I usually have a stash of homemade frozen meals in my freezer, but because all of the packing and moving, unpacking, packing, and unpacking, I haven't really had the time nor inclination to do any real cooking. As a result I've been falling into bad habits and eating junk food, or ordering in, which is not only expensive, but not good for my diabetes.
This weekend I finally got down to some serious cooking! And freezing!
I cooked diabetic friendly recipes and froze them into individual "TV Dinners." All I need to do is pull one out and microwave and I have a complete, nutritious meal.
I made:
Maple Balsamic Pork Chops with mashed potatoes and green beans (7 servings)
Lime Chili Lamb Chops with mashed potatoes and corn (6 servings)
Orange Chicken with rice (4 servings)
I also packaged up the left over rice into 1/2 cup frozen portions (15 portions)
I browned stewing meat to make 4 portions of beef stew tomorrow
And I plan on making 4 portions of Lemon Chicken tomorrow.
Wednesday I plan on making Stir Fried Beef with Rice, 4 servings.
And maybe 4 servings of Shrimp Creole with rice. If I don't do that on Wednesday, I'll do it on Thursday. Then I'm done!
And my brother gave me a whole bunch of tomatoes, so I plan on making some tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes and diced tomatoes for future use.
Grocery shopping is so much easier when I have a stash of frozen meals. I just basically have to buy perishables such as fruit, lettuce, milk eggs, and cat stuff.
I also reorganized my freezer and found some breakfast items that I had forgotten about like: Bran muffins, corn meal muffins, french toast.... all diabetic friendly items.
This weekend I finally got down to some serious cooking! And freezing!
I cooked diabetic friendly recipes and froze them into individual "TV Dinners." All I need to do is pull one out and microwave and I have a complete, nutritious meal.
I made:
Maple Balsamic Pork Chops with mashed potatoes and green beans (7 servings)
Lime Chili Lamb Chops with mashed potatoes and corn (6 servings)
Orange Chicken with rice (4 servings)
I also packaged up the left over rice into 1/2 cup frozen portions (15 portions)
I browned stewing meat to make 4 portions of beef stew tomorrow
And I plan on making 4 portions of Lemon Chicken tomorrow.
Wednesday I plan on making Stir Fried Beef with Rice, 4 servings.
And maybe 4 servings of Shrimp Creole with rice. If I don't do that on Wednesday, I'll do it on Thursday. Then I'm done!
And my brother gave me a whole bunch of tomatoes, so I plan on making some tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes and diced tomatoes for future use.
Grocery shopping is so much easier when I have a stash of frozen meals. I just basically have to buy perishables such as fruit, lettuce, milk eggs, and cat stuff.
I also reorganized my freezer and found some breakfast items that I had forgotten about like: Bran muffins, corn meal muffins, french toast.... all diabetic friendly items.