Big Batch Freezer Meals | Lasagna, Baked Beans, Chicken Enchiladas
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- Опубликовано: 13 ноя 2022
- Today Dan and I are in the kitchen together, cooking some freezer meals for our family. We haven't cooked like this in years, but life has gotten hectic recently, and I'm finding it harder to get home-cooked meals on the table every night. I'm excited to have some healthy meals in the freezer to pull out when the day gets away from me.
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Turns out we are not alone in our love of garlic toast with pasta. The toast is the best part! Hugs, you guys; I'll see you on Wednesday. 😊
Yes, always
We always do
I didn't think you COULD eat pasta without garlic toast 😅
I'm from Texas, and we always make garlic toast with our lasagna and spaghetti!
Absolutely-garlic bread with pasta- delicious!
I've had good results by lining glass or even metal pans with foil then freezing the food. After it freezes you can removed the food from the pans and wrap well for longer freezer storage, freeing up your baking pans and also eliminating the risk of broken glass in your freezer. When you're ready to cook, you can put your frozen food back in the same pans or baking dishes to thaw and finishing cooking. Hope this helps!
What absolutely excellent advice! Thank you so much.
Fab idea friend.
That's a brilliant idea
great idea
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I am 71 years old and from Florida and I have always had garlic toast with my pasta dishes. And that is also how it's served in restaurants here. Great combo!
Hey! I learned that you can use uncooked lasagna noodles and it turns out perfect! Lessens the prep/total cooking time and you don’t have to worry about breaking the noodles! You can use either oven ready or regular lasagna noodles
Been doing it for years!!!❤
@@krisirolfe4332Me too. I've never pre-cooked Lasagna sheets. They are layered on dry and turn out perfectly every time
Garlic toast with pasta....ALWAYS! I'm shocked that some don't. 😋 I live in New York, so it's not just a Canadian thing. Loved seeing you both in the kitchen, lovely team.
Trick for lasagna, don't bother cooking the noodles. They cook perfectly in the oven.
Maybe it’s a northern thing? I eat garlic toast with pasta and I was raised in NYS.
Is garlic toast like garlic bread? Italians will often use plain rustic bread, Scarpetta,= scraps to soak up saucey foods, but not often.
I’m in Tennessee and always have garlic toast or garlic breadsticks with pasta.
We always had Italian bread with spaghetti or lasagna
In the 80s, garlic toast became the trendy thing
Born raised in NY
Thank GOD, in 2020 I got the heck outta NYS!!!
Here’s a tip. Put your cottage cheese in the food pro, add an egg and whiz. The consistency will be that of ricotta, easier to spread!
I agree! I always add an egg so it sets up, won’t get runny. With a lot of salt & pepper!
With parsley. 🙂
We do this too!!
I am Canadian but I'm also Italian and we always had garlic bread with all pasta dishes! Maybe with 6 kids, it was a way my Mom stretched the food but I still do it. I have lived in Portland for 16 years now and never thought it was odd, I have fed many Americans and not ever a complaint. Awesome channel btw
Great video!! If you don't want to leave your glass dishes in the freezer you can line the with parchment freeze them then pop out the casserole or whatever you are freezing and store in a reusable bag or Tupperware and they stack nicely and you don't have to worry as much about your glass pans.
We call it garlic bread here in Maine, USA.
I recently found your channel and I am loving binge watching your videos!
Dawn C- Hi from Central Lakes Region New Hampshire! Yes, we call it garlic bread too. I like to take French bread, saw it lengthwise and add all that butter, garlic spread and herbs. So good!
We call it garlic bread in Scotland too! And it's a must with pasta dishes and chilli! :)
Garlic bread here in Vermont, too. Also just discovered the channel!! Love it! I even asked my husband to redo our canning/cold room in the basement as a Christmas gift 😂
Chelsea, your videos are fantastic. I’m happy that Dan is joining you on YT more. You are an adorable couple who really complement each other💥 Always garlic toast with pasta in the US.
Another freezer meal I like to do as it freezes well is Shepherd Pies/Cottage Pies. They are quick and easy to make and so delicious.
Just pressure canned 5 pints of kidney beans. My first foray into pressure canning! I bought an electric canner and all 5 sealed. It was so satisfying to hear that pop! There’s only two of us, so I can can small batches as needed. Really enjoying retirement!
