Time savers- Valerie

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Valerie <bvwagner wrote:

I find I am really struggling with time factors trying to prepare

healthy fresh foods for my family inbetween the sports, PTO and other>>>

 

I have always cooked/planned ahead, don’t know how much this will help..but a

few a the things I do (I usually devote a few hours a week to food prep, at

least, lol)

 

Cook big pot of beans, freeze in 1 cup portions, or half cup or whatever you

use.

 

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Chop lots of onions, spread on cookie sheet in freezer, bag em and just scoop

out what you need. I do the same thing for peppers, red and green.

 

If you eat a lot of salads, make a big bag of mixed greens (washed and dried

of course) and keep in fridge. Just pull out what you need.

 

If you are making a casserole, make two, freeze one. Same thing with

spagehetti sauce, make a large batch, freeze what you don’t use that night for

quick pasta dinner. Stuffed green peppers freeze well, same thing, make double,

freeze half.

 

Muffins, sweet and savory freeze well too.

 

Google OMC (Once a month cooking) there a quite a few sites, they have great

suggestions. I think there is a OMC group too.

 

Bake potatoes ahead of time, they keep just fine in the fridge for a week.

 

Hot peppers ( I use a lot of these) freeze them (again on the cookie sheet),

bag em and then just take out as many as you need. Let em sit for about 15

minutes they just slice them up and put them in whatever you are cooking.

 

Plan ahead, plan ahead! I usually sit down on Friday night or Saturday

morning and plan food for the next week. I work full time (from home) and my dh

works part time and goes to college. So I have to plan which days I pack a

lunch and dinner for him and which days he will be home.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Di

 

 

 

 

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