Freezer Meals That Save You Time & Money!!

Hey there! I hope you are having a great day!

Today I wanted to talk about why freezer meal prep is the best money and time saver!

Just recently, I discovered freezer meals. Basically, you put all the ingredients for a meal into a ziploc bag, and freeze it until you want to cook it in the crock pot. Then you just simply take out whatever meal you have prepped the night before, and it’ll be ready and thawed the next day to throw into the crock pot.

And that’s it!

Your dinner is cooking and you put practically no time into it at all because you did all the “work” previously by putting all the ingredients together ahead of time!

The first time I tried it, I spent about $140 and got about 21 crock pot dinners out of it.

                            BEFORE

                           AFTER

 

That’s really not that bad considering there’s only 30-31 days in a month. There was always left overs, so it stretched throughout the whole month for me! I was hooked after that!

This is why it saves you SO MUCH money. Just think about all the days you turn around and it’s almost 5 pm and you haven’t even thought about what you are going to make for dinner.

You may either decide to order food, or go to the store last minute and end up spending $40 on one meal!

By making a list of all the meals, and all the ingredients you need, and heading out to the store in one trip —- you save all the time, energy, stress, and money you would be spending if you didn’t prep ahead!

I got the idea completely from this smart lady!

If you are tired of cooking every day and want to save a ton of money, I highly suggest giving freezer meal prep a try! It’ll make your life so much less stressed and chaotic when it comes to feeding your family!!!!

Let me know in the comments if you’ve tried and, and share some of your favorite recipes!

Take care,

Amanda

 

 

kETO CAJUN “RICE” DRESSING RECIPE

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Today I want to share with you my copycat recipe for Cajun Rice Dressing Mix. The Rice dressing mix you can buy in any store in southern Louisiana is made with things like pork, liver, and spices. All you do is add it into some ground beef and rice and it comes out tasting amazing.

But what about all of us who are on the keto diet and can’t eat rice like that?

I recently made this recipe with rice and loved it so much I knew I had to create it with an alternative—- in this case —– cauliflower rice!

For this recipe I used:

1 lb grass fed ground beef

1/2 cup organic beef broth

chopped celery, onions, and green bell pepper

minced garlic

Tony Chachere’s Seasoning

Garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper

1/2 cup of water

1 TBS extra virgin olive oil

1 TBS of Tony Chachere’s ROUX Mix

Directions:

Heat oil in a pot and season ground beef with all the spices.

Brown meat and add the chopped vegetables and garlic, and cook for 5 mintues.

Add the ROUX and mix well. Add the broth and water and let boil while stirring for a few minutes.

Add in the cauliflower rice and let simmer for about 5 minutes.

I created a video of me cooking this dish as well! Be sure to check it out here and follow my Youtube channel or find me on Instagram!

The result was surprisingly delicious! Of course it didn’t taste like it does with the rice, but it sure made me feel good and satisfied knowing I wasn’t eating a bunch of carbs and ruining my keto diet!

Let me know if you tried this and how you liked it!

Have an awesome day!

Amanda

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