Fall is finally in the air in Florida!!! Yes, this means that the weather has dropped slightly to about 85 degrees. :) I decided to try several new ideas this month for meals and so far, so good!! Tonight I spent about 2 hours cooking ahead. I made Bacon & Cheese "McMuffins" for Rich (he does not like egg) and also took the October Soup Challenge (click
HERE to read it--4 GREAT recipes!) from my favorite blog "Because Chocolate Can't Get You Pregnant!!!!" I put 2 bags of ham & potato soup in the freezer and made 6 breakfast sandwiches for the hubs. Shortly I am going back into the kitchen to make a batch of marinara sauce to freeze. I will be making fresh bread in my bread machine to go with the ham and potato soup when we have that. I also just froze 6 cranberry-orange breakfast muffins for me and set 4 aside for the rest of my workdays this week.
Here's some photos of my October bounty!
Bacon & Cheese McMuffins (1 all wrapped up and ready for the freezer.) I can make 6 of these for about $5. Go check the price at McD's and see how much you can get for $5!! I also made them with whole wheat English muffins, and 1% cheese so hopefully they are a little less lethal. :) Each sandwich has 2 slices of bacon and 1 slice of cheese.
Ham and Potato soup. Very easy to make, and so delicious!! I froze two Ziploc bags with 4 cups of soup per bag. You can find the recipe
HERE. The only things I changed--I used Yukon Gold potatoes and did not peel them before adding them to the soup. I also used more ham than what is called for, since Rich likes his soup to be "chowdery" in consistency. I did not add celery because I think it is gross. :)
