Group Freezer Cooking and OAMM Round-up

One day last week I got together with a couple friends for a group freezer cooking day. I do a lot of freezer cooking on my own, so it was fun to get together and share the task with friends. I mean, we all have to eat, and we all have to feed our families, so why not do it together?

Being our first time, we’ll likely make a few organizational changes for next time, but overall, it went really well. We each chose three recipes we wanted to make, and brought the ingredients to prepare those meals as well as our own freezer dishes. After a few hours of working we each came away with 11 meals (two of the recipes ended up making enough servings to divide into two meals). We were all tired, but felt so good about our success and it’s soooo nice to be able to grab an already prepared meal out of the freezer on a busy night. Getting together to cook was also a good way to share new recipes and try new foods to introduce to my family.

{chicken cordon blue bake}

It’s been a month since I started contributing posts at Once a Month Mom, and April is my first “solo” menu. Writing recipes and menus has been an interesting, challenging, growing experience for me, but as I have done so, I’ve become even more converted to freezer cooking. It definitely “works” for me and my family as it relieves most of the “dinnertime stress” I used to feel.

I thought I’d post a little round-up of what I’ve been posting in the past month in case you missed them. And definitely stay tuned because the upcoming menus are even better!

{homemade refried beans}