Freezer Cooking For Your Familyby Nicole Humphrey | More from this Blogger 25 Apr 2006 06:04 AM The most valuable tool I've found to save both time and money in the kitchen, is freezer cooking. In fact, I got so involved in freezer cooking that I actually teach a class on it locally. Plus I get the kids involved and we have so much fun together! Freezer cooking was not an over night mastery for me. It took nearly a year to master and perfect to make it work for me and my family. There are only three of us, so we don't need huge meals. We also don't do it every month, but I'll tell you, when I don't - it's noticed! The whole process requires a lot of trial and error and several different recipes, some of which wound up becoming favorite meals and some that wound up becoming trash and we hope we never have to see again! So why is Freezer Cooking such a magical tool and why does it make life so much easier, and exactly how do you cook in the freezer? Well first of all, you don't cook in the freezer; you use your freezer to store your cooked meals. Freezer cooking is best described as bulk cooking. Basically you just cook a month of meals over a day or two period and store them in the freezer. Why do people use freezer cooking? It saves time and money. Buying foods in bulk can save a bundle over the course of a month or two and storing your food for later consumption saves you extra trips to the store to buy things you don't need. In a four month period it saved me over $400. Of course, I combine my freezer cooking and shopping with coupons and sales to save even more! Now, not every recipe can made and stored in the freezer. There are select recipes that work better than others. You can find these by doing a Google search on "freezer cooking". My favorite website to visit is www.30daygourmet.com. There you can find message boards, recipes and helpful hints on freezer cooking. Just remember there is a wealth of information out there on the subject and it's available to help save you time and money in the kitchen. Watch for a series of articles on freezer cooking coming soon! Related Articles: Freezer Cooking Appetizer Recipes Freezer Cooking Breakfast Recipes Freezer Cooking Chicken Recipes Freezer Cooking Crockpot Recipes Freezer Cooking Dessert Recipes Freezer Cooking - Essential Items Freezer Cooking For Your Family Freezer Cooking Important Information Learn more about Nicole Humphrey  Nicole Humphrey is a freelance writer, consultant for CTMH and a Sr. Blogger for families.com. She resides in St. Charles, Missouri with Mike and their five children and two furbabies. Relevantfrugal tags User Comments  Jaime Egan (2178) 27 Apr 2006 01:52 AMMy mom used to do a lot of freezer cooking, but she almost always would cook fresh every time because she would forget there was some in the freezer! Except for her vegetable beef barley soup...  Nicole Humphrey (15757) 05 Jun 2006 05:17 PMYes, Jaime I think it's important to kind of keep tabs on what you've got in your freezer. I keep a little notebook with the names of the meals, and how to prepare them once they are removed from the freezer. This helps tremendously! Community Tags Bulk Cooking, Freezer Cooking, Freezer, Food, recipes Discuss this article
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