So every few months I get motivated to prepare/cook lots of meals and freeze them for "rainy/insanely busy" days. So last week I saw a pin on pinterest about freezer crock pot meals and was inspired. So last weekend I chopped the most vegetables I've ever chopped in my life at one time (a special thanks goes to Jeremy for entertaining Karis with his wood working project and to my mom & step dad for all of those grueling hours I spent helping you prep for caterings during college- no worries I've still upheld to my oath of never doing another melon ball in my life!) Anyways- in true "pinterest" fashion and also just desiring to capture this achievement-I took a picture:
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| A mound of carrots, broccoli, sweet potato, two different types of zapallo (gourd), potato, snap peas, bell peppers, green onions, mushrooms, zucchini, 3 mirasols (hot peppers) and a beet. All chopped and ready to go. |
After this stage I cut up all of the meat, put everything into freeze bags, added the seasonings and voila! 4 dinners ready to go into the crock pot and a side of vegetables ready to be baked to go to a friends house later. I also had 2 other meals I was going to prep however those mirasol peppers got to me (I got some of the oil on my fingers). So spent the next hour trying every suggestion I could find online to stop the insane burning!
In case you are wondering the following DOES NOT REMOVE mirasol oil from your finger tips:
- rubbing your finger tips through your hair
- washing your hands dozens of times
- soaking them in a water/baking soda solution
- putting straight baking soda on your finger tips
- washing your hands with a laundry deotergent
- soaking them in a four part water/one part bleach solution
What finally stopped the pain was rubbing straight bleach onto my finger tips and then rinsing them! Needless to say I then lost my motivation and those two meals were saved for another day!
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| 4 Meals- Ready to Go! |
Here is the amazing part of the story. I usually try to prep dinner while the girls are down for their afternoon naps (it makes my llife so much easier and everyone's happier). Well the next day, my neighbor, Malu, said that she had ordered 20 Bible studies from a radio program and wanted me to go through them with her. So we've been meeting during the girls nap times and its been going for 2 or 3 hours. Isn't God good! I prepared those meals, not knowing what my week was going to look like! And now I can do these Bible studies with Malu and try to answer all of her zillions of questions worry free- cause dinner will be ready when it needs to be!
Just if you're curious here's what I prepped:
- BBQ chicken & veggies
- Goulash
- Curried Chicken & Veggies
- Italian Chicken & Veggies
- large dish of veggies to bake for side dish
What didn't get finished was marinaded terriaki beef for stir fry and a shepard's pie.
