But this morning, I knew I had to begin pushing on a few
things in the house getting some things done. That meant I wanted to defrost
some foods so I would have some quick-and-easy-but-healthy things to grab for
suppers and even for lunches. Soups are very filling and satisfying so I have
no trouble eating those.
Anyhow, I decided this morning to just yank out one of
everything in there. They’ll go into the fridge and I’ll use them in the order
they defrost. This freezer goes to arctic cold!
So, I took out pea soup w/ham, cream of potato soup,
pork chili, beef barley soup, chicken soup, and bbq ribs. Two of those are
2-serving containers. So I’ve got enough for a week’s worth of easy meals. I’ll
add a side for the ribs. I was also thinking of varying the potato soup with
half a can of corn, and using the other half as a side for the ribs.
I’m currently trying to also cook up most of that produce I
was blessed with last week before it “goes.” I also need to cook and freeze, in smaller portions, a bag of red kidney beans from the pantry.
Today or tonight, I want to take a package of kielbasa I
bought on sale and cook that with two of the larger zucchini. I figure to cut
them both into bite-size pieces and toss them into the slow cooker. If that
doesn’t get close to the top of the pot, I might take the 3 or 4 pouches of
fresh string beans from my friends and snap them and toss them in, too. When I
freeze this, I can later add other things to it but it should be great alone or
as a base. I rarely eat kielbasa these days of healthier eating but once or
twice a year I buy one package and space it out in small proportions. Love it.
There are still things to cook up from the produce: 1 small
zucchini (will use that in omelets), nice size eggplant (will do that this week
for sure), and 2 butternut squash (still deciding on those).
Praying for the fortitude and will power to defrost my
freeze this weekend...
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