Welcome to my second edition of Provisions Prep Day! This is a monthly post I will be doing to show you how I utilize what I have in my pantry and freezer to make our meals and snacks. I will be joining Crystal at Money Saving Mom and Life As Mom in their Freezer Cooking Day for my Prep Day, and I am excited to try a few of their wonderful bread machine recipes linked below! I will be posting my progress on Facebook and Twitter, so join me and post your progress too!
I want to encourage you to join me in some fashion, so you can start practicing how to use all those items you have stocked up! You don’t have to take 2-3 hours like I will, you can do 30 minutes here and there when you have time. Start out by taking 20 minutes after you get home from the grocery to flash freeze the great veggies you got on sale. Or take 45 minutes in the afternoon to make a few batches of homemade muffins to freeze for snacks throughout the week. Whatever your time frame, you can fit something in. It is about starting small. See the results, and that will encourage you to add more each month.
Here are the items I am going to be making tomorrow afternoon:
My Master Plan:
- Start Buttery Roll dough in bread machine.
- Make muffin batter and put first batch in oven.
- Roll out roll dough balls and let rise.
- Start Cinnamon Roll dough in bread machine.
- Make pizza dough and roll out into 4-6 mini pizzas.
- Make homemade pizza sauce.
- Put Cinnamon Rolls in oven with pizza dough crust.
- Assemble pizzas and undercook while Buttery Rolls cook.
- Glaze Cinnamon Rolls.
Are you joining me in February Provisions Prep Day? If so, leave a comment and let us know what you are planning to do!
I will be making cinnamon rolls with you, but not with a bread machine. What is your bread machine and would you recommend me getting one?
I have a bread machine but haven’t used it in more than 4 years. Maybe your recipes will inspire me to get it out again.
Kelly-
This has inspired me!! Today I am planning on making vegetable and chicken broth to freeze. I am also going to soak and cook all my different beans to freeze for this month’s meals. (I have found it is much cheaper to buy dried beans, letnils, barley, etc. Plus, there is no salt, preservatives or risk on BPA from the cans this way!!)
Thanks for the inspiration!
My husband is diabetic (type 2) and has has a hard time controlling his blood sugar just late lately. I am trying to balance the needs of an active 13 year old boy who is a picky eater, & a 19 year old girl in a extremely hard LPN program with hubby’s low carb/ glycemic index diet. As I learn I will be posted things on my web site. Any insights would be appreciated.
PS: I cooked chicken breast in the crock pot with chicken stock, rosemary and galic yeaterday and served it with Cauliflower “Mashed Potatoes” (I have sneaked half and half cauliflower potaotoes before so my picky boy got his veggie without knowing it) and green beans. Then I chopped the leftover chicken up small and added mixed veg and high fiber noodles back intothe crockpot stock to make a good soup. I made mac & cheese for a side for the kids.