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can be premade? like cooked and then frozen. i want to cut back on the time i spend in the kitchen every single day but i just don't know what and how long stuff can be frozen. i mean i know that chili and soups and stuff but i want more! lolol ↓
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| Name: hdc_momof2 | Date: May 19th, 2007 10:46 AM |
| not too mention it's so hot here lately and i really hate heating up the kitchen every day. it gets so miserable! so just heating things would make a huge difference! ↑ |
| Name: Dawn C. | Date: May 19th, 2007 10:48 AM |
Stuffed peppers
ziti
sausage and peppers
meatloaf
cooked hamburger (good one..just thaw and it's ready for anything)
That's how I cook most of my stuff...one big batch...one big clean up : )) ↑ |
| Name: Dawn C. | Date: May 19th, 2007 10:49 AM |
| I do it with just about EVERYTHING!!! ↑ |
| Name: hdc_momof2 | Date: May 19th, 2007 10:49 AM |
| cooked hamburger??? well i would have never thought about that lol. ↑ |
| Name: hdc_momof2 | Date: May 19th, 2007 10:51 AM |
| ok now don't laugh here but...what's in ziti? lol ↑ |
| Name: hdc_momof2 | Date: May 19th, 2007 10:52 AM |
| talk about a time saver though! cooked burger in the freezer and supper would be a breaze! lol yep yep yep i'm gonna try that lol ↑ |
| Name: marija | Date: May 19th, 2007 10:56 AM |
| Lasagne....i make big batches and then freeze in big trays...defrost completely place in oven to slowly warm through while you are waiting for the lasagne to heat make the bechamel sauce fresh...pour over warmed lasagne....sprinkly with cheese and wait for cheese to melt and brown...wallah...yummy :-))) ↑ |
| Name: hdc_momof2 | Date: May 19th, 2007 11:00 AM |
| ok and what exactly is bechamel sauce??? is it just marinara sauce? never heard of that :-/ ↑ |
| Name: hdc_momof2 | Date: May 19th, 2007 11:02 AM |
| speaking of that....anybody got a good homemade spag sauce??? i can't ever get mine to turn out good lol i can cook and all but the marinara sauce thing i just can't get hahaha ↑ |
| Name: Dawn C. | Date: May 19th, 2007 11:04 AM |
I won't laugh H : )) I didn't know how to make it either until we started making a pre-game dinner for my son's football team...
Cook ziti pasta
add spaghetti sauce
salt, garlic, oregano
mix in ricotta and grated mozzarella cheese (you can use cottage cheese instead of ricotta...much cheaper and they can't tell the difference hehehe)
Throw in 375* oven for 1/2 hour...more mozzarella on top...back in until cheese melts...done!
I go by 1 lb. pasta...1lb. ricotta...1lb. mozzarella...1 jar sauce ↑ |
| Name: Dawn C. | Date: May 19th, 2007 11:05 AM |
| My homemade sauce is called RAGU LOL!!! ↑ |
| Name: marija | Date: May 19th, 2007 11:08 AM |
bechamel sauce is a white butter sauce :-)
melt butter in pan ...add flour and mix until bubbling ...add milk and mix until thickened...i add cheese in the sauce to sometimes when i put too much milk in ...thickens it more...LOL ↑ |
| Name: hdc_momof2 | Date: May 19th, 2007 11:12 AM |
| ohhhh both of those sound yummy! omg i am gonna have a ball shopping and cooking lmao YUM! ↑ |
| Name: hdc_momof2 | Date: May 19th, 2007 11:14 AM |
| yup i like ragu too dawn lol but homemade i think is just so much better lol just takes longer :-( why oh why does the really good stuff have to be complicated :-( ↑ |
| Name: hdc_momof2 | Date: May 19th, 2007 11:15 AM |
well ok i'm off to find something to eat now lol all this talk got me hungry! hahaha
chat with ya later! ↑ |
| Name: marija | Date: May 19th, 2007 11:17 AM |
what does ziti pasta look like??
i use penne...macaroni...fettucine..spaghetti (also use the large spaghetti with the hole)
is ziti like one of these ↑ |
| Name: Dawn C. | Date: May 19th, 2007 11:22 AM |
| Ziti is sort of like penne pasta...do I need to send you some of that too? lol. ↑ |
| Name: atomicsnowflake | Date: May 19th, 2007 1:06 PM |
My Bolognese sauce is made thus:
I heat a little olive oil and chop some garlic into small bits.
