Tales from the Freezer

// April 28th, 2010 // Cooking, Time Management, Work at Home

Before Sunday, I have to:

  • Work two more days at my “real” job
  • Complete roughly 13 more hours of scoring
  • Write two articles
  • Complete 3 hours of online tutoring
  • Complete at least 1/3 of my training for the next scoring administration
  • Begin writing copy for another new project

Yikes.

That makes me so sad that my stash of freezer meals is almost completely depleted.  I have one  lonely casserole in there that I’m going to have to defrost if we want to eat something other than Frosted Mini-Wheats in the next few days.  I’m going to need to restock my freezer soon, if I can just figure out a time to cook.

In the meantime, my good friend over at Charla’s Confessions has added a freezer recipe section to her blog.  Head on over and check out the sausage biscuit recipe she posted today.  It looks yummilicious.  I’ve got some sausage in the freezer that I got for free a while back, and this will be the perfect use for it.

Now?  Back to work–which is a totally uncool thing to have to say at 10:30 p.m.

2 Responses to “Tales from the Freezer”

  1. Charissa says:
    April 29, 2010 at 2:37 am

    Let’s just take a step back. No, I was wrong, I’m sorry, take a step forward. Now, take a step back. Step forward. Back. And then we’re cha-cha-ing!

    ….okay, I’m serious, too!

    Make less than ten minutes one morning and give yourself an edge on the week… Chop/slice an onion and throw it in the crock-pot. Dump in a package of B/S (heh) chicken breasts, frozen or thawed, doesn’t matter. Add ¼-½ cup light beer, chicken stock/broth or water. Season generously with salt and pepper, maybe some garlic powder (minced garlic if you have it). Cover, set on low, and leave it six-to-whenever-you-get-home hours. Walk in the door, take five minutes to shred the chicken with two forks and mix in bottled barbecue sauce, enjoy your family for twenty minutes. Serve on any bread-type-product – toasted rolls, tortillas, simple sandwich bread – with a green salad or slaw, and freeze the rest in weeknight-sized portions.

    Seriously, this one’s on the table and in the (freezer) bag with a before/after total of twenty minutes actual effort. It won’t make your “best thing ever” list, but it’s a damned sight better than Frosted Mini-Wheats.

    Luck and love, babe.

  2. Nicci says:
    April 29, 2010 at 6:19 am

    I’ve actually done this before and skipped all the seasoning bit–just dumped chicken in the crock pot, dumped the barbecue sauce on top and cooked all day. The sauce can get a little scorchy (it’s a word, right?) if you leave it too long, but it couldn’t be easier.

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