Renewed Commitment to Meal Planning: Freezer Cooking Session

After January’s crazy month of illness, I have a renewed commitment to meal planning, prepping ahead, and keeping pantry and freezer stocked and ready for the unexpected. When life takes an unplanned turn, it’s a blessing to be able to have meals at hand without thought and effort.

In the interest of efficiency, better health, and wise financial stewardship, I’m ramping up my planning efforts. I’ve decided to head into February with a Freezer-to-crockpot chicken dinner bulk-cooking session. I’ll be prepping double quantities of four chicken recipes on Wednesday, January 31 on Facebook live at noon central time. If you’d like to join me, here are the recipes and grocery lists I’ll be prepping:

Slow Cooker Green Salsa Chicken (purchase double quantities of all ingredients)

Red Pepper Chicken

Orange Ginger Chicken

Lemon Pepper Chicken

Grocery List for Red Pepper, Orange Ginger, Lemon Pepper Chicken

Make sure you have 8 gallon size freezer bags

I precook large quantities of rice in my rice cooker and freeze in these Quart rectangular containers 

I like this slow cooker…someday I’ll share the stories of why I prefer a slow cooker with a lid that clamps down securely.

February Menu Plans

February 1–Subs

February 2–Quesadillas

February 3–Soup

February 4–Grilled Cheese (I’ll be away from home for the first four days of the month, so I’ve planned extremely simple menus for my husband and son to prepare in my absence).

February 5–Potato Soup

February 6–Blackened tilapia tacos

February 7–Slow Cooker Green Salsa Chicken (from freezer cooking session)

February 8–Breakfast for dinner (eggs, grits, toast)

February 9–Spaghetti

February 10–Family Game Night! Soup Pot Luck Dinner

February 11–Brunch (waffles and sausage)

February 12–Split pea soup

February 13–Roasted salmon and vegetables

February 14–Slow Cooker Red Pepper Chicken (from Freezer cooking session)

February 15–Veggie Panini

February 16–Tostadas

February 17–Date night!

February 18–Pioneer Woman Dr. Pepper Spicy Pulled Pork

February 19–Prudent Homemaker Barley Soup

February 20–Baked tilapia and vegetables

February 21–Slow cooker Orange Ginger Chicken (from Freezer cooking session)

February 22–Breakfast for dinner (pancakes and eggs)

February 23–Tacos

February 24–Chili

February 25–Chicken cacciatore

February 26–Skinnytaste Minestrone soup

February 27–Salmon patties

February 28–Slow Cooker Lemon Pepper Chicken (from Freezer cooking session)

I’d love to hear about your meal plans for February! Please share in the comments. I hope to see you during my Facebook Live Freezer Cooking Session on Wednesday, January 31 at noon. Here’s the link for the Facebook Live!