Ok, I didn't see this on Pinterest, but it is something I did the other night after I was writing about the smoothie bags.
I am all about homemade dinners but I'm also all about making dinner prep as easy as possible...especially because I'm always trying to keep two kiddos occupied at the same time. Anything that is a time saver is a friend of mine!
Cole and I love to eat fajitas, but sometimes it seems a bit overwhelming to me because there is a lot of chopping involved. No, it isn't hard at all, but it can be time consuming when I have Tavian impatiently waiting for me to play with him!
I basically just decided to chop and freeze what I could in advance! The best part about this too is that I was able to wait for a big sale on peppers which ends up saving me money, instead of planning for fajitas one week but finding out they aren't on sale. Then my options are spend more then I should that week, or have to figure something else out last minute!
This last week red peppers were on sale 3/$1 and green peppers were on sale .49 cents each. I bought a lot of them along with some onion and got chopping!
Now I have freezer bags full of onion, red pepper, and green pepper. When I plan for fajitas I can thaw the chopped veggies and meat at the same time, throw it all in the skillet, and quickly chop a few tomatoes.
I'm pretty excited about it :)
...Maybe you have to be a mom to find these simple time savers exciting...
I do this too Caitlin! I'm a big fan of coupons, deals, and freezing ahead of time! Peppers and onions are always great after being frozen. I also brown meat ahead of time and freeze it- such a time saver!
ReplyDeleteLoving your PINTEREST posts- especially the spaghetti one- that is awesome!!!