It is VERY common to have garlic bread toasted and sometimes with cheese also, then serve with most any Italian dish. It's the best part! I'm from Florida and I don't know anyone that doesn't use toasted garlic bread. Usually broiled in oven till golden. With lots of butter! I loved your video today! And I loved seeing you and your hubby together cooking - fun! I know some people that put up freezer meals line their container with foil then once the meal has frozen, they remove it and wrap it well and put it back in freezer. That way all the containers aren't stuck in the freezer until time to cook.
We’ve always eaten garlic toast with our pasta. Coming from a big family It made food stretch. So pretty common with everyone I know in the southern states. Absolutely loved seeing Dan cooking with you today. You too are so funny together
Good to see chef Dan in the kitchen helping, and yes garlic bread with lasagna, spaghetti, pasta right on, awesome.
Garlic toast as a side for pasta is totally NOT weird. I live in Colorado and I eat it together all the time. It’s delicious!
ABSOLUTELY, we have garlic toast with almost every spaghetti, lasagna, ravioli etc.. It is so tasty. Thanks for this great video.
We don’t call it garlic toast. We call it garlic bread. It’s delicious with any kind of pasta.
We eat garlic toast with spaghetti 🍝🍝🍝
There were times we piled the pasta on top of the garlic bread.
Totally! We live in Southern France. And have always had garlic bread with any homemade Italian food
Garlic toast and pasta is the norm here in Australia and when I cook lasagna I never cook the sheets first. Just add them uncooked and it turns out fine. Much quicker too! Love your videos
Yes, 100% agree...fellow Aussie, we always have garlic bread or toast and I NEVER cook my pasta...we also love it with plain lettuce as a side. Love watching you cook Chelsea especially canning and pantry prep xx
Just discovered your channel earlier today! I was surprised to hear you say you’d hire out your cooking if you could…then I started binge watching, as we had a cold and rainy day here in Oklahoma. I see just how many times you cook in a day and how much preservation you do. Well done, my dear! You are a natural-so at ease in your kitchen. I look forward to watching more. Thanks for sharing your family and farm with us!
From TEXAS - YES, YES indeed we have the garlic toast with any Italian dish - even when living in Chicago - all Italian folks have the garlic bread made into toast with their dishes - so you are on target with having the garlic toast, PLEASE know it is really nice to see the both of you together working on the dishes (cooking) together. Really like your vids seeing the log home, wood cook stove and how you oreserve your foods. At age 73 and being a retired nurse working long shifts and little time to cook - your vids are a treat. THANKS
Welcome!😊
We live in Minnesota and I can't imagine having Lasagna without garlic toast! YUMMY-
Minnesota here too and we always have garlic toast with lasagna or any pasta dish.
AMEN
I like garlic toast with tomato soup, potato leek soup, and bean soup as well as with pasta dishes. Such a treat watching you and Dan in the kitchen and enjoying the outdoors together. Blessings to you all.
I have to have Johnny cake/cornbread with my bean soup, here in northern Michigan 😊
.....you have a point!
Love Dan’s view that it’s food storage just going to another type of food storage ❤ and garlic bread or toast is a regular addition for us 😊
With adding cheese and beans the enchiladas remind me of a wet burrito, either way looks delicious
I have never had an Italian pasta dish at home or served at a restaurant where I haven't been served garlic bread of some sort with my meal. Love it!
Little tip if you're using a garlic press, don't peel the garlic, just pop it in and squeeze, the skin won't come through but will stay in the bowl of the press. We eat garlic toast with pasta, so you're not the only one. So glad that you're going to do more freezer meals, I thoroughly enjoyed watching you and Dan in the kitchen. Thank you sooo much for sharing xx ps you can also grate your garlic, again, you don't have to peel.
I was wondering why we were seeing more of Dan. I'm sure you are thankful to have him around the house more now.
So thankful!
Homemade freezer food is such a blessing on busy/sick/lazy days :D Best of all, it tastes better after flavors meld. Add fresh homemade garlic bread & happy eaters abound. 👍👍
I can't believe you have 11 kids and that you are old enough to have grandkids. You look so young!!! You are amazing, enjoying your cooking and adventures!!!!
We love to have garlic bread with our pasta dishes! I’ve never served baked beans as a side dish with pasta, usually veggies or salad. Every things looks so tasty! Thanks for sharing your cooking day with us!
Yes, we eat Texas toast that is buttered and has garlic and parsley on top with pastas. We sometimes will put mozzarella cheese on top as well. 😀
Garlic toast is perfect with pasta! I use cottage cheese in my lasagna too. I mix the cottage cheese with an egg and parmesan cheese.
