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Is it possible to get the recipe for your mother’s spaghetti squash recipe? Couldn’t figure out what the cream sauce was. Thank you! You are so inspiring and knowledgeable! I have learned a lot from you. Thank you for sharing.
@@juliabrown5948 Hi Julia, I am not sure where she got hers but I know it's called Gochugaru and you can easily find it online. Good luck and enjoy your meal :)!
I am a 60++ old woman that absolutely loves to watch you! While watching this video I have decided that for my 2 daughters birthday I am going to make a bunch of freezer meals & meal packs. They have such a full schedule with all of the kids activities & working full time. I always struggle with what to get them & I think this would be a gift that keeps on giving. Thanks for the inspiration.
My boyfriend and I were both feeling too sick and exhausted the other night to cook. We were so close to ordering takout. But then I remembered I had followed your advice the last time I made lasagna... I had doubled the recipe and froze one! So we were able to have a wonderful homecooked meal instead! Thank you for always giving us amazing ideas, Becky. 🥰
Im proud of you too! Thank God I started doing this before I was so sick, since I do all the cooking. It would have been so long before we had decent food. Glad for these videos, because I need to expand the variety I cook👍
As a 36 year old male, I would like to inform that this is how you capture my attention. No intro, no bs. Just straight to the point. I'm 16 seconds in and I already gave you a thumbs up. The fact that you are speaking fast and to the point, and standing there with a frickin' script fills me with hope! You seem to know your shit. Gonna skim through it now, then come back for my favorites! I need something new for my kids! Thanks for this!
Dude. You are the real deal. You're one of those increasingly rare home cooks with the skill to prepare a banquet on two days notice. My mom was like that in her prime. Multiple dishes all made from scratch in 30 hours, and everything was delicious and ready right on time. I get tired making one lasagna. Respect to you both.
This could have easily been 2 hours longer and I would have watched every minute. I absolutely love the rich, almost decadent way you cook, Every recipe looks like you feel your family is special and want them to enjoy your food. There are a number of creators on youtube teaching how to cook once and eat all month, and I wouldn't feed that food to my dog. Just mountains of cans poured into tinfoil buckets. All of your recipes look like company is coming, and I want more. You are a desperately needed breath of fresh air. Take your time, we'll be here for every minute taking notes.
I could not agree more. Dumping factory-canned food and boxed, processed food into a bowl will not give that home-prepared quality. I like watching all sorts of cooks but Becky has a unique approach.
So...I would agree with you on how I appreciate what she cooks and how she cooks, but I will disagree with the disparaging comments towards other cooks. A lot of factors go into being able to cook this way. Space, time, money, land, storage space, utensils, etc. Some people don't have the means to cook fresh food like this and make do with what they got. I know some people that don't have a working kitchen and cook at their parents every couple weeks to take home and put in their freezer. They don't have land or a garden, nor do they have much money ergo the need to home cook. They watch the videos from people like Frugalfitmom etc to be able to feed themselves and their families. You can show appreciate for one without disparaging the other. To appreciate the freshness of the goods vs insult someone else for store canned foods. Just wanted to point that out.
Love to watch you. You look like you feed your family with love & take the time to really put together such good meals. Comes with good planning & organization. Great job!
I really love and appreciate that you keep the accidents, messes and spills that happen to ALL of us and not edit them out. Thanks for keeping it real! This video was absolutely A-mazing! So many great recipes and I love that you included the prep that you did the day ahead to keep super organized on cooking/assembling day. Great work 🌷
Could you make a video where you thaw/cook all the freezer meals and talk about how you decide to cook each one? I have a freezer full of meals that I made for postpartum, and now the baby is here and I'm a little stumped on the best way to handle it. A compilation video about this would be so handy!
Im sick with covid in the hospital right now, and watching you cook is making me feel a lot less lonely because it makes me feel like im in the kitchen helping my mom make freezer meals like I used to as a kid! You give off such positive vibes, and im getting a lot of inspo for meals to make and freeze when I get back home.
AMEN, sister! I love to cook double recipes so I dont have to cook every night. During the pandemic, my big meals were probably a lifesaver for elderly neighbors. Dropping off a hot meal kept them from going shopping in high risk urban stores
Most home cooks who love to cook say they can only enjoy it when they have time. I'm 100% in agreement! No one loves "forced" cooking when time is limited and you've got to get a meal on the table. I enjoy watching and learning from your planning, prep and practice!
I'm down to cook every evening as long as I have wine lol... but I have 2 young adults so I have it easier than baby mama's. I've never tried freezer meals because I cook fresh but during the Summer when my garden is calling I'll have to try some of these!
I'm there too. Rushed cooking or cooking for picky eaters/food that you don't enjoy because it's made so often are my joy killers for cooking. Special diet cooking for one member of the family is also a joy stealer for me. I'm really hoping that making some of these freezer meals will help bring back some of the joy of cooking! Thank you Becky for reminding me that cooking shouldn't be a drudgery and to be more creative about ways to increase the joy!
@@dianaanderson6448 yes wine is a beautiful thing while cooking lol sometimes to make it fun by pretending I'm on a chef show and I got 20-25 minutes top to create something beautiful and tasty haha... ugh... I'm lame 😂
I'm single/live alone, and I absolutely love freezer meals! For anyone worried about how much food is made/trying to eat it all skip the normal baking dishes and get the freezer/oven safe glass dishes made for leftovers/lunches. I make a standard or double recipe, say for enchiladas, and instead of getting a full 9x12 pan I have to eat for a week I get 4 dishes of 3 enchiladas for the freezer, and 1 of 4 to eat fresh.
This is an awesome idea and what I have done for friends. I bought the two packs of small 4x6ish aluminum pans(w lids) at Family Dollar and they work perfectly as a dinner for two size!!
Thanks for the great idea! I was trying to figure out how to divide up the big freezer meals that everybody makes for just two people and that’s a great option. My daughter and I eat out way too often and if we just prepped meals that were in the freezer we wouldn’t do that so much. We both like to cook, in fact my daughter teaches at a culinary school but like Becky said, at the end of the day sometimes you just don’t want to do it! Thanks for the great freezer meal recipes inspiration Becky !
My uncle is a very picky eater and my aunt wants to try new recipes so I told her to put things like lasagna or enchiladas in loaf pans. That way it’s a great size for one dinner serving and a lunch serving. I’ll tell her to try the individual serving and lunch containers
Your debate with yourself about cleaning up the dropped wine cracked me up and then the spilled sauce - I felt that in my soul. LOL Sometimes you gotta laugh or you'll cry. The recipes look amazing as usual! ♥
Great video. I am a mother of 4 boys who I raised alone, so also had to work. I also put a full day aside for cooking freezer meals and filled the upright freezer. Often getting home from work too exhausted to cook, so the frozen meals were a blessing. Also, because we lived near the beach, I could spend the extra time to take the boys to the beach after work. A great way to cook. 👍👍❤️
A tip that I got from my Grandma is with ziploc bags (or any other brand), use a jar or a glass, put the bag inside of it , turn the bag over the opening so the bag won't flop over on you. I hope that made sense! Thank you for being real. I just subscribed! Have a great weekend! 😊
Girl, no wonder things started breaking and spilling towards the end of the day. I think you cooked up more in that one day than I do in three months...and we eat home cooked meals 95% of the time! I don't know how you manage to be SO productive in the kitchen to cook all those meals in one day. I always enjoy "spending time with you in your kitchen." And garden and pantry and seeding/freeze drying room! Thanks for sharing.
I just love these videos!!! May I offer a tip? I bought 3 sets of inexpensive small spoons at Walmart. At my store, they were a set of 4 for $1.25. I keep them in a mason jar next to the stove for tasting. That way, I don’t run out of my regular spoons like I used to when cooking! Gotta do those taste tests!
I’m not done watching but your exactly what I’m looking for. Clean, from scratch, home grown when available…it’s nice to see someone so young have her stuff together enough to teach others! It’s not intimidating if you learn a skill at a time and build on that. I couldn’t raise chickens but I may try again
You totally rock Becky! You crack me up with your remarks and your genuine behaviors, like when you broke the fridge side drawer and had a bad spill on the floor. That blesses me so much to watch, I am the "calamity jane" of the kitchen and often feel horrible when I drop, break or make horrible messes when cooking. Thank you for being real. I hope you get millions of views. You have the best cooking show on TH-cam. Serious.
