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cooking frenzy

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in November 2013 Moms
So I borrowed a few crockpots from family and made: homemade chicken and veg soup, balsamic chicken, turkey chili, salsa chicken, pulled chicken, chicken costa vida, and broccoli cheese soup. Ive also made 6 regular beer breads, 2 pumpkin beer breads all within w days. i am planning on making some regular wheat breads tomorrow. Anyone cooking like crazy to fill their freezer? Im hoping to come up with a few more meal ideas... maybe I should freeze some desserts too.. anyone do that?
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  • brandeeteerbrandeeteer member
    Can you come to my house? This is really the only thing I wanted to do but never did. Now past my due date I really don't have the energy to do anything.
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  • PeachsMamaPeachsMama member
    I did shepherds pie, spaghetti sauce (12 quarts of homemade), chicken enchiladas, risotto, mashed sweet potatoes, chicken chile, Mac and cheese, clam chowder and been stocking up on meat as I see it on sale. Shepherds pie is my favorite. It's so easy. If you want the recipe let me know. And the chicken chile is super easy too!
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  • beccaxbooxbearbeccaxbooxbear member
    Ive had crazy motivation and somewhat energy to do this so dh doesn't have to worry about cooking for a while. I have atleast a month made. I'm starting to feel the effects tho on my knees, ankles and hips.

    @mapayne626 I would love your risotto recipe! That's something I've always wanted to make! I can't have beef so I make shepherds pie with ground turkey. Not the same but still good.
    @chelsiechristine all the recipes are from mspimama.com ds1 and I can't have dairy soy or beef so this site has amazing recipes we can have. The pumpkin beer bread is basically the beer bread on the site but I put pumpkin beer in it and looked at pumpkin beer bread recipes for the spices to get the full flavor.
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  • beccaxbooxbearbeccaxbooxbear member
    @joeLies mmmm cookie dough! I have a hard time getting cookie dough to become actual cookies since I tend to eat the dough. Cookie dough is the best!
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  • Ninjamama86Ninjamama86 member
    Holy moly, impressive!! I told myself I wanted to prep meals, but suprise suprise it didn't happen. Yay for cereal and pizza!!
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  • PeachsMamaPeachsMama member
    My risotto recipe isn't exact. Risotto is something you master. I'll explain the process and ingredients and wish you luck! My mom watches me make it everytime and can't get it right lol.

    Arborio rice, you can't use regular rice! Arborio has a high starch content that is slowly released and is what makes it so creamy and rich.
    Onion and garlic, depends how much you like
    White wine, use your favorite or left over
    Chicken or vegetable stock
    Heavy cream or cream cheese
    Parmesan cheese

    Your stock needs to be hot! If not the rice won't absorb it right and it'll never get that creamy ness. You will need about 3 times the amount of stock as rice. Sauté your onions and garlic slowly, they need to be completely soft. You can add other vegetables (mushrooms, asparagus) but I recommend sauting it separately and adding near the end. Add your rice when veggies are soft. Let the rice toast. About 4 minutes. Add wine and let evaporate and absorb. Slowly add stock. About .5-1.5 cups at a time. Add next amount when it is completely absorbed. Depending on how big of a batch your making. Cook this over medium. You want it to cook slowly. Keep doing this until rice is tender. When rice is tender Add a few tablespoons of cream or cream cheese, again depending on your batch size. Add Parmesan. When I made mine to freeze I didn't add the cheese or cream. Ill do that when I reheat it.

    Sorry if this is hard to understand but it's so worth it!!!! It's so worth it!!!
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  • beccaxbooxbearbeccaxbooxbear member
    @mapayne626 that sounds soooo delicious! Thank you for the recipe!
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  • SamanthaPoSamanthaPo member

    We did the store version of this. I walked around the frozen food section and put items in the cart that require heating up in the oven. I know SO will be able to handle it :) I was going to make homemade things, but I was concerned that it wouldn't freeze well or that he would be put off by the idea of it. Either way, we have two weeks worth of food and I hope we won't starve!!!!

                                                              

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  • QstonQston member
    We've slowly been stockpiling our freezer, making extras of most of our dinners and then freezing the extra. Off hand, I think we have meatloaf, chili, ham & lentil soup, man pleasing chicken (Google it, so yummy), taco meat, lasagna, chicken pot pie, & meatballs and marinara. DH is the better cook btwn us, so I'm not worried that we will eat well in the coming weeks. If it were my job, the freezer would be likely be stocked with totinos party pizza, and easy mac. My worry is I'm now a week over due, and we are home so much "waiting", it's tempting to just dip into the easy meals already prepared. Trying to be good, and keep making new things, though.
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