Snow days are upon us and so is comfort food, but I’m striving to cook or crock healthy using freezer cooking. It keeps us from eating out or grabbing a $5 pizza. Can anyone relate? Having a meal plan in place is the key to surviving a Christmas break with snow days attached. Your house begins to feel like 24-hour diner. Oh well, if we’re going to be snowed in we might as well enjoy some homemade hot chocolate with marashmallows and warm food from the crock pot.
If you’re getting snow too, I hope you’re staying warm and eating well. Enjoy God’s blanket of snow all around us.
Here’s our menu this week:
- Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup {sharing this easy recipe this week-my 5-yo ate 3 bowls}
- Skinny Broccoli Cheddar Soup, salad with homemade Greek dressing
- Meatballs and Spaghetti, leftover salad
- Black Bean {how to freeze black beans} and quiona veggie wraps
- Pancakes, bacon, eggs and fresh fruit {monthly mission meal for homeless}
- Skinny Orange Chicken with brown rice {how to freeze brown rice} and frozen veggies
- Tacos (how to freezer cook taco meat}, black bean
- Crock Pot Chicken Parmesan over rotini (how to freeze pasta), salad
I got busy this weekend and stocked my pantry and freezer with make ahead items:
- homemade chewy chocolate chip granola bars made with agave, pumpkin granola
- Chicken parmeasan {uncooked} for the crockpot
- Bulk Taco meat with homeade taco seasoning
- Meatballs and Crock pot Marinara
I’m thankful to have plenty of good healthy eats during our snow days. Our kids have had an extended school break and now a 2-hour delay. It’s important for me to have healthy options.
I’m still taking whole food baby steps to achieve healthy eating. I haven’t decided what our 2014 goals are this year, but I’ll let you know.
How about you? What healthy goals are you setting? We’d like tot hear them! Do you agree freezer cooking is an easier way to implement healthy eating?