Not sure how I wound up in the homesteading part of youtube-- I'm an apartment dweller lol. But I wanted to say thank you for the really sensible freezer meal ideas. I keep seeing meal preps that involve way too many small containers and work to make just 2-3 servings. The stuffed peppers and lasagna ideas look great and I'll be trying them. Also your kitchen is so nice and cozy looking! I hope you have a happy and healthy summer. :)
Becky, you have no idea how much your bulk cooking and freezing videos have helped me over this past year. I am now more organized in the kitchen and I have saved money. Plus, you taught me that it's OK if things don't turn out perfectly all the time. Thanks!❤
At our homestead we've gotten to the point where if I say to my husband "Becky made this" or "Becky said that" he knows exactly whom I'm speaking of. 😁 I LOVE these videos! How you add "glugs" and make things up on the fly.❤ Your chicken and a biscuit recipe is now a go to and must have in our house. Thank you Becky!
I just started down the meal prep rabbit hole a few days ago I found a few other channels that I liked a am going to follow but after finding this video I think your style of cooking is more like what I would enjoy like the cleaning before and during I hated cooking in my kitchen it was cluttered and it's pretty dark in there because there's now windows (suck I know lol) but I added a few lights I got from dollar tree and have been organizing the last few days for today which was my first prep day its been slow starting (mostly because I messed up the beans and was about to lose motivation) but as I kept with it I enjoyed it and having food done not just for the day but the whole week possibly month is an amazing feeling...I had been in a bad depression and my house was and is still in some parts a mess but I've been doing everything to get out of it and I am for the most part my physical illness is still there but my mental one is leaving thankfully lol... any way but this video and ones like them have definitely help by making my life way easier...I honestly didn't know it could be this easy and I never thought I would enjoy life or cooking again but here I am one day at a time... Sorry for that long story it's all fresh for me so I feel like sharing and shouting from the roof tops that I'm not depressed...I hope this help and inspired someone like this video has for me😁
Aftet 35 years of cooking all the time Im done. Four kids are grown so now I make small freezer meals. Its so nice to just throw stuff in the oven and walk away. Love your videos.
I just started contemplating doubling or tripling recipes so I could start freezing extras. You did an amazing job.. How you batch cooked so much and recorded yourself is beyond me.. I'm exhausted watching you 🤣
I love your videos so much! Living in a small apartment in Tokyo means I’m limited by space. I have a small refrigerator/freezer but I’ve managed to make 10-15 meals that last my boyfriend and I about 3 weeks. I’ve done this twice in the past two months and I’ve been waiting for your latest freezer meal video for new recipes/ideas because I’m almost out of meals and am getting ready for another big cooking day. Can’t wait to try these recipes and your new technique for marinated meats. You are awesome and so inspiring, Becky! ✨❤️
@@melaniegraf6948 I have a small freezer (and a small Tokyo-sized kitchen 😅) I use 20x30cm sheet trays/pans for partially cooked meals and raw meatballs. They hold about 36 medium sized meatballs. For marinated meats I use Large size freezer bags (Japan size- 27x28cm) and just flatten my marinated meats in them. I also have 1L size reusable silicone bags that are great for precooked soups and sauces.
I lived in a small Tokyo apartment in 2000. I had to put a bath towel on the floor when washing a lot of dishes because NO counter. The bathroom was super small and the sink was part of the top of the toilet. There was one burner and small sink in the kitchen so I brushed my teeth in the kitchen sink. Lol. I miss Tokyo. Enjoy. 🤗
I'm 64 years old and just have to say YOU AMAZE ME!!!!! I struggle just to make one meal. I end up with a mess all over the place. I forget ingredients and oh so much more!!! God Bless you for being you!!! I can watch you all day! Do you have any children yet? Sending love and good vibes from Michigan!
This came out just in time for me to watch and cook along! I’m a first year teacher living in France and I am doing my own “pantry challenge” now before the school year ends!! I can’t wait to start homesteading when I’m back in the US and have my own place. You’ve inspired me especially to try new things with what I can access!
Just a tip for the cream of mushroom…..you said it was missing a little something. Next time add a few dashes or Worcestershire sauce. It gives another depth of flavor and enhances the mushroom flavor as well!
I don’t do stuff peppers anymore…instead, we make an unstuffed pepper casserole using large chunks of peppers mixed into the rice and meat mixture. Easy and still very delicious 🤤
Stuff Poblanos or Anaheim peppers instead of bells, Same great flavor, less pepper 'bulk'. I will also stuff mini bell peppers for a meal, or as party appetizer (Super Bowl).
Becky - maaaaaaate! Didn’t you tell us that you’re always breaking things? It’s reality. We’d all be lying if we said we don’t break anything. This is why we all love watching your videos. You keep it real!!!
Tip:To avoid using every clean spoon in your kitchen for tasting, use 2 different sized spoons (so you remember which size spoon you’re putting in your mouth,) a smaller one for dipping, a larger one for tasting. Dip with smaller spoon and transfer to your tasting spoon. Rinse the dipping spoon after each dish. This way you can feel free to taste several times during the cooking process. It’s quicker than rummaging for a clean spoon every time and you’re only sacrificing 2 spoons.
I love this. When I was raising my first generation (now raising my 3rd) I would have a cooking day and cook & freeze for the month. Cooking day was our out to a restaurant day. Made it a busy but fun day. I still do this and we decided we are going to try some of your recipes. Thanks for sharing!!!
Just found you! I balked a bit at giving almost an hour to this video, but I couldn't stop watching. I'm so impressed with your passion and ambition to cook homegrown and home-prepped meals. You're an inspiration! Keep up the good work!
This is such a great idea. I love that you're doing videos like this, and for just a family of 2. So many videos, are for big families and it's just me and my little girl (9yrs old), so it's really nice to have these videos to help motivate me, through a really tough time in my life. Thank you🥰
My friend went to culinary school and taught me a better tasting method if you have to taste a lot. Using two spoons (Or a spoon and your stirring utensil) - one spoon (or stirring utensil) scoops up some sauce and you pour it onto your second spoon without them touching. You can taste from the second spoon and keep it for the next time you want to test the sauce. This way you only dirty one extra spoon per person.
No wonder you were tired by the end of it! Once one thing goes wrong, lots more usually follows! But well done and I bet your sister-in-law was so grateful to have those meals ready to go.
This video kept me occupied while I waited for my husband to get home from work ❤️ I had this playing in the background while I worked in my kitchen and got things done!!
I'm doing this more now during the week. My husband is a Trucker and comes home on the weekends. I don't want to be stuck cooking. Thank you so much for the inspiration and Thank you for the dehydrate video as well. You guy's Rock 😊♥️
You are doing a fabulous job, Becky. I loved watching this. Also, spills and messes are part of cooking and I love how you handle those things. I would suggest balancing your freezer bag in a cereal bowl or large mug to make sure the bag does not tip over and spill out.
As a mom of ten grown children, I’d add a different suggestion. “Meals as a gift “ARE wonderful , as a one-off treat , or to use for emergencies. Also, for celebrations like birthdays or new/first babies! However, give the RECIPES along with them so that your recipient can do this herself, when she gets back to (almost;) normal ! “Doing it herself” is very empowering to people-and builds resources of unknown strength. (But you know that!❤)
If I could, I’d erase this, since it sounds kinda “judgy”! Let me hasten to say that I’ve learned ALL my mothering lessons the HARD way, and this one is no exception! It alarmed me to see all of those women climbing on board with joking comments about “wishing someone would cook for them!”- NOT knowing/wanting To cook leads to that helpless/overwhelmed feeling and I’d urge you NOT to be a ”gatekeeper” with your children while cooking! It’s easy to let that happen but hard on your children in the long run! (Watch Becky cook with her Mom! They are a great team!)
Really impressed with your patience Becky, with the amount of things that went wrong you held on to your smile And persevered and that's what we need to see that nothing is perfect and and things may not come out the way we planBut you handled it so beautifully and I know that in my kitchen when something happens I'm gonna remember you😁
Oooh...a nice long video!! It's only 27 degrees here in Rhode Island (much colder wind chill). I am curling up on the couch with my Lab Brody, a wee cocktail, and you!! Thanks for all the work you put into these videos. We all appreciate and love them!!
