The Gluten-Free Homemaker

Today I have a guest post at The W.H.O.L.E. Gang.  If you’re not aware, Diane has started a series of guest posts called 30 Days to a Food Revolution.  Her goal is to help people move away from eating unhealthy, processed foods to eating nourishing, real food.  Each guest blogger is offering a tip and a recipe.

My tip is to organize and plan, and in this post I want to let you know where I’m personally headed with that.  I would like to do some bulk baking and cooking, freezing the items for later use.  With that in mind I purchased these 32 Oz Plastic Freezer Jars which I found at KMart, as well as the 16 oz Freezer Jars.  My goal is to make enchilada sauce and cook some beans to go in the smaller containers.   My friend Lynn did a great video this week on cooking dried beans.  I’ll probably use the larger containers for chicken stock, and maybe spaghetti sauce.

I mentioned Sunday in my post on autoimmune diseases, that I’ve been dealing with fatigue due to thyroid problems the past couple of months.  I’ve seen a little improvement so far, but I’m not sure how much I’ll be able to do before hot weather sets in.  If I can, I would like to make and freeze:

• muffins
• hamburger buns
• focaccia bread
• pizza crust
• hot pockets
• meatballs
• shredded chicken
• ground beef & onions
• shredded beef
• beans
• enchilada sauce
• spaghetti sauce
• breakfast casserole
• chicken stock

I’ll probably think of some others things as I go along.  What are your favorite items to freeze?

I think I should start with a baking day.  Is anyone interested in joining me?

Labels: freezer cooking