Freezer Meals

Freezer meals. 

This past Saturday my daughter and I spent the day making around twenty freezer meals. She is expecting our second grandchild in January, and we realized that we were running out of available weekends if we were going to do so. 

This is the second time that we have done this, and we found it much easier this time. I did some of the prep work ahead of time by chopping up the onions, celery, bell peppers, and carrots. We also took advantage of grocery store pick-up this time, and Chuck and I headed down with the groceries in tow. 

We decided that Chuck would be on grandson duty while Brittany and I were busy cooking, so we wouldn't have too many interruptions. We actually had two cook areas as she used the stovetop, and I used the electric skillet. It didn't take long for us to knock out spaghetti casserole, chili, marinara sauce, sausage and rice casserole, taco meat and enchiladas. 

I had picked up round aluminum pans for each meal before we left, and they stacked nicely in the freezer. Brittany headed up to the local grocery store for some rotisserie chickens, and we finished off with a chicken spaghetti and chicken and dumplings. All in all we were only in the kitchen for a few hours, but ended up with several weeks of meals. 

As we anticipate the birth of our new grandson or granddaughter, since our daughter and son-in-law chose not to find out the gender this time, it was a good feeling knowing they will be well fed.