I have missed your videos and just binge watched this pantry challenge series. I loved them! I do have some ideas for you to help with a few of the freezer and pantry items. 1. Use your bolognese sauce, the mozzarella, and the lasagna noodles to make a simple lasagna. Bonus: i like to steam spinach or thaw frozen spinach to throw into my sauce for extra hidden veggies. 2. With the tilapia, you can make 2 dishes that my family loves. The first is fish tacos. You can shave the Brussels sprouts with carrots to make a Mexican coleslaw to serve with it. West coast style is simple- grilled style with lime and cayenne pepper (or chili powder), serve with a simply-dressed coleslaw of lime juice, hot sauce, salt, and pepper. Serve with queso and pico in grilled corn tortillas. It's a bite of summer! For an added bonus, you can serve it with those cooked beans in the freezer and some of the cooked rice. The second meal idea is nut-crusted tilapia. Process down some nuts (we love using pistachios or pecans), zest a lemon, drizzle in some olive oil, a pinch of salt and pepper. And then spread the nut crust on top of thawed tilapia before baking at 425 F for 10-15 minutes, or until the fish is flaky. Serve with roasted Brussels Sprouts, a salad, and some couscous or quinoa or tabbouleh for a beautiful Mediterranean inspired dish. 3. Cook the shrimp nugs and chop up your peppers to make a quick sweet and sour shrimp stir fry. The sweet and sour sauce is easy to make with ketchup, soy sauce, a touch of sugar, and some cornstarch. Serve with the fried rice, some of the pot stickers, etc. 4. With the salmon, i like to roast mine with a lemon pepper topping, lemon slices, or the McCormick One Skillet Glazed Salmon packet. Another way to enjoy it is with teriyaki for an Asian flair, or chili powder and lime for a Mexican flair. I like to make a double batch of roasted salmon with lemon, pepper, capers, and Kalamata olives for dinner tonight, and then make the leftovers into salmon burgers for tomorrow night. We also like to use the leftovers for Salad Nicoise.
My favorite meal for smoked sausage or Aidell's sausage is a sheet pan meal with sliced sausage, potatoes, onions, carrots, peppers, whatever else you've got. Always a go-to.
You could make yogurt with the whole milk. You’re doing a fantastic job at cleaning the freezers! Sure you could use the artichoke hearts (in stir fry and buns can always be spread with garlic butter and toasted.
The queso fresco always has a weird liquid in it and you take it out when you crumble. If you want to eat the frozen pizza you can cut up while still frozen. I normally do a half but you could even cut in fourths and freeze the rest. That freezer is super full of choices. I would need to write a list and meal plan to try to use though what was their for sure. Being busy at work makes it hard to pull things together at home too. Good luck!
I'm not going to write most ingredients for every suggested dish - you're a good cook and know what seasonings to use. I don't have an instant pot or slow cooker. I don't know all the spices and seasonings you keep on hand. Sheet pan fajitas with rice from freezer. Fish chowder with salmon and tilapia from freezer (make like clam chowder and use whole milk). One of our favorite ways to eat salmon is Baked Thai Salmon "craved home cooking" Use more whole milk and any kind of sausage in egg strata, baked egg dish, pasta dish, mac and cheese, cream soup. Chicken curry. Stir fry rice, oven roasted broccoli, pineapple meatballs, (sweet chili sauce, soy sauce or aminos) I think I saw English muffins in the freezer so ... breakfast sandwiches (sausage in freezer) can be made ahead. Cut the frozen pizza in quarters so you can enjoy a portion at a time and not waste the rest. Taco soup with any ground beef. We like cheese nachos with the soup so we can dip. Bowl, any ethic flavor profile: Cooked shredded meat, roasted vegetables, rice or pasta. Cooked shredded salmon, rice, roasted corn, pico, shredded Cheese stuffed burgers, sweet potatoes fries. Do you like curry dishes? Chicken Tikka Masala is a quick dish and really good. I don't grill the chicken but sear in a hot skillet then add. Roasted carrot (refrig)/pumpkin soup(freezer) (use whole milk). Savory vegetable/sausage pie. Fyi: if you you're making an "Asian" (Japanese, Thai, Chinese, etc) dish and you don't have bamboo shoots, cabbage cut in a similar size mimicks the texture of the shoots very well. Classic roast in your slow cooker. Cook bbq ribs in slow cooker with bean mix. Use Italian sausage in your red sauce instead of ground beef.
