It’s in the Freezer!
October 29, 2008 – 10:00 amSeeing photos of everyone’s fridge/freezers across the vegan blogs lately inspired me to clean mine out. I am not a good photo sharer, so I didn’t even bother with that (although once my new laptop comes in I might get better at photos). But I did make room!
A few years back, my mom gave me a book called Dinner’s in the Freezer, by Jill Bond. It’s basically about how great it makes your life if you cook more, less often, and freeze the meals for weeknights. It’s a very “savvy homemaker-y” kind of book. And pretty useful.
My sister-in-law and brother are not veg, but they did read The China Study this summer, and have since made efforts to lessen their animal product consumption (an excellent, valiant effort. Even if you don’t find vegetarianism morally compelling, choosing to cut back on animal foods is an investment in your health, your environment, and ultimately, your budget. I commend them.) Anyway, they come to me at times for meal ideas and tips on vegan cooking. Since this is just about my favorite topic, I’m always happy to try to help.
Recently A. (sis-in-law) sent me this email: “I need lunch ideas! I’m getting bored with the same old sandwich…” (I wish I had a super-hero spandex suit with a V on the chest, in which to come to the rescue.) My response is: Now that it’s chilly weather and we are cooking hearty things, make extra and stick it in the freezer! If you use single-serving tupperwares, you can just take one out and pop it in the micro (if you have one. I don’t. on purpose.) for lunch.
After a while, you’ll find you have a variety of things in there to choose from, and it also keeps you from getting tired of your leftovers. That’s one of mine and Hubs’ big problems with leftovers: we get sick of them after a couple days. Freeze them, pull something different out, and problem solved!
2 Responses to “It’s in the Freezer!”
your prolly obese cause the freezer mutates the foods. Just call me doc.
By Lyle on Oct 29, 2008