I was thinking about the downfalls of having all of your meals in the freezer. There aren't many but they can be difficult to work around.
- You're somewhat limited on recipes you can use. Some things aren't recommended to freeze and even if you can get away with it the texture may change some. {note: the issue I had with the mac & cheese}
- There's no room for spontaneity! Not a really big deal - unless you're
pregnantcraving something that isn't in your freezer to thaw out. - Repeats can get boring, even if they're good...it's boring.
- You might miss cooking. I know! Never thought I would say those words but it's true.
My plan for freezer cooking is going to be changed slightly to resolve some of these issues. I still want to prepare two weeks of meals {why not if they fit} but this time I'll also have another week of meals planned that I'll make start to finish the night of. In addition to that I would love to make a variety of sauces (serve over pasta, chicken, etc...is there an etc?) and freeze those. This means after two weeks I'll still have one weeks worth of meals in the freezer so when I make more meals for the freezer in two weeks we'll end up with more variety of freezer meals. One thing I won't do is freeze pasta, there's really no need unless it's in a casserole because pasta doesn't take that long to cook. That's just less space you have for other meals or parts of meals. :)
Then there are weeks when you have a seemingly never-ending head cold and a freezer full of meals would be great but there's no chance of having a 6 hour block of energy to make that happen and so you're just happy to plan quick meals for each evening.
3 comments:
I've been doing once a month cooking for almost a year now, and teh pros definitely outweigh the cons. We started doing a week, then slowly increased to almost 6 weeks at once.
I think your plan sounds like a great one!
I like the hybrid idea. I can totally see how it would get kinda monotonous after having the same meals a few times. I think this will turn out SO great for you guys :) And I totally understand about finding yourself starting to MISS cooking! I feel the same way when he wants to take over ;-)
I had thought the same thing when you posted about freezer cooking. I would only use stuff out of the freezer when I didn't feel like cooking or was really rushed for dinner. I made ham loaf yesterday and had enough ground ham to make four. We had one for dinner last night and I have three ham loaves in my freezer. It's not much but it's a start.
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