Just passing on another great idea (that isn't mine). A few months ago I was invited to join a dinner club. Since I HATE trying to figure out what's for dinner every night (doesn't every mom?), I jumped at the chance. Our group meets each month and we each bring 8 frozen homemade dinners, we exchange them and go home with 7 completely prepared dinners! Brilliant. We decided a couple months ago to each make an extra dinner and we take those to someone in our ward who might need some extra help (so far we've given them to new moms).
I have a tendency to get stuck in a rut with what I make for dinner so this has been a great way to shake things up. We have some "rules" in our group:
1. Each meal must contain at least 1 lb. of meat
2. The meat must be the leanest cut you can buy and trimmed of all fat
3. Onions and spiciness must be kept to a minimum
Each meal is frozen in a disposable 8x8 pan or a freezer bag. This portion feeds my family an entire meal and usually leaves 1-2 servings for Al's lunches.
Voila! Dinner made easy!! I absolutely love this idea and I hope our group never ends!
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That is such a great idea. I'll have to propose that some of the moms in my area... We did meal swap for a couple of years. There were 4 of us in a group, and we just did main dishes. So, I would make 4 main dishes one day a week, and then I would get a main dish brought in 3 days a week. It was fun, but we did burn out eventually. This would be a fun alternative. I want to know what the main dishes are that you traded.
Yes - please share the recipes for the dishes you make! I am trying to actually cook more these days - like besides my Bertoli Bag specialties - ha!
You are so cute I love the entry!
What a totally awesome idea! I'd love to see some of the recipes, too. (Too bad you can't mail me one of your extras, even though I don't qualify as a "new" mom--I HATE cooking!)
I would love to see some of the recipes you have made, or that have been brought it. I might have to suggest this in our ward.
Yum! I'm so jealous! A question though: Why the meat requirement? I'm just curious.
That's pretty cool. Do you ever get meals that aren't up your alley? YKWIM? BTW, I was just thinking about one year ago. Wish we were in HI.
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