Comments on: Cheerful Frugality Packs The Freezer

By: the pleasures of homemaking

the pleasures of homemaking — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:50:02 +0000

I haven’t done this in a long time! Good for you Meredith! It’s great to be able to just pull out a meal from the freezer when you’re too tired to cook. Also making one extra when you’re cooking works well too. For example, if you’re making lasagna make one extra to freeze.

Manuela

By: Kelly from Almost Frugal

Kelly from Almost Frugal — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:13:22 +0000

I’m a big fan of bulk cooking, although the furthest I’ve ever gone is to cook a week’s worth of food, with two batches for each meal, so that in fact at the end I had two weeks of food. I’m looking forward to reading more about your process!

By: Jackeline Interest

Jackeline Interest — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:59:35 +0000

The tips are absolutely great ways to store bulk of foods in the freezer. Makes it frugal to save money, time and energy.

By: Mom of 4

Mom of 4 — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:01:33 +0000

If you live in a climate where the winter is cold, I’ve found that it’s easier to manage OAMC then. What I’ll do in the winter months is make extra-large batches of meals that freeze well. Once they’re in their freezer containers, I set them outside in the cold. On a 10-degree day, it doesn’t take long to freeze them if they’re spread out along my patio rail. Saves energy, and avoids the food safety risk of warming up the refrigerator or freezer. Also, it’s nice to have the extra heat from the cooking in the house when it’s cold.

By: Amphritrite

Amphritrite — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:27:36 +0000

I’m a big fan of bulk cooking, myself; as I normally just cook for one, I’m apt to make a four-person meal, put two portions in the freezer, and eat one that night. The second gets eaten sometime during the week when I don’t feel like cooking.

By: angelle

angelle — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:42:49 +0000

so this food isn’t just for lazy days, you aren’t going to cook (dinner anyways) for another month?

By: Shannon M

Shannon M — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:42:29 +0000

I am big time impressed:) This month has been so crazy that I can’t even count the number of times I’ve wished for dinner in the freezer! How did the babies cope?