Yes! And I am happy to post any other recipe I've listed or link to it if anyone would like to take a look!
After reviewing my daily planner for Sept, Oct and first weekend of November I've figured out when I'm making what!
I also went ahead and plugged in all the freezer meals into my planner for the months of November and December - so I know when we'll be eating what! What I found by doing this was that I can skip making 4 of the items on my original list.
When I make a big meal we almost always eat the leftovers the next night. Monday nights are ALWAYS leftovers because I usually cook a lot on Sat and Sun. Then I make something Tuesday night and we have what's left on Wednesday. Thursday I cook again and Friday is "fun food night" or appetizers + leftovers.
After plugging all the meals in this way I realized I would have too much. And almost ALWAYS there are nights that don't go as planned - we eat out, we're not home, etc. So now I'll have at least of handful of nights in Nov/Dec that I don't have a meal planned for and that gives me some wiggle room to juggle things around as needed.
BUT I should have 90% of the dinners for those two months sorted - once I get my freezer batch sessions done!
So here is what my breakdown of sessions will look like:
Saturday, September 3, 2016/Sunday, September 4, 2016
o Way Out West Wontons
o Breakfast Strudel (1/2 batch – 2 strudel)
o Lasagna Sauce, Extra
o Cook all chicken and sausage 1st day;
Saturday, September 10, 2016/Sunday, September 11, 2016
o Shepherd’s Pie
o PW Mashed Potatoes (Pie + Extra)
o Broccoli Cheddar Soup
o Fried Rice
o Cook rice 1st day; Make pie + potatoes 1st day; Fried rice and soup 2nd day
Saturday, September 17, 2016
o Veggie Jumbo Shells
o Egg Roll Filling
Sunday, September 18, 2016
o Lasagna
o Italian Pastry Roll Ups
Saturday, September 24, 2016
o Chicken Alfredo Lasagna Roll Ups
o Poppy Seed Chicken
o Cook and shred all chicken for both days on 1st day
Sunday, September 25, 2016
o Mini Chicken Turnovers
o Baked Buffalo Chicken Rolls
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Freezer Cooking Prep
o Pre-measure/mix dry ingredients for PB Swirl Cookies
Saturday, October 1, 2016
o Stuffing Meatloaf
o Butternut Squash Lasagna
o Chicken Cordon Blue Casserole
o PB Chocolate Swirl Cookies
o Make the PB Dough one day, roll/bake/freeze the next; Cook and shred all chicken
for both days on 1st day
Sunday, October 2, 2016
o Chicken Stuffing Bake
o Creamy Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas
o Crunchy Top Swiss Chicken
Saturday, October 8, 2016/Sunday, October 9, 2016
o Swedish Meatballs with Dill (1/2 batch)
o Beefy Mushroom Gravy
o Funeral Potatoes
o Lemon Snowballs (freeze dough? Bake then freeze?)
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
o Chunky Chocolate Gobs- 3 batches (Mix the dough)
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
o Chunky Chocolate Gobs- 3 batches (Bake then freeze)
Saturday, October 15, 2016/Sunday, October 16, 2016
o PW Holiday Bacon Appetizers (2 hours in oven – start first)
o Mini Bacon Pinwheels
o Cheesy Garlic Bread
o Crockpot Beef and Mushrooms
o Kiss Topped Cookies (freeze dough – use thumb to make place for “kiss” to sit after baking)
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Freezer Cooking Prep
o Setup assembly line and Pre-measure/mix dry ingredients for:
- Magic Bar Cookies
- Cocoa Kiss Cookies
- White Choc Peanut Cookies
- Gingersnaps
- Kiefflies
o Label each zip lock bag!!!
Saturday, October 22, 2016 (Not planning much this weekend - will be getting RV ready for our Halloween camping trip!)
o Seven Layer Magic Bar Cookies
Saturday, November 5, 2016
o PW Cheddar Puffs
o Cocoa Kiss Cookies (frozen dough)
o White Chocolate Peanut Cookies (Baked then frozen)
o Vanilla Dipped Gingersnaps (Baked then frozen, undipped)
o Make Kiefflies dough
Sunday, November 6, 2016 -
LAST DAY of freezer cooking!!!!
o Kiefflies (bake, freeze before rolling in powdered sugar)
o Asiago Baked Olives