I've just had this on whilst cleaning up the kitchen and putting shopping away. I love watching you cook & have actually learned so much from you already. I never knew until watching you how easy it was to make a cream of mushroom, cream of chicken and therefore pretty much any gravy/sauce etc... I've started making my own for all this things and I'm so pleased with them. Also the Moroccan patties from another video... best thing ever!!! The really good news is that because I was cleaning up I missed quite a lot of of detail in this vid so I shall get to enjoy it all over again at some point tonight while up breastfeeding 😁
I enjoyed watching you in the kitchen. I'm up in age now but I used to love to prep cassaroles and I loved doing deserts. You communicated very well and you kept things rolling. Thank you
I just made freezer pizzas this morning. I love adding oregano and onion powder to the crust mix. I made pepperoni and jalapeño pizzas for our car repair guys who are the best when you have a crappy car and I made pizza hot pockets for us to save for a quick after church lunch. I always put the whole thing together and freeze the pizzas completely finished other than baking. It's SOOOOOO good to make them homemade!
My lovely bride has done once a month cooking for years. We raised one daughter and two sons. Quite frankly we had very little time to spend cooking. A Freind gave her a cookbook on OAM cooking. She ran with it. We still make large meals and break it down to two severing size.
Amazing video as always! Little trick i use (to not use all my spoons) i have a pot on the side with hot/boiled water in and a couple of spoons, ill refresh it with some hot water when washing hands etc so it stays fresh... Not so many need washing at the end of the day and thats important cause i dont have a dishwasher 😁
Or you just use the wooden 'stirring' spoon to drop some food on your 'tasting spoon' and you don't have to replace it all the time. I just make sure my wooden spoon doesn't touch my 'tasting' spoon 😀
I love your videos so much. As a newlywed who loves to cook but also works and my husband doesn’t know how to cook. I absolutely love that you teach batch cooking! It gives me the confidance that I can feed my husband and I good healthy home cooked food without having to cook on days I just don’t want to. Your videos are so helpful and encouraging that it is possible to do it! Thank you 😊
Becky you are the real deal. One cookin machine. Love how everything is fresh from your garden canned or frozen. My husband and I are empty nesters and eat small meals. It’s great to see how you split stuff up. Great video you are an inspiration ❣️❣️❣️
Your mum asked about peeling eggs in another video.... we go through A LOT and the best way I've found over the years is as soon as they are cooked plunge into cold water then crack and peel UNDER the water. The shell comes off a lot easier, often in just a few seconds. Good luck 😊
I also do "casserole" type freezer meals in ziplocs! We are in an apartment (very little freezer space) but to save room I put the base of the meal in the ziploc. For example the chicken pot pie filling in a ziploc and assemble the day of! I have done this with TONS of meals and it works really great. Even the beautiful sausage pumpkin pasta from Becky! A new family fave.
Thank you so much for being an inspiration! My husband and I are empty nesters, I always prepped meals and froze meals and things like that when I was raising my kids. Felt kind of weird to do a big meal prepping when it was just the two of us, but you made me feel like I was on the right track.
If it's just 2 of you feel free to make it into 2 meals instead of 1...I just had this discussion with a friend of mine... make 2 meals out of 1 same amount of food... just more meals!!!
I don't worry about how many freezer bags used since I recycle them. After food has been thawed and transferred to the cooking vessel, I then turn the bags inside out. I fill the sink with hot water and soap. Let them soak for 10 minutes or so and then scrub the bag's with dish soap and rinse. Turn it inside out again (original outside) and wash and then rinse the entire bag. Then hang with clothes pins in the sun or sit them overtop of a jar so the air can circulate to dry. After 24 hrs. I fold each bag and put back into original freezer bag carton. Usually can reuse each bag 4-5 times. Recipes with tomato sauce, not as often. Almost for every meal I cook one extra serving which is then frozen for those times I don't want to cook. No rule says everyone has to eat the same recipe at dinner!
I've watched so many videos of people prepping lots of freezer meals. This is the first I've seen that EVERY single recipe looks amazing. And, it's all from scratch which makes it even more amazing. This is the greatest. I'm doing it exactly as you have done it.
I love watching your videos. I could watch 2 or 3 hours of you gardening and cooking. Watching you do your thing & be so busy reminds me of how my mind works lol People wonder, "HOW?!" I'm like, 'Ask the hamster. He controls the buttons up there." Lol My mom got me used to prepping food b/c we usually wanted to eat something different almost every night without ALWAYS having to be in the kitchen. I've never prepped as big as you do, but I wanna try it! I enjoy cooking as well, just not every single day unless I'm in the mood for it.
I am a country girl :) I love turnips and cornbread and just anything veggie . I always love to make homemade buttermilk biscuits yummy . Your meals look really good and I would love to try making meal preps as well . The older I get I feel like cooking each day gets harder on me so I will try some of these recipes :)
Love watching you cook! Especially that you don’t cut out the goofs. Makes me much more comfortable trying new recipes, ingredients, and techniques. There’s something about you that reminds me of Julia Child. She wasn’t intimidated at all about trying difficult things. Go, girl!
I’ve been “ feeding my freezer” for six years but you get two thumbs up and a subscription for this video, that just happened to pop up in my feed. Advising people to have a clean workspace and to be pre-organized is not something I’ve seen talked much about on TH-cam.
Becky try honey, siriacha, lime salmon with cilantro. Cook on high heat and crust the edges. So good!! I'm finicky with seafood too. I only eat fish if I make it.
This has been the first video I've watched from you. I didn't skip a second. This is so interesting to follow along and I really enjoyed seeing you cook. I'd love to have a big freezer to prep and freeze my meals. But being a new mum I have other stuff to buy lol 😅 Great video! I appreciate it!
I was fearful to use a regular pressure canner. My husband bought me an electric one and it is a game changer! Just canned some beautiful beef roast today 😋
I agree with you, it takes the joy out of cooking to have to cook every night. I cook 99.9 % of my meals at home for my husband and I. I am disabled but also garden and make quilts. I have 2 metal rods in my back and my 4 lower vertebrae are fused. I usually cook a meal that is 3 or 4 times more than we can eat. Cook it and then freeze the other 3 portions. Works so well.
Watching you cook is refreshing compared to the other cookingTubers who have production crews to prep and organize their videos. I love how organized and resourceful you are. You go with the flow of what you have and that's important to being a good cook.
Girl, you did an amazing job. I also realized that you have a quarter of a million followers. You have come such a long way. I just watched your chicken yard video and I would love to watch you feed your chickens all the scraps from scratch freezer meal day. Thank you for another amazing video, I love how you keep it real showing when things don't go as planned.
You remind me of my daughter. She doesn’t have the time now with 2 children under 6 and a successful family business, but she was a make ahead freezer meal Queen. You are so smart. Don’t fret the little things. They happen. You had a very successful day and a video as proof. Quite the inspiration. TYFS!
I love this concept, especially now that it's back to the 2 of us here, and I don't always want to cook either. I do more of the double meals and freeze the 2nd, which, for the 2 of us, is often 3 or 4 meals, and I do use the smaller size aluminum pans to freeze things in, to make clean up easy too. I also just harvested my first round of peaches from my tree, and I immediately made 4 peach cobblers in the smaller, 5x8 size pans, so we can have an amazing dessert on several occasions too. These peaches are clingstone and I didn't even have to peel the fruit for this recipe, so it was a win-win, all the way around! Love having things made ahead of time!
Your dishs are so beautiful and delicious looking. It's a wonder Josh dosent weigh 200 ps ❤. My hubby said That little gals husband better know how blessed he is ! He watches you with me alot of times. If he s in the other room I'll holler at him and say " our little gal is on if you wanna come watch ! " he loves your cute real personality and cute faces you make just like our own were when they were home. Ha
You sure are a natural at this. So inspirational and hopefully motivational because I’m not a natural at this. Thanks for all your hard work in putting these videos together. ❤️
I like that you keep it real and show us your spills and whoopsies! If I tried doing as many as you do at once, half of them would be scorched!! You are the queen of multi tasking!
Good timing my first baby is due on the 4th of July and I've been looking for good recipes so I can start freezer meals soon to make it easier on myself.
What a great video! I spend Mondays cleaning out the fridge and the freezer for food that needs to be used or isn’t being eaten. I usually end up making a nice soup and just add some rice to it when I heat it up. I like to also go through the pantry and see what’s getting close to date so I can use it up as well. Thanks for the wonderful ideas!
I clean my fridge out on Monday's too. I make sure I do it now before I grocery shop. Makes it so much easier. Not sure why it took me this many years to have that concept.
Yaaaay, I've been waiting for this video! Your freezer meals episodes are a HUGE inspiration and I am a sucker for cooking videos in general. I am buying a huge chest freezer next month and starting my own adventure.
