Leftovers and potatoes

Tonight's dinner is leftover spaghetti (not much either) with a green salad and homemade bread.  The bread smells so yummy (it just came out of the oven).

My goal this weekend is to cook up a bunch of potatoes.  I bought a big bag of potatoes from Costco, so I want to bake up a bunch and dice / chunk some up for home style potatoes (and freeze them).  I'm thinking that I might do most of them that way, because that would be a big time saver for mashed potatoes, too.  Just pull out a bag of potatoes and  heat, add milk and butter and mash them up.  Others, I will bake and cool in the fridge and then shred for hash browns (and freeze these, too).

I really want to make things easier on myself by having these ready in the freezer and saving us money at the same time (by not going out, not wasting food, etc).

Do you have any time saver things that you do to?  Please share:D

Easy Baked Potatoes

About a year ago, I tried this technique for baking potatoes. I absolutely love it! I'm making baked potatoes this way right now as I type. The potatoes taste just like what you would get at a restaurant. I mainly tried it because at the time I was pregnant and wanted an easy way to do baked potatoes.

"Baked" Potatoes

As many potatoes as you need for your dinner
oil
foil
crockpot

Wash and poke your potatoes. Rub oil all over the potatoes and wrap them in foil. When all of them are wrapped, place in your crockpot. DO NOT ADD ANY LIQUID. Put the lid on the crockpot and plug it in. Cook on high for 4-6 hours or on Low for about 8 hours.