One big mess, four awesome meals. It was a great morning!

Since we’re finished with our official school year, I got a couple boys involved in today’s freezer cooking. Elias (12) learned to make Meatless Spaghetti Pie (recipe in {Healthy} Make-Ahead Meals and Snacks eBook). He chose to use shell-shaped pasta, because when you’re the cook, you earn the privilege of picking from penne, spiral, shell, elbow….

Am I the only one who thinks picking the pasta shape is a fun activity? Maybe I just don’t get out enough.  Well, anyway, Elias picked shell noodles and did a great job putting together the Meatless Spaghetti Pies.

In the meantime, I made a triple batch of Whole Wheat Tortillas for Bean and Cheese Burritos. I then put together 23 burritos. Because we eat so much at our house, these burritos will only last us two meals. But, I now have 11 burritos in the freezer to pull out sometime in the next few weeks for an easy meal!

I can roll tortillas faster than my skillet can cook tortillas,
so I just start laying them out all over the counter while they wait for their turn to be cooked.

Hey, would you like to hear an obvious discovery I made this morning? When you’re making meatless meals, you don’t have to worry about thawing out meat before you cook. Sometimes my brilliance shocks you, doesn’t it?  Not only is this meatless thing a money saver, it’s also a time saver. But I still love my beef.

After the mess was cleaned up, we ended up with 23 burritos and 2 spaghetti pies. If I add plenty of sides to those pies, I can make it work to serve one tonight and freeze one for another day.

Are you joining our latest Freezer Cooking Challenge?  You’ll find the plans and grocery list here. You’ll love how easy it is to get ahead!