Comments on: Less than perfect cooking once a month

By: Shelly

Shelly — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:06:48 +0000

Here’s the solution…get together with some friends for a freezer meal group. If you have 7 people then everyone makes 7 of the same meal and then you swap to end up with 7 different meals. It’s a lot cheaper and easier to make 7 of the same thing than 7 different things.

By: DeAna Boren

DeAna Boren — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:58:14 +0000

What a great article! Informative AND amusing!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:51:58 +0000

I love this post. As a single mom, work at home and homeschool, I cannot find the time to cook for a whole month for only two persons. Thanks for the tips!

By: MJ @ Creative Madness

MJ @ Creative Madness — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:35:10 +0000

I’m not the only one who finds humor a necessity!

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:06:20 +0000

I was really ready to commit to this until I read, ” I don’t really have an excuse for eating half a bag of tortilla chips with Velveeta and salsa and calling it dinner, now do I?”

I’m out.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:42:16 +0000

I tried the one day cooking and it was more than I could handle but what I did the following month was put all the like meat recipes together. Then one day I did all the hamburg meals then another day I did all the chicken meals etc. This month the hamburg was one sale this week so I did all the May’s hamburg recipes already. Now I’m waiting for chicken to go on sale. This has worked out great for me.

By: Mary @ Giving Up on Perfect

Mary @ Giving Up on Perfect — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:39:41 +0000

Thanks for reading! Mindi, your suggestion makes so much sense to me…because it’s actually how I started. I realized when I cooked pasta to take to a friend who’s just had a baby, I could double the recipe and have a dish for my family, too. And you’re right – 10 lbs or 15 lbs – either one is huge!

Thanks to Tricia and Cortney for letting me guest post here!!

By: Tracy

Tracy — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:52:58 +0000

For some families, once-a-month cooking is not ideal. This a great alternative that works even better for us. I really appreciate this blogs ability to point us in the right direction and encourage us to discover what works for our family.

By: Mindi

Mindi — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:45:55 +0000

Love the post Mary!

Another suggestion:
I was cooking for a party at my house and had to make meatballs, curry chicken, etc. I just increased the recipes so that I had enough for the party and a few extra meals.

I mean seriously – once you have committed to making 10lbs of meatballs & sauce, what’s another 5 lbs?

By: Jessi

Jessi — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:09:52 +0000

I think this is a great approach and that’s how I started out. I made up a couple meals on a day where I had an afternoon to myself and then a week later, I did it again with some different recipes, even though I hadn’t used everything I had made the week before. It was a nice, steady way to build up some freezer meals to have on hand.

By: Vanderbilt Wife

Vanderbilt Wife — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:52:01 +0000

Great post, Mary! Love your blog. Good tips for those of us with no real mojo to do this every month.