Since my last time doing freezer meals, I have tried to get on the couponing wagon and really paying attention to sales and things like that. I discovered (though apparently everyone else knew but me) that the Harvey's in our area had a Super Saving Wednesday. Chicken was $1.99 a pound and hamburger meat was $1.69 a pound not to mention two gallons of milk for $5.00. I think that made me the most excited! They also had red potatoes buy one get one. Not to mention a lot of their other meats were on sale. I looked like a carnivorous cave woman getting all that meat, but it was worth it. I ended up saving $90. (It really changed the outlook on my day after having my glucose test and flu shot earlier...yuck!)
I went to Publix the next night and got the rest of what I would need. YES, we have a Publix now and I am slightly addicted! I know there are certain things I am going to pay more for at Publix because my bill was a little more than what I was used to, but I just loved shopping in a real grocery store with a huge selection. All in all, I spent around $300 for the freezer meals and they should last me a month or more. I know I am not one of those couponing divas who gets everything for $150 and it last a month, but maybe one day I will be.
Here's the breakdown of my meals:
- 3 packs of taco meat
- 2 packs of shredded chicken (we have four now because of the left over we had from before)
- 8 freezer meals (we have 13 now counting the ones from last time)
- 5 frozen soups
- 2 spaghetti sauces
- 1 meat loaf
- 2 rotisserie chickens
- 1 ham
- 2 pot roasts
That is a grand total of 33 meals (I think I did that math right)! Woo hoo! And a lot of these meals will have leftovers so I am sure we will not go through all of them in a month just like before. Here is the link to the recipes I used. I did all of these in about 3 and a half hours. I am also not including in that number the frozen meats I didn't prepare.
The hubby even got in on the action this time and was a huge help! He told me later, "You like to take care of your family!" and I really do. I felt very accomplished (and tired) when I went to bed last night.
A few words of advice:
- I used the gallon bags with the zipper on top and they worked much better.
- I didn't lay everything out like I did before. I just pulled it from the fridge as I needed.
I didn't have everything I needed for a few of the recipes, so I just edited them as I needed. Some of the recipes before were bland and I didn't make them again or I changed the recipe a little to spice it up. Most of these were from Ring Around the Rosies.
Sorry there were no pictures this time. I will try to take pictures as I make them so I can have an example to show!
Happy freezing!
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