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Less Time Cooking = More Time Working

Home-based professionals are often juggling many roles and responsibilities at once. From child care to cooking and cleaning and oh yes running our businesses, we have a lot on our plates including making sure that the family has plenty of nutritious food on their plates at meal time. Cooking is something that I enjoy very much, but I am keenly aware of just how much time goes into making many of the meals that I like to make. There must be a way that at least on some days, cooking and cleaning up can take up a little less of … Continue reading →

How to Lose Money with Your Freezer

You know that I am of freezer meals and once a month cooking recipes. In fact, as soon as I finish writing this post, I plan to marinate some chicken that I got on sale this week, and prepare it into an easy freezer meal that can be pulled out and quickly thrown on the grill. This saves time and money, since chicken should be going up a bit in price in the next few months. But, as the title suggests, you can actually lose money with your freezer. There are several ways to do this easily, so be careful. … Continue reading →

More Ham Freezer Cooking

Today I woke up knowing that I had to do some freezer cooking. Remember all of that inexpensive ham I have been telling you about? Well, it was time turn the last ham deals into some freezer meals. I’m still in the process of finishing up actually. In the oven now, excuse me when the timer beeps, are the second batch of ham and cheese hot pockets. These will be great for quick out-the-door lunches or take-to-work lunches. I tried a new dough recipe this time. The previous one, using bread flour and a pizza dough recipe seemed to make … Continue reading →

Frugal Freezer Cooking: “Hot Pockets” 2

We are working on a freezer cooking idea–that of making “hot pockets.” You can make these pockets for pennies as opposed to buying the expensive ones in the grocery store. They are also much tastier than those other ones, I personally think. The hot pockets can be brought in for lunch or just heated for snacks. If you missed the first post that appeared earlier today, please click here. Frugal Freezer Cooking: “Hot Pockets” Now let’s continue. You can then form the pocket into a rectangle, if you want to more traditional shape. I do this by flatting the pocket … Continue reading →

Saving Money on Hamburger

Hamburger is a great food for the frugal diet. You can usually find it on sale, and it can go into so many different recipes. Here are some top notch ideas for saving money when it comes to hamburger. When you find hamburger at a really low price, stock up on as much of it as you can and freeze it. And if you are lucky enough to get it at anywhere near a dollar a pound, then purchase at least 40-60 pounds of it. An easy storage tip follows: put one pound portions of hamburger into individual freezer bags. … Continue reading →

A Deeper Look Into a Once a Month Cooking Session

It is always helpful to get an idea what a cooking session is like, before you jump head first into trying a once-a-month cooking session. I’ve already shared what it is like to prepare for one in the upcoming days prior. I have also already given you a peek into what the start of the day looks like, so now it is time to get a bit deeper and really start cooking. After I have gathered everything, and prepared the early stages (such as hamburger meat, chicken breasts, ham, etc.) it is time to get it ready for each recipe. … Continue reading →

A Glimpse at a Once a Month Cooking Session

I thought it might be helpful to some of you, if I showed you what a day of once-a- month cooking looks like. It really differs for everyone, and it is not even always the same for me. It depends on how many meals I plan to make, which is dependent on what events we have going on during that time period. For example, if we have horseback riding lessons that night at 6:30, we have to be there by 6:00 to tack up. My last three children get home from school at 4:30, which is too early to eat, … Continue reading →

Food Prep Businesses: A Growing Trend in Freezer Cooking

Have you ever tried once a month cooking or freezer cooking? If not and you’re looking to save time and money, you need to check out the frugal blog, or the freezer cooking recipes here. With few exceptions, most recipes will freeze well. However, there is a growing trend catering (pun totally intended) to the uber busy supermom who wants to have a gourmet home cooked meal every night. . .or at least nearly every night. Known as meal prep businesses, they are cropping up all over the United States. Here’s how it works. You make an appointment with said … Continue reading →

Freezer Cooking: Don’t Give Up!

After spending several years on mailing lists, message boards and other resources for freezer cooking fanatics, I have seen it all. The most common thing I see, is people giving up too soon. Why? I have often wondered this myself. Why give up on something that will help so tremendously in the long run. Sometimes, I think people forget that, there you do not have to cook for an entire month, if you do not want to. Freezer Cooking can be done for a week at a time, or could be done once during a month and then not again … Continue reading →

Freezer Cooking: Meal Planning Advice (1)

Remember that this is just how I did it, and not how it has to be done. I am just showing you one way to ensure you always have a great variety of meals. One of the things I did at the start of freezer cooking, and have worked hard to try and maintain throughout the years, is to spend a little extra time every couple of months or so, preparing meals. Here’s why. At the start, I had decided that I did not want to spend one freezer cooking session creating several totally different kinds of foods, I’d rather … Continue reading →