It’s fun to see you and Dan in the kitchen!! Love to see you having help and nothing wrong with Dan learning all men can do it!! Applaud Dan for all his efforts!! Keep up the terrific work!! 🥰❤️🇨🇦
North Carolina here. Always have bread/garlic bread with all saucy pastas! Yummm. Garlic bread, garlic bread sticks, garlic knots. So amazing. Thank you for you hard work and enthusiasm. It's appreciated!! Merry Christmas!
Love love love seeing Dan in the kitchen with you. Shows real life. You are both so sweet together. More please! I also love that you are doing more videos. and I like how you do them. Real cooking for a big family. We had eight in my family and my memories are almost identical to what you are showing with both you and Dan in the kitchen...More please! I think you are the only homestead that has both of you in the kitchen cooking together. Love it. And yes we do garlic toast with our pasta dishes too here in minnesota.
I'm in Washington State and always eat garlic toast with pasta. I loved your videos. Having freezer meals so you can get out and enjoy the sun this winter and summer will be wonderful.
And here I was hoping to see Dan in the rhinestone goggles! But what a great team the two of you are. Thanks for this.
It’s a good thing to have garlic toast with pasta. Not just a Canadian thing. Would love to come to 🇨🇦 What a wonderful family! Thanks for sharing 😊
Yes! Garlic toast with any kind of pasta dish. Our family dips the bread in the sauce as its cooking. They can't wait. 😊
Oh man, I was really hoping to see Dan in your bedazzled goggles. Such a good guy to always be helping you out in the kitchen. You two make a great team! ❤
I am just so amazed at the amount of food you prepare from your own farm. So admirable and thank you for sharing.
Love listening to/watching your videos while cleaning and cooking! You and your husband are such a wonderful team.
Hey, I live in Virginia, and I also LOVE garlic toast. That's what I used a long time ago when I had no garlic bread, and now, it's a favorite. Wow! your freezer is becoming your best friend with all that food! Nothing like quick meals. Good to see Dan in the kitchen.
Oh, is garlic bread and garlic toast different? In Scotland, UK, we just have garlic bread. It's crusty bread smothered in butter, garlic and herbs.
@@helenbriton4070 My garlic toast is just regular toasted sliced bread smeared with butter and garlic.
Looks wonderful , delicious meals.I use my glass pans for the freezer and they work great. We eat garlic toast with our pasta meals , who doesn’t ? I learned to use glass from watching Jamerrill Stewart Large Family 😂. Never use oil on your pasta .
Yes it's a British thing as well, garlic bread 🍞 we call it yummy 😋 more cooking from Dan please 🙏
Very much looking forward to being introduced to your mom in your “in the kitchen with mom” video. I’m sure it’ll evoke many fond memories of our own “cook with mom” experiences.
Definitely garlic toast or garlic cheesy bread (although I can’t eat garlic anymore I would never deprive anyone else if its pleasures). Your vlogs are truly a gift!
Using flour tortillas instead of corn, you’re actually making yummy wet burritos rather than enchiladas. I love your plan to pour on the sauce when you put them in the oven. My husband and I are going to try it. Great teamwork in the kitchen!
Yep, lived in Texas for years. Ate tons of Mexican food. Flour tortillas make great burritos and enchiladas. The way you cook is great! The sauce, red or green, makes them wonderful, whether you call them burritos or enchiladas, doesn’t matter. The family is gonna do a magic trick and make them disappear. Eating them with fried egg, refried beans, fried rice, guacamole and pico…MAN- O-MAN, WHEWWWW, SO GOOD.
Looks sooo delicious!! My body doesn't do well with a strong sauce but it will be enjoyable to just have a little bit. Nice that your husband helps in the kitchen. Your job is not easy! Thanks from Central Oklahoma
Lift your counters from the bottom of the cabinets. You can add kick drawers under the cabinet for extra storage. This would raise the cabinets and counters, giving you additional storage.
I thought it was a global requirement to have garlic bread with ALL pasta! My son uses garlic butter on everything! And YES, when cooking pasta the water is supposed to be salty with a good amount of olive oil! It absolutely keeps the pasta from sticking!!
I’m from Pennsylvania, US. Amish country, a lot Dutch style cooking. But, yes America eats garlic bread w/ all Italian dishes.
