Menu Planning
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August Meal Plan
Needless to say, J and I were very disappointed with how the majority of our meals turned out for our freezer stash meal plan last month. Although we found a few new recipes that we LOVED (Farmer’s Casserole, Mix n Match Soup, etc) there were more that feel short of our expectations. So, this month we have decided to do a few freezer meals so that we will have pre-made meals on hand, and then the rest of the month I’m going to figure out how to keep Boogie entertained AND cook a meal every day. I have a wonderful little girl, she’s fantastic… but she thinks she needs mommy’s…
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Once a Month Menu Plan UPDATE!
Well, we’ve tried quite a few of the meals we froze at the beginning of this month… so far the soup, quiche, black beans and rice, breakfast burritos, and muffins have been the only things we’ve liked 🙁 . The not so good were the lemon chicken… it wasn’t awful but it wasn’t great either… the chinese morsels (awful), broccoli chicken (ew), and corn chowder (didn’t freeze well AT ALL). We haven’t tried the Teryaki chicken or Wild Rice chicken yet… so let’s hope they’re a bit better! And now I have to run… been fighting with Boogie to sleep since 9pm and Justin isn’t having any luck. 11pm is…
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Freezer Cooking – Aztec Quiche
Thought I’d share one of the recipes tonight, I didn’t take pictures of the food as we were cooking because… well… I was cooking (and Justin of course) a LOT! BUT, here’s the recipe for Aztec Quiche… Aztec Quiche (for reference: Once a Month Cooking p120, 8 servings) o Ingredients: 1 ¼ cups grated Monterey Jack Cheese ¾ cup grated mild cheddar cheese One 9-inch deep-dish frozen pie shell One 4-oz can diced green chilies. 1 cup half-and-half 3 eggs, slightly beaten ½ tsp salt 1/8 tsp ground cumin o To prepare: Spread Monterey Jack cheese and half of cheddar cheese…
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Day One of Cooking
Today didn’t start how we planned… I woke up with an awful headache, sore throat, dripping nose (ew) and my entire body ached. It’s always a challenge to find ways to get over illnesses when your breastfeeding (or pregnant for that matter)… so I made sure to take my prenatal (it’s good to take while breastfeeding and during all your ‘childbearing’ years), a single ibuprofen, lots of water, and a TON of orange juice. After a couple hours I felt a little more like myself and we were able to start our day of cooking! Things went pretty well, we got the majority of our meals prepared, bagged, and thrown…
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Once a Month Menu Plan
A few weeks ago I found a website called Once a Month Mom, I was intrigued so I looked a little further into their website. Basically, they create menu plans (traditional, gluten-free, diet, etc) that consist of homemade meals to be frozen until your ready to defrost, reheat, and eat. You do all the cooking in one day and supposably it’s affordable… however after looking over some of their plans I knew it would be entirely over budget for us. It just so happens that my mom had a couple of cookbooks that consisted of freezer meals and tips on how to plan your day of cooking. So I created…