@@melaniejay3457 I would, but for the prize I can afford, I can get way bigger chest freezer than upright for some reason, so the capacity was my priority (especially since it won't be only for small dishes, but also huge items)
We have both a chest and upright. (I prefer the upright, but a chest will last longer in a power outage). I use the chest for long term stock up storage, mostly meat. And then transfer a month or so at a time to the upright. I keep my "quick foods" like bacon, ground meat, burger patties etc in the small freezer on top of my fridge. I also keep a list on the side of my fridge of what's in the chest freezer (it's in the garage and the upright is in my kitchen). Before we do our monthly shopping (Costco, Walmart, and major grocery stores are 2hrs away), we double check the chest freezer list so we know what to look for sales on. And once a year we let the chest freezer run down until we can get everything in the upright and give the chest a good cleaning to prevent ice buildup and make sure the meat is getting rotated. If we don't feel comfortable letting it get down that far, (supply chain issues like now), we pack it all into large coolers and clean it as quickly as we can so we don't loose our meat. Then pay attention as we put the meat back in to make sure the oldest is on the top and gets used.
@@melaniejay3457 I do hate the chest freezer. I am short, 5'3", and reaching the bottom is a pain. To keep it organized, I cut the top flaps off medium moving boxes, the kind w handles, made sure the bottoms were taped tight, and lined the bottom with them. Each box holds a different kind of meat. Then there is another row of boxes on top of those. So to get to the bottom row of meat, I simply lift a box. Otherwise I was fighting always sliding packages, frozen fingers and never being able to find what I wanted. Even though I hate them, I intentionally bought a chest as our second freezer. We live 18miles up a mountain and power outages happen a few times a year. And can last a couple days. The longest was 6days. We do have a generator, but it can only run for 14hrs before it needs a break or it gets cranky and overheats. So we shut it off for 6-7hrs at night when its cooler. Also power outages can happen when we aren't home to start the generator. The chest freezer will last up to 2days longer than an upright if it is kept closed tight and the outside temperature isn't to high. Given unlimited funds, and hard wired generator that would automatically power up??? I'd have 2-3 uprights instead. But alas, such is not the case. So I chose the practical route.
Great Meals Becky! Now I have used both reg and no boil Lasagna noodles the trick if you use regular noodles, make sure it is completely covered in sauce and it will "cook" the noodles right through - Happy Prepping!
I love watching your videos. You are the most organised, inspirational young woman I've ever seen! I don't know how you find the time to do all that you do but you are amazing!! x
I use ziplocks in my freezer as well and I reuse them afterwards by just washing them out well so there’s less waste. I love that I can get them to lay flat, as you mentioned it takes up way less space that way! I also use them for homemade “wet dog food”. One of my dogs can’t chew up kibble anymore so I started making my own wet food for them in big batches, a month or so worth at a time and then I just pull a bag and put it in the fridge. I definitely need to find more casserole dishes/lasagna dishes so that I can do a bunch of freezer meals too. I was a cook for 10 years and while I still love cooking at home, some nights I just don’t feel like spending a lot of time doing it so this is a good inspiration for me. Thank you 🙏🏼 💜
@@RobinFlysHigh it’s mostly ground beef (cooked), quinoa (lots of people use brown rice but for some reason my pups like quinoa better 🤷🏻♀️) and veggies. I do 40% meat and then 30% each of grain and veggies. And we get this Thrive vitamin and mineral supplement powder as well as Herring oil at our local pet food store that we add in as well. I change up the veggies depending on what we have. For us it works out cheaper than the good quality canned stuff and they actually like it a lot better too. I toss the veggies into the food processor so that they are a small dice and just mix everything together, portion into a weeks worth or so portions and freeze. 💜 I tried feeding them raw and they literally turned their noses up at it and wouldn’t even touch it. Even tried a couple different raw ones with no luck so I started doing cooked and they scarf it down. I feel a lot better making it myself too because I know exactly what is in it. 👌🏼
@@thecitysteadkitchen they’re my babies 🥰 tried a couple kinds of raw with them and they literally turn their noses up at the raw stuff but love the cooked so it works out well. Plus I feel good knowing exactly what is in their food. 👌🏼💜
Your meal prep videos always give me so much inspiration in the kitchen! Tip for pouring sauce into a bag without it spilling, either put the bag in a bowl or over a cup and it will keep it from spilling while you work on the other bag!
your video just showed up. strangely the past two month i have been freezer cooking for a month. with this video i like the idea of ziplock protein and sauce freezer pouches. honestly this is a super idea for me. i like the idea, ready to cook with veg a sauces. i work hard at my business, time is limited. thanking you for this inspiration.
I can’t express how amazing this girl is - she’s really inspiring me. It would be so nice to feel more in control of meals. First step for me is to use up all the random odd store bought stuff in my freezer so I can make room!
Always love watching you!! I had to laugh because our fridge door bottom shelf broke the other day!! I used white duck tape to fix it!🤣🤣 Loved seeing you spill and drop things! I always do that!! Thank you for making these videos you have great ideas and I love the new recipe ideas!! We're old fashioned too and believe homemade is the best!! 👏👏 Hope you have a great day!!
My dear, you have done more than you are able to at once. Like me in my garden for the whole day. We are exhausted at the end, but it feels grateful that we pushed ourselves when it is all over. And we sleep well. Love your recipes.
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Is it possible to get the recipe for your mother’s spaghetti squash recipe? Couldn’t figure out what the cream sauce was. Thank you! You are so inspiring and knowledgeable! I have learned a lot from you. Thank you for sharing.
I'm definitely interested in Butcher Box. I know it's grass fed and finished but is it all USA meat?
Becky I can't find the link for the Korean red pepper flakes... What are they called again?
@@juliabrown5948 Hi Julia, I am not sure where she got hers but I know it's called Gochugaru and you can easily find it online. Good luck and enjoy your meal :)!
Reminds me of Julia Child
I am a 60++ old woman that absolutely loves to watch you! While watching this video I have decided that for my 2 daughters birthday I am going to make a bunch of freezer meals & meal packs. They have such a full schedule with all of the kids activities & working full time. I always struggle with what to get them & I think this would be a gift that keeps on giving. Thanks for the inspiration.
What a gift!!!
Yeah! What a great idea!
Best gift ever!
Would you be interested in adopting me by any chance? ;)
That’s so sweet. If that was given to me as a gift, I’d be so happy and grateful!
My boyfriend and I were both feeling too sick and exhausted the other night to cook. We were so close to ordering takout. But then I remembered I had followed your advice the last time I made lasagna... I had doubled the recipe and froze one! So we were able to have a wonderful homecooked meal instead! Thank you for always giving us amazing ideas, Becky. 🥰
Aw, thank you so much, Sydney! I'm so proud of you!!
Im proud of you too! Thank God I started doing this before I was so sick, since I do all the cooking. It would have been so long before we had decent food. Glad for these videos, because I need to expand the variety I cook👍
Meant to say, I hope you feel better🤗
That is amazing ! Good job ! I keep ingredients and meals on hand because of the reasons you mentioned.
Red and whjte sauce too much
As a 36 year old male, I would like to inform that this is how you capture my attention. No intro, no bs. Just straight to the point. I'm 16 seconds in and I already gave you a thumbs up. The fact that you are speaking fast and to the point, and standing there with a frickin' script fills me with hope! You seem to know your shit. Gonna skim through it now, then come back for my favorites! I need something new for my kids! Thanks for this!
right, right?
Dude. You are the real deal. You're one of those increasingly rare home cooks with the skill to prepare a banquet on two days notice. My mom was like that in her prime. Multiple dishes all made from scratch in 30 hours, and everything was delicious and ready right on time.
I get tired making one lasagna.
Respect to you both.
Pre-prep is the key. Cook for one full day, and eat for a month. I agree, Becky is the real deal.
This could have easily been 2 hours longer and I would have watched every minute. I absolutely love the rich, almost decadent way you cook, Every recipe looks like you feel your family is special and want them to enjoy your food. There are a number of creators on youtube teaching how to cook once and eat all month, and I wouldn't feed that food to my dog. Just mountains of cans poured into tinfoil buckets. All of your recipes look like company is coming, and I want more. You are a desperately needed breath of fresh air. Take your time, we'll be here for every minute taking notes.
I'm here, taking notes!
I could not agree more. Dumping factory-canned food and boxed, processed food into a bowl will not give that home-prepared quality. I like watching all sorts of cooks but Becky has a unique approach.
