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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffin {Baked in Bulk}
Our favorite fall muffin was baked by my little helper this weekend. 48 pumpkin chocolate chip muffins cooling for our freezer. This super easy recipe only requires a regular 15 oz. size can for two...
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Apples Galore {How to Freeze Apples}
Ever since my students made chicken pot pies, I had a vision to make a lot of apple pies for Thanksgiving. Once I heard about deer apples for $5 a box, I knew I had to make a trip to the farmer’s...
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Local Beef Recipes
I’ve been on a local shopping spree lately. Since I started a farm to classroom grant at school, I thought I’d take advantage of my 10% discount and purchase local beef for my family on the same day....
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Freezer Cooking Bacon Egg and Cheese Bagels
We recently had breakfast for dinner and I made twelve bacon egg and cheese bagels instead of six. This is the way I always cook. I plan to freezer cook by making an abundance and freezing our...
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Skillet Lasagna and Kale Salad {Amazing quick dinner}
It’s rare that I actually “cook” during the work week because I have done my freezer cooking on the weekend. I typically reheat or crock pot only during the week. However, I found a delicious skillet...
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How to Freeze Cakes {Angel Food Cake Recipe}
I’ve been crazy busy at school making cakes and pies for our upcoming Thanksgiving Feast. I’m trying to do a little at a time while we’re covering certain items like shortened and unshortened cakes....
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What’s Freezer Cooking and Why I haven’t Posted in a While
I was busy this weekend and made a few of our favorite items. Three of my four kiddos have colds and it was a good time to pull out the homemade chicken noodle soup recipe. Notice I used penne pasta...
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Feeding 100 {How much do I purchase?}
Feeding turkey to 100 is a challenge for me. This was my one simple turkey from two years ago. I have cooked for 15-20 family members, but this is a new hurdle I’m jumping next week. I found a...
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Freezer Pie Crusts {20 crusts}
Directions slightly adapted from NutnHoney Pie Crust Recipe: 5 lb unbleached all-purpose flour 2 Tbsp. salt 3 lb can Crisco vegetable shortening (we used Butter-Flavored Crisco) 3 cups ice water...
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Thankful Thanksgiving for 100
This Thanksgiving is different. I was blessed to plan a meal for 100 and oversee 45 of my high school foods students carrying out this endeavor. Today we did it. Over 105 plus some extras. It included...
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Thanksgiving in Our Freezer {Recipes we used}
After serving 100 at school, it was hard to begin thinking about our family Thanksgiving menu at home. Thankfully, my seven-year-old happily wrote the menu and I had several helpers in the kitchen. A...
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Reindeer Pancakes {Now and Later in the Freezer}
My five-year-old begs for reindeer pancakes during this time of year. They are not complicated and since we’re making our usual white whole wheat pancake recipe that I always double. I might as well...
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Make ahead fajitas for dinner/Wraps for Lunch
We recently had awesome chicken fajitas for dinner with this simple make ahead marinade. I like to make this marinade in bulk and freeze four to six quart bags of chicken (depending on how much time...
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Sixty Bags of Chocolate Pretzels
We’re all about big giving at our house. Since there’s six of us and we all had many teachers we wanted to share a treat with, it made since to go a little frugal. My husband and I took off to...
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Merry Christmas
May your Christmas be blessed. Enjoy your time off with family and friends. From my family to yours. Merry Christmas!
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Organizing for a New Year
With ample time off from school, all six of us are taking in some extra activities like movies and Sky Zone in Greenville, SC. We took advantage of the 2 for $20 jump for an hour of non-stop fun for...
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I’m Back Eating Lots of Vegetables
There’s nothing worse than being sick with a cold and feeling it the day before your birthday. However, I have been fighting all New Year’s week long with yummy soups and sneaky marinara infused with...
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New Year with a Few New Things
My New Year has started with a flurry of new items I love. My mother-in-law gifted me with this aroma diffuser. I can change colors and she bought me an assortment of essential oils to try. The...
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Yogurt Making While Playing
We had a fun weekend with family and I was productive while I was gone. Remember that yogurt maker I bought for a $1 over the holidays? I am putting it to use. This is my second batch since the first...
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Comforting Snow Break Food
It’s been a short school week with a snow day on Friday and it continues over the weekend. We’re getting quite a snow in Asheville, North Carolina. Some areas are receiving 12-16 inches, while my area...
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