You can easily make a second meal in a gallon sized freezer bag while assembling the marinade for dinner to stash in your freezer for another night. (angelaskitchen.com)
I have an emergency stash in my freezer in case I need to fill a few cookies. (sweetrecipeas.com)
Set the measuring cup over a bowl of ice to cool down (or stash in the freezer if the ice cubes aren't ready yet and chill it that way). (okiedokieartichokie.me)