@@savvysaute6578 Aww... you're so sweet! Thanks! I like to cook but sometimes, despite a full freezer, I run out of ideas. Your videos make me think and I appreciate that. Yesterday I made Stroganoff using a Chuck Roast I picked up from Fred Meyer ... one of those manager specials. It was a first to use Chuck and not a last! (( and we have leftovers 👍) Delish if I do say so! Keep your videos coming, please!
I'm going to do a Pantry challenge my freezer looks a lot like yours lol I would cut that Frozen pizza in half still frozen its great for 1 person. Happy late birthday!🎉
When you fix a roast, second go round( leftovers), make po-boy sandwiches out of it. Shred some cabbage and put on it plain or as a slaw. You can also make barbecue sandwiches out of it along with the barbecue ribs. Serve the sweet potato fries with a dipping sauce make of: part honey and brown sugar with some melted butter. Heat to make syrup consistency and either serve to dip fries in or drizzle over the fries to serve. Make some do not peel chicken, take some of your spaghetti sauce and use to make stuffed bell peppers ( rice, mixed with some sauce that has either beef or pork mixed in, then topped with bacon. Bake in oven until bacon is cooked and peppers are crisp tender. Make sweet & sour meatballs. Make a stew out of one roast, add in some carrots & potatoes serve over some rice. Make some pork jambalaya…along with a chicken & sausage gumbo. If you had pork chops make some cumin rice with pork chops. Take any white fish and make fish En Papillote… easy and fast dinner …cut different veggies up to put on top of the fish and let everyone pick out what they want. Have an appetizer night out of all little bits of stuff that is leftover. You now have a lot to pick stuff from.
mashed potato and ground beef casserole, simple and delicious. Only mashed potatoes and ground beef or turkey needed. In to the casserole and bake it like 30min. add cheese on top if you prefer.
Breakfast casserole using up some sausage, eggs and cheese. Use that round steak to make beef stir fry. I like salmon in the crock pot. It so good. Maple salmon 6 salmon, 1 TBS olive oil and 1\2 cup shallots; saute about 15 minutes. Place in crockpot. Mix 1\2 cup maple syrup, 1\8 cup like juice, 1\4 cup sky sauce, 2 TBS garlic and 1 tsp ginger; whisk together and pour over salmon and shallots. Cool on high for 1 hour. I serve with rice.
Try the salmon u dont care for or the shrimp nuggets in a rice bowl. I had a southwest salmon bowl the other day. Rice base with grilled corn, japeno, pico de gallo, and a southwest sauce (mayo, salsa type blend). I actually got it a Long John Silver. I live by myself. I cook the whole pizza, slice it up and put the extra slices in the freezer. Ill take out a piece or 2 and just air fry it for a few minutes (they do really well in the air fryer). Add some carrot, celery sticks with ranch for lunch.
lol! Sometimes I forget! Usually we have the same type of meat in my inventory and I can tell by looks, but there are times in not sure. I used to be very vigilant about labeling but I haven’t labeled much in a long time.
I would be doing chipotle chicken bowls and steak quesadillas. I would use some of that sausage in a marinara sauce. The tilapia i would make fish sticks.
Leiha, the peppers are screaming to me for mock stuffed peppers with some ground beef and the left over rice your there only need a can of tomato sauce and dinners done. Have a great week.
The dish I was telling you about is called Do Not Peek Chicken. Also if you look up John Besh chef in New Orleans…he has a video of him making jambalaya! Step by step. Now this is our favorite jambalaya! Also, look up Paul Prudhomme’s recipes! My mother use to make chicken stew and he has a great recipe.
I have missed your videos and just binge watched this pantry challenge series. I loved them! I do have some ideas for you to help with a few of the freezer and pantry items.
1. Use your bolognese sauce, the mozzarella, and the lasagna noodles to make a simple lasagna. Bonus: i like to steam spinach or thaw frozen spinach to throw into my sauce for extra hidden veggies.
2. With the tilapia, you can make 2 dishes that my family loves. The first is fish tacos. You can shave the Brussels sprouts with carrots to make a Mexican coleslaw to serve with it. West coast style is simple- grilled style with lime and cayenne pepper (or chili powder), serve with a simply-dressed coleslaw of lime juice, hot sauce, salt, and pepper. Serve with queso and pico in grilled corn tortillas. It's a bite of summer! For an added bonus, you can serve it with those cooked beans in the freezer and some of the cooked rice. The second meal idea is nut-crusted tilapia. Process down some nuts (we love using pistachios or pecans), zest a lemon, drizzle in some olive oil, a pinch of salt and pepper. And then spread the nut crust on top of thawed tilapia before baking at 425 F for 10-15 minutes, or until the fish is flaky. Serve with roasted Brussels Sprouts, a salad, and some couscous or quinoa or tabbouleh for a beautiful Mediterranean inspired dish.
