Freezer Day

The first thing I did was to go through several of my cook books and pick meals that seemed good and either easy or easy to freeze. I then made a calendar that had all my planned activities that may alter or impact our dinner plans. I then used my compiled list and filled in the days. Because my kids don't eat a lot I kept Sunday for left overs so that I wouldn't have to cook at all on Sundays and I could clear out the fridge a little. Next, I went through the next 3 weeks and picked all the meals I felt could be frozen. I went to the grocery store and got all my ingredients. And the day began. It so happened that Dennis was home and likes to cook as well so together we made the following meals for the freezer:

Pizza Calzones
Chicken Cordon Blue
Manicotti
Lasagna
Chicken Enchiladas
Stuffed Potatoes
P90x Pork Chops
Chocolate chip cookie dough (not just for ease, but to help exercise portion control as well)
Granola (not a freezer meal, but snack, or cereal for the next few weeks)

Dennis hard at work!!

What I learned was this:
1)
Next time I won't do Chicken Cordon Blue for the freezer. I hadn't looked closely at the recipe and when I went to put it all together I realized it had sour cream and milk as main ingredients and I didn't feel they would freeze well. So, I just prepared the chicken, cheese and ham portion and will do the milk/sour cream mixture and bread crumbs before I put it in the oven. The recipe is so easy, next time I will just keep it as an "easy" meal rather than a freezer one.
2)
Never will I do a freezer cook day without Dennis' help or I will have to plan the whole day and find a sitter for the kids. It worked today because we were a team and could take turns dealing with the kids. We split up the recipes and it worked out. I can't tell you how grateful I am for a husband who will do things like this with me!!

3)

I also need to consider freezer space!!! I planned all these meals and then had some serious work to do to get them all to fit in my freezer!! Luckily I do have two fridges. I think we need to invest in a deep freeze if I keep this up!

Freezer = FULL!