After Easter Freezer Meals

Ella and I were watching the Pioneer Woman this weekend on the Food Network and her freezer cooking episode aired.  I have tried freezer cooking in the past but have not been very happy with the taste or final product of some of the recipes but since Ella and I have done several of Ree's recipes with great success I was ready to give it another go.

After watching the episode we made a list of things we wanted to make and decided to make two of each (just in case they didn't turn out so yummy).  I was really excited to try the chicken pot pie.  I love chicken pot pie and I have never tried to make one because I was just too lazy to do the steps involved.

We made:

1. Chicken Pot Pie
2. Lasagne
3. Chili
4. Beef & Turnip Stew
5. Chicken Spaghetti
6. Pepper Steak
7. Carrot Soup

These were the recipes that appealed to us and our taste buds though there were others.  Most of the recipes can be found on the Pioneer Woman website or on the Food Network section for Pioneer Woman.

The Chili, stew, soup and pepper steak were easily stored flat in freezer bags.  The chicken pot pie, lasagna, and spaghetti we stored in disposable tins.  It took about five hours total start to finish (Netflix on the IPad in the kitchen really made the time fly) and the supplies cost close to $70 thanks to some nice sales at Super Target including $2 coupons on ground beef!  We had a few leftover veggies and some ground beef too.  That made each meal around $5.  We were really excited with the cost, the prep and the finished product. 

 (not sure how I didn't get ANY prep pictures)

We had the chicken pot pie tonight and it was awesome.  There wasn't a drop of anything left in the tins and everybody had that happy comfort food feeling look as they settled in for the night.  If the other recipes taste near as good, I wouldn't mind doing this more often.

Next time, I'll be sure to get pics from start to finish.