A Week of Freeman Suppers

Our (E) meals this week -

This was Italian roast beef (made in the crock pot), green beans + almonds, and scalloped potatoes.  The roast was SO GOOD.  Everything was good!  And so easy to make!

Meal of the week (maybe the meal of my life) – beef stroganoff in an Italian bread bowl + roasted kale.  This is a meal that actually tastes like something you might get in a restaurant.

Chicken fajita nachos (with Smart Ones Santa Fe rice & beans) – wonderful!

Breakfast Casserole (not an E-Meals recipe) – we LOVE this.  One of Brent’s coworkers gave him the recipe.  We like to make it on the weekend or early in the week and have it for breakfast all week long.  We actually made this on Friday night and I ate it for breakfast AND lunch on Saturday (at work).

Ingredients:

• (2) 12-ounce packages of sausage (we use mild, reduced fat Jimmy Dean sausage – it is also good if you get 1 spicy package & 1 mild package)
• 4 cups of shredded cheddar cheese (I prefer sharp.)
• 1 package fresh hashbrown potatoes
• 12 eggs
• 3 cups milk
• salt & pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Brown & drain sausage (or forget to drain it, if you are  me).
2. Mix hash browns with 2 cups of cheese, then line the bottom of a casserole dish (9x13) with this mixture.  I add the salt & pepper to this layer.
3. Layer the sausage on top of the hash brown/cheese layer.
4. Whisk 12 eggs + 3 cups of milk together, and pour over the sausage layer, covering thoroughly.
5. Cover with 2 cups of shredded cheese.

Bake at 350 for about an hour (or until done). 

Honey chicken made in the crockpot & served over rice.  This was excellent!  The picture makes it look bad, but we actually doubled the recipe and got 5 meals out of this!

And chicken/sausage gumbo.  It was just okay – I’m not too crazy about soup & I wanted it to be spicier than it was.  But this recipe made a TON of soup!

We (finally) joined a CSA and here is our first vegetable box from Grow Alabama!

Of course!  Dessert!  They’re everywhere now that Valentine’s Day is over!

The other day I went to Walgreens and bought 3 packages of 4 Cadbury eggs.  The cashier said “Didn’t you see the individual ones?”  I mumbled something about buying in bulk to freeze them and hurried out of the store with my head down. 

We’re so excited about E-meals again! This is what we like about it:

1. Takes advantage of store sales.
2. Saves money!  Brent got groceries today & it was only $70!
3. The recipes are easy but good.
4. Don’t have to think about what we’re going to have for supper.
5. Lots of crockpot recipes.
6. We eat out less and we’re not even tempted to eat out as much because the recipes are so good!
7. Leftovers for lunch!
8. Sense of pride due to fixing such good meals!

Hopefully all the weeks are as good as this one!