Murphy224 ,
Can you tell me what buns you use for the ,homemade/freezer ready bun Please?
thanks Binkister

I cook my potatoes in the pc foe mashed potatoes, then add butter and can milk salt and pepper.
They are great.
To freeze mashed potatoes I just use butter and sour cream, salt and pepper. This way they do not turn to mush and run all over the plate.

Do you have a small dutch oven or crockpot you can use for meals? Not sure how many you are feeding, but I have a recipe I freeze, and then cook later in a dutch oven or crock pot (I prefer it in the dutch oven).

" Crockpot TangyBBQ Chicken- 1 bag of baby carrots (or 1 lb carrots, cut into chunks)
- 1 chopped red onion
- 20 oz. can undrained pineapple
- 2 chopped garlic cloves
- 4 chicken breasts
- 1 cup teriyaki sauce
Put everything in a zipper bag. When ready to make, cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours in slow cooker.
Before serving, shred chicken and serve on buns."

You can mix it all up and separate into several bags (one or two chicken breasts in each) for smaller meals. I usually cook it in the dutch oven, 325 to 350 for an hour or so. Or you can go lower heat (200 to 250 for a couple hours). It thickens up better in the dutch oven.

I serve it over rice.

For the teriyaki sauce, I've used regular, mango teriyaki, etc, and it's all come out good.

I love having a freezer full of food! I'm a vegetarian so I freeze meatless meals. Besides lots of soups, bean dishes (like split pea soup and chilis) I've had success freezing: cooked frittatas, crustless quiche, various homemade veggie burgers, enchiladas (layered like lasagne), burritoes, stuffed pastas (manicotti, shells), twice baked potatoes, and vegetable risottos.

I also freeze all kinds of muffins, since I'm the only one in the house that eats muffins and I can't eat 12-18 that fast!! I've even frozen cooked biscuits to eat by dunking in thick soups.

Let me know if you are interested in some vegetarian meals and I can dig up a few recipes! :)

I have made these (link below) lots of times but generally do not put seeds on top. The bun itself is great and can be shaped into hot dog or hoagie type buns as well.
Lately though I got on a sourdough bread kick and made sour dough starter and have used it to make the dinner roll recipe just shape them bigger and bake a bit longer. Perfect hamburger buns. Check out the sour dough information here on King Arthur, it will walk you start to finish on how to do it.
Good luck and let me know if I can offer any other information.

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recip...er-buns-recipe

Thank you to all the people that replied. I have dozens and dozens of ideas and I am ready to use some of them. I will save some to do during the fall and they will make for quick meals over the winter. Special thanks to those that offered/sent their recipes to me. It is appreciated. I wish the whole world were as kind and helpful as QB members. What a wonderful place it would be!

This thread inspired! Thank you!