Gently fry the garlic bits, but not so they go brown or they become bitter.
Add some diced onion.
Add some minced beef and brown through.
Add chopped up mushrooms.
Fry these all together then add a tin of chopped tomatoes.
Sprinkle in some Italian Herbs - comes in a little jar.
Add boiling water and allow to simmer for about three hours.
Towards then end add some Tomato Puree and some fresh basil - just tear the leaves up. ↑ |
| Name: momof3 | Date: May 19th, 2007 1:38 PM |
| Marija, that white sauce almost sounds like what we call Roux. But over here that is just the base, and you have to add on to it. Do you ever add anything other than cheese? ↑ |
| Name: Nicolaaa | Date: May 19th, 2007 1:49 PM |
What I do is Chicken curries, and buy the microwave rice...thats quick
Chilli con carne
spanish chicken
pretty much anything out a jar can be frozen and taste half decent!! ↑ |
| Name: hdc_momof2 | Date: May 19th, 2007 1:59 PM |
| and what is spanish chicken nicola??? lol ↑ |
| Name: Nicolaaa | Date: May 19th, 2007 2:02 PM |
its out a jar...and its a saucy saucey saucy lil thing (wtf??? iv lost it)
Dont really know how to describe what it tastes like... But easy....
Go to your supermarket and see what they have....you must have jars in america...just chuck it in and hey you almost got a meal...may not be COOKING but when your busy or hubbys working...theyr great. And they freeze easy once cooked...i just cook the pasta or rice to go with it. ↑ |
| Name: hdc_momof2 | Date: May 19th, 2007 2:06 PM |
| omg are you kidding!?!? i loooooove stuff from a jar! lmao it's easy as 1 2 3! lol and i don't give a hoot what anybody says by golly jar food rocks! lol and i also add some fresh veggies to stuff too. ↑ |
| Name: Nicolaaa | Date: May 19th, 2007 2:08 PM |
oh yeah we do....
DO you have a steamer? We have one and I love it...twins love steamed carrots (and i do myself) and they keep all the vitamins in alot better than boiling them...reccomend steamers to anyone...easy to clean...though im going to get a smaller one after the babys born when iv got some more money ↑ |
| Name: hdc_momof2 | Date: May 19th, 2007 2:11 PM |
| nope no steamer. i don't even have a crock pot anymore:-( ↑ |
| Name: Nicolaaa | Date: May 19th, 2007 2:13 PM |
wtf is a crock pot?
Mums having her kitchen refitted at the moment so its a tip..we have all of the stuff in the twins tiny box room and in the dining room...and last night I was cuddling Daisy (she's a bit fluey) and I heard absolute screaming...Poppy was sat in the wok and couldnt get out...laughed my head off at the poor thing ↑ |
| Name: hdc_momof2 | Date: May 19th, 2007 2:16 PM |
| ahhhhahahahaha!!! that is tooo funny!!!! alyssa got stuck in this big pot once and shawn grabbed her up pot and all and said oooooh look mommy! we can have sissy stew for supper! lmfao she got soooo pissed! she was screaming NOOOOOo lololol ↑ |
| Name: Emma2 | Date: May 19th, 2007 2:18 PM |
we use those big bags of frozen chicken breast a lot and also bags of frozen stir fry vegetables.
i usually cook the entire bag of chicken, put then in the fridge and then i can either cut them up and toss them in w/ the stir fry vegetables or add it to salad (i take that to work a lot) ↑ |
| Name: Nicolaaa | Date: May 19th, 2007 2:19 PM |
mmm stir fry/fries are good
is the plural of stir fry, stir fries? ↑ |
| Name: mellisa | Date: May 19th, 2007 3:16 PM |
| Ill freeze pretty much anything, all meat. I even cut up enough onion for the week and throw it in the refriderator, or i guess you could do that in the freezer too. ↑ |
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