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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Week #1 Breakfast Freezer Foods Plan + Shopping...
Are you ready to get busy filling your freezer? My goal with this challenge is to erase your fears of freezer cooking and to show you that — no matter what stage or season in life you’re in — you can...
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Freezer-Friendly Banana Bread
Did you get something made for your freezer today? I did — but just barely. Today was one of those days… where I felt behind, tired, cranky, and just plain unmotivated. And truthfully, if it wasn’t...
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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Cinnamon Rolls (Day 2)
Today was a much better day than yesterday — and I’m so thankful for that! Before I headed out to Aldi, the health food store, and Dillon’s with Kaitlynn (more on those shopping trips tomorrow!), I...
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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Waffles (Day 3)
I whipped up a triple batch of waffles before dinner tonight. While I know that some people like pancakes and waffles fresh, I’ve found it’s so much more convenient to make a big batch of waffles and...
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Freezer-Friendly Baked Oatmeal
We made it to Joplin at a little after 10 p.m. tonight. I can’t believe how much has been rebuilt since the tornado last year. The last time we were here, it was a heart-wrenching zone of destruction....
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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Week #2 Freezer-Friendly Lunch Recipes +...
Are you ready for another week of filling your freezer? This week, we’re tackling lunches. Here’s my plan for making Freezer-Friendly Lunches this week. Remember that you are more than welcome to...
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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Homemade Baking Mix (Day 5)
After a busy weekend, I seemed to take forever to get going this morning — even though I got up early. I finally got the Homemade Baking Mix made tonight at 7:45 p.m. {Notice anything wrong with this...
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Freezer-Friendly Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches
So, I’ve shared lots of really simple, no-brainer tips here over the years, but I think this might qualify as just about the most basic of ideas I’ve ever shared. In fact, I doubt I even need to do a...
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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Brown Bag Burritos (Day 7)
If your family loves burritos, you need to try this recipe. It’s one of my husband’s favorite grab-and-go foods! We’ve made it time and again since I first discovered it on Amy’s blog. What I like...
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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Homemade Pizza Pockets (Day 8)
These Pizza Pockets, inspired by Amy’s Finer Things and Pocket Change Gourmet, turned out beautifully today! I doubled our family’s favorite homemade pizza dough recipe for the dough. Then I cut the...
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Freezer-Friendly Ham & Cheese Pockets
Today’s recipe is one that was one of our favorite law school recipes. I haven’t made it since the law school days and had all but forgotten about it until I saw Amy’s recipe for Ham & Cheese...
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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Week #3 Freezer-Friendly Dinners + Shopping List
Are you ready for another week of filling your freezer? This week, we’re tackling dinners. Here’s my plan for making Freezer-Friendly Dinners this week. Remember that you are more than welcome to...
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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Southwest Roll-ups (Day 10)
This recipe original came from my husband’s family — and it’s become one of our family’s longstanding favorites, too. It’s so simple to make, it freezes well, it uses inexpensive ingredients, and it’s...
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Freezer-Friendly Barbecued Meatballs
My great grandmother passed along a love of barbecue meatballs to our family — and it’s a recipe we’ve made over and over again. We love to serve these with twice baked potatoes, homemade rolls, and...
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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Lasagna Casserole (Day 12)
As I’ve shared before, Lasagna Casserole is a staple recipe at our house. I love it because it is so versatile and because most of the ingredients go on great sales a few times per year. I use...
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Freezer-Friendly Homemade Pizza Dough
This pizza crust recipe has been my go-to recipe for years. It’s so easy to make — and it’s really hard to ruin. In fact, I’ve made it dozens upon dozens of times and I don’t think I’ve ever messed it...
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Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole
Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole is delicious, filling, frugal, and so freezer-friendly! If you freeze the bags flat, you can store them on their side like filing folders to fit a lot in a small...
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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Week #4 Freezer-Friendly Snacks & Desserts +...
Can you believe we’ve made it to the last week of freezer cooking? My freezer is getting so stocked and it has been wonderful. With Memorial Day weekend coming up, I’m spacing out the recipes a bit...
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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Italian Chicken (Day 15)
This is one of our go-to meals. It is so, so easy and delicious. You could skip the freezing part altogether and just make it the day of, but some times it’s nice to pull a bag out of the freezer,...
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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (Day 16)
If you’re not a fan of most freezer meals, can I encourage you to try making cookie dough and freezing it? I can almost guarantee you won’t be able to tell a difference between frozen cookie dough and...
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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Easy Morning Glory Muffins (Day 17)
These muffins are delicious and nutritious. When my friend, Angie, brought us some one day, I took one bite and knew they were winners. I adapted the original recipe to make it healthier, but if...
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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Homemade Energy Bites (Day 18)
So, I’m a day behind where I’d hoped to be, but I’m still plugging along — and can see the finish line in the very near future. Yay! And yay for a freezer full of good food! Today’s project was making...
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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins (Day 19)
This recipe is one of our longtime family favorites. These muffins are so good and freeze so well. These also make a great dessert to add to a sack lunch. Just pull a frozen muffin out and stick it in...
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4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer: Freezer-Friendly Chocolate Banana Bread (Day 20)
We made it to Day 20 — woohoo! If you’ve followed along and joined me in any or all of the daily freezer cooking challenges, you deserve a huge congratulations for making it this far. Chocolate Banana...
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May’s Challenge: 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer
In May, we’ll be filling our freezers together in the 4 Weeks to Fill Your Freezer Challenge. Whether you’re a freezer cooking newbie or an experienced pro, I hope you’ll find inspiration, ideas, and...
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