Showing posts with label freezer meals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freezer meals. Show all posts

Monday, January 19, 2015

Money Saving Monday

I've realized I have about a million little tricks and tips for saving money. Since I'm pretty sure everyone loves to save money I have decided to do a little series occasionally called Money Saving Monday



With this series I will share ways (that I actually use) to save myself and my family money. This ranges from making freezer meals, to couponing, to using certain websites or apps to earn things like gift cards, cash and magazines!

If there is something in particular you are interested in saving money on let me know in the comments below. 

To get started…here's a link to a post I did a few weeks ago. I have currently earned approximately $70 in gift cards just from this app. (Hint: If you use the link I provide I earn bonus points and so do you!)


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Friday, March 29, 2013

Easter French Toast

I was craving some french toast the other night after work so I decided to make it for dinner. 

The fact that I had a loaf of Grandma's homemade bread in the freezer made the whole thing that much better.

I'm not really a french toast connoisseur or anything but I thought it tasted pretty good. So here's what I did.

Gathered my ingredients. 

  • Homemade Bread
  • Milk
  • Farm Fresh Eggs
  • Cinnamon
  • Cloves
  • Honey
  • Vanilla

*A pat of butter for the griddle if you like.



Grandma's bread is the BEST!


Slice up the bread into whatever thickness you prefer.
Crack a couple eggs in a bowl and add some milk. 
Whisk it up. 



Pour in some vanilla. I'd say a tbsp or so.
Depends on what you like really.



Next add the cinnamon. I actually ended up adding extra after
all ingredients were together because I LOVE cinnamon.
Probably a tbsp in all.


A little nutmeg. I probably put in 1/4 tsp.


A tbsp of honey or so. 


Drop in a slice of bread. 


Dunk it to coat well


Toss on your hot griddle. *You can put butter on the griddle before you do this if you like.


Continue the process until...


...all your bread is on the griddle.
Because I like my french toast extra flavorful I melted a tbsp of butter and then stirred in a tsp of cinnamon and then brushed it on the bread. Like so. 


Mix ingredients.
Brush on bread. Continue cooking.
Once it's a nice golden color and no longer soggy it's ready and you can remove from heat and put on a plate.

I decided to cut mine into cute little shapes using cookie cutters. 


An Easter bunny.


And a couple Easter eggs. 


Sprinkle with powdered sugar if you like and then serve with syrup, honey, fruit or whatever you want. 


Extra slices.
You can store the extra slices in the fridge for a few days or wrap them up and toss them in the freezer for quick meals later on. They freeze beautifully:)



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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Freezer Breakfast Burritos

My husband works out of town and spends a lot of hours on the job where he sometimes forgets to do things like eat breakfast. I decided to make him some breakfast burritos he can just pull out of the freezer and microwave. 

I searched for recipes online but honestly I decided to just use what I had on hand in order to not have to run to the store. Oh, and there was a blizzard outside and my car wasn't going anywhere even if I wanted it too:)

Without further ado I give you Breakfast Burritos: Freezer Style

Ingredients:
  • Eggs - 6 or 7 
  • Cheese - whatever kind you like
  • Sausage - not pictured but I used a Farmland 16 oz roll
  • Tortillas 
  • Pepper - Any other spices you want is fine, I didn't use the salt even though it's pictured
  • Green Pepper - 1/2 because mine were pretty big
  • Red Pepper - 1/2 because mine were pretty big
  • Onion - not pictured
  • Salsa - Canned from my garden last summer, amazing!



Gather your ingredients, feel free to use whatever flavors and spices you love. 


Toss your sausage roll into a pan and start to brown it. 





Slice up your veggies while you have the sausage browning on the stove. 


Admire how yummy the sausage looks while cooking. 





Once the sausage is cooked put it in a bowl and let the grease cool a bit.  


No worries, I didn't burn it, my husband prefers his crispy plus the photos a little dark:)

Crack your eggs into a bowl. I added a bit of milk and then scrambled them all up. 




Now, you can take a little of the sausage grease and pour it on your puppy's dry dog food. Not all of it, he doesn't need a heart attack just a little fat to fill him out a bit. 


He will love you forever. Dispose of the rest of the grease as normal.



Next, you want to cook up those scrambled eggs. 




Make sure they are light and fluffy. 



Once the eggs are done it's time for the assembly. I lay out individual sheets of wax paper that I got at Costco. Microwaving the tortillas (I did one at a time) helps to make them softer so they fold easily without cracking.

First you want to sprinkle a little cheese on the warm tortilla. 



Add some sausage crumbles and about 1/3rd of cup of scrambled eggs.


Lay out some red and green peppers and sprinkle some onion on there.



Next you want to add some salsa to give it a little extra kick.



Then roll it on up. I left the ends open because the burritos where too stuffed to try to fold in. 



Now roll them up in the wax paper being sure to tuck the ends in so you don't make a mess. 





Make sure you label your bag before adding the burritos. It's kinda tricky if you don't;)



Stuff em all in the bag and toss them in the freezer and you're done!



I was able to make seven large burritos with the ingredients listed at the top. I even had extra guts of the burrito but ran out of tortillas.

My husband tried one of these for the first time the other day and texted me to say:

"Dang you're good. Those breakfast burritos are wonderful." 
He said he microwaved the frozen burrito for 2 minutes but I'm sure it varies depending on your microwave. 

I didn't actually try the burritos myself because it was Friday and I don't eat meat on Friday's during Lent and also I don't like eggs. I'm weird. I know. 

Let me know if you have any questions or if there's anything I left out:) 


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