We cooked up 17 pounds of ground hamburger to make our lives easier on future dinners. It is so nice during the crazy days of life to know that something tasty is already coordinated for dinner and will require limited effort on my end to get it to the dinner table. These aren’t fancy and…
Category: Main Dishes
Chicken Freezer Meals
Happy New Year! If you’re looking for some freezer meals to kick off your new year, here are some of my favorite chicken ones. Yay for a chicken breast sale at Costco! I love that the kirkland brand chicken breasts don’t need a lot of trimming and cleanup to toss into a freezer meal. I…
Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed French Bread
You might be able to tell that I’m on a philly cheesesteak kick here lately. This is a fun way to combine those flavors into a different little twist. Ingredients: 1 1/2 lb ground hamburger 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 1 cup of beef broth 1 large onion, sliced 5 jalapenos, sliced (if you like it…
Meatball Crescent Cups
We had these while visiting my sister-in-law a couple months back. They were so good and the kids loved them too. Win! Win! Rather than step-by-step instructions, I’m going to list the ingredients and then the pictures will do the work for the assembly steps. Hope you enjoy! Let’s Get Crafty! Ingredients: 12 frozen meatballs…
Slow Cooker Cheeseburger Soup
This recipe is perfect for a chilly fall or winter day. It comes together really quickly and smells great while it cooks all day long. This was a comforting, satisfying meal with a few less calories not using milk and butter Let’s Get Crafty! Ingredients: 1 lb ground beef or sausage, browned 2 cups carrots,…
Philly Meatball Sliders
Oh man. These are good. This recipe is perfect for tossing into the slow cooker now or freezing for later. I love to buy a large bag of meatballs at Costco and then make a few freezer meals for future easy, delicious meals. This post may contain affiliate links and I may earn a small commission…
Homemade Chicken and Noodles
This is a recipe my husband’s Mom shared with us. He has called her several times when he makes it and we wrote it down last time with some notes so we can have it handy. The kids love this dinner and it feels even more special being a family recipe! On this day –…
Table Nachos!
The kids looked skeptical when I explained the idea. We did this for Em’s birthday and it was a hit. We put the main ingredients directly on the table nachos and used bowls for the rest of the ingredients so people could add the toppings they wanted. Let’s Get Crafty! Ingredients: Cooked meat of your…
Salisbury Steak
I’m a huge fan of cooking once and eating multiple times. This is one of those recipes that is so easy to throw together for dinner one night and still have enough to make extras to freeze and eat later. On this particular day, I was on a freezer meal making mission and we froze…
Big Mac Sloppy Joes
Truth be told – I don’t think I’ve ever eaten a Big Mac from McDonalds. I think it’s because I was always put off by those tiny onions that seemed to take over and couldn’t seem to ever be completely removed. I have, however, tasted that sauce and it was wonderful. It is also the…
