february freezer challenge

For the past few months I’ve wanted to participate in Money Saving Mom‘s baking days, but they always snuck up on me and I wasn’t prepared. Not this time! I’m up for the February Freezer challenge hosted by MSM and FishMama. I’m spreading the cooking out over the weekend. Hopefully that will make it a little easier for me since I do have three kids running around and a couple articles to write. This morning I cleaned my kitchen to get it ready and finalized my list. Here’s the plan:

Main Dishes

• Chicken Oreganata
• Pineapple Lemon Chicken
• Salisbury Steak
• 1 lb. Turkey Taco Meat
• Marinated Chicken x 2 (1 Italian, 1 BBQ)
• Cooked, shredded chicken

Soups

• Chicken stock
• Split pea soup

Breakfasts

• Baked oatmeal
• French toast sticks
• Sausage, egg & cheese breakfast sandwiches

Dessert

• Apple handpies

Extras, if I get around to them

• Mashed potatoes
• Shredded Cheese
• Broccoli rice casserole
• Applesauce

So you may be wondering how I decided on what to make? Well, first I looked at what I had in the freezer (sausage, ground turkey, white bread, English muffins), remembered that it’s Cheap Chicken Friday at Stop & Shop — rotisserie chickens are 2 for $10 (so I can cheat and get the shredded chicken done faster as well as a head start for my chicken stock), looked at what’s on sale, then looked at my freezer cooking cookbooks.

I’m about to leave for the grocery store to pick up a few items that I need and then I will get to it! Wish me luck, and I’ll be blogging and tweeting about it as I go. I hope you’ll follow along and even join in!