With school now in full swing, that means many of you are now back to busy afternoons and evenings filled with soccer and football practices, music and dance lessons. We thought a collection of freezer cooking recipes would be helpful to give you some easy meals for those super busy nights when fast food might otherwise be enticing.

Dressing Ingredients 1 tsp salt 1/2 cup vinegar 1/2 cup salad oil 2 TBS water 1 cup sugar 1 tsp paprika Mix together and chill overnight Salad Ingredients 1 can cut green beans 1 can sweet peas 1 chopped bell pepper 1/2 large onion 1 cup celery 1 cup chopped pecans 1 small jar pimento Combine all ingredients with chilled dressing and let marinate at minimum 2 hours.  Overnight is best.

This has become a frequent dish at our house when we can find reasonably priced shrimp.  (I found it for $2.50 a lb. about 3 months ago and bought 6 lbs.) We still eat it every once in a while even when I don’t have reasonably priced shrimp, just to mix things up.  Angel Hair Pasta with Alfredo Garlic Shrimp and Broccoli Ingredients 1 lb. shrimp peeled and deveined (we used frozen bagged shrimp because it’s economical) 12 oz angel {Read More}

With most kids going back to school this week, that means parents-including more than 6 million teachers- are finding less time at night to cook.  We thought that a collection of crockpot (slow cooker) recipes would give you some ideas for easy meals this fall.  If you have a crockpot recipe that your family enjoys feel free to link up to it or leave a comment below telling us about it! Crockpot Salsa Chicken  Ingredients: 1 lb. thawed chicken thighs {Read More}

This week for Dishing It Up we decided to give you some ideas for 5 ingredient or less dishes.  Boy was it hard to come up with one!   I forget how many ingredients are involved even for a lot of our easier dishes.  My recipe is for my husband’s easy blueberry pancakes. Ingredients 1 cup Bisquick (generic is fine) 1 package blueberry muffin mix (or whatever flavor you’d like) 1 and 1/2 cups water Directions Mix all ingredients together.  Add {Read More}

Thanks for stopping by today on our progressive recipe hop I hope you enjoyed the French Toast Souffle over at Mama’s Money Tree. If you haven’t checked it out yet, be sure to head on over before getting your dinner ideas. This week we’re focusing on casserole dishes. We’ve got some great dinner recipes for you: 3 main dishes and 3 side dishes, along with 1 fabulous dessert to hopefully give you some inspiration as you plan your menu for the {Read More}

If you’re joining us from Mama’s Money Tree, skip on down to find your recipe! We’re having a virtual progressive dinner sort of recipe hop! If you aren’t familiar with it, a progressive dinner is a dinner party where each successive course is prepared and eaten at the home of a different host. It’s a fun way to share dinner with friends.  Because each person is only responsible for one course of the meal it can be very frugal.  Plus, it’s {Read More}