Freezer Cooking Day One Update (with video)

I know I said I would update with pictures but got the wild and crazy idea to do my very first vlog post. I normally avoid being in front of the camera so it was a bit awkward. I managed to get pretty much everything done which makes me happy. Well I haven't finished all of the tortillas yet but we had to have supper and I needed to get off my feet for awhile.

I had made a video when Mama got home of me actually cooking tortillas but it was way too dark to see anything and I looked like I had a black eye.

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Once a Month Cooking in March: The Game Plan

I've listed the dishes I am going to make so it is time to break them down into steps. It is late winter in Alabama and that means crazy weather. Seriously we're in the upper 50s today and tomorrow and snow is forecast on Tuesday. I will be doing my oven cooking Tuesday to maximize the warmth.




Monday:

• Make pancakes. I'll double the recipe and some will be breakfast for my nephew and me. The rest will be frozen.
• Cook pintos in the slow cooker for refried beans. I'll be cooking some extra beans because I am making tostadas for supper.
• Make flour tortillas.  I will be making at least three dozen because enchiladas are on the menu for March and we'll go through  18 tortillas easily with two pans of enchiladas.

Tuesday:

• Make brown sugar biscuit twists. I'll be freezing them already baked for a quick breakfast.
• Buttermilk biscuits. Some will be baked then frozen and I will also whip up a batch of dough and cut and freeze for when I have a bit more time for them to bake.
• Make and freeze the pizza dough. I will probably double the recipe. I can't remember off hand how many pizzas this makes because I haven't made the dough in awhile. 
• Make the French Bread rolls. These will be baked prior to freezing so on nights we want rolls we can take a few out and heat them in the oven or microwave them.

Crystal at Money Saving Mom has these great down loadable freezer cooking planning worksheets that will help take a lot of the guess work out of once a month cooking. When we get more ink for the printer I plan on printing a ton out and putting them in a notebook.

See y'all again tomorrow night with an update of what I managed to get done and some photos.

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Once a Month Cooking in March: The Bread, Breakfast and Sides Edition.

We all battled illness during the month so we ate a ton of sandwiches, hot dogs and even fast food. Because of that we still have quite a few things in the freezer from the February menu that I need to use up. The first big cooking day or two will consist of breads, breakfast foods and some side dishes.

Here is what I plan on making:

• Refried Beans
• Flour Tortillas. I would guess about three dozen. Check my cooking blog later on next week for the recipe. 
• Biscuits
• Pancakes. I like to try new recipes every once in a while and I think the pancakes from Southern Plate will be this month's winner.
• Pizza Dough
• Whole Wheat French Bread Rolls
• Brown Sugar Biscuit Twists 

I will be tweeting some updates during the day on Monday and Tuesday and should have a post each night with my progress if things go according to plan. I will be doing another freezer cooking day after we clear out the freezer of what we bought earlier in the month and we go grocery shopping. I will post when that is going to happen when I know.

For great hints on Once a Month Cooking visit Crystal at Money Saving Mom and FishMama at Life as Mom

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