Planning a Mega Freezer Meal Day
Thursday, October 25th, 2007 by The Cooking Guy Subscribe To Our Feed
The great thing about freezer cooking is you only have to think about what’s for dinner once or twice a month. You can, of course, plan one big day to make a months worth of food or plan a few days throughout the month to make a weeks or two worth of food.
Either way, here are a few simple ideas to follow as you plan your big cooking day.
Tips for making your day easier
Make sure you plan every meal you want and write out the ingredients on a master list. Check your pantry or refrigerator for the ingredients. Don’t forget about the stuff like salt, pepper, spices, mayo or lemon juice. A recipe may call for only two teaspoons so you think no big deal, but if you are making five or six of them you suddenly have 12 teaspoons you have to worry about and you might not have enough.
Do not go shopping on the cooking day. Save all the energy you can. Depending on how many meals you make, your shopping trip may be quite long. Double and triple check your list to make sure you don’t forget something. You don’t want to be running to the store in the middle to get something you forgot.
Get yourself a treat to nibble on during the day. You won’t be sorry you bought the bag of chocolate or potato chips. Your day will be long, so a little indulgence goes a long way.
Prep as much as you can the day before. Grate your cheese (or buy pre-grated cheese); precook your chicken and hamburger for those meals that call for cooked, cubed, chopped or shredded meat. Chop your vegetables such as onions, celery, carrots ect. Anything that can be done a head of time is going to save you’re a ton of time and stress on your big cooking day.
Get a good night sleep the night before. You are going to need all the rest you can get.
Scrub down your kitchen the night before so you can start with a clean area. Empty the dishwasher, dish strainer and garbage so you can fill it up as the day goes on.
Wear comfy shoes. Your feet will hurt by the end of the day anyway, but they might hurt less with a good pair of shoes.
Try to group your meals, for instance, by doing all the hamburger ones first then the chicken or whatever. It really does go faster and saves time.
Have an open garbage sack or garbage next to your cooking area for a quick toss.
Some things that may make your day a little better might be putting on your favorite CD or Movie. Also, doing your cooking with a friend is much more fun and makes the day go faster. Even if you are both doing your own recipes, it just makes it more fun to have a friend doing it with you.
Plan to eat out or bring home take out. The last thing you want to be doing is cooking another meal. It is worth the investment of eating out.
Don’t overload your freezer with hot food. This could cause your freezer to defrost unthawing out all of your other frozen foods.
At the end of the day, count your meals and sit back and relax while you think of all those nights you are not going to have to cook.
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