(Teaching the girls how to boil, peel, cut, and stuff eggs as part of our homeschool lessons a few weeks ago.)
After a long hiatus, I'm back to doing menu planning and Baking Days! It's amazing how good it feels to be getting back "into the groove" (Nevermind the fact that my baby boy is almost five months old! It seems I just had him; I can't believe how quickly time goes!).
I'm planning to host a Baking Day here tomorrow and I'll be live-blogging it like usual. However, since I'm trying to do more freezer cooking now that our homeschooling is in full swing, I'm actually going to be doing more cooking than baking. I've never combined the two like this before, so I'm anxious to see how it goes.
You can follow along with my progress on my blog and you can also follow along/join in on Twitter with the hastag #BakingDay. Speaking of which, I'd love to have you join me by doing some of your own baking. At the end of the day, I'll post a Mr. Linky so that everyone can link up and share what they accomplished in their kitchens tomorrow.
The Proposed (and likely way-too-ambitious!) Baking/Cooking Day List:
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
Whole Wheat Waffles
Homemade Applesauce
Pinto Beans (cook up and freeze)
Lasagna
Spaghetti Pie
Farmhouse Chicken
Chicken Tetrazzini
Barbecue Meatballs
Homemade Hot Pockets
Southwest Chicken Roll-ups
Turkey Enchiladas
Recipes, pictures, and more will be coming in my live-blogged posts tomorrow. And now I'm heading out for a quick trip to the store and then coming home to clean up my kitchen and thaw out meat, milk, and anything else I need for the morning!
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Homemade hot pockets i will be back tom. i never thought about doing it myself we eat these once a week for lunch and with 5 of us we need 3 boxes!! oh the money i will save!! I am also looking forward to the waffles which my kids eat up!! I am going to check out e-bates now!!
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Have a great day!
Janell
By any chance are u going to share the recipes cuz I love trying new things and I want to do a baking/cooking day also. I’ve become busier then usual and would try to do the freezer cooking or cooking for the month thing to see if it works for me. So any recipes u could throw my way would be awesome.
Wow, you sure are ambitious! I hope you are able to get it all done, but even if you don’t, I still admire you for trying:-) I know how difficult it is to get much done with homeschooling and babies and littles in the house all day. I love your blog, thanks for the inspiration and hard work you put into it.
So, are you freezing the meals too and then eating them later?
Yeah I’m so glad you are doing a baking day finally! I wish I wasn’t at work so I could really follow along and bake some of my own things. Oh I can’t wait for the day when I can be a stay at home mom!
I hope your baking day goes well today! I just did a batch of once a month cooking on Saturday with a couple of friends. I love having a full freezer!
I wanted to echo a question from one of the other comments re: your daughter’s clothes. They are super cute! I have thought about trying to eliminate a lot of clothes and go down to just 8 or so outfits, too. (We get tons of hand me downs so I rarely have to buy, but their clothes tend to be a bit of a mess b/c of volume.) But I am also concerned with how hard they are on their clothes. How do you keep them nice with that few? Do you have any secrets? One of my daughters is especially hard on clothes. If I buy her anything, I always think about what will hide stains best! =)
I had a baking day on Monday, when I made 36 pumpkin muffins. Today, I am doubling a stuffed shells recipe- One for the freezer and one for dinner, tomorrow. I tend to like splitting up my baking days, otherwise it is too overwhelming for me. I love that you are blogging this…how fun!
I really need to do alot more of this so I will be watching. Can you maybe post something with other people’s recipes too or maybe links to their blogs?
I find that sometimes I am not in the mood to have the children cook with me-if I’m in a hurry, pms, etc. But most times I like having an assistant to help with chopping and other simple tasks-makes it go quicker. Also, I was an only child and my mother never let me do anything in the kitchen. So I try to let my kids (especially the girls) learn.
I have a busy day, but I am trying to fit in the following:
Chicken Rotelle (casserole for dinner-double for freezer)
Deviled eggs-inspired by Crystal
Granola Bars
Boil corn
Start bread dough
Crystal, I love following your blog. I do these baking days too ! I also do cook all the meat, pasta, casseroles , etc. I check in with your blog often and thought it was due time for me to make a comment. I am adding a recipe section to my blog for all the money saving recipes or “extras” in your food storage and pantries. Thanks for sharing all your tips and ideas!
Savings Queen
http://www.thesavingsqueen.blogspot.com
I’m interested in your Pinto bean freezer method. We love them and actually grew up eating pinto beans and cornbread for supper. But I’ve never froze it before. When I freeze chili (with beans) sometimes the beans are mushy when defrosted. How do the pinto beans fare? Would love to hear from you…thanks!
Okay – those girls of yours are ADORABLE!!! and….great job on all that you accomplished!!
I would love to see some recipes for homemade applesauce, in the crockpot is great, since I homeschool 4 kids. If you make applesauce but not in the crockpot, that’s fine too. I have about 20 lbs. of apples that need to be worked SOON!!!!
I’ve been having trouble making hard cooked eggs. I can’t get the shells to peel off easily without taking away half of the egg with them. Any suggestions? I see even your little ones have this down pat. he, he
Your girls are precious, cute tops. Thanks for posting this you are inspiring me to start my marathon cooking up again. Its amazing how much easier the week goes when you have taken some time out to do this.
LOVE this page Thanks!
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