1. I froze mashed potatoes. Some people say "Yes! Freeze mashed potatoes," and some people say, "No! Don't freeze mashed potatoes." So, I tried it myself and it worked just fine. (Oh, and by "mashed potatoes" I technically mean "whipped potatoes." Mashed potatoes, whipped potatoes...I guess that's for another blog post.)
2. In the spirit of decluttering my house this year and not wanting to spend all of next month's grocery budget on freezer cooking, I tried to find recipes to use what I had on hand. Bring on the wild rice and lentils! I found a recipe for Lentil and Wild Rice Loaf. We ate it the other day, and you know what? It was delicious! And the bummer, oh, I should know better than this--I didn't follow the recipe and I didn't write it down! AHHH! But, what I think I did was replace the basil with 1T Montreal Steak Seasoning.
3. And the reason I had Montreal Steak Seasoning on hand is for this recipe. This is a rice and lentil replacement for ground beef, veggie crumbles, or textured vegetable protein. Much cheaper, much healthier. Again, I was quite impressed. So far, I've only made it into taco "meat," but it worked great and we're big fans of "Mexican" style food around here! Next up, I'll try it in spaghetti...
Until next time....
Happy Cooking
