What's For Dinner This Month

I'm trying to get back on track with my dinners.  We've just been scrambling to get dinner on the table for the last couple of months.  I got off track with making my freezer meals for awhile.  I'm back at it again.  This month was by far my least successful month of making the meals.  I had multiple technical difficulties so it made for a very long day of cooking.  The prep work and actual preparation of all of the meals is a bit grueling sometime.  This month was especially bad. Next month when my family has had fabulous dinners every night for a month, I won't care how much work it takes.  It's just one day of cooking and it makes the rest of my life so much easier.  My family has dinner at the table, I feel like a better Mom and it is less stress on everyone.  My kids even get to bed on time when I have meals prepped. It's definitely a good thing.

I tried a few new things this month that my family has already eaten and enjoyed-

These lettuce wraps- http://www.ourbestbites.com/2011/04/asian-lettuce-wraps/

 This pasta (Lee Lee's was made with Quinoa pasta to make it gluten free) -http://www.ourbestbites.com/2010/02/baked-chicken-penne-freezer-meal/ With this alfredo sauce http://www.ourbestbites.com/2008/08/guiltless-alfredo-sauce/

I added some fresh broccolli to ours.  It was delicious.

Some new ones I haven't eaten yet-

This crock pot Beef and Broccolli- http://www.bsrecipe.blogspot.com/2012/04/crock-pot-beef-and-broccoli.html# 

This Korean Beef- http://elizabethbryant.blogspot.com/2010/05/korean-beef.html 

And a stroganoff with homemade cream of chicken soup.

A stir fry

Another Chicken and Brccoli Alfredo dish 

Ranch pork chops
Pepper Stake

There are also some favorite repeats from previous months-

*Cranberry/apricot chicken- Chicken pieces, 1 env. onion soup, 1 bottle Russian dressing, 1 med. jar apricot jam or can of cranberry sauce.  Mix and freeze.  Thaw and Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until done.

*Italian Chicken-chicken breasts, 1 10oz can cream of chicken soup , 1 8oz package of cream cheese, 1 package italian dressing.  Thaw, bake and serve over noodles.
*Chicken and Rice Bake- 1 can Cream of mushroom soup, instant white rice, 1 cup water, 1/4 tsp. paprika, chicken.  Thaw and bake at 375º for 45 minutes or until done.  I froze mine without the water.
*Gaint Crockpot Chili- (this will feed us for 3 or 4 meals. I plan to make taco salads and other things with it.)  2 lbs. cooked ground beef, 2 cans northern beans, 3 cans kidney beans, 4- 14.5 oz. cans diced tomatos, 2 med. Onions, green pepper, 1 tsp. garlic, 3 tbsp. chili powder, 2 tsp. cumin, 2 tbsp. brown sugar, 1 tsp. black pepper, 1 tsp. salt.  Freeze and then dethaw and put in crock pot.
*Chicken roll ups-  package of crescent rolls, cream cheese, garlic, salt pepper, shredded chicken, gravy
* Crock Pot Chicken Mix-(2 dinners worth for my family) Shredded Chicken, 1 can black beans, 1 can corn, 2 cups salsa.  Heat through in crockpot.  Add cream cheese 30 minutes before serving over rice. 
*Taquitos-  cream cheese, green salsa, lime, cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, cilantro, green onions, chicken, pepperjack cheese, corn tortillas, kosher salt (This time I accidentally got Monterey Jack cheese- they were still good.)
*Spaghetti- Meat, tomato paste, tomato sauce, chopped veggies and onions, spaghetti spice packet.  Thaw and serve over pasta 
* Shredded chicken tacos