I find it almost impossible to cook anything when Ada is awake; she’s too heavy to hold in one arm, hates the sling, and is a violent spoon-throwing maniac in the high chair. Meals have been limited to whatever Chris has the energy to make when he gets in, or whatever I can throw in the oven while she bangs her forehead on my clavicle.
Until now! Dinner time has been revolutionised by freezing the raw ingredients for what US mommies seem to call – ugh! – dump meals. Sorry.
I throw together a few freezer bags of ingredients at the weekend while Chris takes Ada for a walk, then each weekday at about 2pm I just drop a giant frozen food boulder into the slow cooker. When it’s cooked, it stays warm until the baby is down for the night and we’re ready to eat. Magic.
Now. NOW. This is the real, slightly shameful secret. If I was a proper person, I’d chop up and assemble all the raw ingredients completely from scratch, but that takes far too long when I have limited solo kitchen time. So I just chuck in jars and cans of stuff and it’s still awesome.
Here’s what we ate this week; you could easily recreate these more cheaply and deliciously from scratch, but for me it’s all about time, time, time…
Salsa chicken wraps
Freeze in a bag:
Chicken thighs
Tub of fresh salsa
Tin of chopped tomatoes
Fajita seasoning to taste
Cook:
Approx 4-5hrs on LOW (not high, or chicken goes stringy, yuk)
Serve with:
Tortillas, sour cream, sliced red pepper, lime to squeeze over
Lamb rogan josh
Freeze in a bag:
Diced lamb
Half a chopped onion
Tin of chickpeas, rinsed and drained
Jar of good rogan josh sauce – add a splash of water if very thick so that the curry doesn’t dry out in the slow cooker
Cook:
Approx 5-6hrs on LOW
Serve with:
Naan, yogurt, rice if you can be arsed
Meatball subs
Freeze in a bag:
Good quality meatballs (I buy them from M&S, FANCY!)
Large jar of passata
Teaspoon of dried Italian herbs
Cook:
Approx 4hrs on HIGH
Serve with:
Submarine rolls, parmesan to grate over
What we call ‘Sausage Dish’
Freeze in a bag:
Little thumb-sized lumps of good pork sausagemeat
Your choice of tinned beans, drained and rinsed – kidney, cannellini and borlotti work well
Large jar passata
1tsp Italian herbs
Cook:
Approx 4hrs on HIGH
Serve with:
Toasted wholegrain pitta bread
Pasta pot
Freeze in a bag:
Chicken thighs
Diced onion or other veg
Jar of good tomato pasta sauce plus half-jar of water (pasta will absorb)
Cook:
Approx 4hrs on HIGH
Add during last half-hour:
Orzo pasta
Blob of creme fraiche
Allow leftovers to sit and go mouldy for:
A whole weekend.
That’s it! Check out this website for some basic tips on cooking times and successful veg freezing, plus loads of frankly-much-better meal ideas.
Hi Jennifer!
Freezer bag meals are my fav!!
check this site out.. onceamonthmeals.com – they have hunners of meal ideas 🙂
Ahhhh love it, thank you!! X
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