Freezer Cooking With The FabFruGALS!
Have you seen our Freezer Meal Cooking Series?
It is really fab! We give you all the details about freezer cooking including starting a group!
- Why Freezer Meal Cooking
- How to Start a Freezer Cooking Group
- How to Shop for Freezer Cooking
- How to Assemble Freezer Meals
- Our Fabulous Recipes
We have decided to bring you along for our freezer cooking adventures. We will be having our next freezer cooking day on Saturday April 24th! If you want to get a group together this week you can join us for Fabuless Freezer Cooking! We have a group of FIVE! So get together your fab five and you will be able to follow us EXACTLY! Make sure you read the freezer cooking series above and then have your fav five read it too so you are all ready for cooking day!
HOW?
We are going to do all the PREP WORK for you!
- Make the Menu
- Provide the Recipes
- Make the Shopping List (This part is a ton of work!)
- Assign the PREP WORK
- Plus tips and photos along the way!
Sorry we can not be there to hold your hand at the store. 
Mark April 24th on your calander and check back later this week for the menu and recipes!
Fabuless Freezer Cooking: Chicken and Beef Fajitas
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CHICKEN AND BEEF FAJITAS
1 FAMILY
3 Chicken breast, &/or 1 med steak, sliced thin and frozen
½ Red onion, sliced
2 Bell peppers (variety of colors if wanted)
Fajita spice packet
Oil
1 c. grated cheddar
Sour cream
8 Flour tortillas
Black olives
6 FAMILIES
18 Chicken breasts (9lbs), &/or 6 med steaks, sliced thin and frozen
3 Red onion, sliced
12 Bell peppers
Fajita spice packet
Oil
6 c. grated cheddar
Sour cream
48 Flour Tortillas
Black olives
TO FREEZE:
Put meat, cheese, onions, olives, and peppers into 5 separate bags. Put these bags into a gallon-sized bag along with spice pack and tortillas.
TO PREPARE AFTER FREEZING:
Thaw. Sauté meat in oil, if any meat pre-cooked, sauté the uncooked meat first, then adding other just before spices. Add spice pack, onions, and peppers, Serve with sour cream, cheese, and olives. Avocados or mangos may be added as well.
**If both chicken and beef is used, may decrease number bought for this dish as it provides several fajitas.
Welcome KTRV Viewers!
- Get started by reading our Coupons 101 post. We give you the basics of getting started!
- Review coupon lingo here.
- Want to start couponing tomorrow? YOU CAN! Simply print coupons from the internet! We’ve got a full pictorial of how to do this.
- Want something a little more hands on? We teach classes here in the Treasure Valley! We will come to your home and teach you and your friends and family HOW to do what we are doing. {email us if you’re interested in hosting a class at fabulesslyfrugal@gmail.com}
- Read our post about the Albertsons sale that starts TOMORROW! We’ll be getting PASTA for free, cans of tuna for $.10 each, and Dannon Light & Fit Yogurt for only $.13 each! These are just a few of the items we’ll be paying pennies on the dollar for! Go read about it here.
- If you want to become a “professional couponer” like we are, and get 4, 5, or even 6 Sunday Newspapers {for the coupons of course!}, so you can build your stockpile, check out our Newspaper Subscription Deals with The Idaho Statesman or The Idaho Press Tribune. {Be sure to let them know you want the FABULESSLY FRUGAL deal!}
- We’ve put together alot of information in our “Coupon Tip Tuesday” series. Go check it out when you’re ready!
- You may also enjoy learning about another way to cut your grocery bill… read our Freezer Cooking Meal Series! We teach you how to get a group started and even give you recipes!
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FabuLESS Freezer Cooking: BBQ Chicken Pizza Recipe!
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Here is one of the first freezer meal recipes we’ll be posting!
This pizza is soooo yummy! And I was so excited to learn about the crust! For $1.50, you can purchase some already made pizza dough back near the deli at Winco (or use thawed out Rhodes bread loaves and split in half). It makes a fabuless crust and is makes making homemade pizza sooo much easier!
So here is the recipe!
BBQ Chicken Pizza
1 FAMILY
1 pizza crust (store bought or homemade)
2 c. mozzarella cheese
½ Red onion
2 Chicken breasts
2-3 c. BBQ Sauce
Cilantro
6 FAMILIES
6 pizza crusts
12 c. mozzarella cheese
3 Red onions
12 Chicken breasts
12-18 c. BBQ Sauce
Cilantro
TO FREEZE
Cook chicken and cut into small slices or shred. When pizza dough is room temp, roll, or hand press onto foil pizza pan (I love my stone too – so hang on here with me), spread out BBQ sauce, top with chicken and onion; finish with sprinkling cheese and cilantro. Wrap with foil.
TO PREPARE AFTER FREEZING
It was super easy to take my pizza of the disposable foil pan and put it on my pizza stone. Bake @ 400 for 20 min (from frozen).
I wish I had pictures of this beautiful pizza! I just loved it! When we prep the pizzas, we each put our own together, as some don’t want cilantro (this makes it delish though!), or I’ll only put onions on half, and so on.
Oh guess what Cathy I have pictures………….
This one is right before baking!
We ate half of it before I got a chance to take a picture.
Stay tuned next week for another Fabuless Freezer Meal Recipe!
