DISQUS

Connie · 8 months ago

Grating the chesse is one of the fun jobs in our house, because we use the salad shooter and it is fun and we do all of our chesses that way.

Cindy · 8 months ago

Another good hint for cheese is to let it unthaw in the fridge. It will melt better. Never put frozen cheese on what you're baking without unthawing it bz it won't melt very well. I've frozen cheese for years and it works well. Rather than grating by hand I use a food processer with the crinkle cut. It seems to work better than the grater on it.

Cindy · 8 months ago

P.S. If you let it unthaw on the counter it just doesn't melt as well either. Always unthaw in the fridge.

gaby · 8 months ago

something that I like to do too when I do pizza I do an extra one ready to go all the ing in and cover it with plastic and put it in my freezer so when ever I don't have the time to cook I pull it out and bake it.
I always used the pizza before 1 month I don't know if it will go more time.
and I do it whole wheat recipe (jaja so I will not fell so bad eating pizza with all the fat jajaj but it is delicious!!!)

thanks for the tips!!

Stacie · 8 months ago

What kind of veggies do you freeze? Can you freeze tomatos?

Joyce · 8 months ago

Thanks so much for the great sounding recipe! Jodi, your kids are absolutely adorable!:)

Joyce

Heidi · 8 months ago

I pre-cook 10-20 pounds of hamburger and then bag it into our family size portion. It makes spaghetti sauce, tacos, soup etc so much faster if I don't have to cook the meat first. Plus I only have one fry pan to clean up once rather than multiple times.

Theresa · 8 months ago

I can add a tip for cooking all that hamburger at once. Don't do it in a frying pan -- all that spattering, and then you have to drain off the grease.

Instead, BOIL IT. Yep. Pop it into a big pot of boiling water, and just let it go. No need to watch it, no need to turn the meat as it browns, and when you're done, just scoop it out with a slotted spoon.

You'll never go back to a frying pan.

HW · 8 months ago

I freeze bell peppers and onions that I buy fresh when they are on sale and then cut up at home before I freeze them.

gaby · 8 months ago

hello stacie no you can't freeze tomatoes because the flavor after is terrible!!! honestly I did it before and what very bad . so what I do know I can tomatoes and I can of make a salsa I cook my tomaotes for like 5-7 min, when they chance color , then I blended with 1 clove of garlic a piece of onion and salt and I put these in a ziploc bag in the freezer and then they are ready for my salsas or my spaguetti or whatever I need it. but pretty much you can freeze everything I freeze my bell peppers, onions tomatillos, not zuccini apples,cantalope cucumbers witch of course I use it only for making sweet water is delicious you have to try it. I blend some cucumber like 2 depend on the size. with lime juice fresh taste way better like 5-6 limes of the big ones and sugar blended and pour in a big container and add more water and there it is a cucumber water very very good!!!

hope you like it !!

Stephanie · 8 months ago

How large is "a cube of butter"?

Jodi · 8 months ago

1 cube is 1/2 a cup. That is what I used and it was plenty and delicious. I wouldn't have wanted any more so two would be pretty excessive in my opinion. On Crystal's blog some people comment that using 1/2 a cube (1/4 cup) was just fine for their tastes.

Tara B. · 8 months ago

YUMMMMMY!!! great idea!

Give LDS Gifts · 8 months ago

I HAVE to try boiling my ground beef next time. I have never heard of that, but hate the frying pan too!

I have frozen veggies in those new ziplock bags that you can suction air out of. When I went to get a few chucks of bell pepper (for pizza too!), individually pieces came off very easily and I was able to just re-close and suction again; it was great. It takes out the extra step of freezing it on a cookie sheet first.

I hope that made sense! Thanks for the great post. I have been meaning to do some hot pockets...I think my husband would love that option for lunch.

Lisa H. · 8 months ago

During the summer, when my great room gets hot it takes forever to cool down. If I turn on the oven, my kitchen and living room are still hot in the morning. Last year I got smart and cooked for several weeks during the late Spring and filled my freezer. I cooked roast beef and pork roasts for several days. I portioned them out into family sized servings. I wrapped them in Glad Press and Seal wrap then popped them into big freezer bags.

I was sad when I ran out of precooked meat part way through the Summer. I intend to double my efforts this Spring and keep my house cool again.

Heidi · 6 months ago

I absolutely love the hot pocket idea! I love doubling things and freezing for later. And my kids get tired of plain old sanwiches for lunch. I think my husband would really love these too!