We always have garlic toast with our pasta dishes. Love your show ❤️
The left over noodles I cut up into small square/ pieces. I cook mashed potatoes chunky not whipped . In a separate fry pan I fry up onions add paprika mix together add to potatoes and then mix noodles into this. You need to season plenty with salt and pepper to taste.It’s a Hungarian side dish to have with sausage or breaded pork extra
Forgot to mention to fry in butter
Fellow Canadian here, absolutely we have garlic bread with pasta dishes! It's weird without! Love the regular content!
Wow ! Dan in the kitchen helping , congratulations , you must buy Dan a chef hat , he is on his way to better things ! That knife that Dan is using , remarkable !! A target date for the cookbook , maybe early 2023 ? The team work is very important , stay safe , enjoy , & have fun ! Great video !!!
Garlic toast is a natural to eat with pasta, being Italian that is the way we have grown up ! Enjoy & have fun !! In Lasagna we use fresh Ricotta goat cheese , what a flavor to add !!
Tip for garlic: I use a small flat microplane grater. You don't even need to peal the garlic, as you grate the skin gets left behind. Really easy and fast! Great video.
My mom always served garlic toast with pasta (grew up on the east coast but lived in Riverside, California most of her life). I am 75 years old and living with my daughter and her family in Phoenix, Arizona. They buy and serve garlic flavored Texas toast with pasta. Love your videos.
Yes, garlic toast....we're in the Maritimes and LOVE it. Every restaurant serves them together.
Absolutely YES to garlic bread. We’re eat it with spaghetti and Chicken Alfredo also. We also put a layer of spinach in our lasagna!
How awesome is it to prep meals with someone. It’s even moe awesome when that someone is one’s spouse! Oh and by the way, garlic toast with pasta is a must! Take care, Doc❤
Australian, love my garlic bread with lasagna and spaghetti😊when I worked full time and went to College 2 nights a week I did a bake day once a fortnight. It’s a life changer. Knowing that my teenagers could pull out a meal the nights I would be late was great.
We definitely love garlic bread with our pasta meals.
When I have bunch of garlic to chop up I like to use my food processor on pulse and blend to desired consistency.
I enjoy watching your videos so much! Thank you for sharing 😊
I'm in Ontario and yes indeed Garlic toast is a must for us with lasagna. Love, love your videos. They are always so interesting and you do a fabulous job.
Your food looks delicious and the baked beans are something I want to make!
When I put my kitchen in I built a 2x4 platform under all the cabinets. What a back-saver! Esoecially when doing the dishes, and food prep.
Californian here and we love garlic bread with pasta dishes
Those lasagnas look amazing!!! I never added cottage cheese to mine but will try it next time I make a batch. Love watching all your cooking videos, you're so organized! Great job!!
@cindylarade3571 We love ricotta best, but if you use cottage cheese, be sure to drain it well before adding to the dish because the liquid makes it really runny.
Next time you make lasagne, add a beaten egg to the ricotta cheese with a pinch of parsley. I add some mozzarella in the ricotta too. It sets up beautifully!
I completely forgot to show that we added some eggs into the cottage cheese (we ran out so only did 3. Thanks for mentioning it!
Pasta is AMAZING with diced potatoes( which you cook in the same pasta pan but a few minutes prior to the pasta)and frozen peas. Yummy 😋
We make garlic toast almost every time I make anything Italian! And a fresh salad to balance it!
I make large batches of lasagna and cook it in the fridge over night. Then cut into individual portions and use plastic wrap and put those in a freezer bag.
Chelsea your videos KEEP GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.. I've followed your channel for ages BUT now they are sooo much fun it feels as if I'm at your kitchen table ..so proud of Dan he seemed so comfortable in the kitchen..you guy's make an amazing team 👏👏👏 looking forward to meeting your mom👏❤️ beautiful family Beautiful life🌹🌹yes here in the south garlic bread is a must have!! with pasta
I’m so glad you love them! We’re working hard to make good videos for you all.❤️
@@LittleMountainRanch All your videos have been wonderful but for the last few months it seems like your videos have went to a hole new level. your so much more personal an relaxed (kind of hard to explain)the atmosphere of love an devotion comes through..an so relaxing an fun to watch..an Dan showing up is just the icing on the cake.. 😂 yes I'm a Dan Fan😂🤩🍿
@@LittleMountainRanch Is Becky giving you tips and inspiration?
I think it would be cool if you would have you and DAN to cook a lot more together and do a lot more of those shows maybe more than just once a week looks like you guys work out great together in the kitchen.
