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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 8, 2015 23:46:37 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 9, 2015 1:31:31 GMT -6
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Post by stepper on Feb 9, 2015 22:25:22 GMT -6
I rarely plan evening meals ahead of time. If I do, it's something like deciding this evening that tomorrow I'll have left overs. Most often, I'll come home and decide what looks good when I get here.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 9, 2015 22:34:52 GMT -6
I'm not a planner either. But it probably wouldn't hurt to think about becoming a planner.  I like the idea of just taking a bag out of the freezer and dumping it into a crock pot. The planning and preparations to get the bags into the freezer? Not so much. 
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Post by stepper on Feb 9, 2015 22:39:18 GMT -6
Mom said she was used to cooking for the 5th Army - meaning three growing boys eat a lot. She was never comfortable trying to cook for one so she quit doing it. She cooked like we were all there and then she froze the left overs which she pulled out as she wanted. She had a full sized chest freezer though. I don't have one - just the freezer section over the fridge.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 9, 2015 22:52:41 GMT -6
My fridge has a side freezer that is mainly full of flour, corn meal, pasta, bread, etc. I like to keep those in there to prevent bugs from hatching out. I used to have an upright freezer, and when it conked out I got a small chest freezer. I'm going back to the upright freezer when this one conks out. The upright is a bit harder to keep food in place when you open the door, but I don't kill my gut leaning over the side to get food off of the bottom either.
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Post by stepper on Feb 9, 2015 23:02:15 GMT -6
I've got no experience with a side freeze - just a chest version - but I'm a pretty big boy so reaching the bottom was never a problem. I think I'd prefer a chest freeze because when you open a standing one, you tend to let the freeze out, and more moisture in - at least that's what I think would happen.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 9, 2015 23:06:36 GMT -6
The only spot where I can put a freezer can't take a full sized chest freezer, so an upright is the best way to go to have more room for a bigger number of frozen foods. Plus, I'd end up falling into a big chest freezer when trying to dig food out of the bottom.
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Post by stepper on Feb 9, 2015 23:11:58 GMT -6
LOL! Okay, I'll keep the 'outside on the porch' suggestion to myself. I don't want to get mom angry with me for mucking up her favorite daughter.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 9, 2015 23:26:52 GMT -6
Well, thankfully, the new freezers have easy open, from the inside, lids/doors. Well, as long as there's no one around to lock you in. 
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Post by Phalon on Feb 11, 2015 7:44:38 GMT -6
Being short also, I know exactly what you're talking about. We have a deep chest freezer, and if there's something in the back corner that I need, I either have to practically crawl into the thing, or ask Hubs to get it for me.
I always think the last month before the nursery reopens, it'd be a great idea to make double batches of whatever I'm cooking for dinner, and freeze half. Then when I go back to work, and come home dirty, cold, and tired, I won't have to cook - just heat and eat. I've done a couple of meals like that in the past, but since spring is such a grueling season at work, I should do it more.
I'm more of a short term planner, though. I go to the grocery store once a week with an idea of what we're eating for dinner each night, and a list of everything I need to make those dinners. I also plan for left-overs so that days when either Hubs or I are off work, we'll cook enough so that the following day when we are working, neither of us has to cook when we get home.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 12, 2015 0:34:06 GMT -6
I'm a procrastinator, so there's no sense in me even trying to plan meals. Though I do like to think about doing it.
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Post by stepper on Feb 12, 2015 21:20:49 GMT -6
Steppet has trouble reaching the back of the upper kitchen shelving so I bought her a "lifetime essential" - I'm sure your local store will have this if you ask them - it's a straight metal bar with a grip at one end and an alligator grip at the other. Squeeze the grip and the jaw on the other side closes - it's light enough she can handle it, plus the jaw side is strong enough to hold onto stuff. The one I bought Steppet reaches 27" (just shy of a meter for people with logical mathematical systems.) It might help you out.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 13, 2015 0:41:09 GMT -6
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Post by stepper on Feb 13, 2015 12:32:49 GMT -6
So, you know what I'm talking about. The one on this page is as close an approximation as I can find. |
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