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Frugal eating

May 20th, 2008 at 05:53 pm

Since this week's check will be about half of normal (since I was out of town for 4 of last week's work days) we're eating from the pantry as much as we can.

The man person had a lunch of creole chicken and rice leftover from last night. I just had steak and gravy pulled from the freezer and some steamed green beans and a small salad. Tonight, DH will finish off that steak and gravy, probably putting it on bread, and I'll have green beans, a few slices of apple, and some swiss cheese for my dinner at work.

I just dug through the freezer and found some barbecued beef roast from two weeks ago and cooked, chopped chicken from three weeks ago so I'll thaw those and use them this week.

Tomorrow night we'll have thinly sliced roast with green beans and a salad. Thursday we'll have the chicken with pasta and alfredo sauce with carrots and spinach. Friday night we'll have more of the leftover roast, probably rolled into low carb tortillas with fresh vegetables, and Saturday we'll have 'everything but the kitchen sink' salads to use any remaining leftovers. Sunday we'll have a roasted chicken with green beans and mashed potatoes and any leftover chicken will be used in the coming week's meals.

That takes care of this week and we have more stuff in the freezer for future meals. There are distinct advantages to cooking more than needed and cooking ahead. I love being able to provide DH with a good meal even when I'm at work and it's good to take a decent meal to eat rather than just a sandwich. And it really saves on eating out expenses! We've spent very little at restaurants lately and having a freezer stocked with cooked food is one of the reasons for that.

Do you like to cook ahead? If so, about how long does something sit in the freezer before its eaten?

Posted in This Week's Dinners, Menu Planning | 10 Comments »

10 Responses to “Frugal eating”

  1. sagegirl Says:
    May 20th, 2008 at 07:09 pm 1211310568
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    I try to cook with a plan for left overs. We do not have a chest freezer, only our freezer in the fridge (and it is small). SO most everything I cook is something we can eat on that night and then take to lunch the next day and have it the next night also. I have a chicken spaghetti dish that we eat one night, have for lunch the next day and then usually finish off that night. Same with a big pot of beans and cornbread (hey, I am from Texas too--beans and cornbread is a staple in our house!)
    When I find meats on sale I buy a few pounds and divide up and put in the freezer and that helps too.

  2. aevans1206 Says:
    May 20th, 2008 at 07:23 pm 1211311415
    1211311415

    I'm a cook ahead gal, but I cook for the entire week. I would love to get on the freezer bandwagon, though. Maybe I'll work on that this summer Smile

  3. Aleta Says:
    May 21st, 2008 at 03:56 pm 1211385392
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    You can really buy some fairly reasonable freezers at Home Depot even if it's only a small one. I think that by buying milk on sale, bread at bOGO free, fresh vegetables that are on sale, and extra meals cooked and frozen make it ideal.

  4. Lux Living Frugalis Says:
    June 11th, 2008 at 03:21 pm 1213197681
    1213197681

    Since I'm a stay at home person I don't do much cooking ahead, although at one time when I had a separate large freezer I did do the OAMC (Once A Month Cooking) thing and enjoyed it. Since that freezer went kaput and we didn't replace it I don't do much cooking ahead anymore.

    When I did though, 3 months was as long as I was willing to let something be in there before it had to be rotated into the menus.

    I miss you! Hurry back. How're things going???

  5. carol Says:
    July 10th, 2008 at 12:02 pm 1215691344
    1215691344

    hi Denise,just wanted to say i,m missing you, hope all is well and hurry back,its a long time since you have posted,regards, Carol from Australia.

  6. Aleta Says:
    July 10th, 2008 at 01:57 pm 1215698250
    1215698250

    I too miss your bloggings. Hoping that all is well with you. Just saying hi

  7. thriftorama Says:
    August 22nd, 2008 at 02:36 am 1219372585
    1219372585

    Have you stopped blogging? We miss you.

  8. ceejay74 Says:
    August 28th, 2008 at 04:23 pm 1219940589
    1219940589

    Hi Denise, just wanted to chime in and say I wish you'd come back to blogging. Hope everything's OK!

  9. mike Says:
    December 8th, 2008 at 05:57 am 1228715839
    1228715839

    I usually have all the leftovers the next day. I don't really freeze any food.

  10. ralph Says:
    August 22nd, 2009 at 04:28 pm 1250958520
    1250958520

    Here's another note hoping you'll come back. We miss you!

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