I’m from Chicago. Lived near a lot of Italians. You always have garlic bread. That’s the best part.
Marriage is a partnership.
Husbands and wives need to learn each other's jobs, you never know when something might happen to one of you and the other will have to pick up the slack.
I know lots of men that spend rainy days in the kitchen with their wives learning to cook or dabbling with supervision, and wives that whip up easy meals so they can spend time learning what jobs their husband does.
Partners!!!
Everybody starts out in the kitchen as an amateur, but the humor and inside jokes that come from husbands and wives spending time together in the kitchen strengthens your bond, builds lasting memories, and just can't be beaten.
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Garlic toast with pasta is the authentic Italian way of doing it. I love garlic bread.
I am so excited to try squash in my sauce now!! I have never thought of it so thanks to your mom 🥰 Also I am absolutely LOVING these regular videos as you consistently inspire me !! Freezer meals on my to do list for the week 😉
Loved this. Thanks for sharing.
It is a Nebraska and Colorado thing. Growing up we always had crusty, buttery Italian garlic bread with pasta dishes.Great video, so much fun to see you working with your Husband!
I enjoyed watching you and Dan cooking together 😊
I enjoyed your video! Thank you for sharing, and so nice to see Your husband , too! Wonderful family💜. I always like ‘going outside ’. Beautiful home and property. All the animals and too. It all feels like a lot of Love🥰
Your meals looked amazing ! What a Blessing for your family.🙏
Option: extra countertop. A separate surface large enough to work on, raised on a 2x4 or something. Like a 3" high bench or bed-table. You can test heights, and carry your work from one place to another, and possibly even store things in the gap underneath if you keep it stationary.
Your friend was right about not adding oils or butter to pastas.
But you need to salt the water really good.
Not a fan of celery, but know folks that are, and that was an incredible amount of celery that you added.
Absolutely make a thick sauce, the more meat, the more gooder it's gonna be.
I made a white chicken lasagna the same way for years.
It actually contains a batch of my famous spinach artichoke dip off in there, which everybody loves.
Then one day decided to add caramelized onions to the layers, and it was incredible.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with freezing in glass.
You can freeze in jars or casserole dishes.
Have frozen things uncovered to allow expansion, then cover.
I think that's a great thing. When my kids where small I never bought pasta I always made my own. I made my own bread crumbs and always made snacks like cakes, cookies or brownies once a week. I loved to do it. I miss it very much.
Absolutely! Garlic toast goes with pasta. Not just a Canadian thing. I’m born and raised in Texas, USA. Always have, always will. Also any oil in water will keep sauce from sticking .
2/27/23 This is the first time I'm seeing ur videos and I'll watch more and subscribe!! Hello from Alaska!! Garlic bread with any pasta, salad, soup, stew, scrambled eggs, pretty much any food made, I love it as do my girls!! Thanks for my intro into ur lives, stay warm!!💖😊💖
Yes, definitely Garlic Bread with any Italian meal. Delicious.
Great video!! Beautiful place you all have.
I'm from California and I come from a family of eight kids. all of my siblings and I love garlic bread/toast with pasta. it feels like something is missing when we don't have it. garlic bread is a must with pasta
Thanks for sharing your epic cooking & bonus with Dan helping! Many blessings to your wonderful family 🤗💕🇨🇦
We're from Pennsylvania in USA. Predominant Italian community. And YES garlic bread is used alot. Love your channel and like to see how different yet so alike we live!
Garlic toast is something we have done since I was little. How can you not have that.
Hello, Dan good to see you in the Kitchen... Hope to see you more.
💚 Just look at those great freezer meals, awesome! And doing it together makes it so much more enjoyable. Lovely cows hanging out in the snow. Thanks for showing us Little Mountain. 💚
We love our garlic bread with pasta dishes, absolutely!! From Massachusetts USA
Love Your Team Work!👏
Yes! Garlic toast with lasagna or spaghetti is a MUST! Thank you for sharing. Your food always looks so delicious. I’ve never made enchiladas at home. I’ll have to give it a try sometime. I had to edit…..I can’t wait for the video with your mom and those family recipes! Those are GOLD!
Canadian here and we definitely eat garlic toast with pasta! Recipes look amazing!!
Florida girl here. Love ❤️ 😍 💖 Garlic toast, bread with pasta. I thought it was a typical thing
I'm from the south. We always serve garlic toast with Lasagna. And I always add black beans to Chicken enchiladas. We are thinking alike.
Love your videos!! Thank you!
Great idea!