Comments on: Saving Money on the Grocery Bill: Part 3 http://eclecticedibles.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/saving-money-on-the-grocery-bill-part-3/ Real Food for Real Life. Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:58:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Shawn http://eclecticedibles.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/saving-money-on-the-grocery-bill-part-3/#comment-2186 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:12:31 +0000 http://eclecticedibles.wordpress.com/?p=8102#comment-2186 Stacie,

I’m glad to be back, with full internet *and* a working computer fan! Yay!!

It’s great that batch cooking saved you so much hassle with your guests (and your menu made me hungry all over again!). I’d love to hear more about how your freezer meals go, and what ends up working best for your family.

]]> By: Stacie http://eclecticedibles.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/saving-money-on-the-grocery-bill-part-3/#comment-2155 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:01:01 +0000 http://eclecticedibles.wordpress.com/?p=8102#comment-2155 So glad to see you back! I missed you!
My husband doesn’t like leftovers, so I am totally on board with your “repurposing” food. When I make a pork roast one night, it gets remade into pork tostadas or fried rice later. I often do your chicken idea, too.
Leftover chili at my house gets frozen, then remade into “chili mac” a few weeks later.
I had a houseful of out-of-town guests earlier this month. I didn’t want to spend all my time in the kitchen cooking for them, so I made up a bunch of chicken and spinach enchiladas, lasagna, waffles, muffins, etc. beforehand. Honestly, I dreaded the job at first, because I thought it would be incredibly time-consuming. But you were right about it not taking a whole lot of extra time. It didn’t take that much longer to cook for 10 than it did my original 5 family members. It inspired me to learn more freezer meals!

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