Preparing More Than One Meal At A Time

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Preparing More Than One Meal At A Time

Doubling up on a recipe is seldom
a lot more work than just cooking
one batch. It is also one of the
best ways to get a meal on the
table in a hurry is to pull it out
of the freezer, let it thaw during
the day, then reheat.

This provides a tasty meal in a
hurry that you know your family
enjoys because they have already
eaten it once!

Some dishes are made to double up
on and others arent, fried shrimp
would not be a good choice for
doubling up, but meatloaf would be.

Crock-pot meals, casseroles and
chili are excellent choices for
doubling up. When the second
batch is cool enough, just seal in
a moisture and air proof baggie
and stick in the freezer.

Another hint with a casserole is
to freeze it in the pan it will be
cooked in, when frozen, remove and
put in an air proof and moisture
proof bag. When it is time to
cook, return it to the pan, thaw
and then reheat!

You may want to divide into single
servings for storage; this
provides quick meals for
individuals.

Before freezing use a piece of
masking tape to identify the type
of food it is, the number of
people it will feed and the date
it was prepared.

Another method of doubling up, or
cooking once to eat twice is to
cook extra base foods, for
instance you can brown extra
hamburger, and freeze for later
use in tacos, lasagna, soups or
stews.

Freeze in the correct quantity for
the meal you will cook with it
later. Another great idea is to
make soups or stews out of
leftover meats, leftover roast
makes excellent vegetable beef
soup to freeze for a cold winter
evening.

Left over barbecue ribs can be cut
apart and used for an exceptional
hot barbecue beef sandwich.

Left over chili can be added to
macaroni and cheese to make
chili-mac, a favorite of children.

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