Freezer Meals

Monday, Tuesday and Friday I usually will get home from work anytime between 9 and 10pm and then on Thursdays we have youth group so I won't be home until around 8:30pm. So four days out the week I get home pretty late and I do not feel like making dinner. Not making dinner usually means I pick something up or throw something together that's not very good just to have something to eat. I also feel bad for Travis because I'm not thinking ahead about what he gets to eat for dinner.

But I have solved our problem and I have been making dinners ahead of time and freezing them! This is the second week that I have made them and even though its a lot of work, it only takes a couple hours and I will have 5 or 6 dinners done! I know this isn't a new idea but I just never thought of it before.

Here are some tips that helped me make the most out of my time when making my freezer meals!

1. If you have a kid, lay it down for a nap! I didn't do this the first time and it did make it a little harder!

2. Have a mostly clean kitchen. Having a ton of dirty dishes will just drive you crazy! 

3. Make some room in your freezer. You're gonna need it. 

(One lonely freezer meal left over from last week)

4. Get your ingredients and recipes out and ready. I write out my recipes onto paper because I hate having to touch my phone or ipad while cooking. It's an extra step in prep but for me, it helps!

5. Also get out your containers and plastic baggies to put your meals in. 

6. There is a lot of trash when making so many meals at once. For me it was helpful to have a grocery sack close by so I can just throw my stuff in quickly and not have my trash can in my way.

7. When your kid wakes up a lot sooner then you expected, then feed him (or whatever he needs) and put him on the floor with some toys.

8. Then when he freaks out, put him back to bed because he is probably sleepy from waking up early from his nap.

9. Now make your dinners! I didn't take any photos of me making the dinners because I was in the zone and didn't think about ;)

10. Be sure to label your food and also write directions on how to cook them. Some of my meals needed extra instructions on what to serve them with (rice, noodles, salads, etc.) so be sure to indicate that as well on the container.

11. Freeze your meals! Doesn't that look just beautiful!

There you have it! This week having all these meals ready has been so wonderful and I've felt relief when I got home and not stressed about what to do about dinner. I'd also like to thank the internet for it's help with recipes hehe!

P.S. Play some music while making these meals. It may take you around 2 hours and 2 hours of silence will put me to sleep. Here is one of my favorite worship songs: 

"I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live." 

Psalm 104:33

Pancake Party

If you must know something about me, it's that I love breakfast. I love to eat it, make it and share it with people I love. Heck, I'd even share a breakfast with someone I just liked!

I've made these before and I will make them again in the future. I'm not really sure what the name of them are but I just call them apple pancake rings. All you do is slice an apple into rings (cutting out the middle), dip them in pancake batter and then cook them just like you would a regular pancake!

Of course, my helper, Walter B; Fellow Breakfast Lover.

I also made some regular pancakes too. Quite the mess I made. 

(I made the entire box of pancake mix and froze them! Homemade fast foods.)

Add some butter to your cakes, peanut butter on your apple rings and top it all off with some syrup. BOOM! Breakfast is served.

The longer I stare at this photo the more it looks like a face.

 See, I told you!

What a Week!

This week has been crazy and I'm still recovering. I'm just going to post a lot of photos instead on going on and on. I also got a lot of video so you know that's gonna get posted soon...ish. 

There you go. Maybe from my photos you can figure out what I did last week :) 

Blog Break

I've been neglecting my blog lately and it looks like it's not going to get any better. This week my sister and her family are in town. They live in PA and we only get to see them once a year. We try to spend as much time as we can with them while they are here so this post is going to be the only one for a while. 

Walter giving a big ol kiss to his cousin, Sophia! Fun fact: Sophia was born in Haiti! 

Me and my sister Laura. We are very close even though we are 9 years apart. I love her dearly.

My niece Caorline and me!

Travis and Caroline!

Now I just have to get pictures of my brother in law Chris, my niece Renee and her son Jackson. 

One last thing... I think Walter is getting some teeth. Can you see them on the bottom? It kind of looks like it. Hmmmm.