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Tomato and Sweet Potato Freezer Soup
I’ve been using up a lot of tomatoes from the garden lately. Tomato season is coming to an end and to be honest, we’re getting a little tired of eating them with lunch and dinner each day. Instead I’ve been putting them into recipes (along with making tomato sauce etc.). Here’s a current favorite. I […]
Continue readingUsing Casseroles For Freezer Cooking
Using your freezer is a smart and effective way to provide hot meals for your family, especially if the majority of those meals are casseroles! Here are a few good tips to making sure your casserole freezer cooking day is successful! Prepare two casseroles any time you make one. Put one in the oven to […]
Continue readingEat For A Week From The Freezer – A Freezer Cooking Meal Plan with Recipes
You know I’m not a big fan of Once a Month (OAM) cooking. I do however love freezer cooking and often make double and triple batches of things to freezer. There are also some days and even weeks when I know we’ll be super busy. It’s nice to be able to plan ahead for those […]
Continue readingOut Of The Freezer, Into The Oven – Dinner Is Done
Did you know that you can cook once and eat all week, or even all month? I know it might sound overwhelming but, in reality, it’s almost as easy to prepare for one meal as it is to prepare for a week’s worth of meals. Then when you get experience you’ll get so good that […]
Continue readingMake Holiday Dishes Ahead of Time and Freeze Them – Frugal Tip
Last week I shared a tip with you on how to freeze eggs. This week we’ll take advantage of the freezer again… this time to make our lives easier throughout the Holiday season. There are all sorts of things you make well ahead of time. Appetizers It’s nice to have a few appetizers sitting out […]
Continue readingPreparing And Freezing Hamburger, Sausage, And Bacon For Quick Dishes
The following are some tips by a HBHW reader. I’ve formatted them a bit for easy reading. They are great tips for preparing ground beef, sausage and bacon as soon as you get home from the store. Use them as a starting point for soups, sauces, casseroles and all sorts of other recipes that call […]
Continue readingGlass Canning Jars – Perfect For Freezer Meals
I’ve been doing a lot of meal planning lately, and that typically means a lot of frugal freezer meals, especially soups, stews, meat sauce, and other family favorites. Recently I removed a plastic ziploc bag of my homemade spaghetti sauce from the freezer, let it thaw slightly, then pushed the contents out into a saucepan. […]
Continue readingWhat Is The Best Method For Freezing Pies?
I wish I could give you a simple answer on this, but there are probably as many ways to freeze pies as there are pies! Some pies simply don’t freeze well, regardless of how you do it. For example, custard pies and meringue topped pies are better off fresh baked. On the other hand, fruit […]
Continue readingHow To Freeze Avocados
My daughter is a strange child. One of her favorite foods is avocado. Never mind candy, just give her a piece of toast with sliced or mashed avocado and she’s happy. As a result I buy quite a few avocados, especially when they go on sale. If you are familiar with this unique little fruit […]
Continue readingHow To Freeze Apricots
I love apricot and right now you can find them in produce sections of grocery stores, fruit stands and even farmers markets across the country. Unfortunately these delicious little fruits don’t last very long on the counter. If you end up with more than you can consume in just a few days, I suggest you […]
Continue readingHow To Freeze Blueberries
A Hillbilly Housewife reader mentioned to me the other day that a neighbor gave her a huge box of blueberries…much more than she and her family could eat at one time. She was asking about how to freeze those blueberries. Since my in-laws have several huge blueberry bushes in their yard, we’ve had the same problem […]
Continue readingOnce A Month Cooking Just Didn’t Work For Us
If you’ve read my freezer cooking guide, you know that I tried Once a Month Cooking (OMC), but it just didn’t work for me. Instead I’ve developed a system of cooking and freezing meals on an ongoing basis and then pulling them out for dinner whenever we have an extra busy day (or I just […]
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