So...I would agree with you on how I appreciate what she cooks and how she cooks, but I will disagree with the disparaging comments towards other cooks. A lot of factors go into being able to cook this way. Space, time, money, land, storage space, utensils, etc. Some people don't have the means to cook fresh food like this and make do with what they got. I know some people that don't have a working kitchen and cook at their parents every couple weeks to take home and put in their freezer. They don't have land or a garden, nor do they have much money ergo the need to home cook. They watch the videos from people like Frugalfitmom etc to be able to feed themselves and their families. You can show appreciate for one without disparaging the other. To appreciate the freshness of the goods vs insult someone else for store canned foods. Just wanted to point that out.
Agreed
Love to watch you. You look like you feed your family with love & take the time to really put together such good meals. Comes with good planning & organization. Great job!
I really love and appreciate that you keep the accidents, messes and spills that happen to ALL of us and not edit them out. Thanks for keeping it real! This video was absolutely A-mazing! So many great recipes and I love that you included the prep that you did the day ahead to keep super organized on cooking/assembling day. Great work 🌷
I was hysterically laughing with all the bloopers that happen to all of us!!
The realness of her channel is what I appreciate. That shows she is also being genuine about the stuff we are being taught♥️
Same! I love that she keeps messes and accidents in.
Yes, I appreciate that part of Becky's videos too!
Thanks! It's just me in the kitchen doing my best :)
I’m 70+ and I am exhausted watching you cook these great meals, I love your videos, you are such a good person
Could you make a video where you thaw/cook all the freezer meals and talk about how you decide to cook each one? I have a freezer full of meals that I made for postpartum, and now the baby is here and I'm a little stumped on the best way to handle it. A compilation video about this would be so handy!
Congratulations on your new bundle of joy! 🤗
Yes! I also would love this type of video!
👆👆👆 THIS!!! I’m always stumped how to reheat freezer meals too!
YES🙌🏻🙌🏻 Awesome post! Hopefully @Becky will reply!
Check out her videos. She’s done one like this already. :)
Im sick with covid in the hospital right now, and watching you cook is making me feel a lot less lonely because it makes me feel like im in the kitchen helping my mom make freezer meals like I used to as a kid! You give off such positive vibes, and im getting a lot of inspo for meals to make and freeze when I get back home.
I hope you’re home now and back in your kitchen fully rested and inspired!
@@christineencrypt3892 Thank you! Got home two days ago, and im feeling much better!
I'm glad you doing better and are home now
AMEN, sister! I love to cook double recipes so I dont have to cook every night. During the pandemic, my big meals were probably a lifesaver for elderly neighbors. Dropping off a hot meal kept them from going shopping in high risk urban stores
Such a kind thing to do. ♥️
Fabulous! Sharing and caring builds community. Good for you!
Most home cooks who love to cook say they can only enjoy it when they have time. I'm 100% in agreement! No one loves "forced" cooking when time is limited and you've got to get a meal on the table. I enjoy watching and learning from your planning, prep and practice!
I'm down to cook every evening as long as I have wine lol... but I have 2 young adults so I have it easier than baby mama's. I've never tried freezer meals because I cook fresh but during the Summer when my garden is calling I'll have to try some of these!
I'm there too. Rushed cooking or cooking for picky eaters/food that you don't enjoy because it's made so often are my joy killers for cooking. Special diet cooking for one member of the family is also a joy stealer for me.
I'm really hoping that making some of these freezer meals will help bring back some of the joy of cooking! Thank you Becky for reminding me that cooking shouldn't be a drudgery and to be more creative about ways to increase the joy!
@@dianaanderson6448 yes wine is a beautiful thing while cooking lol sometimes to make it fun by pretending I'm on a chef show and I got 20-25 minutes top to create something beautiful and tasty haha... ugh... I'm lame 😂
Great cooking ideas
@@charlenelynch6505 😂 too funny! I'm gonna try that!! 🍷
I'm single/live alone, and I absolutely love freezer meals! For anyone worried about how much food is made/trying to eat it all skip the normal baking dishes and get the freezer/oven safe glass dishes made for leftovers/lunches. I make a standard or double recipe, say for enchiladas, and instead of getting a full 9x12 pan I have to eat for a week I get 4 dishes of 3 enchiladas for the freezer, and 1 of 4 to eat fresh.
This is an awesome idea and what I have done for friends. I bought the two packs of small 4x6ish aluminum pans(w lids) at Family Dollar and they work perfectly as a dinner for two size!!
I do the same since it's me and my husband. I end up having 2- 4 freezer meals. I just love I can pull out a meal.
That’s a great idea!
Thanks for the great idea! I was trying to figure out how to divide up the big freezer meals that everybody makes for just two people and that’s a great option. My daughter and I eat out way too often and if we just prepped meals that were in the freezer we wouldn’t do that so much. We both like to cook, in fact my daughter teaches at a culinary school but like Becky said, at the end of the day sometimes you just don’t want to do it!
Thanks for the great freezer meal recipes inspiration Becky !
My uncle is a very picky eater and my aunt wants to try new recipes so I told her to put things like lasagna or enchiladas in loaf pans. That way it’s a great size for one dinner serving and a lunch serving. I’ll tell her to try the individual serving and lunch containers
Your debate with yourself about cleaning up the dropped wine cracked me up and then the spilled sauce - I felt that in my soul. LOL Sometimes you gotta laugh or you'll cry. The recipes look amazing as usual! ♥
I was like “how is she not swearing???” 😆😆
Great video. I am a mother of 4 boys who I raised alone, so also had to work. I also put a full day aside for cooking freezer meals and filled the upright freezer. Often getting home from work too exhausted to cook, so the frozen meals were a blessing. Also, because we lived near the beach, I could spend the extra time to take the boys to the beach after work. A great way to cook. 👍👍❤️
I am 76 and love to watch you. I love meal prep.
A tip that I got from my Grandma is with ziploc bags (or any other brand), use a jar or a glass, put the bag inside of it , turn the bag over the opening so the bag won't flop over on you. I hope that made sense! Thank you for being real. I just subscribed! Have a great weekend! 😊
I was gonna say the same thing! I use a big coffee mug. Fits the bag perfectly!
Great tip! I have always made a mess trying to fill zip- locks!
I like that. Grannies are great.
I also use a straw to suck all the air out, making the bags air tight, works like magic.
Girl, no wonder things started breaking and spilling towards the end of the day. I think you cooked up more in that one day than I do in three months...and we eat home cooked meals 95% of the time! I don't know how you manage to be SO productive in the kitchen to cook all those meals in one day.
I always enjoy "spending time with you in your kitchen." And garden and pantry and seeding/freeze drying room! Thanks for sharing.
I just love these videos!!! May I offer a tip? I bought 3 sets of inexpensive small spoons at Walmart. At my store, they were a set of 4 for $1.25. I keep them in a mason jar next to the stove for tasting. That way, I don’t run out of my regular spoons like I used to when cooking! Gotta do those taste tests!
Awesome idea!
omg genius!!
Too cute
Brilliant
Love this idea especially for those NO double dip cream sauces and soups!
I’m not done watching but your exactly what I’m looking for. Clean, from scratch, home grown when available…it’s nice to see someone so young have her stuff together enough to teach others! It’s not intimidating if you learn a skill at a time and build on that. I couldn’t raise chickens but I may try again
You totally rock Becky! You crack me up with your remarks and your genuine behaviors, like when you broke the fridge side drawer and had a bad spill on the floor. That blesses me so much to watch, I am the "calamity jane" of the kitchen and often feel horrible when I drop, break or make horrible messes when cooking. Thank you for being real. I hope you get millions of views. You have the best cooking show on TH-cam. Serious.
Not sure how I wound up in the homesteading part of youtube-- I'm an apartment dweller lol. But I wanted to say thank you for the really sensible freezer meal ideas. I keep seeing meal preps that involve way too many small containers and work to make just 2-3 servings. The stuffed peppers and lasagna ideas look great and I'll be trying them. Also your kitchen is so nice and cozy looking! I hope you have a happy and healthy summer. :)
Becky, you have no idea how much your bulk cooking and freezing videos have helped me over this past year. I am now more organized in the kitchen and I have saved money. Plus, you taught me that it's OK if things don't turn out perfectly all the time. Thanks!❤
At our homestead we've gotten to the point where if I say to my husband "Becky made this" or "Becky said that" he knows exactly whom I'm speaking of. 😁 I LOVE these videos! How you add "glugs" and make things up on the fly.❤ Your chicken and a biscuit recipe is now a go to and must have in our house. Thank you Becky!
