Okay---so I thought it would be great to have one place where freezer meals are collected. Since I found a billion websites with recipes, I decided to put together my own blog in hopes to help anyone who wants to do freezer cooking.
What is freezer cooking? Only the best way to stock your freezer with home-cooked meals! One of the ladies in my old small group approached the ladies in the group about putting together a freezer-cooking group. We all saw our grocery budget drop drastically once we got the hang of things.
So, basically, the five of us would meet once a month to plan our freezer cooking at Starbucks (this is also a great way to get out of the house!). We would all come with different recipes that would be easy to make and that would freeze well.
We would then pick 5 crock-pot recipes and 10-15 other recipes. We would then look at the ingredient list and divide the recipes based on ingredients (so a Costco or Sam's Club run would be possible to save money). Each lady would have 3-4 recipes.
Then, we would all leave and work on cooking our 3 recipes to make one meal (serves 3-4) for each family (for us that would be a total of 5 meals). We also decided ahead of time what stuff we could assemble ahead of time and what meals we would assemble on "cooking day."
On "cooking day" we would bring our meals or bring the ingredients to assemble the meals. The first few times we gathered, we assembled all the meals, but quickly discovered that doing some of the cooking / assembling on our own saved a lot of time on "cooking day."
Meals are best assembled in freezer bags or metal tins then placed in freezer bags. Be sure to carefully label the bags and tins with the meal name, the date, and cooking instructions (temp to cook at, ingredients yet to be added, served with, etc.).
Make sure to bring a cooler to "cooking day" so you can haul your 15-20 meals home with you.
Also--make sure to keep your receipts. This way you can figure out how much everyone owes and to whom.
Please feel free to email me with any recipes you have that you would like to add!
I fully intend to add tips on here too.