Feeling Good after Freeze-O-Rama

After spending Saturday cooking in the kitchen with 11 blogging buddies, I received the following texts from Liz over at Two Maids a Milking...

Text #1: Convo at breakfast...Niece #1 "I think I know who made these muffins, a girl named Megan." Niece #2 "We should call her and tell her we love them and thank you very much!"

My Text Reply: Tell them I say you are welcome. I love the way kids think!

Text #2: Niece #2 just said tell her we are going to need some more muffins!

They were talking about the pumpkin chocolate chip muffins Barbara over at Frugalista Farm Life and I made during Freeze-O-Rama. We fixed up three double batches which made about 90 regular-size muffins and 100 mini muffins.

I love these muffins right out of the oven, so I was glad that some of them were enjoyed right away and not put into the freezer...although we did include reheating instructions with each bag!

In addition to the muffins, Barbara helped me put together 12 jars of Texas Two-Step Soup Mix. We were pinch-cooking for Leah over at Beyer Beware. Check out her post with the recipe here. Here are the final products.

Since we didn't have as much prep work on our dishes as some of the other gals (These ladies were COOKING...I was amazed at the number of potatoes peeled, bacon fried and manicotti filled.), Barbara and I got to enjoy some of the other activities we planned for the day when we thought that we were all cooking in a small kitchen. Luckily the kitchen we were in was wonderful...lots of counter space and a large commercial oven!

Cris over at Goodeness Gracious brought her huge collection of Gooseberry Patch cookbooks and we looked through those. Barbara picked out a couple for her Christmas list, including Cris's suggestions of Best-Ever Casseroles and One-Pot Meals.

Then we received some cake decorating tips from Liz...you should have seen her tackle supply box with her decorating tools. She is a pro! Check out this post of hers.

She showed us how to do roses.

Then she showed Big Sissy from 3 Pigs her tricks.

But Big Sissy really wanted to try it by herself.

Here she goes!

It was a wonderful day. I love spending time with these women. I learn so much from them. There are single women, married women, married women with children and married women with children and grandchildren in the group. But when we get together, we are just women who enjoy each other's company.

Now to the food...if you are interested in some of the recipes that were cooked up and shared during our Freez-O-Rama, check out Goodeness Gracious by clicking on the button below.

Linking up to some other Tuesday fun...

Going Off-Site for Some Freezer Cookin'

Just a heads up...

I did some cookin' this weekend with some Goode friends over the weekend and a linky party is in the works! Head over to Goodeness Gracious on Tuesday and share your favorite freezer meal recipe.

I joined 11 of my blogging buddies for a marathon session in the kitchen on Saturday. There was a lot of activity, a few bloopers, and a mountain of yummy food at the end. I was pinch-cooking (kind of like pinch-hitting) for my gal pal Leah over at Beyer Beware because she was out of town and couldn't participate.

As a single lady (now put your hands up...sorry Beyonce took control of my fingers for a moment) with limited freezer space I don't have room for 12 meals in my freezer, but as a working mother of two, Leah does! So I gladly stepped in so that she could come home from her trip with a few meals ready to go in her freezer.

Baby Sister (aka Frugalista Farm Life) was also there, so we helped each other complete our dishes...my pumpkin chocolate chip muffins for Frugalista and a cool soup in a jar mix for me.

The cooking was done at a church about 20 minutes from my house, so I had to load up all of my supplies.

The scary part...this didn't include 12 pounds of hamburger supplied by Leah to go with the soup mixes and my computer and printer so we could print off recipes if needed throughout the day.

In addition to the cooking, we also had a Pampered Chef demo, cookbook swap & share, cake decorating demonstration and lots of great conversation!

We even had some little helpers, including this sweet thing...

You might remember her from this post. My precious niece is now 5 weeks old. She was quite content admist the hustle and bustle of the kitchen. Doesn't she look cute in her tights?

Stay tuned for more about our 6-plus hours of cooking.

I actually came home with a few meals because Baby Sister split her spoils with me...and because I took Leah's quiche (made by Liz over at Two Maids a Milking) as payment for delivering her meals...I also took a brownie from the pan on her stove and am now craving brownies with chocolate and peanut butter chips.  

Can't wait for the cookie swap Baby Sister is planning for December! Maybe I'll have to make brownies...

By the way...the quiche didn't make it to the freezer. Lil' Sister and I ate some as soon as I got home. I've had it for breakfast and supper today! It has bacon in it, need I say more?