Welcome to another Filling Your Freezer post!
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| With some of those beans yesterday, I made Saucy Beans/Chili Beans.* (No meat, just seasoned.) I cooked up a pot of rice and made Rice, Bean, and Cheese Burritos. |
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| I used Crystal's method of wrapping them and then stored most of them in the tortilla bags in the freezer. |
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| I used some of those beans to make chili for supper so during the time I normally "cook" supper, I made Peanut Butter Pancakes. I placed them in zipper bags in the freezer. |
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| While flipping pancakes, I also made 2 loaves of Whole Wheat Bread. After supper, I sliced up some of the bread for Homemade French Toast Sticks. These are fantastic from the freezer! |
*Saucy Beans/Chili Beans*
2 1/2 quarts of cooked beans
1 quart of tomatoes, drain half the juice and crush the tomatoes
2 bay leaves
1 1/2 T chili powder
1 T cumin
1 t garlic salt
1/2 t oregano
2 T dried onions
Simmer all ingredients in large sauce pot until juice is thick, onions are tender and re-hydrated. Remove bay leaves before serving.
(*Tip: If you use these beans for burritos, the leftover liquid makes a nice enchilada style sauce if you strain it. Also, you can use any bean for this. Pinto, kidney, and black are my favorites.)
6 comments:
Do you cook tortillas before you freeze? Do the pancakes stick together after they defrost?
Anony,
Not white tortillas. They are pretty flexible, but I have to for the wheat.
I cool the pancakes completely on a baker's rack, then stack them by servings in a zipper bag. Between both of these, I don't have any trouble with sticking. You could put paper or plastic between them if you do- the biggest thing is cooling :)
Peanut butter pancakes! That sounds great!
Thank you Lydia- my kids think they're grand! ;-)
Great job on all of the freezer cooking!
Thank you---but when it comes to freezer cooking- you're the Queen!
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