We are just wanna be homesteaders and we talk about Becky like she's our neighbor. My husband said he wants to be her best good friend 🤣❤️
I just started down the meal prep rabbit hole a few days ago I found a few other channels that I liked a am going to follow but after finding this video I think your style of cooking is more like what I would enjoy like the cleaning before and during I hated cooking in my kitchen it was cluttered and it's pretty dark in there because there's now windows (suck I know lol) but I added a few lights I got from dollar tree and have been organizing the last few days for today which was my first prep day its been slow starting (mostly because I messed up the beans and was about to lose motivation) but as I kept with it I enjoyed it and having food done not just for the day but the whole week possibly month is an amazing feeling...I had been in a bad depression and my house was and is still in some parts a mess but I've been doing everything to get out of it and I am for the most part my physical illness is still there but my mental one is leaving thankfully lol... any way but this video and ones like them have definitely help by making my life way easier...I honestly didn't know it could be this easy and I never thought I would enjoy life or cooking again but here I am one day at a time...
Sorry for that long story it's all fresh for me so I feel like sharing and shouting from the roof tops that I'm not depressed...I hope this help and inspired someone like this video has for me😁
Your are incredible and your mother has to be proud of the woman you have become. I know I would be.
Aftet 35 years of cooking all the time Im done. Four kids are grown so now I make small freezer meals. Its so nice to just throw stuff in the oven and walk away. Love your videos.
I just started contemplating doubling or tripling recipes so I could start freezing extras. You did an amazing job.. How you batch cooked so much and recorded yourself is beyond me.. I'm exhausted watching you 🤣
I love your videos so much! Living in a small apartment in Tokyo means I’m limited by space. I have a small refrigerator/freezer but I’ve managed to make 10-15 meals that last my boyfriend and I about 3 weeks. I’ve done this twice in the past two months and I’ve been waiting for your latest freezer meal video for new recipes/ideas because I’m almost out of meals and am getting ready for another big cooking day. Can’t wait to try these recipes and your new technique for marinated meats. You are awesome and so inspiring, Becky! ✨❤️
What size pans did you use for your freezer meals?
@@melaniegraf6948 I have a small freezer (and a small Tokyo-sized kitchen 😅) I use 20x30cm sheet trays/pans for partially cooked meals and raw meatballs. They hold about 36 medium sized meatballs. For marinated meats I use Large size freezer bags (Japan size- 27x28cm) and just flatten my marinated meats in them. I also have 1L size reusable silicone bags that are great for precooked soups and sauces.
I lived in a small Tokyo apartment in 2000. I had to put a bath towel on the floor when washing a lot of dishes because NO counter. The bathroom was super small and the sink was part of the top of the toilet. There was one burner and small sink in the kitchen so I brushed my teeth in the kitchen sink. Lol. I miss Tokyo. Enjoy. 🤗
I love how graceful you are when something goes wrong or something spills/breaks! I hope to one day have that level of peace and grace!
I'm 64 years old and just have to say YOU AMAZE ME!!!!! I struggle just to make one meal. I end up with a mess all over the place. I forget ingredients and oh so much more!!! God Bless you for being you!!! I can watch you all day! Do you have any children yet? Sending love and good vibes from Michigan!
This came out just in time for me to watch and cook along! I’m a first year teacher living in France and I am doing my own “pantry challenge” now before the school year ends!! I can’t wait to start homesteading when I’m back in the US and have my own place. You’ve inspired me especially to try new things with what I can access!
Just a tip for the cream of mushroom…..you said it was missing a little something. Next time add a few dashes or Worcestershire sauce. It gives another depth of flavor and enhances the mushroom flavor as well!
Yes!! I should have
I don’t do stuff peppers anymore…instead, we make an unstuffed pepper casserole using large chunks of peppers mixed into the rice and meat mixture. Easy and still very delicious 🤤
That's a great idea! I avoided doing the stuffed peppers too; gonna try this👍👍👍
Stuff Poblanos or Anaheim peppers instead of bells, Same great flavor, less pepper 'bulk'. I will also stuff mini bell peppers for a meal, or as party appetizer (Super Bowl).
@@comfortouch Ooooo! Thanks! Sounds so good
I do something similar, because hubby doesn't really like the peppers stuffed, but likes all the ingredients.
cool ..i do that instead of making cabbage rolls...will def try it with peppers!
Becky - maaaaaaate! Didn’t you tell us that you’re always breaking things? It’s reality. We’d all be lying if we said we don’t break anything. This is why we all love watching your videos. You keep it real!!!
Tip:To avoid using every clean spoon in your kitchen for tasting, use 2 different sized spoons (so you remember which size spoon you’re putting in your mouth,) a smaller one for dipping, a larger one for tasting. Dip with smaller spoon and transfer to your tasting spoon. Rinse the dipping spoon after each dish. This way you can feel free to taste several times during the cooking process. It’s quicker than rummaging for a clean spoon every time and you’re only sacrificing 2 spoons.
I love this. When I was raising my first generation (now raising my 3rd) I would have a cooking day and cook & freeze for the month. Cooking day was our out to a restaurant day. Made it a busy but fun day. I still do this and we decided we are going to try some of your recipes. Thanks for sharing!!!
Just found you! I balked a bit at giving almost an hour to this video, but I couldn't stop watching. I'm so impressed with your passion and ambition to cook homegrown and home-prepped meals. You're an inspiration! Keep up the good work!
This is such a great idea.
I love that you're doing videos like this, and for just a family of 2. So many videos, are for big families and it's just me and my little girl (9yrs old), so it's really nice to have these videos to help motivate me, through a really tough time in my life.
Thank you🥰
You've got this, mama!
My friend went to culinary school and taught me a better tasting method if you have to taste a lot. Using two spoons (Or a spoon and your stirring utensil) - one spoon (or stirring utensil) scoops up some sauce and you pour it onto your second spoon without them touching. You can taste from the second spoon and keep it for the next time you want to test the sauce. This way you only dirty one extra spoon per person.
No wonder you were tired by the end of it! Once one thing goes wrong, lots more usually follows! But well done and I bet your sister-in-law was so grateful to have those meals ready to go.
This video kept me occupied while I waited for my husband to get home from work ❤️ I had this playing in the background while I worked in my kitchen and got things done!!
Love your shows! You are sooo talented. I love a cook who is not afraid of fats, salt and alcohol . It’s so refreshing. Thank you 🙏
I'm doing this more now during the week. My husband is a Trucker and comes home on the weekends. I don't want to be stuck cooking. Thank you so much for the inspiration and Thank you for the dehydrate video as well. You guy's Rock 😊♥️
You are doing a fabulous job, Becky. I loved watching this. Also, spills and messes are part of cooking and I love how you handle those things. I would suggest balancing your freezer bag in a cereal bowl or large mug to make sure the bag does not tip over and spill out.
As a mom of ten grown children, I’d add a different suggestion.
“Meals as a gift “ARE wonderful , as a one-off treat , or to use for emergencies.
Also, for celebrations like birthdays or new/first babies!
However, give the RECIPES along with them so that your recipient can do this herself, when she gets back to (almost;) normal !
“Doing it herself” is very empowering to people-and builds resources of unknown strength.
(But you know that!❤)
If I could, I’d erase this, since it sounds kinda “judgy”!
Let me hasten to say that I’ve learned ALL my mothering lessons the HARD way, and this one is no exception!
It alarmed me to see all of those women climbing on board with joking comments about “wishing someone would cook for them!”-
NOT knowing/wanting To cook leads to that helpless/overwhelmed feeling and I’d urge you NOT to be a
”gatekeeper” with your children while cooking!
It’s easy to let that happen but hard on your children in the long run!
(Watch Becky cook with her Mom! They are a great team!)
Didn't sound judgey to me 😊 and I think it's a great idea to send the recipe and reheating instructions with gift casseroles ❤
Really impressed with your patience Becky, with the amount of things that went wrong you held on to your smile And persevered and that's what we need to see that nothing is perfect and and things may not come out the way we planBut you handled it so beautifully and I know that in my kitchen when something happens I'm gonna remember you😁
Haha Sometimes all you can do it laugh at yourself or you cry lol Thanks
Oooh...a nice long video!! It's only 27 degrees here in Rhode Island (much colder wind chill). I am curling up on the couch with my Lab Brody, a wee cocktail, and you!! Thanks for all the work you put into these videos. We all appreciate and love them!!
