Do I enjoy cooking? That would depend on when you asked. If you were to ask me on a weekend I'd tell you that I love to cook and would promptly show you my grease-stained, dog-eared collection of cookbooks. If you were to ask me at about 6pm on, say, a Tuesday, my answer would probably involve crying and throwing things.
I really do love to cook, it gives me great fulfillment to make something delicious. However, I also work full time. My weeknights are usually hectic and by the time Friday rolls around, there is invariably a week's worth of dirty dishes in the sink. That is, unless we've eaten take out every night that week.
Therefore, in the interest of kitchen cleanliness, chaos saving, and my waistline, I am going to try once-a-month freezer cooking. I will plan a month's worth of freezer-friendly meals for March, empty my wallet at the grocery store, and spend one entire day up to my elbows in food. I will stock my freezer, keep an inventory of what is in there, and breathe a little easier after work. Once my meal plan is complete, I will post it for all to salivate over. I will post about my experiences with the meals, the time saving, the process, and the general feeling of being on top of things. If anyone has any freezer meal tips, I'd love to hear them!
Here is a great list of freezer-friendly recipes!
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I'm intrigued. Do tell me how this works out for you.
ReplyDeleteI tend to either cook as needed, or nuke frozen pizzas. Not the healthiest of lifestyles. I think I have a continent of room to improve.
-Nick M.
I did something similar before having this baby. Only I would cook triplicates of whatever I was going to make... eat one for dinner and freeze two. It worked wonderfully.
ReplyDeleteCongrats Lessa! I have heard several people say that's what they do and I like the idea. Nick, thanks for stopping by! I will be doing a play-by-play of how this works out, so stay tuned!
ReplyDeleteI tried this a little as well. It was so nice, but at the same time, either Nels or I weren't the biggest fan of some of the recipes. So, the best thing to do obviously, is to only do tried and true recipes, or only a couple new ones. Or else you cry when you have a gazillion gross things left and don't know what to do with them.
ReplyDeleteChicken pot pie is my FAVORITE freezer meal ever, FYI.
The recipes I have selected for our meal plan went through a careful screening process. Unfortunately, most of the things I normally make don't freeze well at ALL, so I'm not left with a lot of "tried and true" options. So on, on! Into this brave new world of freezer cooking. If all else fails, there's still McDonalds.
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