Friday, August 19, 2016

Freezer Cooking: Taco Meat, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pancakes, Crockpot Taco Soup, & Chocolate Banana Muffins and more...

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Freezer Cooking: Taco Meat, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pancakes, Crockpot Taco Soup, & Chocolate Banana Muffins

I did another Freezer Cooking session on Wednesday and it was really successful!

I love that cooking and baking ahead cuts down significantly on the time I need to spend cooking and baking and cleaning up the kitchen each week!

Here are the recipes I made this week:

And here are lots of pictures, videos, and details on how it all went down:

Freezer Cooking Day

I found some great deals on meat recently, so I used that to make Taco Meat for the Taco Lettuce Wraps + the meat for Crockpot Taco Soup.

Freezer Cooking Day

I make my own Homemade Taco Seasoning mix for the Taco Meat. Well, let me rephrase that, I dump in Taco Seasoning-type spices when making Taco Meat! 😉

It’s so nice to have Taco Meat in the freezer to use in Haystacks, Burritos, Tacos, and more! Plus, it freezes so well and thaws easily, too.

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Next up, I made the Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pancakes. As the recipe had stated, the batter was very thick. But the end result was a hearty and yummy pancake that freezes and reheats really well. (I may have tested it a few times already. 😉

Freezer Cooking Day Live

Watch me make these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins live in my kitchen here.

Freezer Cooking Day

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The Crockpot Taco Soup was SO easy to make! I made a few adjustments based upon what we already had on hand and my family really loved it! We didn’t freeze it; I just stuck it in the fridge to heat the next day.

Crockpot Taco Soup

Watch me make the Crockpot Taco Soup here… and yes, you can laugh along with me when you see how much of a flight-y, non-recipe-following cook I am. 🙂

This Week's Freezer Cooking
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Freezer Cooking Day

And finally, I made Chocolate Banana Muffins. This recipe was really healthful (it only has honey instead of sugar), but it’s yummy. Not anywhere near as delicious as these Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins, but for how healthy they are in comparison, I think they are pretty good!

Did you do any freezer cooking this week? Tell us about it in the comments!

P.S. See Last Week’s Freezer Cooking Session here.

    
 

Look what I got from Amazon this week!

I was so excited to get two great deals from Amazon recently…

Great deals I got from Amazon this week!

Amazon had the Prismacolor Scholar Colored Pencils (48 pack) priced at just $13 so I was excited to order some. This was the lowest price on record (it’s gone back up to almost $20 now).

I fell in love with Prismacolor Colored Pencils last year when a reader gifted me some so even though these aren’t quite as high quality as the regular Prismacolor Colored Pencils, they are still much, much better than normal colored pencils.

Look at the deals I got from Amazon this week!

I also ordered my very first set of Silicone Cupcake Liners because Amazon has them priced at just $2.76 for 12!

I’ve always wanted to try these. They were a little smaller than I was expecting and I’m a little concerned about how much work they will be to wash, but I’m looking forward to trying them out in my upcoming baking!

Have you gotten any great deals from Amazon or any other great deals this week? Tell us about them in the comments!

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