3. Cook the shrimp nugs and chop up your peppers to make a quick sweet and sour shrimp stir fry. The sweet and sour sauce is easy to make with ketchup, soy sauce, a touch of sugar, and some cornstarch. Serve with the fried rice, some of the pot stickers, etc.
4. With the salmon, i like to roast mine with a lemon pepper topping, lemon slices, or the McCormick One Skillet Glazed Salmon packet. Another way to enjoy it is with teriyaki for an Asian flair, or chili powder and lime for a Mexican flair. I like to make a double batch of roasted salmon with lemon, pepper, capers, and Kalamata olives for dinner tonight, and then make the leftovers into salmon burgers for tomorrow night. We also like to use the leftovers for Salad Nicoise.
Thank you!! This all sounds sooooo good!!! I appreciate all the ideas!
My favorite meal for smoked sausage or Aidell's sausage is a sheet pan meal with sliced sausage, potatoes, onions, carrots, peppers, whatever else you've got. Always a go-to.
I actually enjoy that! And with BBQ sauce! Dakota and Weston say every time we ate it they got heartburn! 😭
You could make yogurt with the whole milk. You’re doing a fantastic job at cleaning the freezers! Sure you could use the artichoke hearts (in stir fry and buns can always be spread with garlic butter and toasted.
Thanks!! That’s a fun idea actually!
The queso fresco always has a weird liquid in it and you take it out when you crumble. If you want to eat the frozen pizza you can cut up while still frozen. I normally do a half but you could even cut in fourths and freeze the rest. That freezer is super full of choices. I would need to write a list and meal plan to try to use though what was their for sure. Being busy at work makes it hard to pull things together at home too. Good luck!
I’ve never bought it with liquid in the packaging! But thank you for the ideas! ❤️❤️
I'm not going to write most ingredients for every suggested dish - you're a good cook and know what seasonings to use. I don't have an instant pot or slow cooker. I don't know all the spices and seasonings you keep on hand.
Sheet pan fajitas with rice from freezer.
Fish chowder with salmon and tilapia from freezer (make like clam chowder and use whole milk).
One of our favorite ways to eat salmon is Baked Thai Salmon "craved home cooking"
Use more whole milk and any kind of sausage in egg strata, baked egg dish, pasta dish, mac and cheese, cream soup. Chicken curry.
Stir fry rice, oven roasted broccoli, pineapple meatballs, (sweet chili sauce, soy sauce or aminos)
I think I saw English muffins in the freezer so ... breakfast sandwiches (sausage in freezer) can be made ahead.
Cut the frozen pizza in quarters so you can enjoy a portion at a time and not waste the rest.
Taco soup with any ground beef. We like cheese nachos with the soup so we can dip.
Bowl, any ethic flavor profile:
Cooked shredded meat, roasted vegetables, rice or pasta.
Cooked shredded salmon, rice, roasted corn, pico, shredded
Cheese stuffed burgers, sweet potatoes fries.
Do you like curry dishes? Chicken Tikka Masala is a quick dish and really good. I don't grill the chicken but sear in a hot skillet then add.
Roasted carrot (refrig)/pumpkin soup(freezer) (use whole milk).
Savory vegetable/sausage pie.
Fyi: if you you're making an "Asian" (Japanese, Thai, Chinese, etc) dish and you don't have bamboo shoots, cabbage cut in a similar size mimicks the texture of the shoots very well.
Classic roast in your slow cooker.
Cook bbq ribs in slow cooker with bean mix.
Use Italian sausage in your red sauce instead of ground beef.
Thanks girl! So many great ideas! I am definitely going to try salmon bowls and have it with some Asian sauce. You’re awesome!
@@savvysaute6578 Aww... you're so sweet! Thanks! I like to cook but sometimes, despite a full freezer, I run out of ideas. Your videos make me think and I appreciate that. Yesterday I made Stroganoff using a Chuck Roast I picked up from Fred Meyer ... one of those manager specials. It was a first to use Chuck and not a last! (( and we have leftovers 👍) Delish if I do say so! Keep your videos coming, please!
I'm going to do a Pantry challenge my freezer looks a lot like yours lol I would cut that Frozen pizza in half still frozen its great for 1 person. Happy late birthday!🎉
Thank you! 🎉 I will definitely need to do that with the pizza! Good luck on your challenge.
