Major cooking and prep work going on here today. So far, I've peeled 10 pound of potatoes and made them into mashed potatoes, cooked up 8 pounds of hamburger, peeled and cut up 5 pounds of carrots and maybe 3 pounds of celery, cut and cooked down a mountain of onions, did dishes, cooked breakfast for my men and packed Pete's lunch. My belly does not like all this standing work so I'm taking a break with my feet up. I don't know what the issue is but ugh. I can do it for so long and then I MUST sit down...pain demands it.

I am waiting for the corn to unfreeze (cooking it in a pot on low low low) so I can assemble the Shepherd Pie into freezing containers that will hold enough for 2 meals. I will use any leftover ground beef to make beef BBQ which also freezes nicely. Shortly I will get the beef stew meat ready (dredged and browned) to hit the crock pot and then the chicken casserole which is pretty easy with very little prep required. I'll cook all the ingredients separately and assemble them in the freezeable/microwavable containers. And since our hens are laying eggs like gangbusters, I'm going to make custard later today (first time for everything)!

I have 15 brand new containers for the freezer and intend to fill all of them (and more if needed in older containers). I am primarily cooking to take food to my Nana so she will have decent meals that are easy for her to prepare.

Later this afternoon I will be making stuffed shells too.

Happy Cooking!

Michelle