Springtime tip for meat eaters!

shaunarlr83

Pick one weekend day at the first of the month, after grocery shopping and if you have the freezer space of course! Have your hunny fire up the grill, spent the day together cooking all of the meat you plan on eating for the next few weeks. Hamburger patties, ribs, steak, grilled chicken, hot dogs for the kids, you can even cook some pork chops and bacon. Eat yourselves a nice hot meal and store the rest in freezer safe storage containers. Now all of your meat is cooked for an entire month, all you have to do is pick what you want for breakfast, lunch, or dinner and heat it up really quick with all of your favorite sides!!!!

Benefits, save time cooking over a hot stove, if you spend this one day weighing and measuring your meat, you can seal it in individual containers and skip measuring proportions later on, more time saved. You get the great taste of weekend grilled food during the busy weekdays without having to make time, grilled is better, right?? Plus, you get to spend one day with your significant other!! My aunt and uncle have done this for years, they eat very healthy, watch proportions, and have managed to drop a lot of weight!

mytime60

Fantastic idea! Thanks.

ChefJenn

I do something close to this. I buy chicken,pork and beef in bulk then butcher what I need, weigh it out and deep freeze it until I need it and then plan out my meals each week on a small dry erase board on my fridge.
I organize my pantry by baskets I got at the dollar store with 3x5 cards tape to the front of them labeled with my can goods in them so one has soups, one can canned fruit, then veggies, broth, etc..
I keep my bottles of sauces in baskets based on exp date. So I make sure I use the oldest ones first.
I also only serve the family on the small 8 inch dixie plates. That way you dont over eat.
We tend to over eat at times b/c we want to fill the plate ( I learned that the hard way .lol) plus no plates to wash!

Being a chef I cook everything as needed and not ahead of time. and I take my time in the kitchen and dance around to burn some cals while I cook.

Nigel99

Nice idea - though, as a big fan of the grill, waiting for spring time is wasting great grill time in the winter! We grill year 'round. No need to wait for perfect weather. A grilled steak, burger, or chicken tastes plenty good in January.