Truly, no time to cook 🙃 SOLUTIONS!

Published: Mon, 10/21/24

Updated: Mon, 10/21/24

Sometimes I feel like it's all I do.

Cook, that is.

But sometimes, I truly have no time to put a meal together. This is when I'm very grateful for the make-ahead food I've put into my freezer.

I'm not actually having "freezer cooking days" to make this happen. I simply make a lot of food every time I cook, then the extras go into the freezer for days we need ready-made food. Often, I spend some time making 12-40 Breakfast Sandwiches. These sandwiches have become a favorite in our household - especially with all the adults who live here. They are great to grab and go on the way to work.

Other great food to put together ahead of time:

These Burritos (Last week when I didn't have time to cook, we grabbed these from the freezer, warmed them in the oven, smothered them with white queso, and felt like we were eating in a restaurant.)
Pancake Sausage Muffins (These are just gooooood.)
Uncrustables (Saturday I skipped taking the crusts off and simply made two loaves of bread worth of PB-Honey Sandwiches. The kids happily made a mess while taking the crusts off themselves whilst eating.)
Chicken Bacon Sandwiches (I also like to make a lot of Bacon ahead of time. Sometimes when I have pre-cooked bacon, I turn them into these sandwiches for grown-up lunches at home or on the go. So good.)
Giant Breakfast Cookies (Lately I've been baking a double batch into bars, cutting, then freezing them for two different work-free breakfasts.)
Millions of Muffins (I've been baking muffin batter into Mini-Muffins lately, then packaging them into snack-sized bags like Little Bites. My kids love to take these to school in their lunch boxes!

So in summary, sometimes I cook A LOT. And sometimes I don't cook at all, but simply pull out food I've already cooked for convenience on other days. It's the only way to make this work at our house!