This is another day of creating some freezer meals to use up leftover turkey from a large bird. Yesterday, I got a lot accomplished, although my kitchen looks like “Mount Dishmore.” That is one of the downsides to cooking in large batches. I try to clean up as I go along, which can help quite a bit.
So far, I have the following food completed and put into the freezer:
12 turkey and cheese “hot pockets” made with a wheat crust
12 turkey enchiladas
I batch of turkey stock.
While this might not seem a lot when you think about it, this will provide several quick meals for our family. My son especially likes the hot pockets, and they are a great way to get in a quick meal on the go, since they can be popped into the toaster oven at the last minute.
At this point, all of the dark meat has been used up, but I still have plenty of white meat. Still on the list for more freezer meals are:
2 more batches of turkey stock
2 large family-size turkey pot pies (each will provide two meals)
12 more turkey and cheese hot pockets.
After those meals are completed, I will shred whatever remaining white meat is left and freeze it. It will be wonderful in casseroles or tacos. I will also make some of the turkey into that creamy dish I spoke about earlier. It is very fattening, but oh so good.
If I get really ambitious, I’ll also put up some pizza crust and more mashed potatoes. I’m still waiting for a good sale on ground turkey so I can do a big freezer session with it and turn it into meat loaf, and browned meat for all sorts of dishes.
The turkey I used for this session was purchased during the holidays at only 79 cents a pound and put immediately into the freezer.
Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, creating a home in the Home Blog, caring for little ones in the Baby Blog and now relationships in the Marriage Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here or subscribe to the blog using the subscription box on the right.
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