tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428690681964754748.post131800101260786015..comments2014-09-08T08:02:53.327-05:00Comments on Abundant Life: Freezer mealsEricahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15712885346815887617noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428690681964754748.post-37090234946860792102010-06-18T09:39:17.428-05:002010-06-18T09:39:17.428-05:00I love it! Such great ideas! I need to try this!...I love it! Such great ideas! I need to try this!!The O'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01760567321102067132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428690681964754748.post-23090530301798941022010-06-15T23:38:08.926-05:002010-06-15T23:38:08.926-05:00We do a version of this as well (and similar to th...We do a version of this as well (and similar to the previous commenter)--we call it a cooking co-op--there are 3 of us who cook meals together. We don't actually get together to cook, however. We each make 3 different recipes, so we make 3 batches of of each recipe (one to keep, one for family1 and one for family 2). I do a similar prep to what you do--long ingredient list, pre-cook meat, etc. then take a Saturday or Sunday evening to cook while the kids get some Daddy time. <br /><br />We then exchange the first week of the month. We each have 9 freezer meals at the beginning of each month. Instead of disposable pans, we actually bought all matching Pyrex 9x13 pans with lids and several large glass Pyrex bowls with lids(cheap at an outlet mall) so we could exchange them easily--doesn't matter whose is whose, they are identical, and they hold up so well.<br /><br />I love to have food done and ready to go as well--kind of necessary with 4 kids, right? :)Finding Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11904700400767890604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428690681964754748.post-51639791082494161082010-06-15T12:21:21.360-05:002010-06-15T12:21:21.360-05:00I've been doing a version of this with a group...I've been doing a version of this with a group of gals for about a year and a half. However, here's our take on it. <br /><br />Once a month, an email is sent out to the ladies on the list. If we are in that month, we respond to everyone what we'll be making. By the second week of the month, the lady in charge emails how many dishes we need to make for the exchange, usually 2 weeks later. Then, we make multiples of one dish and show up at someone's house to exchange. For example, last month I froze marinated pork chops for grilling and added a box of Stove Top Stuffing. There were 5 of us participating, so I brought 4 bags of chops, 4 boxes of stuffing and left mine at home. I came home with 4 different meals for the freezer. Obviously, the more who participate, the more variety we have. This works well because we only have to make one recipe (times the number participating.)<br /><br />I love having a ready to cook meal in the freezer that I haven't prepared. It's like eating at someone else's house!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07332671018788840643noreply@blogger.com