cooking co-op

Monday, September 13, 2010

i am trying out a cooking co-op for the first time!
it is a way to have meals ready to eat and save.
they can be done in different ways, but we are doing it like this....

*there are 8 families total in our group
*2 shoppers and ingredient organizers(big job)
*meet one day and divide up all the food
*each of us take ingredients for 2 main dish meals
*prepare and bag into freezer bags and lay flat in freezer
*meet back up in a week and pass out all the meals

we all end up with 16 meals that are ready to go(with minimal prep time) we all paid
$100 for 16 meals. it will be a little cheaper next time b/c we bought a lot of spices that we
will continue to use. i am excited to try out new meals! there are lots of marinated chicken dishes, mexican ones, and a few noodle meals.

my 2 meals are pizza casserole and meatball subs. i brought home 8 pounds of turkey meat (we decided to use turkey than beef) 5 pounds of cheese. 20 12" subs. over 9 pounds of sauce and lots of freezer bags to pack it all in.

i'll let you know how it goes!




2 comments:

Jeanette said...

That's a great idea, Ashley. I am interested in knowing what all 16 meals will be and if you all decide together or each person gets to pick 2. Good to see you last week.

Sarah Thompson said...

This is great! If I was there I would totally join in!