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Pregnant: Freezer Meals 101. In case anyone is interested - I just finished up my big freeze-a-meal-a-thon for after baby comes.

pregnant: Freezer Meals 101

After posting a picture of the spread on my Facebook, I got a lot a questions about the whole thing. Now, I just may be crazy, but things like this are fun for me - if I can do anything in bulk, save myself money & time, and not have to worry about it later? Sounds good to me! So I compiled my pictures, tips, and recipes for those who are interested whether for post-partum or daily life. Enjoy! Feel free to add your experiences, good freezer recipes, tips, etc - I've still got some room in my chest freezer for more!

With just about 5 weeks until D-Day, it was time to start on freezer meals. There are two ways to do freezer meals - one would be to make a larger batch of whatever meal you're making and freeze the extra. Total cost - including the foil and freezer bags - was $130. Something that seems like common sense, but is always good to keep in mind is your amount of freezer space. 12 Fall Crockpot Recipes (Condensed Soup Free) By ashleyhackshaw | I’ve been using my crock pot recently to try and serve healthier meals.

12 Fall Crockpot Recipes (Condensed Soup Free)

It’s been a challenge to find yummy slow cooker recipes that aren’t full of sodium and MSG because of the condensed soup ingredients. Copy Cat Panera Bread Broccoli Cheese Soup Recipe. Make sure to PIN This Recipe or Repin My whole family loves Panera bread … For some reason especially the coffee.

Copy Cat Panera Bread Broccoli Cheese Soup Recipe

This recipe “warms your soul” as my husband puts it. Very easy to make and full of veggies. Instead of half and half skim milk can be used. Rosemary Olive Oil Bread. Feeling sick is terrible.

Rosemary Olive Oil Bread

And especially inconvenient over the weekend you were planning to try a pile of new recipes because you start work on Monday morning and might not have so much free time ever again. But instead you’re spending your last valuable hours comfortlessly rotating between the couch, the futon, the floor, the bed- everywhere but the kitchen. Up half the night watching episodes of The Kennedy’s (thank goodness for the DVR in your time of need). Clean, Simple, Delicious Recipes and Instructional Cooking Videos by Dani Spies. The Ultimate Sandwich Recipe: Feast your eyes on this! First things first, the CellarVie Wines team cannot lay claim to being responsible for the making of the ‘Ultimate Sandwich’.

The Ultimate Sandwich Recipe: Feast your eyes on this!

This remarkable feat of culinary engineering, complete with the beautiful pictures displayed below, arrived in our inbox courtesy of an anonymous email chain on Tuesday afternoon. Jamie Oliver would undoubtedly and perhaps quite correctly, not endorse this as a healthy meal, and it certainly isn't for the faint-hearted but we thought it was a bit of fun nonetheless.

Bodacious Broccoli Salad. Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe. Cheesy Quinoa Cake recipe. I have been having a Wonder Years marathon.

Cheesy Quinoa Cake recipe

Its pretty awesome. Did you know netflix now has all the seasons on instant? Did you know that Winnie Cooper grew up to be some brilliant math person who tweets palindromes? Did you know that Travis from Clueless (Breckin Myer) pretty much plays the same exact character on the early episodes of The Wonder Years also? Its weird. Anyway, on the blog we have been posting a lot of Thanksgiving and party food recipes to gear up for December. Cheesy Quinoa Cakes with a Roasted Garlic and Lemon Aioli Makes 10 to 12 Ingredients:2 cups cooked quinoa2/3 cup grated fontina cheese3 tablespoons all purpose flour2 green onions, thinly sliced1 egg, lightly beaten2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper2 ½ tablespoons extra virgin olive oilsalt to tasteaioli:½ cup light mayonnaise1 head of garlic, roasted1 lemon, zested and juiced¼ teaspoon cayenne peppersalt and pepper to taste.

BLT Pasta Salad Recipe. Creamy White Chicken & Artichoke Lasagna recipe. Coconut & Chicken Curry Soup. The Fit Cook - Healthy Recipes - Skinny Recipes - everyday recipes. Love That Quinoa Burger! « November 1, 2010 by Linda So yummy!

Love That Quinoa Burger! «

If you want a change of pace that’s meat-free, yet full of protein, fiber, and very filling…this might be for you. I like it with Tzatziki on top (my recipe is in this post), or a little “fry sauce” (what some drive-ins call that wonderful mayo/ketchup combo), and with a thick slice of tomato, avocado, onion and lettuce, as a burger should be, it’s fab. The Best Chicken Enchiladas. Sorry about how ugly the lime is.

The Best Chicken Enchiladas

Roasted Brussells Sprouts with Balsamic Browned Butter. With my bag of delish produce in hand, I sat down to make my weekly menu.

Roasted Brussells Sprouts with Balsamic Browned Butter

I used to do this every week. Religiously. CrockPot Pasta Fagioli Recipe. Day 305.

CrockPot Pasta Fagioli Recipe

Happy Halloween! If you're looking for a hearty meal to fill the belly of your little ghost or goblin before they eat their weight in chocolate, you've come to the right place. Broccoli Salad. Today Is Well since Monday I have been on my 30 day no junk food diet! So my carb loving self has been trying to stay away from pasta, bread and mashed potatoes. Top 10 Things Every Budding Foodie Should Know - StumbleUpon. 52 Healthy Meals in 12 Minutes or Less. Being hungry sucks (it’s a scientific fact). So why spend hours cooking a gourmet feast when a nutritious meal could be only 12 minutes away from getting from the kitchen to your plate? Skip the grumbling tummy, the hangriness, and the cranky guests, and serve up any one of these 52 healthy meals that are so quick and easy, you’ll wonder why you ever ordered takeout. 1.

Cacao and Blueberry Smoothie Um, YUM. 2. Say goodbye to boring toast. 3. You can have salad for breakfast, too.