Freezer Organization, Cleanout, and Cookathon!
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- Lance is going hog hunting in a few days, so it's time to make room in the freezer! Join Kristy as she cleans out the freezer, cooks some of the bigger items into freezer meals, and makes room for whatever Lance is able to bring home!
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Ive been staying clear of videos.And have missed you all. So, when I saw "freezer" I was all in 😊
And it's good to see this video. Oh, Happy belated Mother's Day and Fathers Day 🙇♀️🙇♀️
Thank you so much Wanda!!!
Recipe for: Chicken Soup
From the Kitchen of: Esther Alderson
Ingredients:
carcasses of two roasted chickens,
1 small onion (sliced),
3 Tbls. butter,
5 cups water,
1 diced green pepper,
2 Tbls. parsley
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup sliced celery,
1/4 cup celery leaves,
4 tsp. pearl barley,
2 1/2 cups boiling water,
1/4 tsp. salt,
1/4 cups diced carrots,
Recipe instructions: Brown bones & onion lightly in fat/oil in soup kettle. Add water, green pepper, celery leaves & parsley. Cover and heat to boiling. Turn down to simmer for 2 hours & strain. Makes a basic chicken stock! now you can add anything you like to it; such as different kinds of rice or pasta.
OR: Mean while drop barley into 2 1/2 cups boiling water, add salt. Cover and simmer 1 hour and 15 minutes.
To broth add carrots & celery & barley. Cook 10 minutes or more till tender. add chopped up chicken if you have any.
When ever I cook I save any ends or peels or vegetables that are looking a little old till full
stockpile of frozen vegetable scraps such as clean ends & tops of celery,squash, onion skins and ends and outer layer of the onion, root vegetable tops . outer leaves of cauliflor and cabbage, musgroom stems ⦁ Here are some other ideas for vegetable scraps you could use depending on the season: asparagus ends, green bean ends, carrot peels, fennel stalks and bottoms, pea pods, chard and kale stalks, cucumber peels, zucchini peels and ends, dried mushrooms, herb stems such as parsley, oregano, thyme and cilantro
I also save any bones from roasted or from COSTCO or a local grocery stores have Roasted chicken for $5.00 I buy 2 take them home and take all the meat off the chicken and either freeze the bones or make broth/stock as soon as possible in my crock pot. I love to combine all my frozen vegetable scraps with the chicken bones and make a really great broth!
Root to Stalk Vegetable Broth Homemade broth is one of those things that is SO worth it, but can feel like such an effort. We love this root to stalk broth because you can save up all your vegetable scraps in a non-reactive freezer container and make it when you have an extra hour in the kitchen. Our favorite part about this broth is that you get to use the parts of the vegetable you might normally compost, so it's like making delicious broth for free!
Root to Stalk Vegetable Broth Homemade broth
Serves: makes approximately 1 gallon broth Ingredients
⦁ 3-4 leeks, green parts and ends
⦁ 1 bunch of carrots, tops and bottoms plus 3 whole carrots (remove large parts of green)
⦁ 1 zucchini, roughly chopped
⦁ 1 bunch of celery, tops and bottoms
⦁ 1 large onion, quartered or 3 onions tops and bottoms
⦁ 1 handful parsley
⦁ 1 handful thyme
⦁ 2 cloves garlic, peeled Instructions
Directions:
⦁ Dump your vegetable roots and stalks in a large pot. Fill the pot until the water just about covers the vegetables. (The ratio here is about 4 cups water to 3 cups vegetable scraps). Turn the heat to high and bring to a boil, then turn the heat down and simmer for 40 minutes to an hour. ⦁ After the cooking time is up, place a colander over another large pot and strain the broth into the new pot. Season with salt and pepper to taste. The broth will keep in the fridge for up to a week, or freeze for several months. ⦁ You can also make this broth with whole celery, carrots, onions and whatever else you have, so if you don't
Homemade Bisquick Baking Mix
Ingredients:
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp. baking powder
1 ½ tsp. salt
2 tsp. sugar
½ cup melted butter (you can use shortening if you don’t want to refrigerate your mix if you prefer)
Directions:
1. In a stand mixer combine flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt until well mixed.
2. While mixer is going slowly pour melted butter into bowl to distribute evenly. If you are using shortening, cut in the shortening. 3. Allow to mix for 1 full minute.
4. You can mix this by hand, and I have, but I find using my stand mixer gives it a more even distribution- especially the butter. This will give you more consistent results in your baking.
5. Transfer to an airtight container like a mason jar or freezer bag and store in refrigerator or freezer for 3-4 weeks.
Homemade Bisquick makes 1 cup
Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon butter
Directions
Sift flour into a bowl; add baking powder and salt and whisk until fully incorporated.
