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mowingcorey
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Once a Month Cooking
      11/07/07 08:04 AM
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Can anyone give advice/thoughts on once a month cooking and cooking in bulk? Can you recommend a cookbook or place to start? Thanks.


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JazzDad
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Re: Once a Month Cooking new [re: mowingcorey]
      11/07/07 08:19 AM
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Hmmm. Cook large amounts and freeze portions in plastic zip bags? (I know, always some wise-xxx in every crowd.)

Do an internet search on frugal living.

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Pat
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Re: Once a Month Cooking new [re: JazzDad]
      11/08/07 01:13 PM
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Lots of foods freeze well and can be bagged in bags that are approved for boiling temperatures or microwave. You drop a bag in water and boil the water till the contents of the bag is heated enough. Alternatively you open the pouch a little with it in a bowl and microwave it till it is heated. Some foods will spatter a lot if given a chance.

You can cook up larger quantities of foods and place a serving of each dish in a compartmented plastic microwave/freezer safe container with sealing lid. Sort of like frozen TV dinners but DIY. You freze till needed then microwave in the compartmented container and you have a meal.

If no microwave, then things get harder. If no freezer things get a lot harder.

Pat

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miss_thenorth
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Re: Once a Month Cooking new [re: mowingcorey]
      12/05/07 07:13 PM
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When I was in college, I did something similar--as in once a week cooking. I just cooked what I liked to eat, and froze the leftovers in single serving size meals. Just heated them up in the microwave, and things were good. It simplified things a great deal, and was cost effective as in I cooked regular sized meals- roast, porkchops etc, did some rice and mashed potatoes, and a veggies, made up a variety of meals. Then during the week, I wasn;t spending alot of time cooking, or mkaing impromptu visits at the local fast food joint, and had more time to party--I mean study. ahem...

There are good websites with recipes and grocery lists etc. I looked at them years ago, but they are out there.

Good Luck

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