Freezer Meal Fun

Weekly Cooking classes at NOVA PlayLabs

Get your kids in the St. Patrick's Day spirit by making Irish Soda Bread and Cheesy Cabbage in the Preschool Cooking class.

Friday @ 10:00
Drop ins welcome.
http://www.novaplaylabs.com/preschool-classes/

How To Braid A Round Challah For Rosh HaShana

Love braiding challah. My favorite is 6 strand.
This is a great technique to use for a round challah.

creativejewishmom.com Here it is dear readers at long last, a tutorial on how to braid gorgeous round challah loaves, just in time for Rosh HaShana! We have the custom to eat round loaves on Rosh HaShana to symbolize the continuity of...

My son LOVES stromboli so we made homemade stromboli. Yum!

You can add fresh spinach leaves or even mix it up and made a Reuben style stromboli with swiss, corned beef, and (well drained) sauerkraut. Use a rye bread dough for your base and sprinkle some caraway seeds on the rolled out dough and Thousand Island dressing as your dipping sauce.

Pumpkin Mini Muffins.
I know technically it's not fall yet but with everyone starting to buy school supplies and think about school lunches I thought this would be fun to share.
Great for quick breakfast, snacks, and on-the-go. Great with added dried cranberries too.

You can pre-prep all the dry ingredients making it super easy to whip up a batch.

Pizza Zucchini a wonderful recipe from my paternal grandmother for the zucchini bounty.

Easy and delicious recipe for Mushrooms.

Sliced baby Bella mushrooms, sautéed in a little oil, sprinkle with a little thyme, a grind of sea salt, and splash with some red wine (delicious with white wine too).

Great for serving for a fancy meal or with burgers or steaks on the grill.

Yum! Potato Salad - looking forward to picnic weather.

Honey Pecan Chicken - the honey was bubbling when I pulled it out of the oven. This recipe is also great in a crockpot.
Served with rice and broccoli as a side (would also be delicious with a Spinach salad with dried cranberries and Feta).

This is just one of the delicious recipes in my Freezer Meal Fun workshops.

Gather a group of friends and pick a date to spend an hour prepping 5 delicious meals. Then enjoy some more time visiting knowing dinners are done for the week while I clean up. Be sure to Like and Follow my Page www.facebook.com/FreezerMealFun to hear about upcoming workshops and check out my latest recipe shares.

5 Secrets to the Best Runzas You Can Make, no matter where you are - vomitingchicken.com

Runzas - you can also make these as a casserole which is how I first had and then found a recipe to make it. I hadn't yet read a recipe that included sauerkraut but yum. I like to use pepper jack as the cheese but american, jack, cheddar, or swiss would work too.
Also my latest brainstorm is to make them with venison.

vomitingchicken.com It's worth years of experimenting and tweaking, to get to the point where I can honestly say this: these runzas are truly fabulous. Get my original recipe here. :) (curtsy)

Having fun being creative in the kitchen with inspiration from others.

Mustard Marmalade Brussel Sprouts

A riff on Jill Nussinow's Maple Mustard Brussel Sprouts

Brussel Sprouts (half a bag of frozen that were already defrosted from Trader Joe's)
2 Tablespoons of orange marmalade
1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
(I was thinking fresh garlic or garlic powder would have been a nice addition too)
1/2 a pear cut up (because it was available, needed to be eaten, and sounded like it would work)
Salt and pepper (used lemon pepper because that's what I have in grinder)

Baked in a 350 oven for 20-25 minutes. I used the oven because it was cold in the house and figured it would help warm it up.

I imagine Jill's IP times would work for this recipe.

Results = YUM!

So excited to launch a new round of 5 Batches in 5 Days!

This round we are focused on muffins (and quick breads).

We start off this round with a family favorite Corn Muffins. Perfect to make as mini muffins to serve for Game Day!

Ask to join the group 5 Batches in 5 Days if you aren't already a member.
www.facebook.com/groups/5batchesin5days

Quick and Easy Beer Bread

This is a quick and easy recipe.

Beer Bread
3 cups self rising flour
1/2 cup sugar
12 ounces beer
I mix by hand (meaning not with a mixer) until smooth. It will be consistency of a thick batter (thicker than pancake batter). Pour into a bread pan. Bake at 350F for 45 minutes.
You can brush top with butter.

