I've been reading a lot on freezer cooking for 30 days and am very interested in trying it out. The downfall is that the only freezer we have is the one above the fridge, so 30 days of meals may be a bit squished. I did cook up all the ground beef yesterday-a big family pack. I made enough lasagna for two dinners, two dinners worth of meatballs for sweet and sour, or teriyaki, and an extra portion of plain, cooked meat for sauce, or tacos. We froze two whole chickens, and three bags of legs and thighs. I put a different marinade into each bag, and froze them, so when they defrost, they'll be soaking up barbeque, Italian, or teriyaki sauce. Along with my usual standbys of perogies, tuna casserole, garlic prawns, and a variety of homemade soups, we have meals planned until February 24th. I love the idea of the time savings, but am very curious as to the monetary savings that may occur. We'll see as the month progresses. I have $175.00 left in the grocery budget to cover weekly dairy and fruit and vegetable products, as well as whatever else may come up. The pantry is well stocked with paper products, soap, hair products, pasta, canned soups and beans, and tuna fish.
I stopped following the Flylady regime a few months back and have regretted it ever since. I started again yesterday and notice a huge change in my attitude. This house will be organized...we will have a garage sale...repeat...repeat...repeat...
30 Day Meal Plan
February 3rd, 2006 at 01:12 am
February 3rd, 2006 at 01:28 am 1138930107
I've never managed 30 days at a time, but I do "bank" a meal or two every other day or so here. I just put a gallon ziplock of BBQ beef in the freezer, enough for a full meal here. I freeze everything in ziplocks, flat. That way, they just stack up even in the freezer. You can certainly fit 30 days in an above the fridge sized freezer, you just need to plan a bit.
Slip things out of dishes after they are frozen, then into a zip lock, saving more space.
Good luck with this, the time savings is so great as is my sanity at dinner time here!
February 3rd, 2006 at 06:02 am 1138946540
I'm glad to find a fellow Flylady, too!
February 3rd, 2006 at 05:48 pm 1138988901
February 10th, 2006 at 05:52 am 1139550744
i also, receive emails from dinner made easy, and menus4moms.
Ima go to www.flylady.net
February 16th, 2006 at 05:19 am 1140067152
Markio, can you provide links for the other stuff? Looks interesting.
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