Just before my shoulder surgery, my friend Summer and I got together and made a bunch of freezer meals for each of our families. We ended up with 14 meals for each of us and we didn't spend too much money. As I was enjoying the fruits of our labor, I considered all of my friends who often lamented about not having time to cook at home, or who just didn't know how to go about planning and executing meals for their families on a regular basis. As we got to the end of our stockpiles and decided we needed to do it again, we thought it would be a good idea to invite some of these friends, in addition to some friends who just liked the idea of having some ready-made homemade meals in their freezer.
I invited 6 friends to join us and promised that everyone would leave with 15 meals for between $125-$150. As the event drew near, I realized that 15 meals was a little too ambitious, so we settled on 10 meals and each family contributed $100. Here's a list of the meals we created: pot roast, chicken & wild rice casserole, king ranch chicken, baked ziti, chicken cacciatore, chicken coq au vin, bbq pork loin, crock pot ribs, meat loaf, and 3 bean soup.
I invited 6 friends to join us and promised that everyone would leave with 15 meals for between $125-$150. As the event drew near, I realized that 15 meals was a little too ambitious, so we settled on 10 meals and each family contributed $100. Here's a list of the meals we created: pot roast, chicken & wild rice casserole, king ranch chicken, baked ziti, chicken cacciatore, chicken coq au vin, bbq pork loin, crock pot ribs, meat loaf, and 3 bean soup.
When the ladies arrived, they were greeted with the pantry:
Here are some of the ladies as they worked:
Summer & Cathy -- the wine was for one of the recipes...
Jenni
Laura -- she needed the goggles to protect her eyes while cutting all the onions
Jenni -- staying away from the mayhem of the kitchen
Summer -- I made the mistake of freezing the pot roasts before I separated them. The only way for us to get them apart was to throw them on the ground (fully wrapped in plastic bags, of course). They split right down the middle. Don't tell anyone!
10 dinners!
awesome. really love
ReplyDeletethis. we almost always
cook ahead of time.
my husband is a nurse
and he works night shift
so some nights he eats
dinner with us and some
nights he is gone. its good
just to be able to scoop out
what we each want and heat
it back up. instead of going
the microwave pizza route.
such a fun idea.. doing it with
all your friends. love it.