Do you have the right ingredients to cook the family meal tonight? Or did you just walk into the kitchen wondering what to cook and feeling like it’s just another task to tackle? This is how many people feel because their lives are so full and busy. The last meal of the day is the last thought on your mind, until it’s time to get ready.
Now comes the biggest challenge. Will you serve up a delicious, healthy meal that can take another hour of your precious time, or will you go for quick and simple packaged food, or maybe will you reach for the phone and call for delivery?
There is a solution. It is not something you can do for tonight’s meal, but it is a solution for the next few months’ meals. A lady named Candace Anderson is the author of ‘Frugal Mom’s Guide to Once a Month Cooking’. She presents a plan where you spend one day a month cooking and preparing for the next 30 days.
If that sounds daunting, it isn’t, because she explains everything so easily and step by step. She not only provides you with over 70 recipes to cook with, but guides you from shopping list to freezer labeling. This way you are shown how to save time and money. If you have kids old enough to help out in the kitchen, you can spend one day a month teaching them how to be frugal and productive, too.
Imagine each month without having to think about what you are going to do for dinner. Look at the list in your freezer for the day’s takeaway and voila.
There is one more thing that is different from so many menu plans. How many times have you bought a beautiful cookbook only to find half the ingredients you’ve never heard of, let alone know where to buy them? These recipes come with ingredients for you and me. The ones you can find at your local store and the ones for ‘frugal moms’ so they don’t cost a small fortune. What a bonus is that. You won’t spend your shopping day looking for an ingredient that doesn’t seem to exist.
This is the best plan I have ever followed and having meals prepared in the freezer is a very comforting feeling. The nightly challenge of choosing a healthy recipe can be a simple solution now.