Meals Made Ahead: WI 1st cooking day

Sunday, November 21, 2010

WI 1st cooking day

So, our first cooking day was a success! Things ran smoothly, no ingredients were forgotten, everyone was on time, we were way under budget and the children behaved...who could ask for more??? We made Shepherd's Pie, Chicken Enchelada's, Wheat Pancakes, and Italian Citrus Marinade. Even after having to buy a bunch of stock ingredients, all of our zip locks, plastic wraps, etc., our total per person came to $27.72. I took a few pictures, however, as I have said before, I am no Lisa, so they aren't artistic! Our next cooking date is Saturday, Dec. 11th at 10am and we will be making homemade Alfredo sauce, Meatballs (using 1/2 turkey, 1/2 ground beef), Chicken Pot Pies, and Beef Stew. Until next time...

Shepherd's Pie

Shepherd's Pie again

Enchelada Sauce

Enchelada's packaged

Jackie, Christina & Mary cooking

Pancake station

Our spoils: One baking dish of Shepherd's Pie, Two bags of Italian Citrus Marinade, Chicken Encheladas to fill a 9x13 pan, and 17 thich, Wheat Pancakes. (And a picture of Hala eating said pancakes. Anyone from my IL cooking days will remember that my kids would BEG to eat some pancakes as soon as they were done cooking!)

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LisaNovember 21, 2010 at 4:26 PM
Great work Tristy! I'm sad that this is the first I've "seen" of your new home. But I love that Hala made it into the photo, eating her pancakes.
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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