Once A Month Cooking - Part 1000

I'm almost done. I have 4 meals to do. I've had fun, and I've learned a lot. Like, a 12 lb ham doesn't stretch as far as I'd like it to. :( Oh, well. I was hoping to get 8 meals out of the ham and I got 7. Four of those are smaller, so there will be no leftovers for hubby to take to lunch.

I stored all of my meals in ziplock bags. I wasn't sure how to store the casseroles. I wanted to buy those tin-foil-disposable-baking-pan thingies. But, they were too expensive. When I do this the month before the baby gets here, I will probably buy about 10 of those to make it easier for hubby. So, I ended up using bags for the casseroles too. I just layered the ingredients in, layed them flat, and froze them. They won't be pretty, but who cares. I can't be a perfectionist and actually get this done, ya know!

Here's my stocked freezer. Woohoo. You don't need a big freezer to do this. By using ziplock bags, you can easily store 20 meals or so in the freezer portion of a fridge. We had a regular fridge-top freezer at our other house and it worked fine. In my side by side fridge/freezer, I could easily store 30 meals in ziplock bags. I just wouldn't have room for too many extras. I'd still have some room, but not too much.

7:51 PM - Jun. 18, 2008 - post comment

Good Golly, Beth!

What an undertaking! You should pat yourself on the back...bigtime! I think I might try doing that once we get into our house. I like easy dinnertime, I used to love cooking, but with 3 kids there is just better things to do! I'm SURE you know what I mean with #5 on the way! GREAT JOB!! ~Heather S.

Anonymous - 2:04 PM - Jun. 22, 2008

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disposable containers

You can get disposable tin pans at any dollar type store. I buy them when I am cooking holiday meals to make clean up easier.

Anonymous - 4:10 PM - Sep. 8, 2008

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