This is a great recipe to make ahead and freeze. Especially in lunch size portions. It’s healthier than a lean cuisine and if you make up a big batch it is very cost effective. You can freeze the rice in ziplock baggies per portion or make some up at the beginning of [...]

This is an idea that I and my brother loved growing up. I can remember many slumber parties with an English muffin pizza bar. I’ve also done the same thing with my kids. They love putting as much stuff on their muffin as they can. Yeah, sometimes it will make a [...]

In a down economy it’s important to cut costs wherever you can. We all need to make the most of our income. One way to gain extra funds every week is to be careful with your food budget. Reducing the number of times you eat out and cutting back on convenience meals at the grocery [...]

Make Ahead Freezer Meals – For Women on the Go
By Darlyn Burkle

Make ahead freezer meals could be the answer to a busy woman’s dinner time blues. Have you ever come home from work or running the kids to their activities, to find that you have nothing in the house to eat for dinner? Maybe you [...]

How to Freeze Waffles and Enjoy Them For Breakfast Throughout the Week
By Susanne Myers

We love waffles around here but on a typical school morning, I don’t have the time to make up a fresh batch of waffles. We used to rely on store-bought frozen waffles during the week and only indulged in the much tastier [...]

Freezer Meals – Labeling and Keeping Track of Them
By Heidi Johnson

You spent some extra time making a few extra meals. Make sure you complete the process so you will be able to find and enjoy your freezer meals later. Here are some tips.
1. Labeling – You can either write the name of the meal, baking [...]

Placing finished meals in your freezer can save you time in the kitchen. It takes hardly any more time and only double your ingredients to have a time saving meal ready for the times when you just don’t have the energy or the time to start a meal fresh.
If you would like to start cooking [...]

Provided vegetables are treated properly, they will freeze particularly well, retaining more flavor and goodness than by preserving in any other method. Learn the four basic rules dealt with this section and you cannot fail. Blanching, chilling, packaging and correct cooking. Vegetables cannot be frozen raw. They must be blanched first, whilst fresh and tender. [...]

One of the most frequently asked questions when baking cookies is: how do you cut down preparation time for parties or special events? The answer is simple; freeze your dough or cookies ahead of time.
Most cookie dough freezes extremely well and can be kept frozen for up to 4 or 6 weeks. The most important [...]

To be honest, I would say that you could freeze most vegetables, and most with very good results. I have selected a few to talk about and given you a little more information about them. Broccoli is a good vegetable to freeze but the ones with tender stalks and no flowers on the heads are [...]