This is most definitely not Moroccan food – pretty obvious right?  Hold on for the recipe.  I’ve been posting a little about freezer and crock pot cooking because there is a) a lot of interest in this and b) I’ve been doing a lot of this myself.  When I say this I mean – it has changed my life.  Seriously.  Of course I still make things up on the fly but I also do a little more research for recipes that can be modified or partially cooked and frozen.  Like many of you I have a busy schedule.  I work an almost full-time job outside of the home, have kids that participate in activities and try to spend several hours a week here.  We don’t eat out very often and MarocBaba abhors packaged meals.  So, to get away from spending an hour or two in the kitchen every night I’ve started pre-cooking and freezing meals on the weekend.  It usually takes me 2-3 hours and then I’m done.  During the week I note meal ideas and create a shopping list as I go.  I do one shopping trip and then go to town.

Pretty much everything can be frozen and that makes life a lot easier.  But in case you’re wondering “gosh what can I freeze?”  Here’s a good list from Simple Organized Living.  A google search is going to find freezer meals, crock pot meals, bulk cooking, etc.  However here are some of my favorite recipes I’ve come across recently.

• Slow Cooker Roast Chicken from Baked Bree
• Chickpea Stew over Couscous from Parents
• Cilantro Lime Chicken Tacos from What’s Cookin’ Chicago
• Once A Month Mom – Tricia has fantastic resources once a month for batch cooking – all recipes can easily be made alone!