This morning instead of slurping coffee in front of "Sunday Morning" as is one of my favorite things to do in all of the world, I got up and got moving.
This week our local supermarket had a good deal on ground chuck, so I purchased about ten pounds, planning to of course, divide it and freeze it for later. But then I remembered how I used to cook it first, so dinner was only ever minutes away...then I thought, why just freeze the "naked" ground beef? Why not spend a couple of minutes now and safe them for when they really count, at the end of a really hectic day?
I browned onions, garlic and added a pound of sausage, two pounds of ground beef, two jars of sauce and various pureed veggies = Three Meals of Spaghetti and Meat Sauce
Three of the pounds of ground beef went into sloppy joes (Little Mouth Favorite)and another four pounds made taco meat that will some day be enchiladas, tacos or combined with other ingredients to make a casserole or Mexican Dip.
These might not be the most "gourmet" of all the meals I've posted, but they are things the Little Mouths will eat with nary a complaint, are hot and satisfying and easy ways to sneak in those "veggies in disguise" and that makes them healthy.
Having them done ahead of time makes coming home a welcome end to a hectic day, and not just an extension of it.
The most satisfying meal can be the one that EVERYONE likes! :) I'm bookmarking your blog to try some of the pasta recipes!
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Our local store had one lb Jenni O Sausage pkgs for .99 and I used the coupons for .75 off 24 for one pound of various turkey sausage pkgs. We have 10 computers for the entire extended family so I had everyone print coupons for the e-mail addresses and off we went to the store with a few dollars in our pockets the frozen pea and corn were 10 for $10 and $4.00 off when you spent at least $10 so I got 20 of these and 10 of the sausage pkgs.
ReplyDeleteIt is snowing now so at least we have food! My neighbor dropped off wood. So all is good in the world. I was just starting to fret when the neighbor pulled up with a truck load of wood and lifted my spirits then he told me about the sale of the turkey sausage at the store we got ground, italian and breakfast as well as turkey patties.God is the great provider!
I am hoping to get some bread made over the next few days and wrap some of the sausage into some like pigs in the blanket style. Should be tasty. I am going to add some to some beans for a soup, and serve some with the veggies and try some as a shephard type pie.