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Cooking Day 11/4/11

November 22, 2011 by mamakay Leave a Comment

I got together with another friend whose family is similar sized to ours for a cooking day. A successful cooking day is made possible by spending a couple of days getting ready for the cooking day. We planned out our menu, made the grocery lists, went grocery shopping, did prep work and then finally spent 6 hours together assembling and cooking the meals on the actual cooking day.

Here is a list of what we made:

120 Meatballs
4 9×13 Chicken Stuffing Casseroles
4 9×13 Poor Man’s Casseroles
6 9×13 Sloppy Joe Casseroles
4 Gallons Black Bean Chowder
50 Beef, Bean & Cheese Burritos
40 Calzones

Chicken Tenders — were on the list but we decided to make them up separately since I forgot to thaw out the chicken ahead of time

Spent $332.33 for 56 meals which comes out to $5.93/meal or $0.74/person. (We both have 8 people in our families.) These meals are main dish only in most cases and will require additional sides such as bread, salad, etc…

Prior to cooking day we split up the following list of items to prep:
Cook ground beef
Cook chicken
Make chicken broth
Make bread crumbs
Chop onions
Chop celery
Chop carrots
Cook black beans

 

On cooking day we tried to be as efficient as possible. Here’s how we worked through the recipes.

1) Started the Calzone Dough
2) Made the mashed potatoes for the Poor Man’s Casserole
3) Made the white sauce to use in the Chicken Stuffing Casserole
4) Boiled the pasta for the Sloppy Joe Casserole
5) Assembled the Sloppy Joe Casseroles
6) Cut up the cooked chicken
7) Prepared the stuffing (from mixes)
8 ) Assembled the Chicken Stuffing Casseroles
9) Assembled the Poor Man’s Casseroles

10) Made the meatballs
11) Flash froze the meatballs
12) Took a break — yeah! look at all we accomplished so far!
13) Made the Black Bean Chowder
14) Assembled the burritos (the whole crew helped with these which resulted in some crazy looking burritos but boy were we done fast with 8 kids helping!)


15) Assembled & baked the calzones (again with all the kids helping)
16) bagged up the meatballs, burritos and calzones
17) bagged up the extra ground beef all cooked & ready to go
18) divided up the food and dishes

19) Cleaned up the mess (well, partly anyways)
20) Rested! Shew! That was a long day but so worth it!

Filed Under: Investment Cooking Tagged With: Black Beans, Bread Salad, Calzone Dough, Calzones, Carrots, Celery, Chicken Broth, Chicken Casseroles, Chicken Tenders, Cook Chicken, Couple Of Days, Grocery Lists, Grocery Shopping, Ground Beef, Meatballs 4, Onions, Poor Man, Potatoes, Prep Cook, Sloppy Joe

Meal Plans: Week of 10/10/10

October 10, 2010 by mamakay Leave a Comment

Here’s my plan for this week:

Monday:
Breakfast: Eggs
Lunch: Sandwiches
Dinner: Cabbage Rolls (aka Bierocks)
Make Bread

Tuesday:
Breakfast: Banana Bread
Lunch: Leftovers
Dinner: Black Bean Chowder
Make Pumpkin Dip for Ladies Bible Class

Wednesday:
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Cheesy Noodles
Dinner: Crockpot — Roast Beef with potatoes & carrots, rolls, peach rhubarb cobbler

Thursday:
Breakfast: Dutch Babies
Lunch: Sandwiches
Dinner: Chicken Stir Fry

Friday:
Breakfast: Smoothies & Toast
Lunch: Cheesy Chips
Dinner: Brazilian Carnival to celebrate our travel to Brazil for our homeschool

Filed Under: Menu Plan Monday, Uncategorized Tagged With: Banana Bread, Bible Class, Brazilian Carnival, Breakfast Smoothies, Cabbage, Carnival, Carrots, Cheesy Chips, Dutch Babies, Homeschool, Leftovers, Lunch Sandwiches, Noodles, Oatmeal, Peach, Potatoes, Pumpkin Dip, Rhubarb Cobbler, Roast Beef, Toast

Menu Plan Week 9/19/10

September 19, 2010 by mamakay Leave a Comment

Ok, trying to get back on track with my meal planning. Here’s my plans for dinner this week:

Monday: Sicilian Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Veggie
Tuesday: Tortellini (frozen from Costco)
Wednesday: Cabbage Rolls
Thursday: Costco?
Friday: Stir Fry chicken, veggies & rice

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Blessings 4/26/2010

April 26, 2010 by mamakay 1 Comment

holy experience

211. Tulips blooming in our front yard

212. Perfect weather for 3potato’s birthday party at the park

213. Wonderful visit from my in-laws

214. Packets of potential in the form of seeds

215. Long talks with my dad on the phone

216. A sweet husband

217.  My Father’s World curriculum

218. 4potato’s love of  “school time”

219. Yummy golden potatoes wrapped in a red skin roasted in olive oil with a little sea salt

220.  children enjoying playing outside nearly every day

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