Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Freezer Meal Swap

I am part of a group at a local church called Mom's carelink, and one of the opportunities I was able to take advantage of there is participating in a freezer meal swap!  I think this is a great idea, and any group of people could do it.  There were five women in my group who each prepared 4 identical meals to give away (plus one for their own family if they wished).  Yesterday we met and swapped meals, going home with 4 different meals to stock our freezer with!  It was also a great way to get to know these women a little better and let our kids play together.  The meal I chose to make was a slow cooker chicken and dumplings.  It was very cost effective, healthy, and delicious!  The meals I came home with were: ham and potato casserole, mini meatloafs, chicken spaghetti, and a ham and bean soup.  If I were to do this again, I think I would not choose a slow cooker recipe because each meal took 4-5 hours to complete, so it really dragged out the cooking process (although it was easy once I got it going).  Other suggestions for freezer recipes that are not casseroles (just to change it up) are: burritos, stromboli or calzones, pizza, or even breakfast items like pancakes and sausage, muffins, french toast, frozen chopped fruit, etc.  I am looking forward to the period of time over the next week or so with no planning meals, cooking, or major cleanup!

3 comments:

  1. lol. yeah! slow cooking is probably NOT the best for this. that part cracked me up. but what a great idea! Glad you are getting to take advantage of this!

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  2. That's a great idea! I would like to find a vegetarian group to do this with. I am kind of lazy though. I would probably do 2 meals and then be like, ugh - nevermind. :)

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