I don't have to cook tonight beecause...

we are only two here, hubby and me and we just cook the amount of food we will eat so we rarely have leftovers. If we do and its more than a few spoonfuls I freeze them as well. If its not enough for a meal the leftovers go to the fridge for rather immediate use during the next one or two days. We stretch the food with checking fridge and freezer regularly. I just checked the fridge and put the things which have to go till 26th in one place there so hubby also knows this has to go first. Plus we have done our best recently to pur some order into the pantry. Also putting the stuff which needs to be used up on one shelf so we know what has to go first.

I didn't have to cook tonight either. I ate out.

That is a Smart idea. I know when my husband makes his Spagetti Sauce he always tends to make extras so that he can freeze some of it to be able to heat up later and have for another meal or two. It actually is cheaper to do it this way, and will save time later in the long run. This was smart thinking on your part, and I am sure it was good food both nights as well.

I still wish I had a refrigerator and oven so I could do this. As for now whatever I cook should be consumed before it gets wasted. When I can afford it, I'll definitely buy them and do just as you do, cook more for later and freeze them so I could just reheat them soon when I feel like eating again.

Living by myself, it's hard to cook just for one...even when opening cans!!! If I buy the small cans, it's expensive. If I buy the larger cans, there's 2-4 servings. Some days I don't want a repeat of what I ate the day before!!! When I buy meats, I separate it into individual packages just as soon as I get home & freeze it that way. So I cook my individual serving of meat & fix some veggies. After eating what I need, I put any leftovers in individual containers, date it & freeze it. Then when I really don't feel like cooking, I cook another serving of meat & pull out the frozen precooked veggies & nuke those. By waiting several days to eat the left over veggies & cooking fresh meat, it tastes like a whole NEW meal!!! I love lasagna, but it's an awful lot of trouble for just one person. So, when I'm craving lasagna, I take myself out to the local Italian restaurant & let them pamper me!!! If I don't have the money to eat out, I run down to the Dollar General & buy a microwaveable Stouffer's frozen Lasagna. It's not as good as homemade, but an hour later I don't know the difference!!! Plus, there's NO dishes to wash!!! When I make a crockpot dinner, I freeze individual servings of what I don't eat & pull them out when in the mood!!! Rachel Ray showed me how convenient it is to freeze leftovers in the larger ziplock bags, freeze it flat & then stack in the freezer. Reduces the amount of room needed to store them too!!! There's probably a million different ways to save leftovers to mix & match later on!!! Saves a ton of money in the long run!!!

That is great. I use to do this all of the time. I would make two of casseroles, lasagnas and things of that nature and freeze the second one. I also did this with meatloaf and meatballs. I have even frozen biscuits to save myself time. I have a great cookbook called "Make A Mix" cookbook and it has lots of mixes that you can make yourself instead of buying the pre-packaged mixes at the store. It helps alot. I would make lots of biscuits and freeze enough for a meal in individual bags. This saved me time and was cheaper than buying the frozen biscuits in the grocery store. Of course these days I don't have the time to do this. I really want to get back into it again but it takes lots of organization.

We will cook up a ham or a roast, and that will work for several meals. The first night we will have the ham with potatoes and vegetables. Another night we will have sandwiches with soup, and another night we might use any small pieces and scramble it up with eggs. I will use small bits to make ham and cheese muffins, and we will use the bone for soup stock. This is really convenient because we don't eat a lot of meat so it will last quite a while. We often freeze portions and use them for lunches so we don't get tempted to buy lunches.

Great idea. It's been years since I cooked/baked double recipes. My experience has been that red sauce pasta tastes much better after it's been frozen for awhile. Am limited here with my cooking since our stove and oven have been disconnected. They need to be replaced. There was a problem with the connection under the stove so the gas company demanded they be turned off. We didn't have any gas leaking but the gas company did tell me that we were lucky our house wasn't leveled. So for now, I'm limited to using a crockpot or microwave.

I pretty well do what you do. When I worked before I did batch cooking on my days off. I buy in bulk and freeze everything. I thought your son in law did not like your cooking.

as you know I freeze every thing, and I make new dishes out of left overs like casseroles, T gave me a so called chicken salad that M had made and it was just boiled noodles, peppers and cubed chicken. It had absolutely no taste. I tried adding spices it still didn't taste like anything. So I made a soup out of it. I made it tomato soup, with added vegetables and spices and it was kick a$$

Bon Appetite I am sure it is wonderful. I think preparing and freezing food is better then buying pre-made dinners, I notice with most pre-made meals they tend to be too salty and they skimp on the vegetables. I generally buy vegetables in bulk and then prepare them eg carrots I slice or cube them when they are cheap and freeze them in zip bags, not only does that mean I can buy them cheaper but since they are ready to use, when making a meal I can add the vegetable and make a meal in half the time. I have tried freezing lasagna, but whenever I make it is when there are a lot of us around and even though I make extra it never seems to survive to the next day. I haven't cooked lasagna noodles in a while as I use the ones that don't need to be cooked, they come out the same, are easy to use and I save on the time.

I do the same. I make big batches and freeze part of it. I really don't like to cook or I should say mess up the kitchen. I live by myself and so it makes sense to freeze meals...so convient!

Well good for you! That was very smart. When I make things like chilli I try to make them in bulk - it usually lasts me a week or so. I never really make anything fancier than that though. I only cook for 1 (myself) and sometimes my dad though, so I don't exactly HAVE to cook every day.

I'm a bit lazy when it comes to cook. Most of the time I buy ready meals. The only way I save its by buying food on offers,