As my 2nd Freezer Cooking Day draws to a close, I am finished! Here is what I accomplished:
Pancakes 4xs
Bone Broth Soup
2 Roasted Chickens
1 batch of sugar cookies
Vanilla Wafer Cookies 2xs
20 mini hamburger rolls
I never got to the pizza pockets! Oh well. My freezer is packed! Many other people participating in these cooking days seem to have planned on making whole meals or at least part of a meal. At this point, our meals are very simple, so there usually isn't a lot of prep for them besides remembering to take the meat out of the freezer. Plus my boys don't seem to be eating a wide variety of foods lately. I will have to work on that. I do enjoy having homemade baked goodies in the freezer for lunches and having a ton of bone broth on hand is such a time saver. As a full time working outside the home(school year only!), freezer cooking has been helping me stay a bit more sane!

Hannaford Deals 1/31 - 2/6

I feel it is a slow week for great deals at Hannaford this week. Here is what I am definitely making a trip for:

85% Lean Ground Beef - $1.79/lb
Homestyle Roasting Chicken - .59/lb

Price Chopper Deals 1/31-2/6

here are the good deals that I see at Price Chopper this week:

Fresh Blueberries - B1G1F
Fresh Bagels - buy 6 get 6 free
Orville Redenbacher's microwave popcorn - B1G1F
Maxwell House Coffee $4.99 with isave coupon
Hillshire Farms Smoked links - B1G1f
Oscar Meyer Hot Dogs - B1G1F
Skippy Peanut Butter - $2.00
Quaker Life Cereal, Oat Squares, or Mini Delights rice cakes - 2/$5
Capri Sun Fruit Drinks 10 pack - $2
1/2 price Thomas' bagels or mini bagels
Farm Rich Appetizers all varieties - B1G1F

Also in the flyer this week - "Double any colgate coupon"Coupon and 2 "Double any manufacturer's coupon" Coupon

Freezer Cooking - Day 2

Another day to cook. Unfortunately I have no energy at this point. I am hoping I will hit my stride later today. We have lunch at my parents and then I am hoping to get some cooking in after that. Here is my list for today:

Vanilla Wafer cookies 2xs
Pancakes 4xs
Pizza Pockets
Finish up the Bone Broth

My bone broth has been simmering for about 15 hours and as soon as it cools a bit, I am going to strain it. I'll keep some aside for this week and the rest I will freeze. Pancakes are up for our dinner tonight so I can just make a lot of extras and freeze for breakfasts. Vanilla wafer cookies will hopefully get done later this afternoon. I also still have my usual Sunday night chores of getting things ready for the week. I do want to boil up a few eggs for lunches for me and I was hoping to make some fresh juice for Steve. What a busy day! Plus, the downstairs still needs a cleaning and laundry has to be folded and put away. Thank god for Steve who actually does the laundry for all of us!

Freezer Cooking Mid-Point Check in

alright, I am in freezer cooking mode. I have made hamburger rolls and 2 roasted chickens. I have sugar cookies in the oven and big batch of bone broth soup simmering on the stove top. I am going to attempt pancakes and pizza pockets tomorrow. I also got the upstairs of the house cleaned! The kids have been cooperative and have been entertaining themselves until about 20 minutes ago. I guess it is time to go play with some children!

Freezer Cooking

Money Saving Mom and Life As Mom are hosting another Freezer Day(s) January 29th -February 2nd. I have big plans for this weekend. In addition to the usual weekend chores of cleaning and laundry, I will be cooking up a storm. I have never really been as ambitious as Crystal and Jessica but I do have a few food items planned for this weekend. Here is my list:

Hamburger rolls
pancakes
Pizza Pockets
Vanilla Wafer cookies
Sugar Cookies
2 roasted chickens
Bone broth(made from the roasted chickens)

I am sure I will think of more to add to this list as the weekend progresses. Wish me luck!

Price Chopper Deals Week 1/24-1/30

Price Chopper has a lot of good sales on their meat this week. Here is what I think are the best meat deals:

Boneless Bottom Sirloin Steak $1.99/lb
Boneless Chicken Breast $1.99/lb
Boneless Pork Loin $1.99/lb
Cook's Spiral Sliced Ham $1.69/lb
80% lean ground beef $2.49/lb.
Hatfield Traditional ham Steak 2/$5

I am most definitely using my extra grocery money to stock up on some of these deals! Remember join Price Chopper's facebook page and you could also see some exclusive coupons!