Not exact matches
Assembly line
cooking, once - a-month
cooking, whatever you want to call it, prepping food ahead and freezing it saves money by accommodating
bulk purchases and helping you avoid high - priced instant
meals when you're short of time.
Each Monday, I'm sharing 3 basic
meal components that involve very minimal prep (bake the squash in
bulk,
cook / shred the chicken, roast the veggies).
While I'll always think about
cooking this way, lately I've been inspired to improve upon my methods and here's what I'm doing instead: I come up with one item I can
cook in
bulk and three possible
meals using the dish before I even begin
cooking.
Action Item: Pick a couple that you think would be easier to work on (for me, that's making a
meal over greens, substituting in a veggie snack, and
bulking up whatever else I'm
cooking)-- and you'll hopefully have great success after a trip to the grocery store to prepare you.
Try
bulking up your breakfast with Cauliflower Rice (
cook it 2 ways) or use left - over 15 Minute Carne Asada to add other Mexican flavored foods in your
meal.
You could also, like you mentioned, use avocado to add some substance to the salad and also, well not raw, but you can add things like some
cooked beans or a grain like quinoa or rice and it
bulks up the salad to turn it into a
meal.
So for some time I had quite a collection of vacuum packed frozen veal liver from our
bulk meat purchases accumulating in the freezer as I did not dare
cook them to avoid ruining a
meal.
It's a perfect size for us to
meal prep and
cook in
bulk.
Optional: 1/2 - 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds To
bulk this
meal out, add 1 cup of
cooked wild rice or quinoa to the salad assembly, along with an extra drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.
Rice and beans: It's the weeknight, budget - friendly,
bulk - bin staple
meal that even the most timid home
cook can attempt with a certain level of confidence.
Jars and packets of baby food can cost a fortune,
cooking and freezing
meals in
bulk could save lots of money.
I know not all moms like to
cook and sometimes, especially if there is a new baby in the house,
bulk cooking or doing the
meal while everyone is having an afternoon nap is preferable, but I do encourage you to use this time to build relationship with your toddlers and preschoolers.
Order takeout or better yet have friends or hubby
cook you homemade
meals in
bulk for easy access to nutritious food.
Grab some microwave
meals or do some
bulk cooking and stock up the freezer for those first weeks.
They can be poured over salads, smothered over piping hot
cooked veggies, eaten on their own as a snack or a soup, enjoyed with crudités and whole grain crackers, add
bulk to any veggie
meal, and make the same salad base taste completely different every time.
Find out how I started
bulk cooking healthy
meals for vacation using simple recipes so I actually get to relax!
Recently, I finally did what I should have done years ago and applied my normal
meal planning and
bulk cooking to vacation time.
Planning ahead allows me to
cook things in
bulk and freeze for a future
meal or make extra of a protein to use in a quick
meal later in the week.
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Purposeful leftovers: The first trick to making each
meal go the distance is
bulk cooking, or what I like to call purposeful leftovers.
Slow
cooking is an excellent way to prepare
meals in
bulk that are delicious, tender, and nutritious.
The book starts out with a number of a discussion of different noteworthy ingredients and a guide on how to use the book to
cook in
bulk (hooray for
meal prep), make freezer - friendly recipes, pack and transport the noms for portable
meals, and build well - balanced
meals!
Any «bonus» money should be saved or spent on items that will help save money (
cooking supplies so you can
cook all your
meals at home instead of eating out,
bulk food instead of tiny packets that cost way more, etc..)
Lentils and chick peas are healthy alternatives that
bulk up
meals when you want to
cook a vegetarian
meal.
Maybe you'll start a
bulk foods co-op or local farmer's market, or start
cooking meals together, or start a plastic bag reduction campaign.
More snacks and possible even a few
bulk items like rice and oatmeal we can
cook up easily to avoid eating out every
meal.