It’s dinner time and again we are running around wondering what we can throw together from what we have in the fridge!  Stop that vicious cycle.  Calm your anxieties and plan ahead.  You will feel so much better as the day goes on and you already know what’s for dinner.  If you have not read about my freezer meal theory you definitely should but I also want to share another idea with you today.

Another Way to Prep for the week without using your freezer!

If you do not have the freezer space or you do not enjoy eating things out of the freezer there is another way!  Another way to prep in one evening is to plan four different meals and cook them all in one nigh.  Then you just keep them in the fridge to use that week.  I’ve done meals this way also and it works great.  I just make them up and store them in my outside fridge.  They are ready to go and I don’t have to worry if I forgot to pull something out of the freezer. This is another great option to save dinner time!

Caulifer Cordon Bleu

With that being said I would like to share with you another freezer meal (or bulk cooking) recipe that was a hit for my family!  This is called Cauliflower Cordon Bleu.  It was so good! If you haven’t tried cauliflower rice yet this is a great recipe for it, but I must say I planned to go to sam’s and get a bunch of it and they didn’t have it this week! WHAT!!  Instead, I bought frozen rice and put it in my food processor.  Literally, less than two minutes and I had BEAUTIFUL cauli rice (don’t mind that its rainbow cauliflower…not sure what that means but when it cooked there was no color left.  It said organic on the bag too so I’m not sure what the color was about but hey it worked.)

Anyway, this recipe was super easy and the taste was wonderful.  I put the Cauli rice (even whole cauliflower would work if you want to skip this step) in the pan.  Cover with diced boneless ham and shredded cooked chicken.  I like to do my chicken in the crock pot and then drain it and chop/shred it up.  Make the cream sauce and pour it over the top.  Shred your swiss cheese and load it up!  All done!

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Cauliflower Cordon Bleu- THM S

Ingredients

• 1 16oz bag Riced Cauliflower or whole frozen Cauliflower
• 1.5-2 lbs Boneless Ham Diced
• 3-4 Chicken Breasts Cooked and Shredded
• 1/4 Cup Butter
• 3 Cups Heavy Cream
• 5 T Mustard I used Dijon
• 1 t Crushed Garlic
• 1 t Gluccie
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 block Swiss Cheese Grated. I do this in my food processor
• 1 Cup Parmesan Cheese

Instructions

1. Place Cauliflower in greased pan.

2. Top with Shredded Chicken and diced ham.

3. Make the cream by heating the butter and cream.  Add the mustard to the pan and garlic.

4. Remove from heat and sprinkle with Gluccie and whisk it in well.  

5. Allow to cool a little then add in the egg yolk.

6. As the mixture sits it will thicken.  If not add more Gluccie.

7. Sprinkle the ham and chicken with salt and pepper to your taste and then cover in the cream sauce.

8. Top with both Cheeses and bake at 350 for 30-45 mins.

9. This is a great one to broil for the last few minutes too!

This is a great one for the freezer and to bless other families with!  If you are looking for more great freezer meals you can find them by clicking the freezer meal tab on the menu bar or by clicking here!  Thanks for joining me again today.  I hope you can take the time to plan and bless your family with great meals this week!

For my Trim Healthy Mama (THM) Friends this is an S meal.  If you would like to learn more about THM check out my tips and tricks and join us on this journey to healthy eating!

What do you have going for dinner?  I know it’s Tuesday and it’s 10 AM but do you have a plan? If you would have asked me that question a few years ago I would have said I have NO idea.  Who thinks about that in the morning and actually has a plan.  Then at 4:30 PM you would find me sweating in the kitchen trying to dream up a wonderful dinner from the crazy things I see in the pantry.  I was so sick of that!  I wanted to be that mom that had it all together.  I’m here to tell you that now I do know what is for dinner tonight and not only that but I know what is for dinner for the WHOLE week!  Can you believe that and not only do I know what I’m having I have it already COOKED!  No way you say…well believe it and you too can be right here with me.  Just check out my freezer meal cooking theory and get mealtime done!

Each Week

Each week you can join me here on my blog and find a wonderful healthy (Trim Healthy Mama THM) freezer meal.  These meals are easy because I do not enjoy being in the kitchen all day either!  They are also so yummy even my children rave over them.  Each week you can check back to see what I’m making and add it to your meal plan.  There you go, I’ll even take the thinking out for you!  With that being said let’s jump right into this weeks freezer meal.

Spinach Stuffed Chicken

I found this recipe over at Basil and Bubbly and my family really enjoyed it.  I found it was very easy and even though the chicken had green in it, my kids (who are all under 9) ate it well.