I've just had this on whilst cleaning up the kitchen and putting shopping away. I love watching you cook & have actually learned so much from you already. I never knew until watching you how easy it was to make a cream of mushroom, cream of chicken and therefore pretty much any gravy/sauce etc... I've started making my own for all this things and I'm so pleased with them. Also the Moroccan patties from another video... best thing ever!!! The really good news is that because I was cleaning up I missed quite a lot of of detail in this vid so I shall get to enjoy it all over again at some point tonight while up breastfeeding 😁
Thanks Keeley for watching! It means the world to me! That is awesome you are empowered to make your own cream soups now!!
I am an ordinary cook but my understanding is that it is far easier to cut meat when it is semi frozen. Thank you for the video!
I enjoyed watching you in the kitchen. I'm up in age now but I used to love to prep cassaroles and I loved doing deserts. You communicated very well and you kept things rolling. Thank you
I just made freezer pizzas this morning. I love adding oregano and onion powder to the crust mix. I made pepperoni and jalapeño pizzas for our car repair guys who are the best when you have a crappy car and I made pizza hot pockets for us to save for a quick after church lunch. I always put the whole thing together and freeze the pizzas completely finished other than baking. It's SOOOOOO good to make them homemade!
Love these ideas!
Do you pre cook the dough at all? I am so curious. To think I could have them fully premade🤯. I always forget to pull the dough out soon enough😉
@@homesteadbythehighway8548 No I don't precook anything! I just stick it in the oven from frozen at about 425ish and 20 minutes later, PIZZA!
My lovely bride has done once a month cooking for years. We raised one daughter and two sons. Quite frankly we had very little time to spend cooking. A Freind gave her a cookbook on OAM cooking. She ran with it. We still make large meals and break it down to two severing size.
Amazing video as always! Little trick i use (to not use all my spoons) i have a pot on the side with hot/boiled water in and a couple of spoons, ill refresh it with some hot water when washing hands etc so it stays fresh... Not so many need washing at the end of the day and thats important cause i dont have a dishwasher 😁
Or you just use the wooden 'stirring' spoon to drop some food on your 'tasting spoon' and you don't have to replace it all the time. I just make sure my wooden spoon doesn't touch my 'tasting' spoon 😀
When I cook I seem to dirty every bowl and every fork and spoon I own, I'm so slow there doesn't seem to be time to clean as I go. : - (
I love your videos so much. As a newlywed who loves to cook but also works and my husband doesn’t know how to cook. I absolutely love that you teach batch cooking! It gives me the confidance that I can feed my husband and I good healthy home cooked food without having to cook on days I just don’t want to. Your videos are so helpful and encouraging that it is possible to do it! Thank you 😊
Becky you are the real deal. One cookin machine. Love how everything is fresh from your garden canned or frozen. My husband and I are empty nesters and eat small meals. It’s great to see how you split stuff up. Great video you are an inspiration ❣️❣️❣️
Your mum asked about peeling eggs in another video.... we go through A LOT and the best way I've found over the years is as soon as they are cooked plunge into cold water then crack and peel UNDER the water. The shell comes off a lot easier, often in just a few seconds. Good luck 😊
For some reason it does not work for me
I use a spoon.
I also do "casserole" type freezer meals in ziplocs! We are in an apartment (very little freezer space) but to save room I put the base of the meal in the ziploc. For example the chicken pot pie filling in a ziploc and assemble the day of! I have done this with TONS of meals and it works really great. Even the beautiful sausage pumpkin pasta from Becky! A new family fave.
I do it too. Then I cut open the ziplock and transfer food into a microwave safe dish.
We live in an apartment too, we bought an apartment size stand up freezer. Now we have tons of room.
Thank you so much for being an inspiration! My husband and I are empty nesters, I always prepped meals and froze meals and things like that when I was raising my kids. Felt kind of weird to do a big meal prepping when it was just the two of us, but you made me feel like I was on the right track.
If it's just 2 of you feel free to make it into 2 meals instead of 1...I just had this discussion with a friend of mine... make 2 meals out of 1 same amount of food... just more meals!!!
I don't worry about how many freezer bags used since I recycle them. After food has been thawed and transferred to the cooking vessel, I then turn the bags inside out. I fill the sink with hot water and soap. Let them soak for 10 minutes or so and then scrub the bag's with dish soap and rinse. Turn it inside out again (original outside) and wash and then rinse the entire bag. Then hang with clothes pins in the sun or sit them overtop of a jar so the air can circulate to dry. After 24 hrs. I fold each bag and put back into original freezer bag carton. Usually can reuse each bag 4-5 times. Recipes with tomato sauce, not as often. Almost for every meal I cook one extra serving which is then frozen for those times I don't want to cook. No rule says everyone has to eat the same recipe at dinner!
I've watched so many videos of people prepping lots of freezer meals. This is the first I've seen that EVERY single recipe looks amazing. And, it's all from scratch which makes it even more amazing. This is the greatest. I'm doing it exactly as you have done it.
I love watching your videos. I could watch 2 or 3 hours of you gardening and cooking. Watching you do your thing & be so busy reminds me of how my mind works lol People wonder, "HOW?!" I'm like, 'Ask the hamster. He controls the buttons up there." Lol My mom got me used to prepping food b/c we usually wanted to eat something different almost every night without ALWAYS having to be in the kitchen. I've never prepped as big as you do, but I wanna try it! I enjoy cooking as well, just not every single day unless I'm in the mood for it.
I am a country girl :) I love turnips and cornbread and just anything veggie . I always love to make homemade buttermilk biscuits yummy . Your meals look really good and I would love to try making meal preps as well . The older I get I feel like cooking each day gets harder on me so I will try some of these recipes :)
Love watching you cook! Especially that you don’t cut out the goofs. Makes me much more comfortable trying new recipes, ingredients, and techniques. There’s something about you that reminds me of Julia Child. She wasn’t intimidated at all about trying difficult things. Go, girl!
I’ve been “ feeding my freezer” for six years but you get two thumbs up and a subscription for this video, that just happened to pop up in my feed. Advising people to have a clean workspace and to be pre-organized is not something I’ve seen talked much about on TH-cam.
ilysm like you don’t even know. 😂❤ You’re the mom I never had! I will pass things like this on to my dtr, so thank you so much for all your vids.
Becky try honey, siriacha, lime salmon with cilantro. Cook on high heat and crust the edges. So good!! I'm finicky with seafood too. I only eat fish if I make it.
This has been the first video I've watched from you. I didn't skip a second. This is so interesting to follow along and I really enjoyed seeing you cook. I'd love to have a big freezer to prep and freeze my meals. But being a new mum I have other stuff to buy lol 😅
Great video! I appreciate it!
I was fearful to use a regular pressure canner. My husband bought me an electric one and it is a game changer! Just canned some beautiful beef roast today 😋
Welcome to the world of canning. It is so much fun and just joyful to see it on the shelf😊
I agree with you, it takes the joy out of cooking to have to cook every night. I cook 99.9 % of my meals at home for my husband and I. I am disabled but also garden and make quilts. I have 2 metal rods in my back and my 4 lower vertebrae are fused. I usually cook a meal that is 3 or 4 times more than we can eat. Cook it and then freeze the other 3 portions. Works so well.
What a Amazing thing to be able to cook like this, I am beyond impressed!
I bet your Husband is very grateful for you and your talents
I really like the idea of the “meal kits” , I think that is something I will have to try , I envy your energy Becky ❤️
Becky how will you cook those meal kits? Just mix it all and put in the oven? Or are they for the slow cooker?
Watching you cook is refreshing compared to the other cookingTubers who have production crews to prep and organize their videos. I love how organized and resourceful you are. You go with the flow of what you have and that's important to being a good cook.
Girl, you did an amazing job. I also realized that you have a quarter of a million followers. You have come such a long way. I just watched your chicken yard video and I would love to watch you feed your chickens all the scraps from scratch freezer meal day. Thank you for another amazing video, I love how you keep it real showing when things don't go as planned.
I started watching your channel last nite for the first time and I love it!!!!! Greetings from South Africa
You remind me of my daughter. She doesn’t have the time now with 2 children under 6 and a successful family business, but she was a make ahead freezer meal Queen. You are so smart. Don’t fret the little things. They happen. You had a very successful day and a video as proof. Quite the inspiration. TYFS!
I love this concept, especially now that it's back to the 2 of us here, and I don't always want to cook either. I do more of the double meals and freeze the 2nd, which, for the 2 of us, is often 3 or 4 meals, and I do use the smaller size aluminum pans to freeze things in, to make clean up easy too. I also just harvested my first round of peaches from my tree, and I immediately made 4 peach cobblers in the smaller, 5x8 size pans, so we can have an amazing dessert on several occasions too. These peaches are clingstone and I didn't even have to peel the fruit for this recipe, so it was a win-win, all the way around! Love having things made ahead of time!
