too many casseroles though. We don't really want to eat a casserole every night. I am thinking about making the meatloaves I read about on here, some spaghetti sauce and hopefully some other things. PLEASE let me know if you have any ideas of things that I can make for my freezer!!! This should not only make dinners easier to eat home but save us money!!! Eating out gets expensive!!!
Answer:
I love freezer cooking .... it has made my life so much easier and my food bill is down
So in my freezer I usually have ....
2 c portions of cooked chicken (alot of recipes call for cooked chicken and I can whip somthing up with pantry items)
2 c portions of hamburg (1 lb raw= 2 c cooked ...recipes call for this as well)
Shredded beef for sandwiches
Sloppy Joe Mix - make sandwiches with frozen hamburg buns
Cooked meatballs
Cooked salisbury steak patties
Hamburg Patties - uncooked
Chicken pot pie
Lasagna
Chicken Manicotti
Mexican Casseroles
Soup
Chili
Twice Baked Potatoes
Pancakes/waffles
Egg Sandwiches for DH for breakfast
Homemade tv lunches for DH for work (no need to say he doesn't have food for lunch)
HTH
Answer:
I made some ziti, chicken casserole, sloppy joes and tater tot hotdish and froze them.