Freezer Cooking Day - Meatballs to Pancakes

I've told you about how I save money cooking ahead and freezing.  I don't normally plan to do this (especially not on this scale)...it just happens after I go shopping or while I'm cooking another meal (I'll double the recipe and freeze one for later).  Well, not this time...I'm going to be deliberate!

Tomorrow I'm planning to do a Freezer Cooking Day - inspired by Money Saving Mom!  I'll spend (part of) the day cooking and prepare a few different things to store in the freezer.  This will help me make meals come together fast later in the week or month!  Since I haven't done this before and I'm sort of flyin' by the seat of my pants, I'll give you my 'plan' - but you can't hold me to it!  I'll just take pics and document as I go along.  Then on Sunday or Monday, I'll show you what I ended up with and how it worked out!

Here's my list of things I plan to make:

• BBQ Meatballs (minus the BBQ) - I'm gonna use PW's recipe for the meatballs and when I'm ready to serve them at our Super Bowl get-together, I'll use my favorite homemade sauce.
• Brown Rice - cook and divide into meal portions
• Pinto Beans/Refried Beans - cook beans & freeze, possibly make some into Refried Beans to freeze
• Ground Beef  - brown it and divide into 1-1 /2 lb. portions
• Baked Penne - the last time I made this it was not pretty... I ended up with stitches.  Better luck tomorrow, maybe?
• Zucchini Bread - I have some zucchini in the freezer I've been needing to use up..now I just need a recipe.
• Black-Eyed Peas - some to freeze, some for our 5th Sunday Meal at church Sunday 
• Whole Wheat Waffles & Pancakes - I will be making these for breakfast tomorrow and doubling or tripling the recipe to freeze some for another 2 or 3 breakfasts.

So, that's a pretty hefty to-do list for tomorrow, but I'm confident I can get most of it done!