 Hey everyone welcome back to my kitchen and welcome back to another a monthly meal prep It has been a while since I've done a monthly meal prep and boy Oh boy did we really need it my freezer was empty And I usually love being able to go there to get quick meals And I just really needed to stock up on a few meals So first things first I made myself a great coffee just to get my energy level up And get raring to go so I decided to make a spaghetti squash lasagna I've wanted to try out this idea for a while and right now we've been a little bit on a spaghetti squash kick It's just so delicious. If you've never tried a spaghetti squash. I highly highly recommend it Also as usual you will find either the link or the actual recipe below in the description box for all of the recipes That you see on this video so the protein for this lasagna I just used ground beef and I just kind of fried that up with some onions And then I used some mozzarella and some parmesan for in the lasagna Let me know in the comments. What are your must-haves for in lasagna? I haven't made a whole lot of lasagna to be honest But I want to really get good at it because I've really enjoyed eating it at other people's houses Whenever they make it. So I used my little oil dispenser, which I will link below. I've been getting requests for that link My little oil dispenser to oil down my freezer pans that I like to use And then I gathered the different things to make my layers of my lasagna So once the spaghetti squash came out of the oven You want to let them cool just a little bit enough that you can touch them. These were still pretty hot yet You're gonna see me kind of like moving my hands around because I was trying to Get all of the flesh out of the inside without touching them too much So I pulled all of the little spaghetti strands out of the spaghetti squash and I got some red sauce it doesn't really matter what kind you use and I also got some cottage cheese and I started making my layers. So I did spaghetti squash Some of the ground beef some cottage cheese a little bit of red sauce and then a little sprinkle of the shredded cheese And then I kind of repeated the process whenever I was done I realized I needed a little bit more cheese just to give that good bubbly cheesy top once this is baked up So I did shred up a bit more cheese just to top it all off Also, I wanted to report that these inexpensive pans from Amazon have been working so well for the freezer I just put a piece of press-and-seal between the pan and the lid and it freezes perfectly I want to say a huge thank you to Kettle and Fire for sponsoring this week's video I have been using Kettle and Fire products for years Kettle and Fire started out as the first shelf stable nationally available bone broth in the US They are focused on only using the highest quality ingredients starting with grass-fed and finished beef bones and organic pasture raised chicken bones. 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I just put it into some jars and left a little bit of headroom at the top And threw them in the freezer Next up we are going to be making a ham and potato casserole This is such a great comfort food and it feels like a meal that took a lot more time than it really does to put together So the first thing that I did is a step you may not need to do yourself But I made up a chicken cream soup substitute So a lot of times you buy the condensed cream soup in a can But we are gluten-free in our house So I used some gluten-free flour And I just kind of mixed up a great substitute for this. It's really not that difficult It just basically has a little bit of gluten-free flour Some chicken bone broth or regular chicken broth some spices A little bit of half and half or cream and you just cook it until it gets thick So you're going to see it turn from more of a liquid form To more of the consistency of like gravy even a little bit thicker than gravy So once I had my cream condensed soup made up I pulled two quarts of canned potatoes now You can obviously cook up your own potatoes. You do not need to use canned potatoes for this But I have a lot of canned potatoes on my canning shelves So I'm obviously using them for recipes like this Then I got a nice big ham steak out of the freezer I had that thawed out and diced it up in nice bite-size pieces. I love ham steaks They're so yummy and they have such a great meaty texture You can cut this into whatever sizes you like You could make them a lot smaller than this if you wanted to And then you can either add in your can of creamed chicken soup If you just got some from the store or if you're going to make some yourself like I did You're going to need about one and a half cups of the cream soup mixture that you made up Next you'll add in some sour cream and some cheddar cheese Our sweet pup Zaley had been walking around the kitchen just waiting for something to drop on the floor So I decided to give her a little piece of a treat Again, I used my little oil dispenser to just grease down the bottom of one of my freezer pans And I do get these pans in packs of four. I think I have eight or 12 of them myself And I just topped it with some cheddar cheese Then I covered it with the press and seal and put the lid on to pop into the freezer Okay, the next recipe I don't think I've ever done anything like this before But I'm going to be making up some