In January, my ward did an enrichment activity on freezer meals. A couple of girls did demonstrations to show how easy they were to put together, and talked about how convenient it would be to have something in the freezer and not need to think about which ingredients you have and how much time it's going to take, etc, etc, etc. When I left, I called my mom to tell her about how great this was and wouldn't it be perfect for when my baby came? She looked up the book that the girls had used on Amazon and ordered it for herself, along with a couple of other cookbooks for make and freeze dinners (my mom really enjoys cook books. She's always buying new ones, and gets emotional when she has to make room on her shelves by getting rid of some. It's great for me, because she does the legwork and then passes on the good recipes). After looking through her new books, she decided to order them for me and for my sisters-in-law. The week before I had my son, I prepared a freezer meal every night. Because most of the recipes make 2-3 dinners, we would eat one, and put the others in the freezer. It didn
't take any more time, either, to prepare 3 instead of just 1. All of the ingredients were out anyway. Add my husband's thoughtfulness of making frozen pizzas (he makes me pizza every week. I love pizza! Now we have some on hand for whenever I want one!), and we have enough meals for a good two weeks. It has been FANTASTIC! The RS brought in meals, of course, but they can't do that forever. So having meals in the freezer and not needing to think about preparing anything has been wonderful. I will get back to cooking one day, but until then, this works. The freezer meals even taste good after they've been frozen. And even when I do get back to cooking, I will definitely be preparing 1-2 freezer meals a week, because, really, it's awfully nice to know that you don't have to spend time in the kitchen when you have other things you need/want to do.
