New stuff!

I've been really lacking in the posting department! I'm back to it though.

Our next big job to do in the kitchen is once a month cooking. It not only saves time but money as well. Last time we did this job, it took us only about 3 hours to do all the cooking, and we had enough dinners for 26 days (approximately) and saved about 300$ on doing this. Not only that, but we completely controlled what we put in our meals, mouths and what we decide to have each night. It definitely isn't boring, but you need to take the time to plan out what you like, and what you want to spend. We did a lot of research on meals, what we could make the most of with what we decided and really, the ideas are endless!

Our last batch had chicken, ground beef, and many vegetables dishes. We were short on time, and also because of my back, we cut time by purchasing roasted chicken instead of raw, so we didn't have to deal with the extra mess. I think this time around we are going to do the same thing. I'm not very fond of raw chicken parts! And the bones made the nice soup stuck just as well as if they were raw. We were both satisfied! So tomorrow is the big day that we will be spending deciding what to make. We are going to go with beef roasts, chicken and ground beef. Our last lists of meals were:

Ground beef:
Lazy mans cabbage rolls
lasagna
Shepard's Pie
spaghetti sauce
chili

Chicken:
Soup stock
Chicken flavoured rice
Curry chicken
Butter chicken
Chicken fajitas
chicken cacciatore

All of this was made with 2 roasted chickens, and one of those large containers of extra lean ground beef. Vegetables are generally cheap (and healthy) so we filled the containers with fresh stuff. We get the take out tins with cardboard lids, they are easy to label and recyclable! One container is large enough for both of us to have dinner for one night, or since the hubby was sailing a lot I would cook one meal, have half for dinner, and bring the other half for lunch. We also have a lot of choice which helps make dinners a lot less boring. Flavours are our friend!! I will post our list of interesting ideas tomorrow once we have figured it out!! Happy eats!