Freezer Food Mania!

For as long as I've been on my own I've struggled with buying and making too much food and not eating it before it goes bad. I think it comes from having a big family growing up. A pot of spaghetti for six people is WAY too much for two adults and a toddler. I've gotten better over the years, but I still have issues.

Last weekend I was searching for a Microsoft Access database I could use to store recipes, create meal plans and generate shopping lists, (hoping it would help my food woes). I found a few, but they were hard to get the hang of and weren't super user friendly. Just as I was about to give up and resort to a plain old Excel file I found the coolest website for storing recipes, planning meals and generating shopping lists! It does have a subscription cost, but it's well worth it in my opinion.

After spending time adding recipes, figuring out a meal plan and generating a shopping list I spent an arm and a leg much at three different grocery stores and hit the kitchen. Armed with my new waffle iron (thanks mom), griddle, oven and not enough mixing bowls I got to work. I ended up making around 50 waffles, 30 something pancakes, three batches of herbed dumplins, enough biscuits for four meals, a jar full of soft pretzel sticks and two lasagnas. All portioned out and in the freezer :)

With luck, my new favorite website and a freezer full of premade food will help keep things simple and, hopefully, save us a little moolah.



Happy Wednesday!
-Shala-