Chime in-Gluten Free and/or Caseine Free Meals that Freeze Well

Did ya miss me? Huh, huh, did ya?

Just in case you’ve been dying to know where I’ve gone… here I am in all my baby glory.

It’s no wonder I haven’t had time for two blogs. To keep up with the most recent events visit Blog Schmog.

As most of you know cooking is not my favorite thing to do but since the majority of our large family has to eat gluten free, some need dairy free and one needs several other dietary considerations, I don’t get out of it often. EXCEPT when my Hubby and favorite chef gets into the kitchen. I’m so blessed!

So, I posted the following question on a gluten free group I am a part of and got a ton of feedback. Would you like to add your two cents? We can keep this list going over the years and hopefully it will be a good resource for others as well.

Okay everyone, desperate times call for desperate measures.

The baby should be coming in less than five weeks and we’ve eaten up all the freezer meals I made in advance.

That’s what happens with six people in the house already!

Needless to say I’m tired of the same ol’ same ol’.

So, your mission is to post or link your all time favorite freezer meals.

Here are some of the ideas we have already come up with.

• seasoned taco meat (not pre packaged seasoning/most has gluten)
• broth for soups (noodle soup with easy homemade GF noodles, veggie soup, egg drop, chicken and rice, onion soup, beef stew with rice or potatoes)
• cooked chicken
• freeze rice for meals or breakfast (with cinnamon/brown sugar)
• pot roast
• season meat while fresh and freeze to put into a crock pot with carrots and potatoes
• meat loaf
• meat balls
• lasagna or no-noodle lasagna (one of my most popular recipes)
• muffins (recipe linked below)
• pancakes
• mushroom soup to add to casseroles. If you like it creamy make a roux and add the soup with the liquid.

EDITED TO ADD:

• burrito casserole (layer anything you would have in a burrito with corn tortilla’s and tomato sauce on top)
• Gluten Free Cranberry Rice Bran Muffins

The Nourishing Gourmet had a similar post and tons of great ideas too.

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog was viewed about 21,000 times in 2010. If each view were a shipping container, your blog would have filled about 5 fully loaded ships.

In 2010, there were 17 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 169 posts. There were 17 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 16mb. That’s about a picture per month.

The busiest day of the year was January 25th with 137 views. The most popular post that day was Food for Goofs.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were glutenfreehomemaker.com, networkedblogs.com, fireandsalt.blogspot.com, blogschmogme.wordpress.com, and thewholegang.org.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for gluten free white sauce, gluten free breakfast casserole, slime, rose, and gluten free noodles.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Food for Goofs February 2009
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2

Xanthan Gum vs. Guar Gum April 2009
24 comments

3

No Noodle Lasagna Recipe January 2009
14 comments

4

Borrowed Breakfast Idea – Gluten Free Breakfast Casserole February 2010
6 comments

5

Green smoothie pants and still smiling. April 2009
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