Nice pantry tho :)
When you fix a roast, second go round( leftovers), make po-boy sandwiches out of it. Shred some cabbage and put on it plain or as a slaw. You can also make barbecue sandwiches out of it along with the barbecue ribs. Serve the sweet potato fries with a dipping sauce make of: part honey and brown sugar with some melted butter. Heat to make syrup consistency and either serve to dip fries in or drizzle over the fries to serve. Make some do not peel chicken, take some of your spaghetti sauce and use to make stuffed bell peppers ( rice, mixed with some sauce that has either beef or pork mixed in, then topped with bacon. Bake in oven until bacon is cooked and peppers are crisp tender. Make sweet & sour meatballs. Make a stew out of one roast, add in some carrots & potatoes serve over some rice. Make some pork jambalaya…along with a chicken & sausage gumbo. If you had pork chops make some cumin rice with pork chops. Take any white fish and make fish En Papillote… easy and fast dinner …cut different veggies up to put on top of the fish and let everyone pick out what they want. Have an appetizer night out of all little bits of stuff that is leftover. You now have a lot to pick stuff from.
That sauce for the fries sounds perfect! Thanks for all the ideas!
mashed potato and ground beef casserole, simple and delicious. Only mashed potatoes and ground beef or turkey needed. In to the casserole and bake it like 30min. add cheese on top if you prefer.
Kind of like a cottage pie! That sounds yummy. Dakota doesn’t like mashed potatoes but Weston would enjoy that.
Breakfast casserole using up some sausage, eggs and cheese. Use that round steak to make beef stir fry. I like salmon in the crock pot. It so good. Maple salmon 6 salmon, 1 TBS olive oil and 1\2 cup shallots; saute about 15 minutes. Place in crockpot. Mix 1\2 cup maple syrup, 1\8 cup like juice, 1\4 cup sky sauce, 2 TBS garlic and 1 tsp ginger; whisk together and pour over salmon and shallots. Cool on high for 1 hour. I serve with rice.
Lime juice
Oh wow! I’ve never heard of doing it in the crockpot. Thanks!! And breakfast casserole is a great idea my family would love!
Breakfast for dinner, curry, roast with veggies and roast potatoes, ham/bacon sandwiches, apps night, tacos or use the naan as wraps etc.
Yes! We just did breakfast for dinner and Maelynn said it was the BEST!
Try the salmon u dont care for or the shrimp nuggets in a rice bowl. I had a southwest salmon bowl the other day. Rice base with grilled corn, japeno, pico de gallo, and a southwest sauce (mayo, salsa type blend). I actually got it a Long John Silver.
I live by myself. I cook the whole pizza, slice it up and put the extra slices in the freezer. Ill take out a piece or 2 and just air fry it for a few minutes (they do really well in the air fryer). Add some carrot, celery sticks with ranch for lunch.
Ooooh I love LJS southwest rice bowls!
How do you remember what each thing is with out labeling it?
lol! Sometimes I forget! Usually we have the same type of meat in my inventory and I can tell by looks, but there are times in not sure. I used to be very vigilant about labeling but I haven’t labeled much in a long time.
White chicken chili with chicken and corn, burgers and sweet potato fries
I’m putting burgers and SP fries on the meal plan! I have one portion of chicken chili left in the freezer I’m pulling out for a lunch.
You can cut the pizza frozen and put the other half, or however much, back in the freezer :)
I’m gonna do that!!
I would be doing chipotle chicken bowls and steak quesadillas. I would use some of that sausage in a marinara sauce. The tilapia i would make fish sticks.
Sausage in marinara is a great idea I forget about!
All the things you and your family doesn't eat you could just donate and im sure someone would be very grateful
Yes! We’ve been doing that!
You could make spinach artichoke dip
I love spin dip!
Make some sausage balls and with the artichokes make homemade spinach artichoke dip
Leiha, the peppers are screaming to me for mock stuffed peppers with some ground beef and the left over rice your there only need a can of tomato sauce and dinners done. Have a great week.
Ooooh great idea! I think I might be out of spaghetti, but I have that sauce in the freezer + rice and peppers!! Thanks!
The dish I was telling you about is called Do Not Peek Chicken. Also if you look up John Besh chef in New Orleans…he has a video of him making jambalaya! Step by step. Now this is our favorite jambalaya! Also, look up Paul Prudhomme’s recipes! My mother use to make chicken stew and he has a great recipe.
Oooh nice! I’ll look it up!
I’ll use sausage in my spaghetti as my meat. I load up on veggies and use sausage links l.
I forget about that option! Thanks for the reminder!
Take those tomatoes out of the refrigerator.