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Martha GTD Stewart Stuff

Okay, so have we discussed foods, meals, and meal prep?

I feel like June Cleaver or something, even bringing this up, but I'm wondering if anybody has any good ideas for eating. Do you cook stuff ahead and freeze? Do you have certain cans/frozen packs that you keep on hand to have something easy?

Or is it all Ramen all the time?

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SteveC's picture

Not sure if this is what you want...

...but

The way we organise eating is to prepare a menu for the week ahead. We don't always stick to it, but it guarantees that there's probably enough food in the house!

So, for a fairly average week, the menu will look like this.

Friday -- Pizza [1]
Saturday -- Something interesting [2]
Sunday -- Roast [3]
Monday -- Cold meat and chips [4]
Tuesday -- Veg casserole
Wednesday -- Pasta [5]
Thursday -- Veg casserole [6]

Notes:
1 -- home made pizza bases, part cooked and frozen. Ideal for when you've just got in from the supermarket.
2 -- I enjoy cooking, but at the moment Saturday is about the only day I get the time to try anything new
3 -- we have access to a good source of locally produced meat
4 -- with only two of us, there are always left overs
5 -- dance practice -- I can dance on pasta :D
6 -- left over from deliberately making too much on Tuesday.

Main variations are for Tuesdays and Thursdays, when (like tonight for example) we might have sausages or fish or something like that.

That what you were after, Pooks?

Steve

Steve

 
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