Some More to Freeze

Here are a few more recipes to freeze and some of our easy fixes we use a lot.

Banana Bread
1 1/2 c. flour (most of the time I use half wheat and half white flour when baking)
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. salt
1 egg
3 medium mashed bananas (ready when have many dark spots on them)
3/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. cooking oil
1/2 c. nuts-very optional :)

In a medium mixing bowl combine flours, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt with a whisk. In another bowl combine egg, bananas, sugar, and oil. Add all at once to dry mixture and stir until moistened. Fold in nuts if you like them in there. Pour batter into greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes.

To freeze let bread cool for 5 minutes, flip onto a wire rack, let cool completely. When cooled, wrap many times with plastic wrap in each direction. Wrap with foil. Place loaf into gallon size freezer bag, label, and date. Thaw in fridge for 2 days, unwrap, and serve.


Some of our quick fixes:

Quiche
pie crust
6 eggs
1 c. milk or half milk and half and half
1 c. cheese
chopped ham or lunch meat of choice
seasonings
I add some dried onion, garlic salt, and a little oregano and basil. Put all in a bowl and whisk. Pour into pie crust. Place in oven at 350 for 40-45 minutes. This is a really quick meal with on hand ingredients. We have quiche once every 2 weeks or so because it is just mixing in what you have and the kids love it. I also add spinach leaves and parmesan for something different, or leave out the meat altogether. You can just do whatever you like!


Beer Bread
3 c. self rising flour
3 Tbsp. sugar
1, 12 oz. beer-just get one from Grandma if you don't have one. That's what I do. :)
3 Tbsp. melted butter
Beat together flour, sugar, and beer. Place in greased loaf pan and bake 350 for 20 minutes. Drizzle with melted butter, cook 20 minutes more. So easy and no rising and it is soooo good with a meal or with jelly for breakfast.

Freeze like Banana Bread


Edamame
I buy the box of 6 packages of microwave edamame at Sam's. I just heat it up with sandwiches for lunch or with a dinner. Kids love popping them out and they are so good for you. Try them with your family! Even Tyson eats them and that is amazing!


Marshmallow Bars
When I have marshmallows and cereals that need to be eaten, I melt them with half a stick of butter and a little vanilla in a saucepan. Then I add whatever leftover cereals I have...Shredded Wheat, Life, Raisin Bran. I also put in some Craisins or other dried fruit. Press them into a greased pan like Rice Krispy Treats. It is a mess, but uses the last of the cereals and is gooood to eat!

Peanut Butter with Anything
We put peanut butter on everything for breakfasts and snacks. Waffles, I mix it into pancake mix, muffin mixes, bananas with Craisins, apples...just whatever you can think of. Since I have one kiddo that needs all the protein she can get, I add it to a lot of things and she will eat it. I use the United Brand Organic Peanut Butter because there is no sugar in there!

These are all just little things we do to survive and try to eat healthyish.
Some other things I love...

Muffin packages where you just add milk for $.89. I buy the Honey Bran package and mix it with Cinnamon or Chocolate chip package. Makes 12 in 15 minutes.

Small apples, Granny Smith or Gala, that are 4 for $1.00. Just the right size for the kids to eat or for me to slice with peanut butter.

Milk at Sam's. Way cheaper.

Half and Half at Sam's. Way cheaper.

Kashi Cinnamon Wheat Squares at Sam's. 2 boxes for nearly price of one at regular grocery store. 7 whole grains, organic, and only naturally sweetened. Tracen's fav.

Craisins from Sam's. Huge and lasts forever. We put them in lots of stuff.

Strawberries from Sam's. Best quality and price.

Organic Girl spinach leaves. It is going to cost more than Dole, but look at the dates. You can find the dates on there over 2 weeks, which never happens with the other kinds. We eat it as salad, but also I put some Ranch on the plates and leaves by it and the kids just dip and eat. They call it leaf salad, yummy, yummy.

Organic fruit leathers at Target. Way cheaper than traditional Fruit Leather. Strawberry and Wildberry are the best.

Just some little things we do and like in the food category!