I have been inspired by Moneysavingmom to have a freezer cooking day.  My goal is to stock up my freezer for the next two weeks so I won’t run out of dinner ideas (or be too tired/lazy) to fix dinner and end up getting take-out or making unnecessary grocery runs.  I like the idea of having more of a grip on our grocery budget this way as well as having more control over the ingredients in our food.  (Buying frozen dinners is costly and horribly unhealthy).  I’ve done a freezer cooking day twice before – one last November and one in January – but on an even smaller scale than this one.  Moneysavingmom and her blogger freezer day friends make 20-30 meals.  I made about 10.  The one thing I learned today – I need more freezable dishes.  I ran out of casserole dishes and pans quickly and had trouble sticking some items in ziploc freezer bags.  I still managed though and came up with some pretty decent meals.

Today I prepared the following meals while my boys 1) Played with play dough in the dining room 2) Watched Bob the Builder 3)  Ran through the house pretending to be race cars.

• Traditional Lasagna
• Veggie Lasagna
• Meatballs (to be added to spaghetti noodles at a later date)
• Enchiladas
• Burritos (4) for Hubby’s lunches – created a “lunch kit” for him with cheese, guacamole and spinach to add at work
• Taco meat (to be added to salad and burritos at a later date)
• Chicken casserole
• Chicken salad (for lunch and/or dinner sandwiches)
• Marinated Chicken

I did not get my blueberry waffles made, but plan on doing so tomorrow. These meals plus a few other easy recipes like quiche and grilled cheese sandwiches should see us through the next two weeks!