I have to confess, one of the motivators to finally get me to blog (besides the gentle encouragement from MomRN2) was getting to play WFMW! I read it each week and get so many GREAT ideas! (Whoever posted about putting her daughter's melamine bowls in the freezer is my hero!) So I am excited to start playing along too!
My biggest help in keeping up with my family is to think double in the kitchen.
By this I mean if the dishes are already dirty I might as well make 2 - there is no more mess, just a bit more work, and twice the results.
If I am making a casserole that will freeze I will make two up until the point they go into the oven, and then I will pop one into the oven and one into the freezer. And then when I want the frozen casserole, take it out of the freezer in the morning, let it thaw and cook as usual! (If it would have been hot going into the oven you may need to add an extra 20 minutes).
If I am making hamburgers like I am tomorrow I will make a big mess of them (6lbs worth this week) and freeze the one's I don't use for supper raw with wax paper between, that way next time we want to BBQ I just have to go to my trusty freezer and pull out what I need!
And don't get me started on breads, rolls, cookies, muffins and granola bars!
This tends to keep my freezer well stocked! So on a day where someone in our family is under the weather and it is more important for me to be nurse than chef I just go to my trusty freezer.
And it also allows me one or two easy kitchen days a week (sometimes more!)
I cannot take two days and spend all day in the kitchen cooking for a month. But I can do a little extra each week to make it easier for myself.
Works for me! Head over to Mrs. Dryer's for more great ideas!
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6 comments:
First, let me say I'm glad you are blogging! :-) I didn't realize I played such a role in your final decision, but I'm glad!! :-)
As with your idea here, it is a GREAT one! I already do this with browning hamburger and dicing onions and peppers.
I hadn't thought of doing it with a meal before. Thanks for the tip!
Great tip! Glad you decided to blog!!!
I, too, have decided making many meals in a few days doesn't work for me (I have a small freezer for one thing). So I've been tripling recipes to stick in the freezer. I love looking in there and seeing neat "stacks" of premade meals!
Oh - and I'm glad momrn2 convinced you to blog!
I do both large freezer cooking and double/triple batch cooking. It all depends on time. I love having ready meals in the freezer!!!
I've wanted to do this for a while, but I'm stuck on what you freeze the casserole in? Do you freeze it in another casserole dish? If so, what do you cover it with? Or do you buy the aluminum "disposable" kind? Help! :)
What I would probably do is line the dish with the saran wrap, place everything in there and freeze it in the pan. then you SHOULD be able to pull it right out of the pan and finish wrapping up with saran wrap.
That's what I'm going to try anyway. I don't have enough pans to leave them all in the freezer anyway! And I only have ONE cookie sheet to use too! Guess I might just have to splurge and buy another one. I've needed one more for a while anyhow. Saturday is my Bday so I can always use that excuse to buy it, right? LOL
Thanks so much, Mrs Pear for posting this series. I am just so excited about trying out your method and making it a part of my normal routine. It sure would solve alot of wondering what we're eating nights.
Thanks again!
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