A few weeks ago, I did a batch of freezer cooking, and it was awesome! I went to the grocery store by myself (!) on a Sunday morning and spent a few hours that afternoon chopping and preparing double-batches of three recipes. I ended up with six meals.The awesome catch is that all the meals were crockpot dinners. So to prepare them I just had to chop the veggies and put all the ingredients in freezer bags. Then when I'm ready to cook them, I just take it out of the freezer, cut the bag off, and … [Read more...]
A Month of Meals: Low Sodium
March 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Our midwives are awesome. They spend so much time with us at each appointment and care about our health in general. They've been taking Phil's blood pressure as well as mine each time because it tends to be kind of high. After a few times of it being high, we decided to do something about it. I bought some low-sodium cookbooks on Half.com and have been trying to eliminate salt from our dinners. I wanted to plan an entire month of meals over spring break, but didn't get to it. So, it won't be an … [Read more...]
Meal Planning Monday
October 11, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Monday: Dinner at Green Mill so we can watch the Vikings game since it's on ESPN and not "regular tv."Tuesday: Thai Curry Chicken (with cabbage and a spice/sauce packet I picked up at Cub last week)Wednesday: Chicken salad sandwiches with baconThursday: Pork Chops in the slow-cookerFriday: Date night (GuestCheck at Il Gatto)Saturday: TBD … [Read more...]
