Easy and Delicious Freezer Meals

Brown Sugar Glazed Salmon

Polenta with Thyme, Bacon and Poached Egg

Shrimp Tacos with Corn Pepper Salsa and Chili-Lime Sour Cream

Seriously Amazing Mini Chicken Pot Pies

Baked Chicken Chimichangas

Pasta Carbonara

So what do you do when dinnertime is in a half an hour, you don't really want to cook, you have nothing thawed, nothing ready to go?  If you're like me, you order a pizza.  Ok, well, if you're like me you sigh and wish you could order a pizza, but unfortunately, no one delivers within a couple hours of Chernobyl.

So you open the fridge again and will a meal to appear.  And then you spot the bacon.

Authentic Ukrainian Borsch

Ok, hold up.  Before you scroll past this one, let me clear a few things up.

First -- real Ukrainian borsch is NOT beet soup.  It's true that beets are one ingredient in the borsch.  It is NOT the main ingredient.  There are more carrots and potatoes both than beets.  The final

Coconut Curry Pumpkin Soup

So here in our neck of the woods, it's definitely fall.  The birch trees are all decked out in their yellow leaves and the weather is overcast and crisp.  I love this time of year.  Time for jeans and cozy sweaters and new school supplies and baking bread while it rains outside.

And time for soup.  On a chilly day, a comforting bowl of soup is the perfect way to warm up.  Add some rolls or a salad and you are all set.

This particular soup has that amazing flavor combination of coconut milk and curry, plus the addition

Crockpot Chicken Parm Sandwiches

This is a non-recipe kind of recipe that I stumbled upon while browsing Pinterest.  Yes, okay, I have a small addiction to Pinterest. Admit it, you do too.  It's like crack.  Not that I would know what crack is like, but I imagine it's like Pinterest in it's addictive qualities.

So I came across this idea over at greenlitebites and decided to try it.  Lo and behold, it was

Fast and Easy Freezer Meals (Freezer Meals part 2)

So. Freezer meals.  A very popular trend, it seems.  My last post on freezer meals had about TEN TIMES the number of views than any other post I've written.

And here's why:  Freezer meals make you happy.  It's true.  Think about it.  For the little effort it takes to throw these together and toss in the freezer, you get out of it healthy, home-cooked meals.  Nothing from a box, no bazillion-calorie expensive restaurant meals, and dinner is put together with a minimum of effort and time.  No wonder it's ten times more popular to do this than to make bagels. (Although making your own bagels can be a wonderful thing.)   I know freezer meals make me happy. 

So, as promised, more freezer meals.  If you haven't already, check out my first post on freezer meals, for a walk-through of how I like to handle doing freezer meals, with a nifty tip involving a drink

Coconut Shrimp Curry

I grew up in the Seattle area.  Seafood is part of the backdrop of growing up there.  Shrimp pasta, grilled salmon, fried clams, and crab legs that you crack yourself before dipping the sweet, delectable meat into clarified butter.  Ok, now I'm salivating.

Where I live now, good seafood is hard to come by.  I scrape by on McDonald's Filet-o-Fish sandwiches and bags of frozen white fish originating somewhere in Scandinavia.  But sometimes I

Four Fantastic Freezer Meals (Freezer Meals part 1)

****UPDATE: Check out my second post on Freezer Meals HERE with even more great meals! ****

Ok, so the discovery of the ziploc bag freezer meals has been a revelation for me.

Sure, I've read up on OAMC (Once A Month Cooking -- see, I know the lingo!). I've read through the

Salmon-Potato Quiche with Fresh Dill

I am on a personal crusade to change the image of quiche.  People think of it as a menu item for a ladies' brunch.  And that's pretty much it.  But it's got so much more potential than that!

Quiche is such a great dish.  It's amazingly versatile.  Comfort food or fancy food?  Both!  Breakfast, lunch, dinner?  Check, check and check.  Freezer-friendly? Yes!  You can throw in there whatever you've got in your fridge.  When I was a house-mom for orphan teenagers, I used to make huge pans

Roasted Sesame Broccoli

Many of my favorite recipes have some history behind them.  A traditional family recipe, something I had at a friend's house, or a recipe I collected while traveling.

But then, there are some recipes I love just because they are awesome.  Like this one.

Cheese-Herb Biscuit Cups

I love freshly baked breads.  It just feels homey and peaceful to me.  I never imagine bread-baking happening in a stressful environment.  I always feel like when someone walks into my house and they are met with the smell of baking bread wafting from the kitchen, it is like a subliminal message that says: "exhale.  relax.  it's safe and warm here.  good things are coming."