Cut butter into flour mixture using a pastry cutter until evenly combined.
Tips
Shortening or oil can be used in place of butter, if desired. If using melted butter, be sure to evenly disperse the butter as much as possible.
BISQUICK OVEN FRIED CHICKEN
1 tablespoon butter
2/3 cup Bisquick™ Original Pancake & Baking Mix
1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3 to 3 1/2 lb bone-in, skin-on chicken pieces (breasts, drumsticks, thighs)
Prep. Start by preheating your oven to 425°F (218°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Next, rinse 2 pounds of chicken pieces and pat dry, then set aside on a clean plate. *Make sure to sanitize your sink!
Make Breading. In a bowl large enough to dip your chicken, crack two eggs into a bowl and whisk well. Then in another bowl that will fit the chicken pieces, combine ⅔ cup of Bisquick, ¼ cup of Panko breadcrumbs, 1 ½ teaspoon paprika, and 1 teaspoon each of salt and pepper (or to taste).
BREAD & BAKE THE CHICKEN PIECES
1. coat the chicken with egg then breading. 2. breaded chicken in baking dish on wire rack. 3. Bread Chicken -. Dip each chicken piece into the beaten eggs, then dip into the Bisquick mixture, fully coating the chicken.
Bake. Place the coated pieces onto the prepared baking sheet and put into the middle of your oven’s center rack. Bake at 425°F (218°C) for 40 to 50 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165°F (74°C)in the deepest part of your thickest chicken piece.
Serve. When done, remove the chicken from the oven and let it cool slightly before serving. You can transfer the chicken to a wire cooling rack if desired to help keep the crispiness.
Dumplings
Ingredients
2 cups Original Bisquick™ Baking Mix
2/3 cup milk
Steps
#1. Stir ingredients until soft dough forms.
#2. Drop by spoonful's onto boiling stew; reduce heat.
#3. Cook uncovered 10 minutes. Cover and cook 10 minutes.
tip 1. Be sure the stew is boiling when you drop in the dumplings, so the bottoms cook well at the start. Lower the heat to finish slowly cooking the dumplings completely, so they aren’t soggy and doughy in the center.
tip 2. Accurately measure out the dry baking mix by spooning it into a standard dry-ingredient measuring cup, then leveling the top with a straight-edge metal spatula or knife; don’t scoop it or pack it down. This ensures the dough will be soft and just the right consistency to cook up light and fluffy rather than dense and chewy.
tip 3. Stir in a couple teaspoons of a favorite dried herb or a seasoning blend into the dry mix before adding the milk, or sprinkle the dumplings with grated Parmesan cheese at the end of cooking time for a savory finish.
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Thanks Stephen!
Sooooo sorry about the freezer loss 😓 I so enjoyed this video 😊 One thought… Will the Ezekiel bread stand on end to give you a bit more room? Hope that works 😃
Thinking the same thing
That’s a great idea! I’m going to go try that right now!
Freezer loss 😢
Thanks for the inspiration ❤
Thank you💜
I love to meal prep. I stocked my freezer up and im slowly going through it. One of my nieces comes and gets some of what i meal prep and takes to work for lunch. I like ordering from butcher box. I had to pause it for a while
We have found meal prepping to be such a blessing to us as well! It gives us flexibility and the ability to share with others when they are in need!
@@FromtheRootsUp I look at it that way also. It helps me not eat out a whole lot. I know when my mom was alive I would do two or 3 main dishes and take to her and then she didn't have to worry about cooking and she would do some sides for herself. And she wouldn't eat a ton of TV dinners. But when I did her grocery shopping I would make sure she had things she liked
Hi Kristy and sweet family! I know how heartbreaking it is to lose a freezer of meat, it happened to me before too. You did a wonderful job on clearing out your freezer and making some yummy freezer meals. I do like the convenience of freezer meals when I am busy.
The girls are a big help.
Thanks for sharing and have a blessed night!
Thank you!
I just threw away 2 full and a partial trash bag of everything in my freezer ( inside freezer) . The freezer shot craps 2 days ago and had we known there was a problem I could have saved some things but we didn’t. Can’t get service until July 17 so we bought a new fridge last night. So saddened about it because there was so much in there and a lot of it was just purchased.
Oh Sandy😭 That’s awful! I’m so sorry!!!
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I had some of the same worries when we started. Since then I have seen many of my fellow homeschool moms graduate kids that have been successful in college and found careers. We try to be very intentional about making sure our girls learn skills that can easily translate to things they can use in a future job. One of the things that I have heard from veteran homeschool moms is to make sure they have volunteer and extra curricular activities for their resume. We get this through 4H and Lads 2 Leaders. Best of luck in your homeschool journey! It’s not for the faint of heart for sure, but it has been so rewarding for us so far💜💜💜
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