Yesterday, DH and I did another "Big Cook."  Friday night we got a sitter, and spent 4 hours at our food warehouse store and then at our grocery store.

I got up at 6 yesterday and put the final touches on my labels, printing out the recipes, made the prep list, etc., and by 7:30 we were cooking.

My 7yo helped quite a bit, until the beautiful weather was just too exciting to ignore. Also, we enlisted the neighbor girls who were in the back yard playing, as well as my girls, whenever we needed hands to hold baggies while I filled them.

I now have 50 frozen entrees in my freezer.  And, one of the recipes made a bit more than I expected, so we were able to share casseroles with three other families, as well as having one for our dinner last night.

We finished at a little after 6:00 last night.  It sounds like a lot of work, but these meals will last for around 10 weeks.  Doing the planning, shopping, cooking and clean up individually each day over the course of the next 10 weeks would take waaay more than 16+ hours, so I came out ahead.  Additionally, there is no stress because every day I KNOW WHAT IS FOR DINNER.  AND IT'S READY. 

Yee haw!