Freezer Cooking - Another Great Success!

I still have about 4-5 more meals to add to all of this, but we are pretty well stocked for the next month (or two)!  I started at about 8 am Sunday morning hoping that doing this on a weekend (when my hubby could help watch the kids) would save some time.  Didn't quite work out that way.  I finished 21 meals on Sunday, fixed a few more on Monday and I'm about to finish up the rest tonight.  Here's the list of what we have so far (what you see in the freezer):

1 Jambalaya Bake

2 Chicken Tetrazzini

2 Hamburger dinners

1 French Stuffed Potatoes

1 Chicken Pot Pie

1 Chicken Broccoli Casserole

2 Barbecued Chicken

2 Creamy Enchiladas

1 Smothered Burritos

1 Beef Stroganoff

1 Meatloaf

1 Caraway Pot Roast

2 French Bread Pizzas

1 Taco Pie

2 Chicken Supreme

2 Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

1 Chicken Scampi

2 Upside-Down Fettuccine Bake

3 Barbecued Chicken for Sandwiches

2 Chinese Chicken

Total = 31 meals

I got most of these recipes from two new cookbooks that I just bought:  Once-A-Month Cooking Family Favorites and Once-A-Month Cooking both by Mimi Wilson and Mary Beth Lagerborg.  Many of these are fairly large meals and will last our family 2+ nights each.  Once I'm done tonight, we should have at least 40 meals that will last us two months!

I did have to spend about $180 at the store to get all of the ingredients I needed.  That definitely is a large chunk of our budget.  Since I already have most breakfasts taken care of, though, that only leave produce, a few lunch and snack items and milk on my grocery list!  We're shooting for a $250 grocery budget this month and I'm aiming for $200 next month!

I still plan on doing a freezer cooking day at the beginning of June to add a few more dinners to the stock, but I plan on focusing on breakfast, lunch and snack freezer items.  I'm excited to see what I can come up with!