My son loves this bread. He asked me to bake a loaf last night.

Coming Soon - next round of 5 Batches in 5 Days -
What would you like next?

♤ Chili
♡ Soups
♢ Muffins
♧ Scones
☆ Biscotti

VOTE in the Comments

Our Shabbat Latke Dinner

He was so excited to use his Green Toys Cooking set for dinner.

Recipe in comments.

Calling All Chili Lovers -

Share your Best Chili Recipes - perfect for cold weather lunches and dinners to warm up. Stove top, crockpot, and Instant Pot recipes welcome.
Please include recipe and a picture (pictures) too. Email to [email protected]

My family tradition is to serve chili with apple slices and corn muffins.

What are your favorite toppings?

Toffee Chip Pecan Bites

Come join the Baking Fun -
Facebook.com/groups/5batchesin5days/

Do you LOVE brownies and chocolate?

Be sure to join 5 Batches in 5 Days to get the recipe for these amazing Brownie Bites (also lovingly known as Chocolate Crinkles)

So let's get Baking to warm up with all this cold weather.

Join 5 Batches in 5 Days - making holiday baking quick, easy, and delicious!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/5batchesin5days/

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Freezer Meal Fun

In just 2 Days, December 1, you can Register for my online Holiday Baking Workshop -

5 Batches in 5 Days

Comment below Let's Bake so I can send you an invitation.

You will receive shopping lists, baking tips, and I will walk you through making 5 Batches in 5 Days and it will take just 15 minutes a day.

Each day tuck a new batch in the freezer. You will be ready to serve and gift fresh baked cookies with a moments notice.

Now that sounds like stress free holiday baking.

Just on case any of you have been thinking about getting an Instant Pot - Amazon is offering their same Black Friday price on Cyber Monday
A belated Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holiday Savings ;)

Just one more week before the launch of Holiday Baking Made Simple

Comment below so I can invite you to join the launch of 5 Batches in 5 Days (in just 15 minutes a day)

Come join the Baking Fun!

Cranberry Pie - Quick and Easy recipe for the Holidays!

See the comments for the recipe and be sure to Like my page Freezer Meal Fun for more great recipes and holiday tips and Share this recipe with friends and family.

[11/09/16]   Calling all Cookie Lovers - keep an eye out for 5 Batches in 5 Days

Perfect for the novice and experienced baker.

My son Loves to eat oatmeal for breakfast. When I offered to make him some this morning he said "Mom, let's make oatmeal cookies like we did that other day".
Oatmeal cookies for breakfast!

Pulled out of the Freezer and prepped in a skillet in about 10 minutes - Yum! Sunday Fajitas

[11/06/16]   What a gorgeous day today. Thinking about holiday baking and the holiday rush. Invite me over to help you prep meals and make baking a breeze.

My son loves muffins and especially Corn Muffins.

This is all that's left of the half dozen we made on Sunday - crumbs and one bite.

Recipe in the comments. Please Like and Share

Sesame Orange - Yum!

Taste Testing my new Sesame Orange recipe.

Can't wait to share it in a future workshop.

Have you heard of Taco Tuesday?

Well today was Fajita Sunday at our house - Chipotle Lime Fajitas on the workshop menu this month.

I had so much fun prepping and creating/testing new recipes. My son and I also made a batch of corn muffins.

I am so excited about this month's Crocktober Freezer Meal Fun workshop on October 23

A quick trick to choose a ripe pineapple

Two Freezer Meal Fun workshops coming up this month.

One is all crockpot recipes.

Comment Count me in - for an invite to Let's Get Crocking!

Ceramic knife - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Some great information on Ceramic Knives.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramic_knife

en.wikipedia.org A ceramic knife is a knife made out of very hard and tough ceramic, often zirconium dioxide (ZrO2; also known as zirconia).[1] These knives are usually produced by dry-pressing zirconia powder and firing them through solid-state sintering. The resultant blade is sharpened by grinding the edges with…

It's getting to be Pumpkin season. This is my favorite pumpkin muffin recipe. It is adapted from a recipe a neighbor shared with me. Enjoy!