The 5x8 pan do you freeze the 4 servings? How do you cut 1 serving from freezer?
@@Mygraciously each 5x8 is enough for the 2 of us, for dessert 2 times. Sometimes we have the second helping for breakfast with coffee
Mmm fresh peaches!!
Your dishs are so beautiful and delicious looking. It's a wonder Josh dosent weigh 200 ps ❤. My hubby said That little gals husband better know how blessed he is ! He watches you with me alot of times. If he s in the other room I'll holler at him and say " our little gal is on if you wanna come watch ! " he loves your cute real personality and cute faces you make just like our own were when they were home. Ha
You sure are a natural at this. So inspirational and hopefully motivational because I’m not a natural at this. Thanks for all your hard work in putting these videos together. ❤️
I absolutely love everything you make Becky 💕 💗, love your honesty, regards Beryl from South Africa❤
I like that you keep it real and show us your spills and whoopsies! If I tried doing as many as you do at once, half of them would be scorched!! You are the queen of multi tasking!
I agree. She is so authentic.
Good timing my first baby is due on the 4th of July and I've been looking for good recipes so I can start freezer meals soon to make it easier on myself.
I did freezer meals for both of my pregnancies and hands down they were the biggest lifesaver ever!
I love your freezer meal videos. I've been stocking up my freezer with meals since I started watching them!
First time I saw you and I think you are awesome. Thanks for sharing your cooking and energy you put into what you do. 👏
That is what I call proper cooked nourishing food ,you are awesome keep it up !!!!
I LOVE freezer meals ! They are life when you don’t feel like cooking! Quality food that’s quick and delicious AND You know what’s it it! I love it!
What a great video! I spend Mondays cleaning out the fridge and the freezer for food that needs to be used or isn’t being eaten. I usually end up making a nice soup and just add some rice to it when I heat it up. I like to also go through the pantry and see what’s getting close to date so I can use it up as well. Thanks for the wonderful ideas!
I clean my fridge out on Monday's too. I make sure I do it now before I grocery shop. Makes it so much easier. Not sure why it took me this many years to have that concept.
@@hannahkayee831 that’s what I do as well! It took me a while to get into the habit of doing that myself!
Yaaaay, I've been waiting for this video! Your freezer meals episodes are a HUGE inspiration and I am a sucker for cooking videos in general. I am buying a huge chest freezer next month and starting my own adventure.
@@melaniejay3457 I would, but for the prize I can afford, I can get way bigger chest freezer than upright for some reason, so the capacity was my priority (especially since it won't be only for small dishes, but also huge items)
@@melaniejay3457 I've owned both types of freezers and I prefer my chest freezer.
We have both a chest and upright. (I prefer the upright, but a chest will last longer in a power outage). I use the chest for long term stock up storage, mostly meat. And then transfer a month or so at a time to the upright. I keep my "quick foods" like bacon, ground meat, burger patties etc in the small freezer on top of my fridge. I also keep a list on the side of my fridge of what's in the chest freezer (it's in the garage and the upright is in my kitchen). Before we do our monthly shopping (Costco, Walmart, and major grocery stores are 2hrs away), we double check the chest freezer list so we know what to look for sales on. And once a year we let the chest freezer run down until we can get everything in the upright and give the chest a good cleaning to prevent ice buildup and make sure the meat is getting rotated. If we don't feel comfortable letting it get down that far, (supply chain issues like now), we pack it all into large coolers and clean it as quickly as we can so we don't loose our meat. Then pay attention as we put the meat back in to make sure the oldest is on the top and gets used.
@@melaniejay3457 I do hate the chest freezer. I am short, 5'3", and reaching the bottom is a pain. To keep it organized, I cut the top flaps off medium moving boxes, the kind w handles, made sure the bottoms were taped tight, and lined the bottom with them. Each box holds a different kind of meat. Then there is another row of boxes on top of those. So to get to the bottom row of meat, I simply lift a box. Otherwise I was fighting always sliding packages, frozen fingers and never being able to find what I wanted. Even though I hate them, I intentionally bought a chest as our second freezer. We live 18miles up a mountain and power outages happen a few times a year. And can last a couple days. The longest was 6days. We do have a generator, but it can only run for 14hrs before it needs a break or it gets cranky and overheats. So we shut it off for 6-7hrs at night when its cooler. Also power outages can happen when we aren't home to start the generator. The chest freezer will last up to 2days longer than an upright if it is kept closed tight and the outside temperature isn't to high. Given unlimited funds, and hard wired generator that would automatically power up??? I'd have 2-3 uprights instead. But alas, such is not the case. So I chose the practical route.
Great Meals Becky! Now I have used both reg and no boil Lasagna noodles the trick if you use regular noodles, make sure it is completely covered in sauce and it will "cook" the noodles right through - Happy Prepping!
I love watching your videos. You are the most organised, inspirational young woman I've ever seen! I don't know how you find the time to do all that you do but you are amazing!! x
Loved this! I've been there with the 'end of the prep day' everything just drops and mistakes are made. You are so fun to watch cook!
Watching you cook is like alchemy... so much care and energy into the meals! Just lovely!♡:-)
I use ziplocks in my freezer as well and I reuse them afterwards by just washing them out well so there’s less waste. I love that I can get them to lay flat, as you mentioned it takes up way less space that way! I also use them for homemade “wet dog food”. One of my dogs can’t chew up kibble anymore so I started making my own wet food for them in big batches, a month or so worth at a time and then I just pull a bag and put it in the fridge. I definitely need to find more casserole dishes/lasagna dishes so that I can do a bunch of freezer meals too. I was a cook for 10 years and while I still love cooking at home, some nights I just don’t feel like spending a lot of time doing it so this is a good inspiration for me. Thank you 🙏🏼 💜
Love this! And also that you accommodate your dogs needs and make the food!
How do make your own wet dog food? (Just curious)
Could you share your wet dog food ...I have a Chihuahua that can't chew good any more for lack of teefees Bless his heart !
@@RobinFlysHigh it’s mostly ground beef (cooked), quinoa (lots of people use brown rice but for some reason my pups like quinoa better 🤷🏻♀️) and veggies. I do 40% meat and then 30% each of grain and veggies. And we get this Thrive vitamin and mineral supplement powder as well as Herring oil at our local pet food store that we add in as well. I change up the veggies depending on what we have. For us it works out cheaper than the good quality canned stuff and they actually like it a lot better too. I toss the veggies into the food processor so that they are a small dice and just mix everything together, portion into a weeks worth or so portions and freeze. 💜 I tried feeding them raw and they literally turned their noses up at it and wouldn’t even touch it. Even tried a couple different raw ones with no luck so I started doing cooked and they scarf it down. I feel a lot better making it myself too because I know exactly what is in it. 👌🏼
@@thecitysteadkitchen they’re my babies 🥰 tried a couple kinds of raw with them and they literally turn their noses up at the raw stuff but love the cooked so it works out well. Plus I feel good knowing exactly what is in their food. 👌🏼💜
Your meal prep videos always give me so much inspiration in the kitchen! Tip for pouring sauce into a bag without it spilling, either put the bag in a bowl or over a cup and it will keep it from spilling while you work on the other bag!
your video just showed up. strangely the past two month i have been freezer cooking for a month. with this video i like the idea of ziplock protein and sauce freezer pouches. honestly this is a super idea for me. i like the idea, ready to cook with veg a sauces. i work hard at my business, time is limited. thanking you for this inspiration.
You are BY FAR my favorite TH-camr. I love your lifestyle, Becky, your love for your family really shines through. God bless you.
I can’t express how amazing this girl is - she’s really inspiring me. It would be so nice to feel more in control of meals. First step for me is to use up all the random odd store bought stuff in my freezer so I can make room!
Oh man nothing feels more accomplished than getting my freezer organized 😆
Watching you cook is way more enjoyable than flipping pages in my cookbooks! Love your videos Becky♡
Always love watching you!! I had to laugh because our fridge door bottom shelf broke the other day!! I used white duck tape to fix it!🤣🤣 Loved seeing you spill and drop things! I always do that!! Thank you for making these videos you have great ideas and I love the new recipe ideas!! We're old fashioned too and believe homemade is the best!! 👏👏 Hope you have a great day!!
My dear, you have done more than you are able to at once. Like me in my garden for the whole day. We are exhausted at the end, but it feels grateful that we pushed ourselves when it is all over. And we sleep well. Love your recipes.