The first picture is actually dinner that I made a couple of nights ago. The second picture is Teriyaki Chicken. The third is just salsa that I made for all of the taco ground beef that I made tonight. And the last one is soup. Everything tasted great! I usually suck at making soup, and it was actually probably the BEST soup that I have ever had.
So I didn't just make the stuff in the pictures above, I forgot to take a lot of pictures of others things that I made. so altogether I made:
- 4 Ham Omlettes
- About 4 meals of ground beef for Tacos
- Salsa
- About 2 more meals of Teriyaki Chicken
- Around 5 meals of soup
- Honey glazed ham (I made a ton of this for dinners and also for sandwiches)
- 4 Burger jalepeno sliders for a quick snack
So in the end, I think I did pretty good. It took me around 2.5 hours to make everything, but I was also watching the baseball game as I was cooking, so I think that's what took so long. I taste tested everything (ok who am I kidding? I ate a bowl of everything) and I'm really hoping it all tastes good still when it's remade/reheated.
Now what I'm really wondering is how long this food will even last. I'm afraid the BF will just raid the fridge and eat it all tonight!
Any tips or suggestions?
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My husband does that if I cook a ton of meals at once, he just goes at them all. It totally bugs me
My BF really wants to do the once a month cooking thing but I just don't have the energy to think that far in advance haha. We usually stick with sandwiches, salads and easy things to make on the weekdays but I'll have to try this soon.
Let us know how it turns out! We're trying out batch cooking as well.
What I try to do to build up a decent freezer supply was just make double batches and freeze half. I am in awe of the people who can do the once a month cooking. I do like cooking and things being fresh, but the having back ups in the freezer are a blessing on those days I don't feel like cooking or we are crazy busy.
Thanks for visiting me today!My only suggestion would be to invite me over for dinner next time you get in this cooking mode!
I don't normal enjoy cooking breakfast but not on dinner. and I also tend to cook a lot in weekend. Which also can be read as I try to cook when my husband is around. xox ohttp://hellofridaybypaik.blogspot.com/
It looks like a great start!
Good job!! What did you end up using to freeze everything? Could you put date labels on the containers & tell bf not to eat the stuff cause they're for ______ date? I'm curious as to how the omelets will turn out reheated… kinda iffy on reheated eggs.
I just used Ziploc bags. And I'm a little iffy on the omelets also, but I saw that a lot of other people make those too. I'll let everyone know how those taste.
Freeze it fast before he misses it all. It's a lot harder to eat frozen food…lol…than it is to just go open a container and dip it out. I cooked like that Thursday, only not nearly as much as you did. I blogged about it. Only, I gave him enough meat for 8+ meals to take home and two kinds of potatoes, baked. He lives over an hour away. He can add green beans or whatever. We were very busy here, so I actually did not cook as much as I usually do. About the omelets–I like to scramble 10 eggs at a time, put four servings of two eggs each in bowls, and eat the last two. When I microwave the eggs stored in bowls, they have not been frozen. I only get them barely warm so they won't be tough. Of course, heating thawed, frozen omelets might work. I put my never-frozen scrambled eggs between two hot pieces of toast to help eat them since they are just above room temp after the microwave. It will be interesting to see how they are after freezing since most people say eggs will toughen in the freezer.