I'm going to be traveling 2 days a week this Fall for my practicum. {the jury is still out on where I'll be...but I'm crossing my fingers for a hospital in Greenville} So I decided I needed to get ahead of the ballgame on some meal planning/making. Many freezer meals are made with pasta {aka not GF} or pretty unhealthy {which doesn't help with the calorie counting} The solution I found was '1 Month of Make Ahead Meals'...basically the idea is to make and freeze 5 building block main ingredients and from those you can make 20 different recipes. I'll have to admit a few are a few weird ones I won't make, but the majority of the recipes look pretty good--Spanish Rice with Shrimp, Pork&Avocado Tacos, Brunswick Stew, Lemon Chicken Frittata, Pork Fried Rice and Spinach&Pepper Calzones, just to name a few. I couldn't find the article or recipes online but they're in Rachael Ray's September magazine article
'1 Month of Make Ahead Meals'
This is what I started with at 11:30am
And after a few hours of cooking this is was the final spread
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tomato sauce, chopped chicken, pepper&onions, butternut squash,
pulled pork, and rice pilaf |
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SUCCESS! |
So far it smells good..Can't wait to try meal number 1!
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed with the clean freezer!
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