Basically, I followed the Recipe just as it is listed.  I first tried to make the spinach mix in my food processor but it didn’t work very well, so I moved it to my stand mixer.  That worked much better.  I think because I was quadrupling the recipe it just was too much for my food processor at once.

After the spinach mix was made I simply cut a slit in the chicken breasts and filled them with it.  Then I topped it off with some parmesan cheese and seasonings.  I did not saute mine in the olive oil instead I moved them to my freezer pans and froze them.  When I am ready to serve this meal I will thaw them and just go right to baking them at 350 for 35-45 minutes.

Try it out!

If you make four pans of these I bet you can do it in under 30 minutes and then BAM… you are DONE cooking for the week!  I know it will be worth it to you. Your family will be wondering where this super mom came from.  She’s serving up a wonderful and healthy warm meal and she’s doing it with a smile on her face.

For my Trim Healthy Mama (THM) friends this meal is an S (satisfying) meal and it would be wonderful served with a caesar salad, vegetables with butter, and even a peanut butter whip for dessert.

It seems even if you eat healthy most of the time you still enjoy a little comfort food every now and then! One thing I do not often make is pasta and my family LOVES pasta.  Last night I fed them this Goulash and it was like I was the most popular girl at the school dance.  Everyone oohed and ahhed and said they hated it because at our house if you say you do not like it you get a second helping.  Lots of people hated the goulash not because they did not want it, but rather because they were hoping for that second helping!

If you are just joining us here at onemorelittlething you should definitely read my freezer meal theory to help you understand why I post weekly.  You will also find out how you can spend just ONE day in the kitchen per week.  When I say “day” I do not mean 8 hours either, but rather just 1-2 hours! Sound like a dream? Then you have come to right place.  Jump in and join us!

One Pot Goulash

Goulash and spaghetti are already pretty easy meals to throw together quickly but this version just takes it over the top.  One pot…I mean literally throw those uncooked noodles and raw meat it and you are good to GO!  This one pot I use is, of course, the amazing electric pressure cooker or instant pot that I plug on a regular basis.  I do not get paid to tell you how amazing this thing is but rather I tell you about it because it is just that FABULOUS and it has cut my kitchen time by so much!

Anyway, this weeks freezer meal was done in this amazing pot but if you do not have this you definitely can continue on with us.  Even if you do not have one you can certainly make this recipe by browning your meat and cooking your noodles like you normally would.  I have made this recipe into a Trim Healthy Mama (THM) friendly recipe by using the low-carb Dreamfields elbow noodles.  You can find a photo and link to them above but for you Michigan readers these are also available at Meijer.  This recipe is amazingly an S meal even though the pasta has carbs.  Wondering what all this Trim Healthy Mama (THM) stuff means you can read more about it here.

Get to the Goulash

For this meal, if you do not have an instant pot just make sure you cook your noodles and brown your beef first and then basically add everything in and simmer for 10 mins.  If you have the wonderful pot you can start by adding in your tomatoes (undrained), your ground beef, and everything else.  I put the noodles in last.  Set your pot to the soup setting medium, mine goes for 30 minutes.  Put that lid on and wallah!  Dinner is done in about 40-50 minutes depending on when the pressure is built up enough. The best part about this is not only is it easy to throw it all in but you only have ONE pan to wash!  When this pot is done you have 2-3 9x13s all set to go depending on how full you would like them to be.  I easily did three from one batch.

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One Pot Goulash THM XO

Ingredients

• 56 oz Diced Tomatoes undrained
• 3 lbs Ground Beef uncooked
• 3 Yellow Onions
• 1 T Minced Garlic
• 2-4 T Worcestershire Sauce
• 3 T Italian Seasoning
• 5 Cups Water
• 3 t Salt
• 32 oz Dreamfields Elbow Noodles uncooked
• 1 jar Sugar-Free Spaghetti Sauce
• Mozzarella and Parmesan Cheese to top if you want

Instructions

1. Start by adding the undrained tomatoes to your Instant Pot.

2. Next, add it the raw ground beef.

3. Follow the rest according to the list.  

4. Last, add the uncooked noodles.

5. Set your pot to the soup setting medium (30 Minutes).

6. When it is done you can take your chopper and mix it all up.

7. Add the spaghetti sauce and mix that in.

8. You can now divide this into 2-3 9x13 pans.

9. Once cooled top with Cheeses if desired!

Now, this REALLY is a treat when you can literally spend 10 minutes throwing everything in and then forget about it.  Before you know it you have three of your four meals done for the week.  Make another pot and you have six meals made and can bless another family with your wonderful meal!  My THM friends please remember we are not supposed to reheat pasta so this would not work well for a freezer meal but it’s great family meal to feed a crowd!