Meals Made Ahead: Prep ahead to make lunch easy

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Prep ahead to make lunch easy

Making meals ahead doesn't have to be a complicated, cook all morning with your friends endeavor. Earlier this week, I made my son a PB&J for lunch. Since I already had all the stuff out, I went ahead and made three extra sandwiches. I used this tool from Pampered Chef to make them pretty. I made half sandwiches since I'm never sure how much he will eat. I can always take another one out.

Then into a sandwich bag and in the freezer for a quick and easy lunch another day. If you forget to take it out in the morning to thaw (it only needs a couple hours and leave it in a bag so it doesn't dry out) you can even throw it in the microwave for a few seconds. Easy!

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About this blog:

We are a group of moms who get together about once a month or so to cook Meals Made Ahead.

Meals Made Ahead are great because it's nice to always have something in the freezer for those nights that are busy, those nights when you can't think of anything to make, those nights when you have nothing to cook with because you didn't feel like dragging two screaming kids through the grocery store, those nights when you just don't feel like cooking.

Sure, we could do this on our own. But it's much more fun to cook with friends (and share the clean up!)

The secret ingredient

"If a woman could see the sparks of light going forth from her fingertips when she is cooking, and the substance of light that goes into the food she handles, she would be amazed to see how much of herself she charges into the meals that she prepares for her family and friends. It is one of the most important and least understood activities of life, that the radiation and feeling that go into the preparation of food affect everyone who partakes of it. And this activity should be unhurried, peaceful, and happy because the substance of the lifestream performing the service flows into that food and is eaten, and actually becomes part of the energy of the receiver. It would be better that an individual did not eat at all than to eat food that has been prepared under a feeling of anger, apathy, resentment, depression, or any outward pressure."
~Maha Chohan, Electrons