Updating the Blog

Looks like I took most of the summer off from blogging. 

I am not sure if some of you know but on top of working full time, I also am a photographer and the summer months have been busy :)  And when we have a free weekend we are either working on renovating the house or out enjoying the nice weather. 

Now that we are at the end of the summer time, I am stocking my freezer again!  I have lots of new recipes that I will be posting that are toddler friendly :)

Enjoy!

Summer Time!

My freezer is almost empty and I am really looking forward to trying some new summer time friendly meals!  I also have some baby friendly meals to share that have been tested on my little guy :)

Yummy Meatballs!

Break out your best spahetti sauce for these easy meatballs!

Ingredients


1 egg
1/2 cup (125 mL) grated onions
1 large clove of garlic, minced
1/4 cup (60 mL) dry breadcrumbs
1/4 cup (60 mL) grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp (2 mL) dried basil
1/2 tsp (2 mL) dried oregano
1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt
1/2 tsp (2 mL) pepper
1 lb (454 g) lean ground beef 


Preheat oven to 400°F.

In bowl, beat egg; mix in onion, garlic, bread crumbs, cheese, basil, oregano, salt and pepper.

Mix in beef; shape into balls. Bake on foil-lined baking sheet in 400°F oven until firm, about 10 minutes.

Let the meatballs cool.  You can freeze them with sauce or you can freeze them alone in a freezer bag.

Cooking Directions from Freezer

Let meatballs defrost.  Cook with your sauce. 

Easy Yummy Pizza

We enjoy this freezer meal a couple different ways.  We either will have it on premade pizza crust from Costco or we like to have the pizza on pitas.  Both freeze well.

Ingredients

Pizza crust or pita
Your fav pizza sauce
Fav pizza toppings (ham, pepperoni and bacon)
Cheese

Assemble the pizzas how you like them.

Place on a baking sheet and flash freeze.  Once hard, wrap each pizza in parchment paper to stop it from getting freezer burn.  Place all the pizzas in to freezer bag.


Cooking Directions from Freezer

Preheat the oven to 350ºF and place the pizza in the oven and bake about 30 minutes.

Super Mac and Cheese

I was excited when I saw this recipe.  It is easy to hide some great veggies for those picky eaters.  It also freezes well.  My little guy has had 2 so far this week :P

I didnt have any pumpkin on hand.  I used some frozen pureed sweet potato or butternut squash.  I aslo included some cauliflower into the mix :)

Once the pasta mixture is ready, I divided the mixture into muffin tins.  Once frozen, pop out of tin and place into freezer bags.

http://www.nurturebaby.com/products/19/67/supermac_cheese/

Meat Loaf

As I mentioned in my other post, tonight I did some freezer cooking for my little man.  It included yummy meat balls and meat loaf.  My husband liked the meat loaf so much, he wants some for his work lunch (and he doesnt take a lunch to work, lol)

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef

2 cups grated carrot or other root vegetable (I used sweet potatoe and carrots)

1.5 cups bread crumbs

1 egg

Preheat the oven to 350ºF.

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Press gently into greased muffin cups.  Bake until no longer pink about 30 minutes for muffins.

Let the muffins cool and place in ziplock bags to freeze.

Cooking Directions from Freezer

Defrost and warm up in the oven.

Week Update!

I am finally getting back on track with my eating habits.  This week we had the following freezer meals: roast, spaghetti sauce and tonight was tacos!  The time that I saved with meal prep I was able to do some cooking tonight.  I made some yummy meals for my little guy to keep in the freezer for quick meals on the go!  Recipes to come :)