30 meals in one day......not quite there yet!

January is such a blahhh month! It's cold, smoggy, everyone's sick...... It's a good thing it's almost over! I hope everyone's getting through it okay.

I'm trying something new and I thought I'd share. Every month I am setting aside one whole day to make a bunch of freezer meals. A friend lent me a book called "Dinner is Ready" by Deanna Buxton and it gives some great tips. The goal is to make 15 different meals and double them so you end up with 30 meals in your freezer. I did a bunch before Christmas and it was so nice to have something to grab and reheat quickly. Benefits...more time, you can do something else while dinner is reheating, There's usually leftovers for lunches too, I can even leave instructions for Grant to reheat them, Grocery shopping is simpler for the rest of the month, and eventually I hope it will save us a lot of money too.

So yesterday was the day I set aside, and this time I invited my sister Michelle. It was a little more chaotic with the two of us, and we were also preparing a third set of meals for my mom. We had to take care of the babies on top of it all. I think we got through about 4 meals x 3, so a dozen, and one ended up on the floor. Not as successful as my first attempt, but it was a learning experience, and a lot more fun to have some company. I think the next time we try it, we will do better. You do have to be super organized to pull this off and it's going to take some practice. And I think we'll make sure we have a Daddy/Babysitter to take care of the kids. But it's definitely worth the effort and I'm going to keep trying!