If you like the concept of the last week and you've been able to pick
up any useful ideas and adapt them to suit you then it has been worth
the read.
You could deliberately cook more than you'll use so that you create
your own home cooked ready meals to freeze, so, when you're suffering
from the revolving door syndrome (everyone coming and going at
different times) you're able to pull meals out of the freezer.
In our house we've one meat eater and one vegetarian. As the cook, I
never prepare one portion of any dish – I always make extra. What
this habit generates is the ability when you are planning your week
to draw on the contents of your freezer.
Think about creating a store cupboard of staples. Dried pasta, stock
cubes/pots, oils – for me, rapeseed and vegetable are the best for
general use. Keep a stock of microwave boxes and foil containers
with lids in various (small to medium) sizes – both ideal for
freezing individual meals. Check out the cheap shops for the best
deals. If you're going to freeze liquids, i.e. stock, soups etc.,
Wilko's sell resealable pour & store bags especially for liquids
– a really good product, very strong and inexpensive.
Create an emergency freezer store cupboard. Buy bags of frozen
cauliflower cheese – enhance by adding extra grated cheese (from
your stash). Gruyere and parmesan also work well either on their own
or mixed – you could add breadcrumbs too. Remember the bacon bits
from MTM? Add a sprinkle over your cauliflower cheese.
In conclusion, if you aren't stressing during the week, hopefully
you'll have more enthusiasm and rediscover your cooking mojo. Whilst
we haven't been talking about rocket science I hope that you may have
had a light bulb moment.
Coming next ….. store cupboard desserts.
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