cooking up a storm today!
Posted 08-25-2009 at 04:29 PM by fosterfamily5
I woke up this morning and decided not to attend my self pity party......LOL
I decided instead to do some plan ahead cooking. In the crock pot I put a beef roast I was going to make beef Jerky out but I think 2 nights of dinner is a smarter way to use the hunk of meat. I put a packet of taco seasoning in with it and we're going to have shredded beef tacos for dinner.
What goes good with tacos? Beans of course!
I read somewhere here that you ladies cook up dry beans and pkg them in the freezer for use instead of canned beans. Guess what? I've got black and pinto beans cooking on the stove....
I had a whole bag of white rice so I cooked up the whole thing. Portioned some for a family meal, some for individual whatever on sports practice nights, and I still have some to go with my tacos.
While I was putting the rice in the freezer Ii saw a ham bone......Might as well make split pea soup for tomorrow nights dinner. We like it the day after it's cooked anyway. I've got the peas, onions,carrots, and celery. FREE DINNER!!!! HELLOOOOOOOO. It's been sitting here for weeks!!!! I swear sometimes I think I can't cook unless I go to the store every few days. Dinner this week will be a no brainer..... I love Budget 101
I decided instead to do some plan ahead cooking. In the crock pot I put a beef roast I was going to make beef Jerky out but I think 2 nights of dinner is a smarter way to use the hunk of meat. I put a packet of taco seasoning in with it and we're going to have shredded beef tacos for dinner.
What goes good with tacos? Beans of course!
I read somewhere here that you ladies cook up dry beans and pkg them in the freezer for use instead of canned beans. Guess what? I've got black and pinto beans cooking on the stove....
I had a whole bag of white rice so I cooked up the whole thing. Portioned some for a family meal, some for individual whatever on sports practice nights, and I still have some to go with my tacos.
While I was putting the rice in the freezer Ii saw a ham bone......Might as well make split pea soup for tomorrow nights dinner. We like it the day after it's cooked anyway. I've got the peas, onions,carrots, and celery. FREE DINNER!!!! HELLOOOOOOOO. It's been sitting here for weeks!!!! I swear sometimes I think I can't cook unless I go to the store every few days. Dinner this week will be a no brainer..... I love Budget 101
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Hooray for you, Girl. Way to go. I can't cook anything right now. They put new cabinets in my apt. today & all my stuff is piled in the livingrm. I can get to the food but all the pots & pans and utensils are way out of my reach. Have to wait for someone to come put this away for me. Oh, (groan) . . . .You sound so much better today. I'm glad.
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Oh I wish I had a day I could cook away again! Used up all my freezer beans and sure miss having them! Maybe next week will calm down a bit & I can cook ahead a bunch of stuff. Living 100% on our food storage for 2 month now. We've all gotten use to powdered milk. I have to make bread every other day and been running like crazy. Yesterday I was gone until midnight and DH said he didn't know what to do for dinner so the kids made up scrambled eggs, bacon and toast. We're getting a dozen fresh eggs every day now from our chickens. I've been trying to freeze a bunch of them but can hardly make a dent! I saw this morning I had enough stuff to make up a big batch of my real Italian spaghetti sauce that will do for 3 meals and got stuff to do chicken croissants, The rest of the ground beef can make up chili mac. I should make up a big pot of beans and that does us for 2 meals. So guess I just planned out a weeks worth of menus without really thinking. Who knows whats still lucking in my freezer! Maybe I could go through it later today and plan out the whole next month!
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I woke up this morning and decided not to attend my self pity party......LOL
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