FabuLESS Freezer Cooking: Salmon Cakes
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SALMON CAKES 
1 FAMILY:
3 cans salmon
1 1/4 cups crushed ritz crackers
2 eggs beaten
1/2 red pepper finely chopped
2 Tbsp chives
2 tsp dill
1 tsp Tabasco sauce
lemon juice
oil for frying
6 FAMILIES:
18 cans salmon
7 1/2 cups crushed ritz crackers
12 eggs beaten
3 red pepper finely chopped
12 Tbsp chives
12 tsp dill
6 tsp Tabasco sauce
lemon juice
oil for frying
TO PREPARE FOR FREEZING:
In a small freezer bag combine red pepper, chives, dill, lemons juice and tabasco. Label a sleeve of Ritz crackers and 3 cans of salmon for the pantry.
TO PREPARE: On hand: 2 eggs and oil. In a medium bowl break up the canned salmon with a fork. Add about 1 cup cracker meal and work through the fish. Add the eggs, pepper, chives, dill, tabasco, and lemon juice. If the mixture is too wet add more cracker meal. Form 3-inch patties about 1 inch thick. You should have 8-10 cakes. Fry in hot oil in a single layer until golden, 3-4 minutes on each side. Drain on a
paper towel-lined plate. Really great with salad greens with a lemon flavored dressing.
FabuLESS Freezer Cooking: Sausage Hash
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1 FAMILY
- 1 Tube ground sausage
- 1 c. shredded carrots
- ½ c. finely chopped onion
- 3 c. frozen potatoes cubes
- 1 c. shredded mozzarella cheese
6 FAMILIES
- 6 Tubes ground sausage
- 6 c. shredded carrots (Only need 1 bag of big carrots!)
- 3 c. finely chopped onion
- 18 c. frozen potatoes cubes
- 6 c. shredded mozzarella cheese
TO FREEZE
Cook ground sausage thoroughly in pan. Add onion and carrots and cook for 5 more minutes. Place sausage with onion and carrots in gallon-sized bag. Put potatoes and cheese in 2 separate bags and place in gallon-sized bag. (Hint: make sure the meat has cooled down before you stick the bag of cheese in there… otherwise it melts into a blob!)
TO PREPARE AFTER FREEZING
Thaw meat mixture in fridge overnight (or I pull it out sometime during the day – . Heat frozen potatoes in pan with a little hot oil, and then add meat to pan. Simmer for 20 min. Add salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with cheese. Let melt and serve
FabuLESS Freezer Cooking: Crock Pot BBQ Beef
If you haven’t checked out our Freezer Meal Cooking Series you must! It is a great way to save money on your grocery budget. We show you how to get a freezer meal cooking group together, how to do your shopping and how to organize your group on cooking day.
CROCK POT BBQ BEEF
ONE FAMILY
8 oz. tomato sauce
1 Tbsp pepper
1/2 tsp oregano
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 (16 oz) bottle Baby Rays BBQ sauce
3 to 4 lb. boneless roast
SIX FAMILIES
48 oz tomato sauce
6 Tbsp pepper
3 tsp oregano
1 ½ tsp garlic powder
6 16 oz bottle Baby Rays BBQ
18-24 lb boneless roast
PREPARE FOR FREEZING: Combine tomato sauce, pepper, oregano, garlic powder, and pinch of sugar, add BBQ sauce. Place sauce in gallon freezer bag.
Place roast in a roaster or pan that can catch drippings and cover with lid or foil. Cook roast at 350 for 5-6 hours. Let cool. Divide if needed and place in freezer bag with sauce and freeze.
PREPARE AFTER FREEZING: Thaw. Warm in oven at 350 for 1-2 hours. Slice and serve on hamburger buns or your favorite bread.
Thanks Heather
FabuLESS Freezer Cooking: Southwest Chicken Wraps
If you haven’t checked out our Freezer Meal Cooking Series you must! It is a great way to save money on your grocery budget. We show you how to get a freezer meal cooking group together, how to do your shopping and how to organize your group on cooking day.
Southwest Chicken Wraps
3 cups chopped chicken (4 breasts)18 cups chopped chicken (24 breasts, 12 lb)
6 cups of your favorite salsa
3 T chili powder
1 ½ t garlic powder
6 C shredded cheddar
6 14 ½ oz cans of black beans
48 flour tortillas
TO PREPARE AFTER FREEZING: Thaw. Heat chicken mixture on stove over med heat until heated through, about 3 min. Remove from heat, add drained and washed beans and cheese. Serve in warm tortillas and top with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion. Tortillas should be allowed to thaw completely and then can be warmed in microwave or on the stove.
FabuLESS Freezer Cooking: Southwest Chicken Chili
ONE FAMILY
3 chicken breasts cooked and cubed
1/2 cup chopped onion
4 oz can green chilies
2 cans white kidney beans
1/2 tsp cilantro2 cloves of garlic-crushed
2 tsp cumin
1 tsp oregano
FabuLESS Freezer Cooking: Garlic Ranch Chicken
1 FAMILY
4 Breasts of chicken
1 package of Hidden Valley Ranch dressing packets
1 c. milk
1 c. mayonnaise
2 Tbsp dried minced garlic
6 FAMILIES
24 Breasts of chicken
6 packages Hidden Valley Ranch dressing packets
6 c. milk
6 c. mayonnaise
12 Tbsp dried mince garlic
To simplify this recipe and make it more frugal simply use one bottle your favorite FREE Ranch Dressing from your stockpile and add 2 T of minced garlic. It is easy and FABULESS!
TO FREEZE
In gallon-sized baggie combine ingredients, except chicken. In separate, small bag, place approx. ½ c. of mixture. Place chicken in remaining mixture in gallon-sized bag and place small bag inside.
TO PREPARE AFTER FREEZING
Thaw large bag enough to get small bag out and place small bag in fridge, while allowing chicken to continue to thaw. Grill or broil chicken. In last few minutes of grilling chicken, baste chicken breasts with mixture from small bag.