meatballs sub Sandwiches which they're going to be kind of ready to go in the freezer I put all of my ingredients right into the bowl. I did a pound of beef a little bit of almond flour You could obviously use breadcrumbs or just regular flour an egg Some dried onion and then I chopped up some fresh cilantro to put in here as well And often I like to get my girls involved in the kitchen somewhere and my oldest is learning a lot about Correctly handling meat washing your hands when you're done those sorts of things. So I let her help me Mix up this meatball mixture So since I was going to be using Some gluten-free buns for these subs I knew they weren't going to be really long subs and I figured about three nice sized meatballs per sandwich So we will get four good meatball subs out of this So once I had the meatballs formed, I just dumped a good red sauce Over the top of them and I shredded up some fresh mozzarella cheese And that is it next I just wrapped up the pan in the press and seal Put the lid on and I can also freeze the gluten-free buns right along with the meatballs This next recipe is one I have to rave about I have to it is So delicious. It's definitely going on my list of things to make again Super super yummy. It is a chicken bacon pesto stir fry And everyone in my household raved about this recipe. It is just so delicious So you could make this with some good Pasta or noodles if you wanted to but I just gave a nice little healthy twist to it and made it with Some cabbage. So I just cut the cabbage into strips. So it would be a little bit more like pasta You want to fry about six to eight pieces of bacon in the bottom of your pan And then I had probably around two to three pounds of chicken tenders that I cut into bite-sized pieces And fried right in the bacon grease when the chicken was done. I added in My fried onion and just let that fry right in Those juices from the chicken and the bacon. I think that's what makes this dish so good It takes full advantage of every single ingredient and just brings so much savory flavor Once your cabbage cooks down Um, you want to go ahead and chop up your bacon and throw Your chicken pieces back in as well And if your cabbage isn't cooking down very quickly, you can splash a little bit of water in there That'll be just fine. And then you want about a half cup of pesto And I just bought some pesto from the store. You could definitely make your own And then I added about a half cup of fresh Shredded Parmesan and you're also going to want some for the topping as well Once this is all mixed together, you can go ahead and put it into whatever you want to freeze it in or you can eat it right away This day was a crazy busy day So I wanted to make a really delicious dinner and I went ahead and made a sheet pan meal Also, this could be a freezer meal very easily. We just needed something for dinner this day So this is what I whipped up. I thought I would show it to you just to give you a little bit of inspiration So the first thing I did was take my brussel sprouts and throw them into my salad spinner So that I could rinse them really well and then spin them dry Once they were through the salad spinner I put them into a separate bowl and I dumped some avocado oil over them got them coated really well It just helps them roast a little bit better And then I took some beef smoked sausage that comes like this and kind of the horseshoe shape I sliced that up and threw that right on the pan That's such a great protein for sheet pan meals and it cooks up so well in the oven Along with the roasted veggies Then I sliced up a yellow or orange whatever you would call it Bell pepper and some onion as well Then this is the real real secret to this dish being so delicious You want to chop up some bacon and sprinkle it across your whole entire sheet pan These brussel sprouts soak up the bacon grease and cook up so well underneath of this bacon It's unreal. It's really similar to Bacon wrapped brussel sprouts where you wrap bacon around the brussel sprouts This is just kind of an easy shortcut. So while that was baking up I decided to whip together a very very easy freezer meal You guys have seen me do this about every other month for the last I don't know how long but I just cut up some chicken fajitas But the main reason I actually wanted you all to see me doing this recipe was to show you this reusable ziploc bag I got a Handful of these and some other sizes as well and I've really been loving them I feel like when you put things in the freezer in them, they really protect your food More so than regular ziploc bags from getting freezer burnt So as usual when I do my fajita Mixture, I just do the chicken. I put some chili powder some cumin powder I think I put a little onion powder and some salt on it And I like to do this method where I kind of just put all of the pieces of chicken out on the cutting board So everything gets coated evenly And here is what the brussel sprout sheet pan dinner looked like when it was done And believe me it tasted just as good as it looks was so yummy Everybody was asking for seconds. It was just absolutely delicious But here is everything that I prepped this day. I was so happy with my pile of food when I was done If you're new here, don't forget to subscribe. I hope this video inspired you Leave me a comment that always helps me out and I'll see you all in my next video