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I've always made my own pizza dough. I cook one and put 3 bags in the freezer for another time. My question is, do any of you put the whole pizza with the toppings on it in the freezer? If so, do you partially cook the crust before adding the toppings, or do you keep the dough raw. Are they good made up ahead and frozen or better to add the topping after thawing the dough like I've always done. Thanks ladies.

Happy Birthday Becca. Hope you have a great day!!!

I hadn't bought a cake mix for probably 30 years. One day Betty Crocker had cake mixes for $.39 each. I bought 6. I made a cinnamon coffee cake for breakfast one morning when I wasn't in the mood to start from scratch. Hey, that was good. I've also made them swirling jam or jelly through them. Hey, they're good too. When some cousins called saying they thought they'd stop as they were going by, I made another. Yellow cake, swirled in some raspberry jam, made a pot of coffee and we were good to go. Now, I always have cake mixes in the freezer. I'm old, it's easy and I love it!!!

Happy Birthday Snowy. Hope your day is going beautifully and that you didn't get the 10" of snow we got.

Thank you, Snowy. Yours is coming up soon, if I remember correctly.

Welcome back old friend!!!

I don't know if they do or not Mother. DH eats them, not me, but he never complains and gobbles them up.

I have tons of stuff in my freezer in single servings. DH loves meat. Now that I'm older I don't eat much of it. Just last week I cooked 5 lbs. Italian sausage and 5 dozen eggs, making sausage and scrambled eggs. I put 1 cup of the mix in sandwich bags, flattened them out and froze. I used to make burritos, but he now just wants the sausage/eggs. I ended up with 23 bags, plus what he ate for breakfast. I also made a 9x13 pan of lasagna. I fed him two meals from it before cutting the rest in nice sized pieces and putting them in sandwich bags in the freezer. Later this week I'll make a couple dozen enchiladas to freeze 2 to a package. I also found a box of pancake/waffle mix that was dated 8/23. Whoops! I cooked up the whole box making waffles. We ate some for breakfast and the rest went into the freezer with 2 waffles per bag. It took some time and work but it's awfully nice to have in the freezer and ready to just warm up. I also have a lot of things I've done earlier. Chili, Tator Tot casserole, escalloped potatoes/ham, chunks of leftover cooked chicken and roast beef to make into soups, and I can't think right off the bat what else. It makes life easy to cook one whole day and have individual meals for weeks. I have 3 freezers and they are all full.

Thank you ladies. I am having a nice day. Out to lunch with the family and home for a nap this afternoon.

Thanks everyone and back at you. We're home from our day with family. I'm already in my pajamas and bathrobe and sitting in my recliner. Exactly where I want to be. Have a great evening everyone.

Yum, Necie. I would be sick all night if I ate that but take away 20 years and I would enjoy every single bite. Makes me think of Long John Silver's fish where I slathered it in malt vinegar. It does look delicious!!!

Mignightmom, I had to laugh at you looking up lefse. I grew up in the L.A. area and knew everything about Mexican and Chinese food but nope, never heard of lefse until 50 years ago when, I married a Norwegian/Swedish boy and moved to Iowa. Lefse, kringla, krumkake and rosettes were/are staples for the holidays. No lutefisk. This family doesn't make or eat it and from all I've heard that's a good thing! Anyway, the lefse is spread with butter and suger sprinkled on it. Folded into a triangle and eaten as part of the meal. It's very good.

She and Jimmy were amazing people!

Today I made the 1st batch of instant hot chocolate for the winter. It's easy, tastes so good and you just add water. On a cold winter day or night, it just hits the spot. Today was 61 degrees but even so it was delicious.

We're having ham and smoked turkey, Littlesister. I'm taking a relish tray, salad and lefse. For 30 years I did both Thanksgiving and Christmas. I'm so glad I now just get to go and eat. With age comes a few benefits.

Today I cooked up a pork roast I'd put in the freezer dated 6/2022. Yikes, I'd lost it until I defrosted the freezer. I put it in the crockpot with cream of celery soup, onion, garlic, pepper, etc. I was surprised at how delicious it was. No taste of freezer burn and moist as could be. I hate to admit there's another in the same bag, but I'll cook it too in a couple weeks and hopefully have another great meal. It's amazing what meat cooked in a crockpot can do.

I've not had any of the above and unless life gets a lot tougher than it is I'll stick with turkey., thank you!

Oh, Pixie from so long ago. Happy Birthday to you. We'd love to hear how you're doing.

I'm no help but hopefully someone will be along shortly that knows something. I'll be interested in their response too as I've never had any luck with it either.

Oh gosh, Jeepers. You mentioned things I haven't even thought of yet. They're winter meals and with this heat who can really plan heavy winter food? Yes, beans and cornbread. I freeze both. DH isn't real crazy about cornbread, but I love it and he will eat it if I put butter and jelly on it and put it on his plate. Tuna casserole, hamburger soup, beef stew, chicken pot pies, chicken noodle soup and chili. So many things but it will have to wait until cooler weather. I'll also have to hit Aldi before I begin. Gosh, I love this ladies. Keep the ideas coming!

I know just what you mean LIttlesister. I have Tator Tot casserole, scalloped potatoes and ham, lasagna and chicken casserole all in individual servings in my freezer. For breakfasts I have waffles and breakfast burritos. I love to go places and DH doesn't. He's content with me running all the time as long as I don't make him go along. I have all these meals ready for him, so I don't feel so guilty being gone. AND yes, it sounds like you're getting your life back together. Welcome back!

This morning I grated another zucchini and made a batch of zucchini, date, walnut muffins. Then I had enough zucchini to make a batch of zucchini, craisin, walnut muffins. DH asked why I keep making zucchini breads of one sort or another. I didn't tell him but it's one of my prep items. Does that make sense? Well, with the world the way it is we have no idea what's coming. It's a way of storing nutritious food that could keep us going. Another thing, if someone comes to our door hungry and I feel like I should help them, I could hand them a couple muffins. I wrap 2 muffins in Cling wrap and freeze. Then I mark a gallon bag with what's in it and put them in the freezer. Not only are they a good prep item they're wonderful in the winter with a meal. Or for breakfast in the morning with a cup of coffee. DH and I are empty nesters so making up a batch of muffins each time I want to serve them seems silly. I would end up having to freeze the leftovers anyway. Instead, I'll take 2-4 Cling wrapped muffins out an hour before supper and voila. Cold or re-heated they're delicious.

We had white fleshed and clings when I was growing up. Mom always canned the clings but never the white fleshed ones. I can't tell you if there was a reason or not. I never thought of it until you asked. We ate tons of the white flesh fresh. Back then, they weren't a very big peach like they are today, but, oh so good!

Happy Birthday!

Happy belated birthday Littlesister. It sounds like you had a nice day.