Every time I pull dinner from the freezer, I wish that had the presence of mind to put dinner in the freezer more often. What a luxury on a busy evening, to bung something in the oven, throw together a simple salad, and be done with it.
I totally understand the appeal of the prepared frozen meal now. Well, except for the shitty flavor, highly processed chemically ingredients, and wasteful packaging bit.
Tonight it was Easy Pasta Bake. I usually bake half of the dish on the night I first prepare it, and freeze the other half for a busy night like tonight.
I learned tonight for if you forget to leave your frozen pasta out to thaw in the morning. A couple of hours in the oven on warm will have it ready to bake up perfectly in 15-20 minutes (at 350).
People with microwaves probably don’t have this timing problem. I do not have a microwave, they give me the willies.
After dinner we had a secret special occasion cupcake party, with guilty-pleasure cupcakes from Crumbs.
You are the cutest girl i know. I want to have secret special cupcake desserts! Love you!
Rose is my favorite cupcake!
Beautiful picture of that beautiful girl. Nice looking dish, too. I found that this pasta dish heated up quite well, straight from the freezer. (I think you have instructions on the how of that in the recipe.) But, what is that salad… are those white things cheese, worms (delectable ones, of course)?
xo p
My oven is not very good, I think that’s why when I’ve tried to heat it straight from the freezer it ends up dry on the outside and icy on the inside (yuck!).
The salad is just mixed greens with slivers of fennel and a mustard, lemon, olive oil dressing.