Mimi Wilson

This is an excellent system for busy people to spend less time in the kitchen and enjoy healthy family-style and low cost meals. It is also ideal if you prepare meals for an family member who has difficulty cooking. Shopping and some prep occurs the day before, while all the cooking is done in a day. Recipes do include some convenience items such as condensed soup, crescent rolls and packaged rice, but most of it is scratch cooking, which is a real money saver. I combine most of these meals with a salad. One tip: package meals according to your family size or you will tend to eat too large of portions. Recipes grouped both by one month and 2 week cycles. Use what applies to your freezer space. If you have a specialty diet, you can adapt your recipes to fit this process and customize it for your family. This is good, traditional American family food, not haute cuisine.… (mehr)