Help - Foods to make/freeze for after delivery...

Does anyone have any good recipies for foods I can make now and store in the freezer for after the girls are born?  I've never been a "make and freeze" kind of girl but I'm thinking with 4 kids, I'll be needing this.  Crock Pot recipies would be helpful too!

Thanks in advance!
Sandy

I do brown a large amount of hamburger meat, cool down, then freeze in little containers. That way I just pull a small amount out for pasta sauce, sloppy joes, sheppards pie, and etc.

Also, I cook on a Saturday a large crockpot of soup and freeze most of it for a meal down the road. I do the same with pasta sauce. I make it homemade and then put it into smaller servings and I get about five meals out of a batch of it.


Here are some website I look for recipies for freezing. The last link has recipies.

http://busycooks.about.com/od/makeaheadrecipes/a/freezecasserole.htm

http://www.recipelink.com/rcpmenus.html

http://www.angelfire.com/bc/incredible/indexfreeze.html

Ooh!  Good idea on the browned beef.  I usually cook a pound at a time and use it twice in a week but never thought of freezing it!  Thanks!!

I'll check out the other sites too!

Sandy

hey Sandy!

I can't believe your girls are coming so soon!

Here are some of my recipes I've frozen before--- (and some crock pot recipes, which can be frozen too)

http://plusizedbarbie.blogspot.com/2009/09/carb-conscious-ca lzones.html

http://plusizedbarbie.blogspot.com/2009/09/crustless-taco-pi e.html  (freeze before cooking this one)

http://plusizedbarbie.blogspot.com/2009/08/crock-pot-honey-b bq-shredded-chicken.html

http://plusizedbarbie.blogspot.com/2009/07/italian-meatloaf- very-moist.html


http://plusizedbarbie.blogspot.com/2009/06/crock-pot-green-c hicken-chili.html

http://plusizedbarbie.blogspot.com/2009/06/crock-pot-taco-so up.html

http://plusizedbarbie.blogspot.com/2009/05/super-sloppy-turk ey-joes.html

http://plusizedbarbie.blogspot.com/2009/05/crock-pot-turkey- chili.html

http://plusizedbarbie.blogspot.com/2009/04/buffalo-chicken-r oll-ups.html

OMG!  These look amazing and easy!  Thank you!  Can't wait to try them out...I think even DH could make these.  :-)

Sandy

I have some serious left-over phobias, but I made a huge batch of Southwest Cheesy Taco Soup, Crockpot Chili and Cornbread, and homemade mac-n-cheese.  Froze them in 4-person quantity and was sooooo glad I did.  Yum-yum, now I'm hungry!

Hugs,

My husband won't eat left-overs either!  My cousin brought over a cheesy taco soup when I had Kellen and we loved it.  So I plan on making/freezing that too.  And same with the chili.  I totally forgot I had a great mac-n-cheese recipe!  Thanks for reminding me!

Sandy

Not sure what type of foods you  like to eat, but I just did a meal marathon and made tons of meals!  Some of them were Lasagna (I buy the smaller aluminum pans so I can throw it away when we are done-I also use the oven ready noodles so I don't have to pre-cook them), I made stuffed ricotta shells, Chili, Shredded beef and Greek chicken.

Shredded Beef in Crook Pot:
Beef (Whatever cut you like)
Family size cream of mushroom soup
Onion
Mushrooms
Garlic
Salt Pepper

Cook all day in crock pot (6-8 hours) Then shred with forks! I serve it on a toasted bun W/ or W/O Cheese!

Greek Chicken:
Cut chicken into strips or chunks
Add Seasonings (I have a Greek seasoning that I like to use)
A little salt/pepper to taste
Grape tomatoes(I like to cut mine)
Greek Olives (Again, I like to cut them)

Freeze all these together in a freezer bag, then when you got to cook just throw it in a pan and coo****il chicken is cooked, then toss with Feta Cheese!

Hope that helps a little and can give you some ideas!

Thanks for the recipes!!!  These sound great!

Sandy

RebeccaS,

What crock pot setting do you use for the shredded beef?  Hi or lo for those 6-8 hours?   That recipe sounds good.  Is it really tender too?