More Freezer Potato Day

After I made the freezer mashed potatoes I made some country potatoes. First I washed and peeled all of the potatoes. Then I used my potato slicer to slice the potatoes like thick french fries.

Then I cubed them.

After that I boiled them for 5 minutes. Finally I drained them and spread them on a baking dish and put them in the freezer for awhile. After they were frozen a little bit I took them off the baking sheet and put them in a freezer ziplock bag.

Grilled Beef Fajitas

2 lbs. flank or beef skirt steak

2/3 cup Kikkoman soy sauce

1/4 cup lime juice

10 flour tortillas warmed

Sour cream (optional)

pico de gallo (recipe follows)

Cut meat into 5-inch lengths and slice horizontally 1/4-inch thickness; place on a rimmed baking sheet. Stir together soy sauce and lime juice; pour over meat. Turn to coat and allow meat to marinate for 15 minutes. Grill over medium-high heat until desired doneness is reached. Cut into small pieces, if desired.

Pico de Gallo: Sir together 1 peeled, pitted and diced avocado, 1 chopped tomato, 1 seeded and diced jalapeno pepper, 1/2 cup minced red onion, 2 tbsp. Kikkoman Teriyaki Marinade Sauce, 4 1/2 tsp. lime juice and 1 tbsp. minced fresh cilantro.

Freezer Mashed Potatoes

Thanks to Jessica for the freezer meal ideas. I'm starting to want to do this a little more. Baby steps for me. I recently did the pumpkin puree and froze that and I also got 3 lbs of onions on sale and diced most of those up and froze them. Last week I bought 2 ten pound bags of potatoes for .97 at Safeway and this morning I am working on making mashed potatoes in the crock pot to freeze for later. I am also planning on making country style potatoes (the cubed potatoes) to freeze for later. (just call me Mrs. Ore Ida)

I got the recipe from http://www.onceamonthmom.com/

5 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and quartered (I'm just using russet)
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
4 ounces sour cream
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon onion salt (I think I just have onion powder so I'll just use that and maybe put in some extra salt)
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 Tablespoons butter

DIRECTIONS
Peel and quarter potatoes. Place in crock pot. Add water until potatoes are covered. Cook on Low for 7 hours or high for 4 until a fork can easily be poked through them. Mash until smooth. Add remaining ingredients, beat until fluffy. Place in 2 greased 8x8 pans, dot with butter. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. if Freezing see below.


Freezing Directions:
DO NOT BAKE Instead, cover and freeze. To serve: Thaw. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Double bake time if not thawed. Since I only have one 8x8 pans I am going to use a trick I learned on another website. I am going to line my 8x8 pan with foil and place the potatoes on top of the foil then I will cover and freeze. After about an hour or so I am going to take it out of the pan and put it in a freezer bag and then start again with the other half of the potatoes.

Serves 8-10