Comments on: Making Meals Easier

By: Thrifty Mommy - Easy Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

Thrifty Mommy - Easy Shepherd’s Pie Recipe — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:59:43 +0000

[...] in the week, I told you about using hamburger in a way to make your meals easier. Sunday this tip saved me a lot of time. I had to make something for a covered dish meal for [...]

By: Karen is Thrifty

Karen is Thrifty — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:03:54 +0000

Lori: I agree. I add onions and garlic to about anything.

By: Thrifty Mommy - Quick and easy seasonings for food

Thrifty Mommy - Quick and easy seasonings for food — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:45:02 +0000

[...] had a great idea on making meals easier . I do something similar with bacon. When the grocery store runs a good sale on bacon, I buy [...]

By: kellys

kellys — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:37:58 +0000

What a great idea! I do similar with bacon.

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:25:06 +0000

I do the same thing with ground beef. Sometimes I do it in the crockpot, so I don’t even have to attend it while it’s cooking. I just come and smush it up every 15 minutes or so.

I also add garlic salt, onions, whatever. No matter what recipe you’re gonna use later, those spices will usually work.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:33:36 +0000

Kailani: I bet your were upset with your husband. I hope he won’t do that to you again.

Char: Thanks for dropping by.

Kara: Thanks for visiting and leaving your first comment. Sounds like you’re doing great with planning your meals. I also buy chicken, hamburger, cube steak, etc when it’s on sale. Then I split up the packages and freeze it. Thankfully, I’ve run into some good sales on chicken lately, where the amounts were in small packages. I’m thankful I didn’t have to touch the stuff more than necessary, know what I mean?

By: Char

Char — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:57:35 +0000

Karen,

This is one of my favorite time savers. I hate cooking ground beef so if I do it all at once its not so bad.

By: Kara

Kara — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:26:13 +0000

Once every few weeks, I spend an hour or two in the kitchen chopping and dicing veggies (peppers, carrots, celery, onions) and freezing them in plastic bags. When making a soup, quesadillas, or chili, I break off what I need, whether it’s one serving or more.
I also buy chicken in bulk (best price I’ve seen is 1.79/lb at a regular grocery store) and freeze it in freezer bags (enough for 4 servings). I add in a marinade, italian dressing, or other seasonings, and when it thaws all we need to do is bake it. 4 servings gives my husband and I dinner and leftovers for lunch the next day.

By: kailani

kailani — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:54:49 +0000

That tip sure would have come in handy that one time my husband bought 8lbs of ground beef from Costco and threw the whole thing in the freezer. When I finally defrosted it, I was cooking full meals all day!